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Here is John Stewart’s reaction to FOX News’ “mistake” labeling Foley as a Democrat.

There are many versions of this video on Youtube. I linked to the one that has the full version of the story. Look at the graphic under the image of Mark Foley and you will see that he is labeled D-FL. Mark Foley is not a Democrat.

As far as I am aware at this moment neither FOX News or the O’Reilly factor appologized or even admitted to the error. It could be an honest mistake, but it really seems a little fishy when there is no acknowledgement.

John Stewart has also commented on this. I will try to find that clip and post it as well.

In this video the incorrect graphic shows up twice. Once around 58 seconds into it, and again at around 2:38. It is also the same photo both times.

MiamiHerald.com | 09/18/2006 | Securing sensitive data

Recently, The Miami Herald brought to light the threat of identity theft facing Floridians because of the prevalence and accessibility of personal information online Public records easy targets for ID thieves, Aug. 27.

This follows the announcement by the Transportation Department that two computers containing sensitive data — in one case, the personal information of more than 133,000 Floridians — have been stolen in the last several months.

Note to the American people, the words liberal and conservative are useless. These words are thrown around instead of intelligently debating the issues at hand. We need to express exactly what actions a government official has taken that we feel are clearly wrong, or what a news personality said that we feel distorts the facts. Why do I feel it is so important that we have more intelligent discourse and stop bickering using words that are too general to be of use?
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NASA’s World Wind software is definitely as good as, if not better than, Google Earth. World Wind’s largest downside is that it only runs on Windows.
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BusinessWeek recently reported on the growing trend of using fog machines to deter criminals. Stores fill up with fog when the alarm is triggered making it much more difficult for the criminal to steal anything. I read this in the magazine and only found one reference to it online from which I have quoted below.
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You may have noticed that certain words on this site have a double-underline. These are ads from Kontera. The company has developed a javascript application to choose words and phrases for which they may have a useful advertisement. If you wish to see what they have to offer, you can mouse over the link. If you are uninterested in any offers, simply do not roll your mouse over the double-underlined words and you will not be bothered.
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Video clips of Bill Clinton’s interview with Fox News as presented by The Daily Show.

An article on ConsumerFury tells how at one point Time Warner cable stated that they would not provide CableCards to customers with Tivo Series 3 PVRs. This caused much outrage, and Time Warner has appologized.

Read more after the jump.
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PC World: CableCard Technology in Trouble

I set out at the CEDIA trade show to find out how–and if–manufacturers are implementing CableCard technology. Based on what I heard today, the technology is in big trouble, and you can blame cable television companies.