| Two British troops killed in firefight with Taliban (Independent) Two British soldiers were killed yesterday and several others wounded, two seriously, in a fierce firefight with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announced last night. us.rd.yahoo.com |
DIY ANNOUNCES WINNER OF 'BLOG CABIN' ON OCT. 28 (Elite TV) With DIY Network’s first interactive television series, Blog Cabin, the whole world was invited to weigh in on key design elements of a fabulous log cabin nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains, as well as enter for a chance to win it! us.rd.yahoo.com |
TECH CHRONICLES / A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech) (San Francisco Chronicle) Ganging up on Facebook MySpace is now part of Google's posse against Facebook. In an agreement released Thursday, social-networking superstar MySpace joined Google's high-profile plan to create standards for software developers so they can more easily write... us.rd.yahoo.com |
A Sunday visitor: Blogger critiques South Florida's churches (Sun-Sentinel) Sunrise man visits churches From the boring to the ear-splitting, the gospel-ignoring to the gospel-heavy, Lew Graff has heard lots of preaching in the past few months: He has spent 20 Sundays since June visiting churches in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. us.rd.yahoo.com |
YouTube restores account of Egypt anti-torture blogger (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The video-sharing Web site YouTube has restored the account of a prominent Egyptian anti-torture activist, and said on Monday he may repost graphic images of purported rights abuses if he puts them in proper context. us.rd.yahoo.com |