NATIONAL & WORLD DIGEST - October 04, 2008

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-O. J. Simpson was found guilty late Friday on all 12 counts stemming from a confrontation in a hotel room last year, including armed robbery and kidnapping.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/04simpson.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

-Op-Ed Columnist: Palin's Alternate Universe
Sarah Palin is the perfect exclamation point to the Bush years. We've lived through nearly two terms of an administration that believed it could create its own reality: "Deficits don't matter." "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job." "Those weapons of mass destruction must be somewhere."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04herbert.html?ref=opinion

-Op-Ed Columnist: Talking in Points
The Republicans were euphoric over Sarah Palin's debate performance, particularly the part in which she stood tall and refrained from falling off the stage. "There are conservatives and Republicans across America who are ... breathing a sigh of relief," said Pat Buchanan on MSNBC, adding that "of the four debaters we've seen, she was the most interesting, attractive of them all."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04collins.html?ref=opinion

-Op-Ed Columnist: The Joe Biden Show
I expected Sarah Palin to perform well in Thursday's debate, so I wanted to watch it with the most conservative crowd I could find. (In truth, after her horrendous performance with Katie Couric, anything short of her head spinning around and spewing vomit would have been considered an improvement.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/opinion/04blow.html?ref=opinion


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Sun-Sentinel
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-Burger King switches to trans fat free cooking oil at all US restaurants
Burger King Corp. said Thursday it is now cooking with trans fat free cooking oils at all of its restaurants nationwide. The No. 2 hamburger chain also said all of its menu ingredients, including its baked goods, will contain zero grams of trans fat by Nov. 1.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sns-ap-burger-king-trans-fat,0,943253.story


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Wall Street Journal
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-Historic Bailout Passes As Economy Slips Further
President George W. Bush signed into law an unprecedented $700 billion plan to rescue the U.S. financial system, one of the largest-ever government interventions in the nation's economy -- and almost certainly not the last.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122304922742602533.html

-Kim Jong Il Makes Public Appearance
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has made his first public appearance in more than a month, a state-run news agency said from Pyongyang on Saturday amid speculation about his health.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122313135489905139.html

-Palin Is Lowest Earner of the Candidates
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin released her tax returns and personal financial disclosure report Friday, showing her to be the lowest earner of the four national candidates.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122307018930303389.html

-Russian Tycoon Turns Big Stake Over to Creditors
Divestment in Auto-Parts Maker Shows How Financial Turmoil, Stock Free Fall
Hit the Country's Wealthy Power Brokers
MOSCOW -- One of Russia's billionaire tycoons, Oleg Deripaska, gave up a showcase Western acquisition to creditors, in the first public example of how the global credit crisis is squeezing some of the country's wealthiest and most powerful men.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122303732369702041.html

-Palin and Populism
The downside of appealing to Joe Six-Pack. She killed. She had him at "Nice to meet you. Hey, can I call you Joe?" She was the star. He was the second male lead, the good-natured best friend of the leading man. She was not petrified but peppy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122300786229301597.html


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Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com
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-Tracking Laptop Thieves Safely
New software tracks a stolen laptop without tracking its owner.
Nowadays a lost or stolen laptop can often be recovered thanks to software that automatically transmits the location of the device back to a central server. However, some experts worry that, without additional security measures, this kind of tracking technology could inadvertently make users more vulnerable to spying. "If you lose your laptop, a commercial service can tell you where it is right now," says Tadayoshi Kohno, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Washington, in Seattle.
"The issue, from a privacy perspective, is that this also means that someone who might break into or have access to the commercial service's database might be able to track you even before the laptop leaves your possession."
http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=21444&channel=infotech§ion

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