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01 Jan 2009 17:56

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U.S.: In the words of an attempted NYE bomber

  • For the first two years I was in prison I woke up every [sic] wishing I was dead. Now it comes to pass. I was and am a good man.
  • Aspen, Colo. resident Jim Blanning • in a note left with the Aspen Times. Blanning, found dead in his vehicle today, reportedly planted bombs in city banks, shutting down the resort town on New Year’s Eve. • source
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01 Jan 2009 17:41

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Sports: The most hated man in the N.Y. Metro

The hate is coming out: A number of N.Y. Jets blame Brett Favre for their woes. (Wikipedia) source
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01 Jan 2009 16:34

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Sports: It’s like Lambeau Field for losers

  • 40,818 people watched hockey outside source
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01 Jan 2009 16:19

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Offbeat, Tech: Well, everything is just sitting out at Apple Stores …

  • Thieves ransack Apple gear Two of the iconic computer retailer’s computer outlets – both in Silicon Valley, by the way – recently got robbed. They nabbed approximately $10,000 worth of gear from one of them in just two minutes. We bet they took all the Mac Minis. Yeah. source
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01 Jan 2009 16:00

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Tech: Google to IE6 users: Drop it like a bad habit

  • GMail is faster elsewhere Google’s Chrome, recently upgraded to version 1.0, apparently runs the popular GMail service at much faster speeds. So does Firefox. And IE7. And Safari. And Opera. And so on … source
  • GMail is faster elsewhere Google’s Chrome, recently upgraded to version 1.0, apparently runs the popular GMail service at much faster speeds. So does Firefox. And IE7. And Safari. And Opera. And so on …
  • Google plays hardball GMail recently removed IE6 from its list of supported browsers and put a page on the menu bar targeting those users. Google says that upgrading would “make Google Mail run an average of twice as fast.” source
  • GMail is faster elsewhere Google’s Chrome, recently upgraded to version 1.0, apparently runs the popular GMail service at much faster speeds. So does Firefox. And IE7. And Safari. And Opera. And so on …
  • Google plays hardball GMail recently removed IE6 from its list of supported browsers and put a page on the menu bar targeting those users. Google says that upgrading would “make Google Mail run an average of twice as fast.”
  • IE6’s business base Internet Explorer has built its sizable market share due to the glacial pace of businesses upgrading their browsers. On weekends, the browser’s share goes down considerably. Coincidence? We think not. source
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01 Jan 2009 15:59

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World: Israel hits its target on New Year’s Day

  • We are trying to hit everybody who is a leader of the organization, and today we hit one of their leaders.
  • Israeli Vice Premier Haim Ramon • on a bombing which killed a top Hamas figurehead (along with members of his family) on Thursday • source
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01 Jan 2009 14:05

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Music: What was the top album of 2008?

  • By the numbers … … Metacritic says African duo Amadou & Mariam’s Welcome to Mali is the top-rated album of the year. They scored a worldwide popular-consciousness coup in 2006 after recording that year’s World Cup song, “Celebrate the Day.” source
  • By the numbers … … Metacritic says African duo Amadou & Mariam’s Welcome to Mali is the top-rated album of the year. They scored a worldwide popular-consciousness coup in 2006 after recording that year’s World Cup song, “Celebrate the Day.”
  • The critics, though … … have definitely taken a liking to Fleet Foxes’ self-titled debut, with that album topping a number of year-end lists. TV on The Radio, Portishead and Bon Iver are right behind, though. Our favorite? Deerhunter’s Microcastle. source
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01 Jan 2009 13:49

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Offbeat: Resolutions bad for your health?

  • One organization thinks so. Mind, a mental health charity, says that trying to focus on self-improvement just makes you stressed and depressed. They recommend staying positive instead. Funny, so do we! source
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01 Jan 2009 13:41

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World: It’s Cuba’s 50th communist birthday

Fidel Castro shown arriving in Washington, D.C. in 1959. (Library of Congress) source
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01 Jan 2009 13:40

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World: Political prisoners in Cuba

  • 15,000 political prisoners in 1964 source
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