Monthly Archives: September 2009

‘Severe outage’ affects millions of Gmail users

By Calvin Palmer If your Gmail, like mine, was unable to connect to the Internet this afternoon it was due to a severe outage, according to Google Inc. The cause of the disruption was not immediately clear. David Besbris, Engineering … Continue reading

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Death panels become an accepted truth

By Calvin Palmer Health care reform is the hot topic of the moment. In Jacksonville, the Letters Page of The Florida Times-Union is full of  the concerns of the I’m-doing-very-nicely-thank-you-very-much Ponte Vedra brigade. Many of these “worldly-wise” letters pour scorn … Continue reading

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Police identify victims of mass killing at mobile home park

By Calvin Palmer The eight victims of the mass killing at a mobile home park near Brunswick, Georgia, were identified yesterday. Glynn County police identified the seven people found dead at the mobile home at New Hope Plantation as 44-year-old … Continue reading

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