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28 Mar 2009 13:03

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Biz, World: An example of the mushroom effect of the credit crunch

  • The Royal Bank of Scotland, well-known for its globalization efforts, has been ordered by the British government to pump billions into the British credit market. source
  • So RBS can redouble its efforts in its homeland, the company has recently started to scale back and tried to sell a number of its global endeavors – in countries big and small. source
  • Due to the new tightening of credit in developing countries such as Vietnam and Romania, the world credit market takes a hit and begins to constrict even more. Yikes. source
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28 Mar 2009 12:41

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Tech: Electronic Arts learns from its DRM mistakes of “Spore” past

  • The Sims 3? No DRM. Just a serial code. Back in the dark ages of last year, this hotly anticipated game called “Spore” came out. Somehow, it managed to get completely overshadowed by its digital rights management scheme, which was particularly invasive and seemed to take ownership away from fans. Well, Electronic Arts has apparently learned its lesson; “The Sims 3,” out later this year, will not use any DRM at all beyond a serial code. Someone got burned. source
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28 Mar 2009 12:30

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Politics, World: People aren’t afraid to call the Pope out on his condom stance

From Facebook groups to mass-mailed condom protests, people aren’t afraid to criticize the dude for his stance. source
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28 Mar 2009 12:23

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U.S.: Update on North Dakota floodwaters; when will it crest?

  • 42 feet, 7 a.m. Sunday; that’s the current estimate. source
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28 Mar 2009 02:45

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Music: Why is Animal Collective so strange? They don’t know how to play.

  • At this point we’re so beyond being able to communicate with each other that way, that we just kind of developed our own language in terms of music-making. And that’s why it’s not important to us.
  • Dave Portner (a.k.a. Avey Tare) • In an interview with Pitchfork talking about their unique approach to making music, which, as most of you know, critics and a capella groups really like. They’re even making inroads into the mainstream. Good for them! • source
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28 Mar 2009 02:43

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Sports: The Elite Eight is extra-elite, kids.

  • four number-one seeds made it this far in the tourney. Sucks to be in a small conference this year, dudes. source
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28 Mar 2009 00:31

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U.S.: Those evil juvenile court judges sound like cartoon bad guys

  • We did what we could to stop it. There were so many red flags that no one could mistake them as any other color.
  • Luzerne County, Pa. Commissioner Stephen A. Urban • On the Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Judge Michael T. Conahan, who screwed over hundreds of kids by sending them to detention centers, receiving kickbacks that allowed them to chill at a resort home in Florida. Everyone knew something sketchy was going on but they had an iron grip over the court. Actual justice has finally been served and now they’re going to jail. • source
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27 Mar 2009 22:13

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Culture, Offbeat: Here’s our favorite parts of the ShamWow infomercial

  • “Made in Germany! You know the Germans always make good stuff.” source
  • “It just does the work! Why do you want to work twice as hard?” source
  • “Without putting any pressure, 50% of the cola, right there.” source
  • “It acts like a vacuum; and look at this; virtually dry on the bottom.” source
  • “This lasts ten years, this lasts a week!” source
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27 Mar 2009 22:03

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Culture, Offbeat: “Sham-oww! Stop biting my tongue, you crazy prostitute!”

Craziest story ever. This guy sells ShamWow towels on TV. He was with a prostitute. She tried biting off his tongue. Really. source
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27 Mar 2009 19:58

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Culture, Politics: CNN isn’t doing so hot in primetime right now; MSNBC is

  • +30% increase in MSNBC’s prime-time ratings helped largely by kingpin Keith Olbermann; they’re now in second place, ahead of CNN (Fox News is still way atop the heap) source
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