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26 May 2009 20:18

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Sports: There’s a sad ending for Mike Tyson’s daughter Exodus :(

  • She was taking off life support this morning. Exodus, victim of a terrible accident involving a treadmill, died this morning at 11:45 a.m. It’s perhaps one of the more gut-wrenching stories we’ve run lately and we wish the best to the Tyson family in this difficult time. source
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26 May 2009 20:07

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Biz, Tech: If Facebook employees want to cash in, now’s the time

  • $100 million will be offered for stock cash-ins source
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26 May 2009 20:02

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Biz, Tech: Facebook is still getting huge influxes of $$$$$

  • $200 million The amount Facebook got from foreign investor Digital Sky Technologies.
  • $10 billion Facebook’s current market value, based on the investment. That’s a lot of money. source
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26 May 2009 19:03

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Culture, U.S.: Why we love the White House’s official Flickr page

Obama with Joe Biden and Sonia Sotomayor
  • Seriously, the photos they run are arguably better than the ones the Associated Press or any other wire service come up with. It’s yet another example of how the Obama administration is the best-designed administration ever. And, BTW, the photos are all public domain. :) source
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26 May 2009 15:17

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U.S.: It’s official: Prop. 8 upheld by California Supreme Court

  • no California upheld the controversial Prop. 8, which amended the constitution to bar gay marriage.
  • but … Those married during the brief period where it was legal won’t lose their marriage rights. source
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26 May 2009 12:30

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Culture, Tech: Teens text too much, and it isn’t healthy, say old jerks

  • 2,272 Average number of texts teens send in an average month
  • 75.7 Average number of texts teens send in an average day source
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26 May 2009 11:13

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U.S.: Five fast facts about SCOTUS justice pick Sonia Sotomayor

  • one She’s a New Yawker of Puerto Rican descent and a huge Yankees fan.
  • two Her pedigree’s pretty sweet: She went to Princeton and Yale Law School.
  • three She was appointed as a trial judge in 1991 and upgraded to appeals in 1998.
  • four In 1995, she effectively ended the MLB baseball strike by blocking replacements.
  • five If she gets on the court, she’ll likely be a solid liberal vote. Well, duhhhh. source
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26 May 2009 11:11

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U.S.: Why you’ll like Sonia Sotomayor: She’s one of us.

  • I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.
  • Obama’s Supreme Court justice pick Sonia Sotomayor • On what she describes as “the most humbling honor of my life.” The biggest hurdle she’ll likely face to becoming a justice is that she hasn’t had to make any major decisions on abortion cases, BTW. • source
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26 May 2009 10:55

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Biz, U.S.: Consumer confidence way up. No, actually WAAAYYYYYY up.

  • 54.9% in May; it was just 40% in April. Whoa. source
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26 May 2009 09:28

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Music: You need a little more Flaming Lips + Madonna in your life

2009 Borderline from George Salisbury on Vimeo.

  • The Lips joined up with fellow band Stardeath and White Dwarfs, which features Wayne Coyne’s nephew, to do a killer cover of Madonna’s “Borderline.” Sweet. (And the video’s cool too.)
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