1. She Ran to Gunfire, and Ended It 6 hours ago   permalink

She Ran to Gunfire, and Ended It
JAMES / NYT

Kimberly Munley, the police officer who brought down a gunman, was on her way to have her car repaired when she responded to a report she heard over a police radio.

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Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing :   Courage defined.

2. Ogg Frog Magazine #5 35 minutes ago   permalink

Ogg Frog Magazine #5
Kuro5hin.org / Kuro5hin.org

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3. Peek was worth a peek 8 hours ago   permalink

Peek was worth a peek
Scriptingnewsmail / Scripting News

I thought perhaps the Peek email device might be a good service to get for a family member who's not very technical. I wanted them to have access to text messaging, and thought its advertised simplicity might be the answer. So I bought a device for $49 and bought one month of service for $19.95, with the understanding that it's not a service plan,

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4. Army honors dead, searches for motive 2 hours ago   permalink

Army honors dead, searches for motive
CNN.com

Investigators face a gruesome scene today as they try to determine why a gunman opened fire inside a military processing center in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people.

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Army honors dead, searches for motive Investigators Probe Fort Hood Shooting   —  In Fort Hood, Texas, investigators are collecting information about Thursday's deadly attack at a soldier processing center. Thirteen people were killed, 12 of them soldiers, and 30 were wounded when a gunman, identified as Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire in the facility.

5. For Victims, Harm’s Way Was U.S. Soil 1 hour ago   permalink

For Victims, Harm’s Way Was U.S. Soil
LIZ ROBBINS / NYT

Five of the soldiers who died belonged to units from the Army’s Combat Stress Control Detachment. Others were preparing for deployment or returning home.

6. Big Questions on Gunman; Few Details 1 hour ago   permalink

Big Questions on Gunman; Few Details
CLIFFORD KRAUSS / NYT

Officials were not prepared to say whether the attack was the act of a lone and troubled man or connected to terrorist groups, foreign or domestic.

7. Updates on previous entries for * 1 hour ago   permalink

Jason Kottke / Kottke.org

The Higgs boson and the Enchantment Under the Sea dance orig. from Oct 21, 2009 * Q: Wha? A: These previously published entries have been updated with new information in the last 24 hours. You can find past updates here . Tags: post updates

8. A new workout for the Wii 1 hour ago   permalink

News.cnet.com

Ubisoft's upcoming fitness game, YourShape, promises an experience a step up from Wii Fit. In the process, can it help revitalize the Nintendo console?

9. Cheeseburger parts coaster set 1 hour ago   permalink

Cheeseburger parts coaster set
David Pescovitz / Boing Boing

This "collectible" and curious coaster set from Wendy's is up for auction on eBay. The starting bid is $9.99. According the listing, "All pieces are in EXCELLENT condition except the corner of the cheese has a small chip but still very usable." "Collectible Wendy’s Restaurant Hamburger Coaster Set" (Thanks, Michael-Anne Rauback!)...

10. Tim Biskup's Darth Vader and Astroboy 1 hour ago   permalink

Tim Biskup's Darth Vader and Astroboy
David Pescovitz / Boing Boing

BB pal Tim Biskup has a show of paintings and sculptures opening at the Barracuda Shop in Los Angeles next Friday evening, November 13. The show, titled "I Hate Everyone But You," will also feature prints by designer Matt Goldman and runs until December 3. Dig Biskup's psychedelic Vader above? Check out his take on Astroboy after the jump....

11. Welcome to TerpConnect! 1 hour ago   permalink

Terpconnect.umd.edu

This is your personal connection to the technology resources that the Office of Information Technology offers to University of Maryland students. TerpConnect is a launch pad consolidating these tools and resources. Before using TerpConnect or any computing resources on campus please be sure to check out the Acceptable Use Policy.

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12. Home of soldier in Afghanistan robbed 2 hours ago   permalink

Home of soldier in Afghanistan robbed
CNN.com

Police are looking for burglars who hit the home of a soldier deployed in Afghanistan twice within a week.

13. Creating Ebooks with Sigil 2 hours ago   permalink

Creating Ebooks with Sigil
Linux Today

Linux Pro Magazine: "There are plenty of places on the Web where you can find ebooks in the EPUB format, but what if you need to create an ebook yourself? Sigil can help you with that."

14. How doing less can produce better business results. 9 hours ago   permalink

Www.forbes.com

Minimalist design has been in vogue for decades. But when did we become enamored of the stripped-down business practice? When did business really start to leverage the power of less?

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Rajesh / Emergic :   Weekend Reading

15. Jessica Alba In The Killer Inside Me 3 hours ago   permalink

Owillis / Oliver Willis

It’s an Albasance, I guess. Pretty intense NSFWish trailer. I never got around to reading the novel this is based on.

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Jessica Alba In The Killer Inside Me Jessica Alba Touts Global Education in Meeting With Nancy Pelosi   —  ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The new issue of The State Education Standard, the journal of the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), examines how education...

16. Abortion issue threatens health care bill 2 hours ago   permalink

Abortion issue threatens health care bill
CNN.com

A hotly anticipated vote to overhaul health care by the full House of Representatives may be delayed until Sunday, according to two Democratic sources.

17. The Daily Wrap 3 hours ago   permalink

Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

Today on the Dish we focused on Fort Hood. We found footage here and here and first-hand accounts here and here. Major reax here. Bruce Bawer addressed the Muslim factor, Andrew warned against targeting Muslims, Greenwald grew frustrated over the media coverage, and Mark Noonan called for torture. We looked back at the other major massacre to hit ...

18. Key factor 3 hours ago   permalink

Key factor
Www.baltimoresun.com

"I have to say it would be location, location, location" of the wound, said Dr. Michael Nance, director of the pediatric trauma program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where three of the girls are being treated.

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19. Is IPhone App Store Pro-Hitler? 5 hours ago   permalink

Is IPhone App Store Pro-Hitler?
AC / CURRY.COM

Verizon iPhone release coming in 2010. Fortune mag has a bunch of odd articles about Microsoft. I comment on them. Mein Kampf approved by App store. SSD’s now bricking up. Blamed on firmware. The Sun is in trouble with the EU now. Intuit-online killed. Flash once again under attack. Cell phone inventor does not like the current direction ...

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Www.cnet.com
Is IPhone App Store Pro-Hitler? Reporters' Roundtable 9: The business of app stores   —  This week on the Roundtable: the App Store revolution. Something funny has happened to software. While the model we all grew up with for the distribution of software was mostly to buy it through retail channels or other resellers, or maybe direct from manufacturers, another model emerged and has proven successful by Apple: the App Store. In this ...

20. Nuclear Socialism?, Ctd 5 hours ago   permalink

Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

Even though carbon pricing ought to make nuclear power profitable on an operating cost basis, it would be prohibitively expensive to raise the capital necessary to construct nuclear plants. I think you could resolve this by having the state step in and do the financing. He thinks, I guess, that some counterfactual private utility could do it if ...

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Yglesias.thinkprogress.org
Nuclear Socialism?, Ctd Frum on Nuclear Socialism   —  I was saying this morning that I thought conservative affection for nuclear power was a bit odd in light of the fact that only massive socialism seems capable of financing nuclear power plants. David Frum has a post in response that I don’t totally understand: