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07 Jan 2009 10:43

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Sports: The Celtics: Superhuman start, stumbling follow-up

  • 27-2 Boston’s record at the start of the season, an NBA record source
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07 Jan 2009 10:37

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Sports: Everybody wants a piece of the Celtics

  • Every time we play, it’s a Game 7 for the other team. On the nights we’re not ready mentally for that, we’re going to have to get lucky and play over our head to win.
  • Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers • on the team’s recent slide into mediocrity after a record-setting start • source
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07 Jan 2009 10:20

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Music, Tech: Throw out everything you knew about iTunes

  • The changes afoot Apple, who despite their stranglehold on the digital music market has faced strong competition in the last year from the Amazon MP3 store, plans to stop selling music with digital rights management. Users will also be able to purchase songs using their iPhones over 3G data networks. source
  • The changes afoot Apple, who despite their stranglehold on the digital music market has faced strong competition in the last year from the Amazon MP3 store, plans to stop selling music with digital rights management. Users will also be able to purchase songs using their iPhones over 3G data networks.
  • A changing price structure The most noticeable change to consumers will be the cost of a single song – Apple has long resisted moving from a price structure of 99 cents a song, but finally relented and will start selling music at two other price points – 69 cents and $1.29. source
  • The changes afoot Apple, who despite their stranglehold on the digital music market has faced strong competition in the last year from the Amazon MP3 store, plans to stop selling music with digital rights management. Users will also be able to purchase songs using their iPhones over 3G data networks.
  • A changing price structure The most noticeable change to consumers will be the cost of a single song – Apple has long resisted moving from a price structure of 99 cents a song, but finally relented and will start selling music at two other price points – 69 cents and $1.29.
  • Other MacWorld highlights Phil Schiller, who took the place of Steve Jobs at the company’s final MacWorld keynote, also revealed new versions of iWork and iLife and a 17-inch MacBook Pro to match the rest of their laptop line. All in all, kind of boring. source
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07 Jan 2009 10:06

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U.S.: Sanjay Gupta: From Dr. CNN to Dr. Obama?

  • The next surgeon general CNN revealed today that Gupta, long a familiar face on the network, was tapped by the Obama administration to take a job which allows him to continue to be the most well-known doctor in the country. He’s up to the task: Despite his high-profile day job, he’s managed to continue work as a neurosurgeon and as a assistant professor at Emory University. He’s the Ryan Seacrest of medicine. source
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07 Jan 2009 09:54

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World: A pause on the fighting in Gaza

  • 3 hour breaks – the daily period Israel will allow so aid can enter Gaza source
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07 Jan 2009 09:45

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Offbeat: If you’re a plastic doll, do you still get menopause?

Barbie turns 50 this year, and she still looks like a million plastic bucks. source
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06 Jan 2009 14:29

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Offbeat, Tech: A look at this man’s face is a look at nipples

  • An artistic protest against Facebook. In the wake of the breast-feeding saga rocking Facebook, one enterprising artistic type decided to make a collage of his face entirely out of nipples, just to see if it’d set off the censors. It’s still up as of this moment. We’d show you the photo, but it’s got a lot of nipples in it. source
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06 Jan 2009 13:37

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Music: Ron Asheton, Stooges guitarist. Dead at 60.

  • What happened? After not hearing from him for days, Asheton’s assistant contacted police, where they found him dead in his Ann Arbor, Mi. home. He appeared to have been dead for several days. Foul play was not expected. source
  • What happened? After not hearing from him for days, Asheton’s assistant contacted police, where they found him dead in his Ann Arbor, Mi. home. He appeared to have been dead for several days. Foul play was not expected.
  • Who was he? Asheton played in other bands, including The New Order (not the U.K. band) and Destroy All Monsters, but he was most notable for playing the guitar parts for the Stooges, the legendary Iggy Pop-led proto-punk band. source
  • What happened? After not hearing from him for days, Asheton’s assistant contacted police, where they found him dead in his Ann Arbor, Mi. home. He appeared to have been dead for several days. Foul play was not expected.
  • Who was he? Asheton played in other bands, including The New Order (not the U.K. band) and Destroy All Monsters, but he was most notable for playing the guitar parts for the Stooges, the legendary Iggy Pop-led proto-punk band.
  • His recent activity Asheton played on Pop’s 2002 album Skull Ring and took part in a Stooges reunion that started in 2005 and led to the 2007 album The Weirdness. The band is nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. source
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06 Jan 2009 13:13

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U.S.: The scene as Roland Burris was turned away

He wanted to sit. They wouldn’t let him. So now, he goes away. Maybe he’ll try later. source
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06 Jan 2009 12:45

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Tech: YouTube drives video’s, and Google’s, growth

  • 5.1 billion videos were watched on YouTube, 40 pecent of all online video viewing source
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