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I think I just fixed my timing issue on here which put my posts out of order. I guess ntp was missing!

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas arrived at Pimlico Race Course before the sun came up Saturday, just to make sure there were no unwelcome surprises awaiting him on the day of his 25th Preakness.

I own 3 low-end asus mobile products, all pretty solid. Two are netbooks, one a “desktop” version of the same.

Mobile works ok too http://status.kafei.ca/url/12575

PhunkySchtuff writes "I'm seeking the collective's recommendations on a laptop with a numeric keypad that doesn't suck. For practicality reasons, an external USB keypad is less convenient than a built-in one. A keypad is required for entry of lots of numbers, and using the alpha keys with the Fn key to turn them into a keypad is not acceptable. Looking at the larger manufacturers, it seems that none of their business grade laptops (e.g. Lenovo's T-Series or similar quality levels) have numeric keypads. Looking at their laptops that do have keypads, invariably they are cheap, plastic and flimsy. Looking at Lenovo's offering with a Keypad, whilst it's a 15" screen, the vertical resolution is just 768 pixels, and the build quality of it leaves a lot to be desired. I need to find something that is built to the quality of a 'real' ThinkPad, or even a MacBook Pro, but has a full-sized keyboard with a numeric keypad and there doesn't seem to be anything like that on the market at the moment. This is a mystery to me as to why it would be the case as I'd imagine it's business users who need to use a keypad more than the average user, yet it is the consumer grade laptops that have keypads."

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An explosion outside of a school in southern Italy leaves a 16-year-old girl dead, wounds others.

One of the first participants in the London Olympic relay looked set to make a quick profit on Saturday after a torch and uniform went up for sale on auction website eBay within hours of the 70-day event starting.

The International Ice Hockey Federation has added Qatar and Jamaica as its 71st and 72nd member nations.

theodp writes "Q. What do you get when you surround the image of Men in Black star Will Smith trying on sunglasses with a pitch for 'MIB Bill Smith Dark Shades'? A. U.S. Patent No. 8,180,688. 'Many people consume broadcast media such as television shows and movies for many hours a week,' Amazon explained to the USPTO in its patent application for a Computer-Readable Medium, System, and Method for Item Recommendations Based on Media Consumption. 'The consumed broadcast media may depict a variety of items during the course of the transmission, such as clothing, books, movies, accessories, electronics, and/or any other type of item.' So, does Amazon's spin on As Seen on TV advertising deserve a patent?"

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West Ham striker Ricardo Vaz Te scored with three minutes remaining Saturday to take his team into the English Premier League with a 2-1 win over Blackpool in the promotion playoff final.

Activist investor Bill Ackman and his nominees each garnered between 83 per cent and 93 per cent of the submitted votes

Canada’s Ryder Hesjedal took back the overall lead at the Giro d’Italia as the race took to the Alps on Saturday.

Russia’s Evgeni Malkin scored three goals to lead his team to a 6-2 win Saturday over Finland in the semifinal of the World Championships.

Canada’s Mark Oldershaw booked his ticket to the London Games after winning gold at a World Cup canoe and kayak competition Saturday.

judgecorp writes "Stung by continued criticism from Greenpeace and protests at Apple's headquarters over its use of electricity from non-renewable sources, Apple has promised that its data center in Maiden, North Carolina will use 100 percent renewable electricity,, 60 percent of it generated by Apple itself. The update is possible because it is building a second giant solar array, and because its data center only needs 20MW at full capacity, instead of the 100MW which Greenpeace had estimated."

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Defending champion Maria Sharapova will take on Li Na of China in the Italian Open final after a confident 6-3 6-4 victory over Germany’s Angelique Kerber on Saturday.

An international delivery service is turning to a team of runners to beat the London Olympics crush.

The trick play, a delayed double steal, had blown up moments earlier and now Mike Matheny had to face the music.

President Barack Obama says the leaders at the G8 meeting in camp David agree on issues surrounding Iran, North Korea and Syria.

Attacking key prosecution evidence, Roger Clemens' lawyer went through the items in a Miller Lite beer can one at a time and tried to cast doubt on the syringes and medical waste allegedly used to inject the famous pitcher with performance-enhancing drugs.