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17 Feb 2009 10:42

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Music: Pitchfork is lukewarm on the new M. Ward album

  • Hold Time is an enjoyable, well-constructed album, and as good a place as any for newcomers to start – it just doesn’t hold many surprises.
  • Marc Hogan • In his 6.8 review of “Hold Time,” the latest by singer-songwriter M. Ward, who’s become pretty popular over the last decade or so. This could be his mainstream ticket, kids. • source
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17 Feb 2009 10:35

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Biz: Donald Trump’s company is doing so bad, he fired himself.

Trump Entertainment filed for bankruptcy today. Plus, he resigned from the board. source
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17 Feb 2009 10:26

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Sports: The top of the NCAA hoops rankings is a revolving door

  • 5 top-ranked men’s teams have lost while No. 1. UConn’s the latest. source
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17 Feb 2009 10:20

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Culture: Period drama + bloodthirsty aliens? We’d pay to see that.

  • “Pride and Predator” could be amazing. The movie is exactly what it sounds like – in the midst of a period Jane Austenish costume drama, an alien ship crash lands, and the aliens start killing the formerly full-of-themselves arthouse actors. To be directed by Will Clark and produced by Elton John, there’s no way this could suck. All we gotta say is: “Please cast Keira Knightley. Please cast Keira Knightley.” source
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17 Feb 2009 10:10

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Offbeat: OK, this chimpanzee story is really weird.

  • A 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., Monday viciously mauled a woman he had known for years, leaving her critically injured with much of her face torn away, the authorities said.
  • Andy Newman • Reporter for The New York Times, in the lede for the story he wrote today. The chimp was shot dead, by the way, and, well … we don’t have anything else to say. • source
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17 Feb 2009 10:09

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Biz: Sirius XM gets a lifeline at the last second

  • $530 million was invested in the satellite radio service by Liberty Media source
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17 Feb 2009 10:01

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Biz: Profits fall at Wal-Mart … well, at least they still have some.

  • -7.4% their decline in profits in the 4th quarter source
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17 Feb 2009 01:53

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U.S.: No budget in California? Bye-bye government jobs.

  • In the absence of a budget, the governor has a responsibility to realize state savings any way he can. This is unfortunately a necessary decision.
  • Aaron McLear • A spokesman for California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had the delightful joy of informing the press that 20,000 jobs may be getting cut. The drastic measure is due to the fact that California’s $40 billion budget didn’t pass by a narrow margin this weekend. • source
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17 Feb 2009 01:47

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Tech, U.S.: You were warned, TV owners …

If you didn’t get an analog TV converter, many channels look like this today. Here’s a list. source
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16 Feb 2009 23:10

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Tech: That Facebook TOS thing is turning into a real dramabomb

  • Users respond … … by creating a group critical of the changed terms of service. As of right now, the page has over 12,000 users, but give it 12 hours and it’ll probably be triple that. Unlike other times people have criticized the service (like the redesign and the news feed), this Facebook-owns-your-life brouhaha might be harder to forget about.
  • Mark Zuckerberg responds … … by claiming that Facebook believes that the license is “necessary” to provide users with the service. However, he says that they’ve been refining the language of the terms of service over time. Says Zuckerberg: “Our philosophy that people own their information and control who they share it with has remained constant.” Your users certainly hope so, dude. source
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