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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama Tuesday night pledged that if Congress refuses to take action to stem climate change, his administration would act unilaterally.

“I urge this Congress to pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change, like the one John McCain and Joe Lieberman worked on together a few years ago,” Obama said, as McCain offered a tight smile from a back row. “But if Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will. I will direct my cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy.”

There’s about zero chance that the GOP-led House will pass climate change legislation this session, given that many of its members do not acknowledge that human activity has anything to do with it, if it’s happening at all.

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Do you remember the kind of handsets that Alcatel came up with in the past? I clearly remember their AA-battery powered models, which personally, I felt was a waste as those AA batteries could have served a Game Boy far better, but then again that is my personal opinion. Well, Alcatel does seem to be making a soft comeback of sorts with their Alcatel One Touch Star, and judging by the hardware specifications, folks who are on the lookout for a mid-range device will be able to check it out as it does seem to be a decent device that is set to arrive across the pond soon.

In Sweden, the Alcatel One Touch Star is set to retail for around $315 as an unlocked device, where that will net you a 4-inch 480×800 touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel shooter at the back with LED flash capability, a VGA camera in front, powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor, accompanied by 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory and a microSD memory card slot for expansion purposes, all running on a 1,500mAh battery, with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as the operating system of choice being most likely. I suppose all will be revealed at Mobile World Congress that is set to happen real soon, so stay tuned!

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WASHINGTON -– Marco Rubio’s speech Tuesday night elevated him to the national stage, but also presented him with his first real test on the long and winding road to the 2016 presidential election.

Rubio, who has enjoyed reams of positive attention since the November night that Mitt Romney’s electoral loss exposed the GOP’s terrible relationship with Hispanic voters, came under some of the harshest attacks he has experienced on the national level in the hours leading up to, and following, his remarks.

And, thanks to a case of dry mouth, he also had the first truly embarrassing gaffe of his national political career.

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We’re still eagerly awaiting Steambox-spec’d hardware in our living rooms but Valve’s endeavor into hardware will move on minus one party member, noted inventor / hacker Jeri Ellsworth. She reported the firing in a tweet earlier today, however any reasons, future plans or possible link to the project itself were not mentioned. When we spoke to Ellsworth last fall, she was working on controller prototypes to address mouse/keyboard use from the couch. At the time she also happily noted the Valve corporate culture’s acceptance of risk-taking and failure on the way to new product development. We’ve attempted to contact both parties and will report back if we hear any other details — especially if they include any more fashion / Commodore 64 mashups.

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WASHINGTON — Reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday was largely positive among those who watched the speech, according to instant polling conducted by CNN/ORC.

The network’s poll found that 77 percent of viewers had a somewhat or very positive view of the address, and 22 percent had a negative response. At the end of the speech, 71 percent said Obama’s policies would move the country in the right direction, up from 65 percent earlier in the evening.

More specifically, 70 percent said Obama’s policies on guns would move the country in the right direction, up from 61 percent pre-speech.

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