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Del.icio.us beta arrives for Firefox 3

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 04/30/2008 - 11:13pm

Well, it took a few months, but Yahoo on Wednesday caught up to Firefox 3 with a beta plug-in for its del.icio.us bookmarking service.

The Firefox add-on for del.icio.us "now has full Firefox 3 support while retaining Firefox 2 compatibility," said Nick Nguyen, senior product manager ...



 

Meat Processors Look to Puerto Rico for Workers

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 9:29am

With the ongoing immigration crackdown, meat and poultry processors are desperate for legal workers.

The average hourly wage is $11 to $12. To get legal workers, many plants must recruit heavily. A Cargill plant in Beardstown, Ill., recently began recruiting workers from Puerto Rico.



 

New Orleans Hospital Welcomes Triplets, Quads

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 8:07am

The chances of having triplets are about one in 8,000 births. Add a set of quadruplets, born in the same hospital all within 24 hours, and the odds become vanishingly small.

But two mothers at a New Orleans hospital managed to do just that.



 

Supreme Court Hears Guantanamo Arguments

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 5:00am

The Supreme Court hears arguments for a third time in a case involving whether the prisoners classified as enemy combatants and held at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to challenge their detention in U.S. courts.

The prisoners have been held for six years.



 

Senate Seems on Verge of Meltdown

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 5:00am

Senate Democrats and Republicans don't seem to be getting much done. Republicans are objecting to every move by Democrats to bring up spending bills, the farm bill, the alternative minimum tax or anything else.

Democrats say the real aim is to paralyze the Senate and make them look bad.



 

Cargill Looks to Puerto Rico for Workers

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 5:00am

With the ongoing immigration crackdown, meat and poultry processors are desperate for legal workers.

The average hourly wage is $11 to $12 an hour. To get legal workers, many plants must recruit heavily. A Cargill plant in Beardstown, Illinois recently began recruiting workers from Puerto Rico.



 

U.K. Economy Stricken by Woes in U.S. Housing Market

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 5:00am

The troubles in the American housing market are rippling across the Atlantic.

European central bankers worry their economy could slow down. The Bank of England and the European Central Bank announce decisions on interest rates.



 

U.K. Grapples with Detaining Terrorist Suspects

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 5:00am

Britain's Home Secretary is set to announce a plan to increase the amount of time police can hold terrorist suspects without charge.

Currently these suspects can be held up to 28 days. Police are for it, but many British government officials oppose extending the detention time.



 

Atlantis Due to Blast Off with European Science Lab

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 5:00am

Space shuttle Atlantis is due to blast off with a science lab called Columbus inside its cargo bay for long-term research.

Columbus is designed to operate for 10 years, and will double research capacity. It was built for the European Space Agency and will be controlled from Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.



 

Iowa Voters Uncertain about John Edwards

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 12/06/2007 - 5:00am

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has been a presence in Iowa since his 2004 presidential bid and has many supporters there.

But in the campaign's closing weeks, some of his supporters appear to be wavering.