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24 May 2009 11:20

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Biz, Offbeat: The guy visiting every Starbucks can’t seem to get closure

  • 9,000+ number of Starbucks “Winter” has visited since starting Starbucks Everywhere a dozen years ago. He’s trying to visit every one. source
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24 May 2009 11:06

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Offbeat: Remember Mary Kay LeTourneau? She’s still diggin’ on her student

  • It wouldn’t be funny if it was a situation that was happening right now. But it’s a situation that happened a long time ago, she served her time, now they’re married, they had kids together, and we’re just having fun.
  • Mike Morris • Owner of Fuel Sports Eats and Beats in Seattle, which hosted a “Hot for Teacher” night featuring Mary Kay Letourneau, shamed years ago for having a relationship with her student, and Vili Fualaau, the former student (and current husband) who DJ’ed at the event as DJ Headline. It’s like creepy and awesome at the same time. • source
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24 May 2009 10:54

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Politics, World: Sri Lanka needs to deal with the mess it made during the war

Yo, Sri Lanka – see all these Tamil people stuck in displacement camps? This isn’t cool. Take care of this. Now. source
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24 May 2009 10:24

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Offbeat: An architect trapped in the closet makes the best of it

  • $150 a month for an eco-friendly hole in the wall. Sergio Santos of Delray Beach, Fla. has designed lots of big buildings such as high-rises, but his most impressive work may be the 5 1/2 by 14 feet room he’s living in after getting laid off in January. He’s designed the space in such a way that it’s multi-functional, architecturally attractive and interesting enough that the local newspaper did a story about it. Personally, we hope it helps his love life. “Step inside my closet, baby. …” source
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24 May 2009 10:08

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U.S.: Diplomats will get benefits for their same-sex partners

  • The department will provide these benefits for both opposite-sex and same-sex partners because it is the right thing to do.
  • Secretary of State Hilary Clinton • In a memo to her State Department staff on giving equal rights to diplomats with same-sex partners. A senior State Department official confirmed the note but not the timeframe. Either way, Clinton did a nice thing. • source
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24 May 2009 10:00

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World: How much does it cost to bribe your way into Buckingham Palace?

  • £1,000 now a driver’s royally screwed source
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23 May 2009 21:16

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World: India’s elections are huge ordeals in need of huge pictures

Fortunately for us, The Boston Globe had the same idea and gathered huge photos for us. Hooray! source
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23 May 2009 20:55

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Offbeat: An ironic two-sided video analysis of the evolution debate

Duelity - both from manbee on Vimeo.

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23 May 2009 20:33

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Culture: Archie is finally ready to choose his lady. Great. Now we don’t care.

  • Betty or Veronica? Who gives a crap? After 68 years of keeping comic book fans vaguely interested in their boring misadventures, Archie Comics has finally decided that, in August, its main character will propose to either Betty (the blond one) and Veronica (the black-haired one). Personally, we think Archie should actually make us interested in his stupid comics again by marrying Jughead. It’d be so modern and unexpected! source
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23 May 2009 20:18

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Culture: Sans Ah-nold, “Terminator Salvation” opens pretty well

  • $13.4 million on Friday for the latest cyborg flick source
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