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28 Apr 2009 21:10

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U.S.: Swine flu gets headlines, but regular flu kills more people

  • 150 people have died of swine flu since the outbreak began this week source
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28 Apr 2009 20:52

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Politics, U.S.: Five reasons that NYC Air Force One blunder was so stupid

  • Federal, state and local authorities knew of the “flying photo op” but didn’t tell the public it was happening. WTF guys? source
  • It was classified – so much so that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn’t know about it. Yeah, that’s genius. source
  • It happened in the middle of the morning, when everyone was at work in skyscrapers. PANIC! Evacuate!! AHHHH! source
  • It’s a plane. Flying low. In New York City. In a part of the city where two planes famously hit two buildings. *forehead slap* source
  • It’s an example of how vanity can get in the way of public safety, and it’s safe to say that officials shouldn’t forget that. source
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28 Apr 2009 20:33

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World: Meet the unlucky kid who got swine flu first

Edgar Hernandez, 4, was victim No. 1 of the outbreak. He’s OK now; he just (unintentionally) got everyone else sick. source
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28 Apr 2009 12:30

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Politics, U.S.: See ya, GOP: Why Arlen Specter is now a Democrat

  • It has become clear to me that the stimulus vote caused a schism which makes our differences irreconcilable.
  • Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spector • On why he’s switching parties. He claims that he always voted based on the issue, not the party line, but the Republicans aren’t happy with him in his state. His switching brings the Democrats closer to a two-thirds majority in the Senate. Less filibusters = more pushing stuff through. Liberals must be getting excited. • source
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28 Apr 2009 12:19

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Sports: The Nuggets made the Hornets cry, they beat them so bad

  • 58 points separated Denver from Nola in last night’s playoff win source
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28 Apr 2009 12:12

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U.S., World: The spread of the swine flu outbreak, shown visually

Red= Death. Blue = Cases. Light blue = Suspected. Yellow = Precautions. Together, they equal PANIC! source
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28 Apr 2009 11:59

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Culture, U.S.: &!*#*^% Supreme Court has to ruin everything, dammit

  • Cher said a bad word in 2002. Nicole Ritchie said one in 2003. source
  • The FCC sued Fox for allowing said bad word to get on air. source
  • An appeals court turned down the decision against Fox. source
  • The Supreme Court sided with the FCC. !&%* them. source
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28 Apr 2009 10:55

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Offbeat, World: Chomp, chomp: Man eats his own finger in act of protest

  • It had been years since some of his co-workers had been paid. An official for a union in Serbia got a point across in a pretty insane way – to show how much his fellow union members at the Raska Holding textile factory were starving because of unpaid wages, he cut off, then ate his own finger. Zoran Bulatovic explained his logic: “We, the workers have nothing to eat, we had to seek some sort of alternative food and I gave them an example. It hurt like hell.” Ya think? source
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28 Apr 2009 10:43

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Politics, U.S.: The media’s love affair with Michelle Obama continues

  • This is someone who appeals across the usual divides. She is a celebrity you can imagine being, not a celebrity you have to watch from afar.
  • Susan M. Reverby • Professor of women’s studies at Wellesley College in Mass., discussing exactly why Michelle Obama is so great. Perhaps it’s over the top, but, well, at least she isn’t talking about how amazing her arms are. • source
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28 Apr 2009 10:19

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Tech: Verizon’s apparently getting OMG OMG new Apple porn O_O

  • An iPhone “Nano”? Verizon may not merely be getting an iPhone, as previously noted. Instead, they might be getting two variants of the iPhone, one of which would be a smaller, cheaper, less functional iPhone – kinda like the iPod Nano. source
  • An iPhone “Nano”? Verizon may not merely be getting an iPhone, as previously noted. Instead, they might be getting two variants of the iPhone, one of which would be a smaller, cheaper, less functional iPhone – kinda like the iPod Nano.
  • A tablet iPhone? The other model Verizon might get would have similar functionality to the iPod Touch, but would be closer to Kindle-sized, though with a larger screen. Let’s hope this isn’t a rumor because it sounds awesome. source
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