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05 May 2009 21:58

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Politics, Sports: Dear Brett Favre: Stay retired, you old whiny dude. OK?

  • Please. Brett. We love you. You’re awesome. You had a great career with the Green Bay Packers. You got to date Mary back in 1997. But you don’t know the definition of the word retirement. You created the greatest dramabomb ever when you un-retired, then left for the New York Jets, then flopped. source
  • Please. Brett. We love you. You’re awesome. You had a great career with the Green Bay Packers. You got to date Mary back in 1997. But you don’t know the definition of the word retirement. You created the greatest dramabomb ever when you un-retired, then left for the New York Jets, then flopped.
  • Pretty please? Now we hear word that you’re talking to the Minnesota Vikings about a QB position. Why? Did Mississippi get a little old and tired for you? Stay at home. Mow the lawn. Cook some burgers on the grill. Run for school board president. Anything, ANYTHING, but play again. PLEEEEAAAASSEE? source
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05 May 2009 21:30

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Culture: Four ways you’re familiar with funnyman Dom DeLuise

  • He starred in a bunch of Mel Brooks movies, most notably as the voice of Pizza the Hutt in “Spaceballs.” Spiffy. source
  • He also starred in a lot of Burt Reynolds movies, including a couple “Cannonball Run” flicks and “Smokey & the Bandit II.” source
  • He’s had a few starring vehicles of his own, most notably the food-addicted main character of the dark comedy “Fatso.” source
  • He’s the fat old dude with the beard and the cap who likes food, but not fellow bearded, capped fat chef dude Paul Prudhomme. source
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05 May 2009 20:47

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Culture: Kentucky Fried Chicken hooks up with Oprah. Kinky.

  • Thanks to the talk-show superhost, KFC’s giving away lots of free chicken. Oprah wants people to give Kentucky Grilled Chicken – not fried, grilled – a chance, so she’s helping the chain give away some chicken. Two pieces of grilled chicken, two sides, and a biscuit, free – as long as you print an online coupon before tomorrow night. We can’t wait to see what PETA’s gonna do about this. (In other news, we wonder how KFC’s going to have extra time to fix the nation’s roads now that they have all this extra chicken to sell.) source
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05 May 2009 20:35

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U.S.: Meet the first U.S. recipient of a face transplant, Connie Culp

A shotgun wound to the face left Culp with the kind of scars you can’t hide. A new face gives her hope. source
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05 May 2009 18:47

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Politics, U.S.: Timothy Geithner celebrates HIS 100th day. How’s he doin’?

  • He is faced with so many challenges, so many financial stalls to muck out, that it may be a long time before we can measure his results beyond his growing skill at projecting confidence.
  • Daily Beast blogger Allan Dodds Frank • In an analysis piece on Geithner so far. He says the treasury secretary has had so much on his plate compared to his predecessors that we have to focus on him in the long-term rather than by short-term results, which thus far have alternated between nightmarish and redemptive. • source
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05 May 2009 12:26

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Biz, Tech: Today’s juicy rumor: Apple to buy Twitter??! WTF!?!?

  • $700 million asking price for the uber-popular startup source
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05 May 2009 10:36

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Biz, U.S.: Here’s a Cinco de Mayo quote worth celebrating from Ben Bernanke

  • We expect economic activity to bottom out, then to turn up later this year.
  • Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke • On his forecast for the economic recovery, which he says should be coming soon. Hoo-ray! • source
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05 May 2009 10:31

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Offbeat, World: It’s Cinco de Mayo! Have a cold one on us!

We wanted to be able to hand this to you though the screen, but the technology isn’t available yet. Ah well, maybe next year. source
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05 May 2009 10:18

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Biz, U.S.: The stress tests on banks show some structural weaknesses

  • 10 of 19 big banks tested flunked with flying colors, need more $$$ source
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05 May 2009 10:13

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Tech, World: Why are text messages 160 characters or less? Blame this guy.

  • My friend said this was impossible for the mass market. I was more optimistic.
  • Friedhelm Hillebrand • The german man behind the technology used to create SMS, more commonly known by drunk teenagers at parties as texting. Hillebrand made the realization that 160 characters was, as he put it, “perfectly sufficient.” But early technology could only handle 128 characters. Fortunately, they kept working and got it up to 160. Did his technology make him rich? No, but everyone uses it, so isn’t that enough? • source
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