(msn.com) A lot of what we know to be “true” about Thanksgiving really isn’t. Determining exactly what did happen is difficult, because the Pilgrims didn’t have camcorders shooting tape after tape of video that they could later sell to a local television station when something scandalous happened.

Read Full Story: MSN Encarta - The Pilgrims Watched Football (and Other Thanksgiving Myths)

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(chicagotribune.com) The whole incident was absurd, said the carpenter who was banned last week from all Home Depots worldwide for pocketing a pencil.

And Home Depot apologized on Sunday, saying that Michael Panorelli, 51, who had spent $117 on window-trimming lumber, should never have been written up for taking the pencil. Panorelli said he did it absent-mindedly.

Read Full Story: Chicago Tribune | Home Depot offers sharp apology, but he makes a point too

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(ebay.com) The eBay Developers Program, a world-class Web Services program focused on creating the next generation of solutions for eBay buyers and sellers, today announced that all developer and affiliate members will now be able to access eBay Web Services for free. Designed to encourage and accelerate innovation on the eBay platform, free access to eBay Web Services will allow Developers Program members to create new solutions, explore new business models and expand on their current offerings while potentially saving thousands of dollars.

Read Full Story: eBay Enhances Developers Program by Enabling Free Access to eBay Web Services — eBay Developers Program

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(lisaslighthouse.org) I am a “Generation X” Catholic, raised and catechized in the tumultuous aftermath of Vatican II. I was a victim of “renewal” and experimentation gone awry, and so were my peers. With great regret and without exaggeration, I contend that the results have been catastrophic for my generation. It is my firm belief that the overwhelming majority of young Catholics don’t have even an elemental understanding of their Faith. As a direct result of that ignorance, young Catholics are leaving the Church in a steady stream (or, dare I say, tidal wave?).
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(chicagotribune.com) With too few musicians available to play for the rising number of military honors ceremonies, real buglers play at only a small percentage of military funerals. Instead, taps blares from a CD player or a device called a ceremonial bugle, which is a real bugle containing a battery-powered sound generator in the bell-shaped front of the instrument.

Read Full Story: Chicago Tribune | Military taps `bugler’ supply

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For 230 years, November 10 has marked the birthday of The United States Marine Corps. Each year, the staff at GoDaddy.com® mark this November day with a salute, a thank you and special birthday tribute.

Happy 230th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps!

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(zdnet.com) I am frankly bemused that anyone seriously believes Microsoft or anyone else is going to fund their on-demand applications from advertising revenues. The idea is complete bull, on two counts.

Read Full Story: » Advertising isn’t enough to fund on-demand | Software as services | ZDNet.com

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(zdnet.com) Is Google is creating its own branded digital television DVR/satellite service? Imagine the possibilities…

Read Full Story: » Google: Thinking about the future of TV ads | Googling Google | ZDNet.com

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(lifesite.net) SACRAMENTO, November 1, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The uproar created when, on October 5, Bishop William K. Weigand directed a Catholic school to dismiss drama teacher Marie Bain after she was discovered to be an escort for a Planned Parenthood abortion center, has been used by the bishop as a teachable moment. The bishop issued a message to the faithful on October 26 in which he explained his actions in light of Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life.

Read Full Story: Sacramento Bishop: No Place in Catholic Schools for Abortion Supporters

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Judge Alito “Truly Excellent Choice,” Says Anderson
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Who says the VHS format is dead? VCRs could have a scond chance at creative, new lives.

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