1. Finding Cassiopeia, Perseus, And Pleiades ... KI4KQD Blogger Cassiopeia, “the queen”, is easy to see with the naked eye. It is has the shape of a W. It’s sort of a slanted W. Try to find it, viewing the northeastern sky. Everybody knows where the Big Dipper is, which is slightly northwest. Cassiopeia is to the right of the Big Dipper, in the northeastern sky.

2. CLASSIC PHOTO ... @andradef Is enough enough? I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes. I saw the sign.

3. VIDEO: Is This the “Secret” to Building a Popular Blog? ... Guest Blogging If you've been blogging for long, you've probably noticed that there are certain bloggers who seem almost predestined to build a popular blog. What are they doing that I'm not?

4. Schwarzenegger declares California fiscal emergency ... Reuters (Reuters) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state's finances on Wednesday, raising pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state budget that is more than a month overdue and will need to close a $19 billion shortfall.

5. After 91 years, GM calls it quits in Windsor ... National Post The last General Motors job in what was once Canada’s Motor City ended on Wednesday, 91 years after the first job was created when the Fisher Body Company of Detroit established a branch operation here. In between, as many as 6,800 Windsorites worked for GM at its peak.

6. Details of 100 million Facebook users published online ... MSNBC The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will now be unable to make their publicly available information private.

7. Arizona governor files appeal to immigration law injunction ... CNN Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) -- The legal battle over a tough Arizona immigration law entered its next stage Thursday when Gov. Jan Brewer filed an expedited appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

8. Amazon Bets the Kindle Will Grow ... BusinessWeek When Apple (AAPL) released the iPad in April, obituaries for Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle e-reader proliferated. "Consumer interest in the Kindle will fade into oblivion," wrote ZDNet columnist Jason Perlow.

9. Iran Is in Talks to Get Gasoline From Russian State Companies Next Month ... Bloomberg Three Russian state-controlled oil companies, including OAO Rosneft and OAO Gazprom Neft, may begin delivering gasoline to Iran in a month, said the head of the Iran Commission of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

10. Winn-Dixie closing 30 stores, 1 in Jacksonville: ... The Florida Times-Union Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. Tuesday announced it will close 30 of its 514 stores, including one in Jacksonville, and cut 120 jobs in its corporate and field support staffs as it deals with a continued weak economy.

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