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14 Mar 2009 19:53

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Biz: Bernie Madoff is worth a lot of money, but not enough

  • $823 million Madoff’s approximate net worth, according to court papers source
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14 Mar 2009 19:46

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Offbeat: We’re celebrating Pi day today. Here’s some digits, yo.

  • 3.141592653 that’s pi! source
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14 Mar 2009 18:20

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Biz, U.S.: Dear AIG: Why are you still giving out bonuses?

  • AIG got a ton of money from the government to keep the economy going, because they’re too freaking big and broke everything. source
  • They’re restructuring some of their biggest bonuses to executives, but still giving out hundreds of millions to employees. WTF? source
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14 Mar 2009 18:08

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Music: KoRn continues its slow evolution to Christian rock

  • It’s crazy how everybody can sit and talk about rehab but if I come to say Christ was my rehab, it’s not cool to say that. … For me that’s my rehab. That’s what happened with me and it’s an amazing and powerful thing.
  • Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu • KoRn’s bassist. He quit drugs and alcohol cold turkey after his father told him his dying wish was for the dude to find God. He’s the second guy from KoRn to go all Jesus freak – Brian “Head” Welsh quit the band and went religious loudly and with much criticism from fans. Fieldy could be setting himself up for the same, as the admission comes with a new book. • source
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14 Mar 2009 17:55

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Biz, U.S.: If you’re on unemployment, don’t use the debit cards

  • 30 states offer debit cards as a direct-deposit option to those who are on unemployment; most have contracts with banks. source
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14 Mar 2009 17:40

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Politics, Tech: Our biggest criticism of Twitter: Marketing “experts”

  • Twitter is actually great. Don’t listen to the haters who claim that all people ever do with Twitter is tweet about how they’re going to use the bathroom. It’s a great, versatile communication tool, and has largely taken the place of the chat rooms of Internet past. (Sorry, mIRC. We were good friends back in the day.) We’ve even made some good friends through Twitter. But we do have one problem with the site: Its overuse as a social marketing tool.
  • Twitter is actually great. Don’t listen to the haters who claim that all people ever do with Twitter is tweet about how they’re going to use the bathroom. It’s a great, versatile communication tool, and has largely taken the place of the chat rooms of Internet past. (Sorry, mIRC. We were good friends back in the day.) We’ve even made some good friends through Twitter. But we do have one problem with the site: Its overuse as a social marketing tool.
  • Social marketers must die. We agree, Twitter’s a great promotional tool. We use it ourselves to tell people about our latest updates. And it tells people when we’ve last trashed on U2. And we even chat with them! But then there’s users like @MikeKlingler and @DiyanaAlcheva. Both of whom have over 15,000 followers. Both of whom followed us today. Both of whom we’ll never actually communicate with. For the love of God, stop ruining a good thing!
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14 Mar 2009 14:13

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U.S., World: Obama drops “enemy combatants” like a bad habit

  • As we work toward developing a new policy to govern detainees, it is essential that we operate in a manner that strengthens our national security, is consistent with our values and is governed by law.
  • Attorney general Eric Holder • On the administration’s new policy of holding detainees, which differs heavily from the Bush administration. They plan to stop using the term “enemy combatants” and say that international law governs the detention of terrorism suspects – and it isn’t like Guantanamo Bay, which they plan to close. • source
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14 Mar 2009 14:04

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Politics, Tech: What does the Internet think of the Facebook redesign?

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14 Mar 2009 13:31

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Tech: We’re one of the cool kids with the Facebook redesign (finally)

The front page redesign is up. In case you’re wondering, I’m probably not going to any of my five invited events. source
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14 Mar 2009 13:15

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Culture: Public Enemy No. 1: Lindsay Lohan

  • A warrant is out for her arrest. The star, who went from critically-acclaimed actress to laughingstock in less than a year, has a warrant out for her arrest stemming from a 2007 DUI charge. She’s currently on probation for her second DUI conviction. She’s only like 22, by the way. Girl’s been busy. source
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