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President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his national security team today, nominating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and choosing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to stay on as Pentagon chief.... more

Chicago, 1 Dic (Notimex).- El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, anunció hoy la designación Hillary Clinton, quien fuera su rival por la candidatura presidencial del Partido Demó leer más ... more

If there is one message President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has broadcast about Cabinet picks, it is that ethnicity and gender will not be the first considerations when filling the slots. Credentials over tokenism, after all, was a fundamental principle of Obama's presidential...... more

Today is Monday, October 13th, 2008 It’s Columbus day in the United States - Columbus day Celibates the day when Christopher Columbus arrived in the “new worldâ€�. Strangely, it was yesterday in 1492 but as is the normal, the US moves the holiday to a Monday. 1773 – French astronomer Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy (pictured), an interacting, grand-design spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years. 1775 - The second Co... more

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Prepare your candles, mourning attire, and faces full of fear. A peace march is happening tonight in the Mission district, so that everyone can collectively be all WTF regarding the "wave of violence that has alarmed residents and prompted increased police presence" in the neighborhood. Hosted by Mission Education Project Inc. and the Lower 24th Street Merchant & Neighborhood Association, concerned citizens will gather at 6:30 p.m. at 24th Street and Treat Avenue. The march is scheduled to st... more

Once again, lots of sticky, viscous blood bathed the streets of San Francisco. Let’s see, we had a 19-year-old man shot while strolling along 23rd Street and Treat, two people shot inside a car at 23rd and Arkansas Streets, a murder at McAllister and Fillmore in the Western Addition, and it’s only Sunday afternoon! This weekend’s most recent gun play happened despite an increased police presence in the Mission (which was sparked by this and this ), but t... more

The Symphony Gala, which happening last Thursday night, succeeded in entertaining the elite masses who pretend to like classical music. Simply put, it was to a night to die for, darling. And if you’ve ever wondered what, exactly, it is that conductors do, Michael Tilson-Thomas gave a demonstration by conducting the audience in a rendition of the National Anthem, giving the beat with the baton and making funky faces to coax more passion from the crowd. (Tipsy from the free bubbly in ... more

Photo credit: art218.com Shanghaiist can’t wait to meet the tattooed Louis Vuitton pigs that are coming to town. Phillyist commenters spent the early part of the week debating whether Barack Obama is an asshole . Phillyist concluded that the political assholes were, however, the St. Paul police for their treatment of a local photographer covering the RNC. Bostonist mapped out the city for newcomers. Torontoist reintroduced their series of interactive Flash panoramas w... more