http://www.smarttoolbars.com Toolbars R us Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:14:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 cs WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the first time in U.S. history, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that individual Americans have the right to own guns for personal use, and struck down a strict gun control law in the U.S. capital. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/320604320/idUSWBT00928420080626 The 5–4 ruling was the first ever to directly address the meaning of the Second Amendment?s am­biguous text, but the decision left open the possibility that less restrictive state laws were permissible.   http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/washington/27scotuscnd.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss North Korea took a big step toward re-integration into the world community by submitting the nuclear declaration. In response, the White House said that it would remove it from a list of terrorism sponsors.   http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/world/asia/27nuke.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Olafur Eliasson?s four ?New York City Waterfalls,? a $15.5 million public art project, opened Thursday after two years of planning.   http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/waterfalls-display-opens-on-harbor/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss When it comes to looking classy on a Vespa in Rome, no one did it better than Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in „Roman Holiday.“ But there's a Vespa tour that allows you to try.   http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/touring-rome-on-a-vespa/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss The touch screens in New York cabs will now feature People.com, nightlife information and other listings.   http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/taxi-tvs-now-with-more-content/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Former champion Maria Sharapova was ousted in the second round by 154th-ranked Alla Kudryavtseva. It was her earliest exit from a Grand Slam event since 2003.   http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-TEN-Wimbledon.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss A series of attacks on pro-American targets in recent days are clearly intended to kill local Iraqi leaders.   http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/world/middleeast/27iraq.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Wall Street took a sharp plunge after a discouraging report on the prospects of the nation?s biggest brokerage firms.   http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/business/27stox.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss The Chinese government is rebuked by the I.O.C. for politicizing the Olympics.   http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/the-starting-line-china-denies-ioc-criticism-after-officials-tibet-remarks/index.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss