Month: December 2010

(AHN) – Fifty Pakistani students are due to arrive in the United States in the first week of 2011 under an exchange program. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Initial jobless claims dropped to 388,000 for the week ending Dec. 25, their lowest level since July of 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Mortgage rates continued to climb higher this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rising to 5.02 percent. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Winter storms that swept through Arizona on Wednesday are headed to Colorado. Arizona motorists encountered icy roads and snow that closed some roads on Wednesdays and restricted travel on others. Visibility was hampered by blowing snow. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Time Warner Cable Inc. customers from Portland, Maine, to Pensacola, Fla., could lose access to one of their network TV stations because of a contract dispute with Sinclair Broadcast Group. Read the original post by KCBD-TV Lubbock

JR.com offers the Polaroid i1237 12-Megapixel Digital Camera in Red for $49.99. With $6.28 for shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $8, although it was $6 less in our mention three weeks ago (since expired). Features include a 3x optical zoom, 2.7″ LCD, 32MB internal memory, Secure Digital card slot, USB…

(AHN) – A rare 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered in central Indiana about 50 miles north of Indianapolis struck Thursday morning and was reportedly felt as far away as Chicago. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Today only, the Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl’s Record Collection MP3 Album for $3.99. That’s the lowest price we could find for this 14-track, DRM-free album, released in September 2010. (iTunes charges $9.99.) Amazon MP3 Downloader is required. Read the original post by dealmac.com

(AHN) – Bruno Mars? ?Grenade? explodes into the #1 spot of the Billboard Hot 100 this week, thanks to airplay gains and some major post-Christmas sales. The track sold 559,000 downloads this week, #3 on the list of biggest sales weeks ever for a digital single. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

Straighten up and salute the Big Bang Marshal, MSI’s attempt at redefining the term “overkill.” This XL-ATX board packs a total of eight PCI Express lanes , three separate BIOS chips, extra 8-pin and 6-pin 12V power intakes, and a thoroughly excessive set of power regulation components. Read the original post by Engadget

(AHN) – The executors of Michael Jackson’s estate have fired off a scathing letter to Discovery Channel after learning that the cable network will air a special show in the U.K. that will see an imagined reenactment of the King of Pop’s autopsy. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

JR.com via Amazon.com offers the Sennheiser HD-595 Performance Premiere Headphones for $114.99 with free shipping. That’s $5 under our November mention and the lowest total price we could find by $25. These high-end headphones feature a frequency response of 12Hz to 38.5kHz. A headphone holder with fake leather nesting bow is included. Read the original…

(AHN) – An Orlando, Fla. man who has a history of calling 911 for non-emergencies pushed police too far on Sunday when he called the emergency line to have ?the media? arrested. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Palestinians are considering asking the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel?s settlements and approve a motion calling on the Jewish nation to halt its illegal construction work in the disputed West Bank and Gaza Strip. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks

(AHN) – Boston Properties purchased the landmark John Hancock Tower for $930 million. The 62-floor glass skyscraper, located at the city?s Back Bay, was one of the first prized buildings to flounder when the property boom ended in 2008. Read the original post by iPhoneHacks