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10 May 2009 12:49

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Culture: “Star Trek” killed at the box office in a big, mainstream way

  • $76.5 million the estimated weekend box office of the new Trek movie source
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10 May 2009 12:37

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Culture: “Motherlover”: Justin Timberlake was amazing on SNL last night

  • Like “Dick in a Box”? Here’s the sequel, “Motherlover” – it’s one of many things that makes us think Justin Timberlake should give up the music thing and go into comedy.source
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10 May 2009 12:26

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World: Pakistani forces had an eventful day against the Taliban

  • 200 Taliban forces were killed in the last day, sez Pakistan source
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09 May 2009 22:11

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Biz, Culture: How the KFC/Oprah free chicken thing blew up in KFC’s face

  • After famously being known as a source of fattening fried chicken, KFC launches a new brand of grilled chicken. source
  • To convince people to give them a chance and rethink the brand, KFC puts a free chicken coupon on their Web site. source
  • KFC then promotes the deal on Oprah’s kingmaking TV show, causing huge visibility and demand for the coupons. source
  • The coupons get redeemed en masse, creating huge lines at the restaurants that were way bigger than they anticipated. source
  • After being unable to keep up with the demand, KFC canceled the offer, pissing people off. Idiots. source
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09 May 2009 21:50

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Politics, U.S.: How did New England become a mecca of gay marriage?

  • Clearly, attitudes about gay people have changed in New England. I mean, they must have, right? Or was the region always more accepting in general despite my personal experiences?
  • PlanetOut columnist Carter Todd • Discussing what, to him, is a bizarre evolution of the gay marriage debate. Todd grew up in New England and did not believe the region to be particularly gay-friendly nor particularly open about its sexuality, and in fact found Boston to be not gay-friendly at all. So he raised the question to his readers: Why New England? • source
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09 May 2009 21:31

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U.S.: Justice was totally not served for this guy who skipped jury duty

  • 83 days in jail for skipping jury duty in ’03. WTF, justice system? source
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09 May 2009 21:20

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Biz, U.S.: The recession reminded people to actually save money

  • -2.7% the savings rate in 2005 – in other words, people were spending more than they earned. source
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09 May 2009 16:26

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U.S.: Someone got the ax for that NYC Air Force One incident

  • Louis Caldera eats the blame for the incident. The Director of the White House Military Office, who spent much of the last two weeks in PR spin mode after the incident which he OK’d on his watch, turned in his resignation on Friday, saying he couldn’t do the job anymore in the wake of the incident. Obama was furious over the incident, which – let’s face it – was pretty stupid. source
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09 May 2009 16:17

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U.S.: The fine print in Obama’s budget kills abstinence-only education

It didn’t really work anyway – no matter how many purity rings you hand out, teens are still going to have sex. They’re teens. source
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09 May 2009 16:08

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U.S.: Five years of Massachusetts gay marriage, by the numbers

  • 12,167 gay marriages in Massachusetts through September 2008 – 64% of them women source
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