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09 Apr 2009 21:26

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Culture, Music: South Park, thank you for skewering Kanye West

Nothing against the man’s talent, but is there a single pop-culture icon more deserving of this (besides Billy Corgan)? source
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09 Apr 2009 21:17

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Biz, U.S.: The economy appears to be slowly emerging from its cocoon

  • Wells Fargo forecasted surprisingly good profits. source
  • Unemployment benefit filings are down for once. source
  • Retailers are predicting pretty solid April sales. source
  • The Dow reacted to this news by rallying +250. source
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09 Apr 2009 21:07

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Sports: Senseless: L.A. Angels pitcher’s death abrupt and unexptected

  • Pitcher Nick Adenhart threw the best game of his still-budding career, throwing six scoreless innings in a 6-4 Angels loss. source
  • Adenhart was the passenger in a Mitsubishi Eclipse that was hit by a suspected drunk driver. He died last night. He was 22. source
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09 Apr 2009 20:52

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U.S., World: Why does Obama think the new Iraq funding is needed?

  • Nearly 95 percent of these funds will be used to support our men and women in uniform as they help the people of Iraq to take responsibility for their own future — and work to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • President Barack Obama • In a letter to Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, on the need to pass this bill. When Obama was a senator, he opposed a special war spending bill bill similar to this one (which didn’t, by the way, have an endgame) proposed by Bush. Press secretary Robert Gibbs made light of this, but said it was different because the money would be needed soon. • source
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09 Apr 2009 20:43

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U.S., World: Obama’s asking for money again. This time, it’s for war.

  • $83.5 billion to fund an exit strategy for the Iraq war source
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09 Apr 2009 20:39

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U.S., World: FBI negotiator: The Somali pirates still have a bargaining chip

The FBI’s Jack Cloonan says kidnapping Capt. Richard Phillips, who is unharmed so far, could still benefit the pirates. source
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09 Apr 2009 10:39

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U.S.: Detroit’s doing so bad, it’s closing down public schools

  • 20 schools in Detroit will be closed, affecting up to 7,500 students source
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09 Apr 2009 10:34

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U.S., World: America hasn’t had pirate issues since the days of swashbuckling

  • 200 years since their last crazy pirate attack source
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09 Apr 2009 10:31

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Sports: Did Lance Armstrong delay his drug testing?

  • What happened? A drug tester went to get samples from the unretired Armstrong, but agreed to wait 20 minutes while he showered and while Armstrong’s assistant’s checked the tester’s background. source
  • What happened? A drug tester went to get samples from the unretired Armstrong, but agreed to wait 20 minutes while he showered and while Armstrong’s assistant’s checked the tester’s background.
  • No evasion, he says Armstrong (whose blood, urine and hair samples came out clean, by the way), denies being evasive, saying he simply wasn’t sure of the identity of the tester. It raised eyebrows, though. source
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09 Apr 2009 10:23

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Biz, U.S.: New jobless claims, after much struggle, sagged last week

  • 654,000 new claims (that’s down) source
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