My Way News - Prosecutors Drop Charges in Duke Case

My Way News - Prosecutors Drop Charges in Duke Case: "RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Duke lacrosse rape case finally collapsed Wednesday, with North Carolina's top prosecutor saying the three athletes were railroaded by a district attorney who ignored increasingly flimsy evidence in a 'tragic rush to accuse.'"

My Way News - IBM Gives Feds $45M in Translation Tech

My Way News - IBM Gives Feds $45M in Translation Tech: "To honor an employee's son who was badly wounded in Iraq, IBM Corp. plans to give the U.S. military $45 million worth of Arabic-English translation technology that the Pentagon had been testing for possible purchase."

My Way News - Rice: U.S. Ready for Black President

WASHINGTON (AP) - America is ready to elect a black president, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The nation's highest-ranking black government official, Rice has said repeatedly she will not run for president despite high popularity ratings and measurable support in opinion polls.

"Yes, I think a black person can be elected president," Rice said in an Associated Press interview Thursday.

My Way News: Intel, Partners to Make Electronic Quran

Dec 18, 9:06 PM (ET)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Intel Corp. (INTC), the world's largest computer chip maker, has partnered with two Saudi Arabian software companies to develop an electronic version of Islam's holy book and a training computer for teachers packed with the government-approved curriculum for schoolchildren.

Intel said Monday the projects are part of broader push to bring low-cost computing and Internet access to emerging markets and are only two uses for the Intel-designed hardware.

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett attended the product launch in Saudi Arabia over the weekend as part of an overseas trip to unveil wireless Internet technology that Intel installed in the small Egyptian city of Oseem. An Intel development center in Cairo designed the hardware for both Saudi Arabian projects.

The E-Quran is a small computer with wireless Internet access that contains the text of the Islamic holy book, audio recitations in 40 different languages and interactive interpretations of the material.

Intel said it partnered with Dar Al Rasm Al-Othmani, a software company focused on religious content that contracted with an outside firm to have the devices manufactured.

Santa Clara-based Intel said it had no plans to commercialize or brand the devices, which are powered by low-power Intel processors, which act as the calculating brains of computers.

The other product is called E-Curriculum and was developed with Semanoor, an educational software company. The device is a portable, Intel-designed computer that is integrated with software containing Saudi government-approved curriculum for kindergarten through the 12th grade.

Semanoor said the program is currently being implemented in public and private schools throughout the Middle Eastern country.

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My Way News - Panel Blasts Hastert in Foley Scandal

"Democrats received a brief mention in the report. The committee said that one Democratic aide, Matt Miller, had possession of suggestive computer messages written by Foley, and passed them along to reporters as well as a communications aide at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee."

My Way News - New Rules Compel Firms to Track E-Mails

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees thanks to new federal rules that go into effect Friday, legal experts say. The rules, approved by the Supreme Court in April, require companies and other entities involved in federal litigation to produce "electronically stored information" as part of the discovery process, when evidence is shared by both sides before a trial. The change makes it more important for companies to know what electronic information they have and where. Under the new rules, an information technology employee who routinely copies over a backup computer tape could be committing the equivalent of "virtual shredding," said Alvin F. Lindsay, a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP and expert on technology and litigation.

My Way News - Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims It's Winning War

My Way News - Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims It's Winning War: "BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed in a new audio tape Friday to be winning the war faster than expected in Iraq and said it had mobilized 12,000 fighters who had 'vowed to die for God's sake.' The U.S. military, meanwhile, reported that three U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed Thursday in Iraq, the U.S. military said, bringing the number of Americans who have died in the country so far this month to 25. At least 105 U.S. forces died in October, the fourth highest monthly toll of the war. On the audio tape made available on militant Web sites, the al-Qaida in Iraq leader also welcomed the Republican electoral defeat that led to the departure of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. He added that the group's fighters would not rest until they had blown up the White House." I predict the now all-powerful democrats will first push for twice the number of troops in Iraq. Then, when that fails because we won't have the support structure for it, they will withdraw all of troops and blame Bush. Of course, Bush and Cheney will be out of office because of the impending impeachment.

My Way News - Gay Marriage Ban Rejected in Arizona

My Way News - Gay Marriage Ban Rejected in Arizona: "In a triple setback for conservatives, South Dakotans rejected a law that would have banned virtually all abortions, Arizona became the first state to defeat an amendment to ban gay marriage and Missouri approved a measure backing stem cell research."

My Way News - Democrats Take Majority of Governorships

My Way News - Democrats Take Majority of Governorships This is dark Wednesday for conservatives. It will be the dark ages for the United States by the middle of next year. Now that the nation has chosen "change" we WILL get it. The president is GOING TO BE IMPEACHED. Taxes WILL GO UP FOR EVERYONE. The nation has chosen the party that believes we have the right to kill the innocent but not the right to kill the guilty. We have put in power the party that rewards unproductivity and punishes productivity. This will become very apparent to everyone by the middle of next year. But it will be to late. The democrats are in control and there is NOTHING we can do about that for the next two years. Remember, all of the leftest socialist are running this party. You didn't hear from them during the campaign but you will now.