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...million of whom already listen to music regularly on the site), Imeem is relatively unpopulated. It has about six million unique visitors in the U.S. and 17 million worldwide, according to Quantcast. "They have a dedicated but very small constituency," notes NPD entertainment analyst Russ Krupnick. Part of the problem is Imeem's jumbled interface, which is so focused on community that it's not immediately obvious what the site is even about. Part of it is legacy: Imeem, which was co-founded by engineers from the original Napster music service, struggled early on and even got sued...
...Sunday it was hard to find anyone willing to take credit for the agreement. "This is the Administration's problem," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters. "They sent us their bill. We did the best we can to improve...
...jeans? Where did they go? And Little Johnny, your fresh kicks? Professor Joe Shmoe, you wore that yesterday! The cold weather had deterred them from continuing their streak of fashion-savvy intellectualism, just like it does every year. Tragic. Obviously, we are busy people here. Weighed down by problem sets and papers, attire is absolutely the last thing on a Harvard student’s mind. Who really cares about wardrobe when we need an A? Still, why can’t we get that A and look good while doing it? Ladies and gents, don?...
...unfortunate, it was a necessary sacrifice in securing more significant provisions: the removal of enormous subsidies given to the oil companies in 2005 and the redistribution of this revenue to extend tax credits for renewable energy firms. There is no doubt that the United States is facing major problems in the energy sector, especially the supply of petroleum products for the transportation sector. Since 2003, the price of oil futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)–the largest coordinated global market for futures trading in commodities–has more than tripled. This major increase...
...questioned such reports because “very few people are prosecuted or put in jail for possession of marijuana alone.” Brownsberger also voiced concerns about how the decriminalization measure would affect college campuses. “I think it would become a very real problem in many colleges where some students choose to smoke and some students don’t want any part of it,” Brownsberger said. “The students who don’t want any part of it will be exposed involuntarily to the effect of second-hand...