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Publishing Articles to Newsvine

Wed Nov 4, 2009 2:32 PM EST

From time to time we at Newsvine HQ like to remind the Community of certain rules that, if followed, help ensure that Newsvine remains a fair and equitable place for everyone.

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One gay man, two lesbians, a three-legged cat and a poisoned curry plot

Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 12:48 AM EDT (the Mail online)

A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat. Gary Stewart, 37, had been at loggerheads with Marie Walton and Beverley Sales for months.

world-news

Trans Texas Corridor Bites the Proverbial Dust

Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 7:39 PM EDT (TxDOT)

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials announced Wednesday that, in response to citizen comments received during the environmental review of Trans-Texas Corridor-35, the department has recommended the No Action Alternative on the TTC-35 environmental study to the Fe …

politics, trans-texas-corridor, texas, ttc, nafta

ACLfest 09 Day Three

Mon Oct 5, 2009 10:55 PM EDT

Sunday of Austin City Limits had the dubious distinction of hosting one of those moments where the confluence of shared joy and shared adversity (such as it was) forged a memorable event: rain, and then, inevitably, mud, and lots of it.

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ACLfest 09 Day Two

Sat Oct 3, 2009 9:38 PM EDT

The day can be summed up in one word: rain. Not since the wee years of the festival has there been any constant threat of rain, and not since about two years ago was there an actual - if brief - downpour, but today had both. All day. And the crowd was soaked, but good.

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ACLfest 09 Day One

Fri Oct 2, 2009 9:17 PM EDT

Today I decided that I'm not getting older, the average festival-goer is instead getting younger (I swear I saw infants playing hackey-sack), that complaining on public transportation has become an art form, that Spiffie is overly ambitious (hi Spiffie!), and that coffee is the e …

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Racism, Party, and the Problem with Absolutes

Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:17 PM EDT

Some on the left have called me a Republican, some on the right have called me a Democrat, and frankly I don't see why I should care, so long as I'm left to decide for myself what I am, absent the need for approval.

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politics, racism, obama

Unparliamentary or un-American?

Seeded on Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:09 AM EDT (BBC News)

It is true that to American eyes and ears, our democratically-elected representatives are a rowdy lot.

politics, britain, parliament, congress, wilson

Juarez was fun - before it was dangerous

Seeded on Fri Mar 6, 2009 9:37 PM EST (CNN)

If you drive into El Paso Texas on Interstate 10 from the west and look to your left, you will see a neat cluster of Tibetan inspired buildings that make up the University of Texas at El Paso.

world-news, juarez, murders, el-paso, chihuahua, border

Can people unlearn their naked shame?

Seeded on Tue Mar 3, 2009 1:25 AM EST (BBC News)

"All around the world individuals feel great shame when they know that others know that they have failed to be adequately modest," Prof Fessler says.

education, sociology, nudity, psychology

Reefer Madness: El Paso council slapped for questioning drug war

Seeded on Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:02 AM EST (Austin Chronic)

Seeded by spiffie (Clipped by Chasing)

In El Paso, there are some public-policy questions that are not up for discussion.

us-news, el-paso, texas, drug-war, drugs, marijuana, silvestre-reyes, drug-policy, mexico, juarez

Why are round-robin letters so annoying?

Seeded on Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:25 PM EST (BBC News)

Sprinkled with Latin accomplishments of the child you've never met, the pay rise of the husband you never liked and the excruciating detail of the family's cruise holiday you care nothing for, the Christmas newsletter is for many recipients something to endure rather than enjoy.

christmas-letters, holiday-letters, round-robin-letters, family-updates

Bosses 'should embrace Facebook'

Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:48 PM EDT (BBC News)

"In today's difficult business environment, the instinctive reaction can be to batten down the hatches and return to the traditional command-and-control techniques that enable managers to closely monitor and measure productivity.

technology, facebook, myspace, work, workspace

Have a Heart: Avoid Spoilers in Headlines, Please

Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:47 AM EDT

I'm a grad student that for some reason took more than a full load of classes - at a college in another city entirely - which, along with my other duties, means I don't have much time for TV.

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entertainment, spoilers, television, tv, reviews

Fear the Headless Zombie Cockroach!

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:47 AM EDT (Sciam)

Ok, maybe not fear, but still....

science, cockroach, cockroaches, insects, entomology

Where in the World? Global Surname Distribution.

Seeded on Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:31 AM EDT (Public Profiler)

Where has your surname spread throughout the world as time marched on? Search and find out!

history, surname, immigration, emigration, surnames

Russia's "frozen conflicts" and the EU's frozen actions.

Seeded on Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:51 PM EDT (BBC)

Now for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union Russian tanks have rolled into an independent country, a part of the old empire.

politics, russia, putin, georgia, ossetia, ukraine, nato, european-union, eu, poland

Obama wins the popular vote, but McCain wins the College?

Seeded on Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:18 AM EDT (The Atlantic)

Strategists for both John McCain and Barack Obama are chewing over a hypothetical scenario wherein Barack Obama recieves millions more votes than John McCain, but, because of the distribution of votes in the electoral college, McCain would become the president.

politics, electoral-collage, presidential-election, mccain, obama, popular-vote

E-mail warns of bloody weekend in Mexican border city

Seeded on Fri May 23, 2008 7:03 PM EDT (CNN)

The streets of Ciudad Juarez are empty after police became aware of an e-mail warning that this weekend will be "the bloodiest" in the Mexican border city. Ciudad Juarez police have been given assault rifles and instructed not to patrol the streets alone.

world-news, texas, el-paso, juarez, mexico

Latino Groups Sue Texas Democratic Party

Seeded on Sun May 11, 2008 6:06 AM EDT (Austin Chronic)

Eight plaintiffs, including the Texas branch of the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Mexican American Bar Association of Houston, have filed suit against the Texas Democratic Party, charging that its dual primary/caucus system for selecting presidential delegates …

politics, austin, texas, obama, clinton

Glenn Beck: Obama's odd timing on Wright

Seeded on Mon May 5, 2008 4:16 PM EDT (CNN)

A New York Times editorial described the recent developments like this:

politics, wright, obama, democrats, election, clinton, race

Slouching Toward Denver

Seeded on Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:44 PM EDT (The New Republic)

When Democrats contemplate the apocalypse these days, they have visions of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugging it out à la Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter at the 1980 convention.

politics, convention, nomination, obama, hillary, presidential-election

McCain in statistical tie with Clinton and Obama

Seeded on Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:08 PM EDT (CNN)

Obama leads McCain 47 percent to 44 percent. In a match up between Clinton and McCain, the poll found the New York Democrat ahead of McCain by 2 points, 47 percent to 45 percent.

politics, mccain, obama, clinton, presidential-election

Former advisor: Obama's Iraq plan "best-case scenario"

Seeded on Fri Mar 7, 2008 7:18 PM EST (Salon.com)

SACKUR: OK, so the 16 months is negotiable? POWER: It's a best case scenario. SACKUR: It's a best case scenario. POWER: It is, on the basis -- SACKUR: And of course in Iraq we've never seen best cases come off -- POWER: We have never seen best cases.

politics, iraq, obama, samantha-power

Texas Two-Step Had All the Wrong Moves

Seeded on Fri Mar 7, 2008 1:25 PM EST (The Washington Post)

To participate in the caucus, voters had to have already cast their ballots in the primary, but that was just the beginning. In Houston, police monitored unruly crowds frustrated by three-hour delays.

politics, texas-two-step, two-step, texas, caucus, convention, primary, delegates

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