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Shame On You: The Apple iPod Battery Replacement Problems Are Creating Problems Feb 25, 2005 3:00 pm US/Eastern NEW YORK (CBS) The Apple iPod is one of the most popular consumer electronic products in history. Thus far, 10 million have been sold to music lovers. But you may be surprised to learn what happens when the battery on the iPod dies. Our Shame On You team reports that battery replacement problems are making some people irate over the iPod. See why Arnold Diaz puts Apple in the Hall of Shame. Video at the link Here: is the link to the...

The editors of the Weekly Standard have issued a call to the blogosphere for help in tying up a few of Rathergate's many dangling threads: "Fishing expedition." Here they are: (1) Who is Michael Smith? The report identifies him only as a "journalist" in Texas. The panel does not appear to have spoken with Smith and tells us nothing of his previous work. Does he or did he work for a mainstream newspaper? A local television station? Does he write for a website or run a blog? Has he been involved in politics? As the man who led Mary Mapes...

....Rather’s abrupt departure is the latest in a long line of actions taken by media conglomerates in recent years bowing to objections from the government or from corporate, military or intelligence interests to any serious investigation of the practices of the American ruling elite....

Well, CBS might be sticking to "its" story, but the rest of the world is not buying it. I was just watching the Chinese language news out of Hong Kong and their reporting is that the CBS "national guard documents" are fake. They also reported that if the Kerry campaign is connected to the fake documents it will make Kerry's party look very bad and it will help Bush.