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24 Mar 2009 10:34

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Biz, U.S.: Bankers falling off the wagon in high numbers, rehab clinics say

  • We absolutely do see more people coming in naming either a job loss or huge financial reversals or big investments with Bernie Madoff.
  • Sigurd Ackerman • The medical director at New Canaan, Connecticut’s Silver Hill Hospital rehabilitation facility, on the high number of former bankers coming in with alcoholism problems. Many (well, former) bankers live in New Canaan. • source
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24 Mar 2009 10:27

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Culture, U.S.: The International Space Station’s new room has a great name

  • 230,539 voted for “Colbert.” LOL. source
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24 Mar 2009 10:18

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U.S., World: South Africa has some pretty lame people in charge of visas

  • A group in South Africa wants to hold a peace conference, and they invited Tibetian spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to come. source
  • South Africa denies him a visa out of fear that his visit might overshadow the 2010 World Cup, which they’re hosting. WTF? source
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24 Mar 2009 10:09

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Sports: Stan Van Gundy tries starting Patrick Ewing drama with the Knicks

  • They honor him, but while they’ve got a lot of ex-players in their organization, they’ve never made any move to try to hire him. That to me is amazing.
  • Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy • On his assistant Patrick Ewing, a major star for the New York Knicks in the 80s and 90s. Despite this (and a pretty pathetic recent history), the Knicks have made no attempt to make Ewing a part of the team’s staff or management. Well, at least he’s big-upping a big man instead of tearing one down. • source
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24 Mar 2009 10:02

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Culture: Octet mom Nadya Suleman: My angels-in-waiting? Not really angels.

  • They were apparently spying on her. Suleman, who has 14 kids, in case you haven’t heard, claims the nonprofit Angels in Waiting has not exactly been very cool to her throughout their agreement. The group was providing training services to nannies paid on Suleman’s dime. (They initially offered around-the-clock service, but scaled back.) The group apparently was making complaints to child services. “It started out adversarial and never really resolved itself,” said Suleman attorney Jeff Czech. source
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24 Mar 2009 09:50

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U.S.: The red meat: Eat too many burgers, you die sooner.

A new study says too much red meat is bad for you. Duh. source
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24 Mar 2009 09:37

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Biz, U.S.: N.Y. Attorney General wants, but can’t get, all the AIG bonuses back

  • We have a very aggressive theory about our jurisdiction, but we don’t have a theory that gets us to London.
  • Andrew Cuomo • N.Y. Attorney General, on his plan to get the AIG bonuses back. Unfortunately, he doesn’t think he can legally get money back from AIG’s financial products division, which is based in London and was largely responsible for the credit-default swaps which got us in this mess. • source
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24 Mar 2009 09:30

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Biz, U.S.: Most of AIG’s top ten bonuses will be given back

  • nine execs have agreed to give their AIG bonuses back; the tenth guy didn’t. Let’s beat him up! source
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