Villar formally launches presidential bid (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

November 29, 2009

MANILA – Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar has declared a “revolution against poverty” as the main platform in his quest for the Philippine presidency in the 2010 polls during the Nacionalista Party’s (NP) proclamation rally in Tondo, Manila on Sunday.

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Virtual CFOs find acceptance in gloomy economy (Daily Local News)

November 29, 2009

DOWNINGTOWN — “Outsourcing” might well be a dirty word to some.

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Frei: Dangerous hits seem to have two sides (Denver Post)

November 29, 2009

The biggest obstacle in the quest to discourage dangerous hits to the head in the NHL?

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Political gunfighter Clint Reilly comes out of retirement to run Repair California (The Sacramento Bee)

November 29, 2009

To the delight of many and the horror of others, the former big dog of San Francisco politics is back on the block.

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Kids 4 Turkeys Drive set for Friday (Coppell Gazette)

November 29, 2009

The seventh annual Kids 4 Turkeys Drive is 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday.

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BREAKING: Mid-air collision kills glider, plane pilots (Lake County News)

November 28, 2009

MIDDLETOWN – Late Saturday federal officials were in Middletown to investigate a mid-air collision that claimed the lives of two pilots. The crash occurred at around 11 a.m. Saturday at Crazy Creek Air Adventures in Middletown, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Laura Brown.

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Bullish David Murray not ready to take a back seat, despite £759m of debts (Scotland on Sunday)

November 28, 2009

SCOTTISH business supremo Sir David Murray, boss of Scotland’s largest private company, is adamant that the worst of his troubles are behind him despite his firm having debts of £759 million.

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My Turn: How We Built a Successful iPhone App (Newsweek)

November 28, 2009

When my friend Jeff and I met in 2003, we were just a couple of nerdy engineering students looking up to the Google guys and dreaming of our own tech glory someday. It felt a long way off when we founded Occipital in 2008. With an emphasis on computer vision—trying to make computers see—we pecked away in a cramped office above a hardware store on Michigan’s Beaver Island. A $12,000 investment …

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State parks offer a plethora of winter activities (Post-Bulletin)

November 28, 2009

Out of ideas for the winter season? In danger of spending the next several months trapped indoors, in a virtual state of hibernation

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My Turn: How We Built a Successful iPhone App (Newsweek)

November 28, 2009

When my friend Jeff and I met in 2003, we were just a couple of nerdy engineering students looking up to the Google guys and dreaming of our own tech glory someday. It felt a long way off when we founded Occipital in 2008. With an emphasis on computer vision—trying to make computers see—we pecked away in a cramped office above a hardware store on Michigan’s Beaver Island. A $12,000 investment …

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