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11 Apr 2009 22:47

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Tech: How an ugly worm named StalkDaily grabbed Twitter by the throat

  • one Some evil person who hates you figured out that you can run Javascript code in Twitter bio fields.
  • two When an infected Twitter user’s profile is viewed on the Web, that Javascript executes.
  • three The code propagates quickly, causing lots of scary things to happen to Twitter users.
  • four Panic, fear and crying by Tweeters everywhere takes over the Interweb. PANIC! AHH! source
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11 Apr 2009 22:37

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Politics, U.S.: The Sarah Palin/Bristol/Levi Johnston thing is officially testy

  • I know the truth about my family. I know details about whether Levi Johnston was allowed to live with my teenage daughter or not. By the way, it would be over my dead body that a kid would live with my teenage daughter.
  • Sarah Palin • In response to a reporter’s question about whether Levi Johnston actually lived with the Palins after the birth of Bristol’s child. Whew. Did a vein just pop in Palin’s forehead or what? Wow. • source
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11 Apr 2009 21:27

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Offbeat: Easter and Passover are here; time to check out the Playmobible!

The makers of Germany’s Playmobil toys haven’t been able to kill the popularity of this Biblical ode to their toys. source
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11 Apr 2009 21:05

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Offbeat, World: Woman somehow got in pool with polar bear, got bitten. Duh

  • The German woman has multiple injuries, a lot of explaining to do. The Berlin Zoo puts its polar bears behind multiple barriers for a reason. The reason is so that photos like this one (SFW but a little painful to look at) don’t happen. How could people be this stupid? source
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11 Apr 2009 20:29

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Culture, Sports: Update: Joe Frazier still doesn’t like Muhammad Ali

  • I’m sorry that he is the way he is, but I didn’t have too much to do with it. It was the good man above. Maybe I did have a little to do with it, but God judges, you know what I’m saying?
  • Joe Frazier • Talking about fellow boxer Muhammad Ali’s Parkinson’s disease. He blames God for it, because God clearly wanted Ali to suffer. Frazier is subject of a documentary airing on HBO starting tonight. • source
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11 Apr 2009 20:21

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U.S.: A doc with TB + a lot of very young patients = panic!

  • 10 months the amount of time the Chicago-area doctor may have spread tuberculosis without knowing it.
  • 330+ patients were exposed to the doctor, a large number of those newborns or young children. Oy. That’s no good. source
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11 Apr 2009 19:09

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U.S., World: See any trends on this map of U.S. immigrant workers?

That’s right, Mexico’s circle is way bigger than everyone else’s, by a wide margin. source
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11 Apr 2009 18:40

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Culture: Woody Harrelson thought he saw a zombie taking his photo

  • With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie.
  • Woody Harrelson • Explaining, via his publicist, why he attacked a photographer in La Guardia Airport on Wednesday. He claimed he had just finished a movie called “Zombieland” and was still in character. Remember, guys; the dude likes his pot. This explanation, by the way, is almost too entertaining for words. Next time we beat someone up for taking our photo, we’re using the same claim. • source
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11 Apr 2009 18:27

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Biz, U.S.: The feds are shuttering small banks left and right

  • 23 have closed this year, two on Friday alone (in Co. and N.C.) source
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11 Apr 2009 13:37

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Offbeat: This may be the greatest video in YouTube history: A musical dog

If YouTube were “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” Porter the Musical Dog would win the $100,000 prize. Just sayin’. source
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