| In L.A., Obama courts homeowners
Ric Francis / Associated Press Illinois Sen. Barack Obama prepares to meet with San Fernando Valley residents, from left, Gustavo Lizarde, Mimi Vitello, Carlos Garcia and Kerry Bryant on Wednesday in the backyard of Vitello's Van Nuys home. Obama outlined a $10 billion program to help as many as 10 million hard-pressed homeowners, including 850,000 in California. .
Gilchrist a keeper who set the benchmark
Cricket all-time World XI usually requires some discussion. That is the object of the exercise. But for the past few years there has been no more of a question about the All-time World Test wicketkeeper than there has been about the No 3 batsman. Gilchrist bows out as Aussies hit backScoreboard: West Indies v Australia Nick Hoult: Cricketing cousins in the USA Adam Gilchrist has been as far above all other rivals as Sir Donald Bradman himself. He has been a very good wicketkeeper and the greatest hitter the game has ever seen. If you needed somebody to hit the next ball for six to save your life, whether a pace bowler or spinner was to bowl it, Gilchrist would be the automatic choice: he is, after all, the only man to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket. .
Obama Wins South Carolina Primary
With 99% of precincts reporting, Obama had 55% of the vote, Clinton had 27% and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards had 18%, according to The New York Times. Obama is hoping to become the first black U.S. president, and the South Carolina primary was closely watched as a test of how African Americans in other states may cast their votes. According to the AP, which cited polling place interviews, about half of the South Carolina voters were black, and four out of five of them supported Obama. The AP also reported that black women turned out in large numbers. Obama, who throughout his campaign has presented himself as a unifier and consensus builder, downplayed racial and other divisions in a speech at a campaign rally. "The choice in this election is not about regions or religions or genders," Obama was quoted saying by the AP.
Newspoll predicts cliffhanger
And another "All that glitters isn't gold". It is future generations, assuming there are more than a few, given total lack of response to the urgent climate problems, that will know how $ driven you were and how gullible you are today. If Jesus himself appeared today you'd accuse him of being a dole bludger or a junkie. But he'd still say this : "Forgive them for they know not what they do". I'm an atheist as it happens but the teachings of Jesus are how life must be if there is to be a future. And no I hate Greenies too. I'm just someone who thinks. All I've seen during this whole year of campaigning is vicious accusations, corrupt use of your money and the last 6 weeks has been enough to open the eyes of even the blind.
Software Vista Fails to Improve on Windows XP's Opening Act
Bill Gates' keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show 2008 revealed a rather startling statistic with regards to the sales and acceptance performance of Windows Vista. Gates told the audience that Windows Vista has sold more than 100 million copies since the operating system's launch in January 2007. When comparing pure numbers against Windows XP, which sold only 89 million copies in its first year, Windows Vista appears to be a hit – but looking at the big picture sheds a different sort of light on the matter. With the PC market at nearly twice the size today as it was in 2001, InformationWeek surmises that Windows Vista captured around 39 percent of the new PC market in its first year, while Windows XP managed to grab 67 percent of the new PC market during its initial period.
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