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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 6:13 pm

Learn Unix in 10 Minutes

This is something that I had given out to students (CAD user training) in years past.
The purpose was to have on one page the basics commands for getting started using
the UNIX shell (so that they didn't call me asking what to do the first time someone
gave them a tape).

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 5:44 pm

Bonds indictment could come soon

According to a report in the New York Daily News, several sources within Major League Baseball expect a San Francisco grand jury to indict Giants slugger Barry Bonds, possibly even as early as next week.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 5:27 pm

NY subway security heightened after India blasts | Reuters.com

By Ellen Wulfhorst

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police heightened security on subways in New York as a precaution on Tuesday after a series of bombs on trains in India killed at least 135 people, the New York Police Department said.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 5:01 pm

Boxoffice treasures galore for record-setting

By Nicole Sperling

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Johnny Depp and his cast of beautiful mates pillaged the North American boxoffice and took with them a slew of boxoffice records with this weekend’s opening of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 4:46 pm

Go Ask Alice: Mushroom Drug Is Studied Anew

By RON WINSLOW
July 11, 2006; Page B1

In a study that could revive interest in researching the effects of psychedelic drugs, scientists said a substance in certain mushrooms induced powerful, mind-altering experiences among a group of well-educated, middle-age men and women.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 1:20 pm

Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd Co-Founder And Psychedelic Pioneer, Dies At 60

Syd Barrett in 1967
Photo: Nick Hale/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Syd Barrett, the psychedelic pioneer who was Pink Floyd’s original frontman but spent the final 35 years of his life in near-total seclusion, has died, according to a spokesperson for the band. He was 60.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 11:23 am

At Least 7 Explosions Hit Trains in Mumbai – New York Times

BOMBAY, India (AP) — Seven explosions hit Bombay’s commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, killing as many as 100 people, the city’s police chief said. Chaos engulfed the crowded rail network in India’s financial capital following the blasts that ripped apart train compartments.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 10:58 am

June Allyson, Adoring Wife in MGM Films, Is Dead at 88 – New York Times

By ALJEAN HARMETZ
Published: July 11, 2006

June Allyson, whose perky wholesomeness made her the perfect girlfriend in a series of MGM musicals during the 1940’s and the perfect screen wife during the 1950’s, died on Saturday at her home in Ojai, Calif. She was 88.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 10:29 am

Italy’s Materazzi admits insulting Zidane

MILAN, Italy (AP) – Marco Materazzi admits he insulted Zinedine Zidane before the France captain head-butted him in the World Cup final. Materazzi denies calling him a “terrorist.”

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 10:21 am

Ceiling tumbles in tunnel in Boston – Debris strikes car; one dead – The Boston Globe

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff | July 11, 2006

A portion of the ceiling in the tunnel connecting Interstate 93 north to the Ted Williams Tunnel collapsed last night, cascading debris onto a passing car and killing a female passenger, authorities said this morning.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 9:18 am

Judge Upholds F.B.I. Search of Lawmaker’s Office – New York Times

WASHINGTON, July 10 — While acknowledging the unprecedented nature of the F.B.I. search of Representative William J. Jefferson’s legislative offices, a federal judge ruled Monday that the seizure of records there was legal and did not violate the constitutional separation of powers between Congress and the executive branch.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 9:10 am

Ominous E-Mail Preceded NYC Explosion, Just Before Blast, Doctor Wrote Ex-Wife Would Become ‘Ash And Rubbish Digger’ – CBS News

(CBS/AP) The signs were ominous that Dr. Nicholas Bartha had no intention of selling his Upper East Side town house to settle a nasty divorce.

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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 at 12:50 am

Zidane Is Silent; Family Suggests an Insult Provoked Him – New York Times

BERLIN, July 10 — While Italy welcomed home its triumphant World Cup champions on Monday, France awaited a full explanation of why its national team captain, Zinédine Zidane, head-butted an opponent in the chest and was ejected from Sunday’s championship match here.

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