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22 Jan 2009 16:33

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World: China’s tainted milk saga leads to the death penalty

  • two people were convicted and sentenced to death for selling milk laced with the toxic melamine; the milk made 300,000 sick source
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22 Jan 2009 14:08

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Music: The new U2 single = Spoon + Of Montreal + Bloc Party

  • How it’s like Spoon First thought when listening to “Get On Your Boots”: Well-placed handclaps, anyone? Yeah, that’s totally Spoon’s territory, as is the random fleeting sound. And the verse totally sounds like Spoon’s “Finer Feelings.” Yeah. Spoon is totally the biggest influence on rock music right now. source
  • How it’s like Spoon First thought when listening to “Get On Your Boots”: Well-placed handclaps, anyone? Yeah, that’s totally Spoon’s territory, as is the random fleeting sound. And the verse totally sounds like Spoon’s “Finer Feelings.” Yeah. Spoon is totally the biggest influence on rock music right now.
  • How it’s like Of Montreal That whole paisley chorus/bridge-going-paisley thing is such a staple of Of Montreal, and they did that whole twelve-songs-at-once thing on last year’s Skeletal Lamping, which was easily 2008’s strangest indie-rock album. U2 wants a piece of that uber-hip Elephant 6 pie. source
  • How it’s like Spoon First thought when listening to “Get On Your Boots”: Well-placed handclaps, anyone? Yeah, that’s totally Spoon’s territory, as is the random fleeting sound. And the verse totally sounds like Spoon’s “Finer Feelings.” Yeah. Spoon is totally the biggest influence on rock music right now.
  • How it’s like Of Montreal That whole paisley chorus/bridge-going-paisley thing is such a staple of Of Montreal, and they did that whole twelve-songs-at-once thing on last year’s Skeletal Lamping, which was easily 2008’s strangest indie-rock album. U2 wants a piece of that uber-hip Elephant 6 pie.
  • How it’s like Bloc Party Bloc Party is the most U2-like band of the naughts, so it’s inevitable that it sounds like a driving Bloc Party song to some degree. But this doesn’t sound like U2. No, this sounds like U2 playing Bloc Party playing U2. Which is weird. Bono, be yourself again! Get your edge back, Edge! source
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22 Jan 2009 13:18

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Biz, Tech: Apple faces SEC dramarama over that Steve Jobs illness thing

  • What did Apple know beforehand? Investors are understandably wondering about what the company knew about Steve Jobs’ health before he took a leave of absence last week. So now the feds are looking into it, just to see if they did anything sketchy about announcing it. Jobs is a cancer survivor and is dealing with a hormonal imbalance that has made him lose a significant amount of weight. source
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22 Jan 2009 11:05

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Culture: Oscar justice: Downey got a nom for “Tropic Thunder!”

Forget Heath Ledger. Robert Downey Jr. is the male supporting actor to beat. source
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22 Jan 2009 10:56

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U.S., World: Former Gitmo inmate: “Restore justice for prisoners”

  • He needs to restore justice for prisoners who were persecuted there during investigations. There were innocent people imprisoned there.
  • Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef • an ex-Taliban ambassador to Pakistan and former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, on Obama’s planned closing of the prison camp • source
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22 Jan 2009 09:08

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U.S.: Passengers of the Hudson River crash make bank

  • $5,000 for NYC jet crash passengers source
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22 Jan 2009 09:01

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Culture: Other top Oscar nod-getters: “Slumdog,” “Dark Knight,” “Milk”

  • 10 Oscar nominations for Slumdog Millionaire, the previous frontrunner (well, before today) source
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22 Jan 2009 08:57

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Culture: The curious case of way too many Oscar nominations

  • 13 Oscar nominations for “Benjamin Button.” Really? How? source
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22 Jan 2009 08:45

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Offbeat: Know that stupid hat Aretha Franklin wore at the inauguration?

Here’s some details on that jerk who made it. Fashion crime! source
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22 Jan 2009 08:33

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Sports: How’s Tom Brady doing with that knee injury?

  • Anyone who’s come back from injuries that require surgery, it’s just a process. There’s some good days, some bad days, and you just got to keep plugging through them. That’s life.
  • Tom Brady • The New England Patriots’ star quarterback, on his recovery from season-ending knee surgery. The Patriots have missed him; after an undefeated 2007 regular season, they went 11-5 in 2008 but missed the playoffs. • source
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