Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Italian Refugee Camp Is Symbol of North African Crisis - NYTimes.com

MANDURIA, Italy — Under dark rain clouds on Tuesday afternoon, a group of about 10 immigrants hopped the thin wire fence surrounding the makeshift tent camp here and made a run for it into a silvery olive grove and the freedom of Italy beyond.

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Kansas City, Kan., gets Google Fiber high-speed broadband project | Technology | Los Angeles Times: More than... http://twurl.nl/et5ct4

Kansas City, Kan., gets Google Fiber high-speed broadband project | Technology | Los Angeles Times

More than a year after Google said it would build a network in one lucky community that would be 100 times faster than what is available for many users today, the Internet search giant just announced its selection: Kansas City, Kan.

Gadhafi Forces Close

Gadhafi Forces Close in on Rebels in Libyan Oil Port | News | English: via voanews.com http://twurl.nl/ydzdci

Builder stocks fall

Builder stocks fall as home price decline persists – BusinessWeek: Shares of homebuilders slipped Tuesday aft... http://twurl.nl/jcc6fe

The Twittersphere is

The Twittersphere is Dominated By Less than One Percent of Twitter Users – Techland – TIME.com: A Yahoo Resea... http://twurl.nl/h0gs46

The Twittersphere is Dominated By Less than One Percent of Twitter Users - Techland - TIME.com

A Yahoo Research study found that only 20,000 people are pretty much responsible for half of all tweets on Twitter. How many of those people actually make up Twitter's user base? Less than one percent.

Builder stocks fall as home price decline persists - BusinessWeek

Shares of homebuilders slipped Tuesday after a closely watched housing index showed that home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities.

Analysts expect further price declines heading into the summer season, which could further slow the recovery for an industry which is coming off the worst two years for home construction dating to 1959.

Gadhafi Forces Close in on Rebels in Libyan Oil Port | News | English