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23 Mar 2009 10:23

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Biz, U.S.: The Obama administration has a plan for toxic assets. Hoo-ray!

  • $500 billion amount the Obama administration wants to spend to buy back toxic assets, to later resell source
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23 Mar 2009 10:15

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U.S.: A departing New York cardinal spices up the priestly celibacy debate

  • Hey, priests should have laaaaaaadies, too! Amid all the hullabaloo around the retirement of Edward M. Egan, some spare comments he made about allowing priests to marry has relit the flame to a long-standing debate in the Catholic Church. Egan told an Albany radio station regarding celibacy, “I think that it’s going to be discussed; it’s a perfectly legitimate discussion.” Allowing marriage might help reverse the shortage of priests that’s been dogging parishes lately. This may not happen, though. The Church doesn’t back down very easily. source
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23 Mar 2009 10:03

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World: Impeding medical care? Israel criticized over wartime ethics

  • Israel placed numerous obstacles in the course of the operation that impeded emergency medical evacuation of the sick and wounded and also caused families to be trapped for days without food, water and medications.
  • A report by the Physicians for Human Rights • On the 22-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in January. Part of the reason this criticism is so damning: The fighting had a large civilian toll, which Israel was roundly criticized for at the time. • source
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23 Mar 2009 09:48

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Music: The Decemberists suffer a Pitchfork raspberry for “Hazards of Love”

  • 5.7 they said it’s too overblown & theatrical, not catchy enough source
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22 Mar 2009 23:59

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Biz: Yesterday, we tried to come up with innovative ad models.

Revenue 2.0 rocked. Here’s our attempt at an improved version of Craigslist for newspapers. Tell us what you think. source
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22 Mar 2009 23:42

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World: “Mad Max” plays out in an Australian airport; yay for biker brawls!

  • They came running through, picking up the big metal barrier poles and swinging them like swords at each other. I saw one of the men lying on the ground, and another man came up with a pole and just started smashing it into his head.
  • Naomi Constantine • Who witnessed a biker brawl that took place in Sydney’s airport. One person died, which makes it perhaps something we shouldn’t compare to “Mad Max,” but seriously, doesn’t this sound just like a scene from “Mad Max”? • source
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22 Mar 2009 23:35

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U.S., World: NASA takes the piss out of its urine recycler (for now),

  • *LOL* Sorry, we can’t help ourselves. Apparently, the urine recycler they’re testing on the International Space Station isn’t working quite right, so they’re shutting it down for now. The device is supposed to convert urine into wine … er, uh … water. There are so many bad, awful and terrible jokes we could make here, so maybe it’s time to stop. source
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22 Mar 2009 23:21

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World: The day’s other big crash: A FedEx cargo plane in Japan (with video!)

Whoa. That’s freakin’ crazy! Let’s just say that we don’t like plane crashes. They suck. :( source
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22 Mar 2009 21:06

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Politics, U.S.: Note to the AP/Oakland P.D.: “Dead” ≠ “Brain-dead”

  • This is the danger of being too hasty to report facts. The police made a bad mistake and the AP reported it. Be careful! These are people we’re talking about. source
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22 Mar 2009 20:35

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U.S.: A plane crash in Montana with a deadly, sad toll

  • 17 people died in the crash, including many young children source
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