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04 Feb 2009 11:00

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World: Fighting in Sri Lanka leaves a devastating toll for civilians

  • They are trapped in a very small area which has come under fighting, and they just have no safe place to go, they cannot escape, and they have lost the means that they need for survival.
  • Sophie Romanens • A Red Cross representative, on the dangers more than 300 hospitalized civilians and 20 staff face after being moved away from the fighting to nearby Puttumatalan. The area has a lack of drinking water and the situation is getting critical for the patients. • source
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04 Feb 2009 10:56

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U.S.: Big cities are feeling the unemployment squeeze pretty badly

  • 98% of all cities saw their unemployment levels rise source
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04 Feb 2009 10:50

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Music: Death Cab for Cutie has an iPhone app

This app will either follow you into the dark or possess your heart. We’re not sure which. source
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04 Feb 2009 10:47

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Music: We saw Antony and the Johnsons last night in D.C.

  • We thought it was awesome, but … There were a couple of moments of very uncomfortable silence just before “Fistful of Love” in which our man Antony Hegarty went into a lengthy, meandering rant on the evils of nuclear war. The crowd, which was silently in awe of the transgendered man, was visibly squirming. It only hurt the show a little, though. Dude’s voice sounds amazing in person, especially on “Another World” and the encore, “Hope There’s Someone.” On a side note, seeing a show in a synagogue rules. source
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04 Feb 2009 10:42

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Biz, U.S., World: How much could bailed-out execs get their pay capped?

  • $500,000 plus stock options source
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04 Feb 2009 10:30

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Tech: Google Latitude: A.K.A. social networking for stalkers

Got a mobile phone? And friends? Track their every movement with this handy new tool. source
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04 Feb 2009 10:24

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Biz: Yo, Wells Fargo: Going to Vegas on the taxpayer’s dime? Bad idea.

  • $25 billion the amount the bank got from taxpayers as part of the economic bailout last year source
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04 Feb 2009 10:17

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Tech: Myspace says sayonara to sex offenders en masse

  • 50,000+ accounts were deleted source
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03 Feb 2009 23:14

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Offbeat: You from Tuscon? You see porn during the Super Bowl? Get paid.

  • 30 seconds of pornography was shown on some Comcast systems in Tuscon, Ariz. with 3 minutes left in the Super Bowl – right when Arizona took the lead source
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03 Feb 2009 23:03

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U.S.: Obama ditches Tom Daschle – AND he takes the blame

  • Did I screw up in this situation? Absolutely. I’m willing to take my lumps.
  • Barack Obama • in an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, on that Tom Daschle guy, who had to pay a ton in back taxes recently – a fact that came out when he was being vetted for Secretary of Health and Human Services • source
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