Drill-down: Obama has big plans to drill oil out of the East Coast

what Obama wants to open up significant parts of the East Coast to oil drilling for the first time.
where Almost entirely in the southeast, between Delaware and Florida – about 167 million acres.
why Obama wants to win over moderates on a climate change bill and import less oil. source

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My hope is that as we move forward and we’re tackling things like the deficit, imposing a freeze on domestic spending, taking steps that show we are sincere about dealing with our long-term problems, that some of that group will dissipate.
President Barack Obama • Discussing, with great care, the Tea Party, which largely views him with disdain. While realizing some of them are on the fringe and tough to court, he does feel that he can win over some of the moderate members with firm economic policies. “I think that there’s a broader circle around that core group of people who are legitimately concerned about the deficit, who are legitimately concerned that the federal government may be taking on too much,” he said. source

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If his death is true, it is devastating news to Tamils. We didn’t have the motivation to stand up but he changed all of that.
London businessman G Allesgunaseelan • On the end of the Sri Lankan civil war and the death of Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the iconic leader of the Tamil Tigers. Allesgunaseelan fears that Prabhakaran’s death could spell a removal of Tamil culture from Sri Lankan society. He’s not alone in his fears and concerns about Sri Lanka. • source

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Because of the feedback we received, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.
Facebook • in a message to its users, labeled “Terms of Use Update” posted today. After much controversy, the service backed down publicly. • source

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What’s going on Administrators of The Pirate Bay, that spot where people download their illegal software from because Adobe charges too much, are going on trial for copyright charges in their home base, Sweden, tomorrow. The torrent tracker has long evaded getting shut down due to the country’s fairly lax copyright policies (and some clever thinking on the part of the owners). They have, however, been raided in the past.
What they’re doing The thing that has won the site many fans is that they don’t go down quietly, going out of their way to avoid getting shut down by whatever means necessary. And in the current case, their related political party, Piratbyrån chose to make a spectacle of the trial, a “spectrial” as they put it, complete with Twitter feeds and a cool hacker-ish Web site. They want to stir stuff up. Should be fun to watch, if nothing else. source

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