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03 May 2009 09:51

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Sports: The Cowboys don’t have a practice bubble anymore

12 were injured. A less forgiving fan (a.k.a. a jerk) would blame the high amount of ego in the room for the collapse. source
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03 May 2009 09:41

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U.S., World: Pigs infected with H1N1: It’s like an infinite loop of swine flu

  • The Alberta farmer recently left Mexico. Canadian officials are quarantining a bunch of pigs testing positive for swine flu after a farmer apparently gave H1N1 to them. In case you’re wondering, this does not make eating pork dangerous. If they have swine flu, it will not get you sick. So don’t freak out. source
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03 May 2009 09:33

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Sports: Mine That Bird should not have won the Kentucky Derby

  • 51-1 the odds against the winning horse, of course source
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03 May 2009 09:25

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U.S.: Arlen Specter was not feeling Republican love in Pennsylvania

  • 29% of Pennsylvania Republicans had a favorable opinion of Specter after the stimulus vote source
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02 May 2009 12:42

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U.S.: Justice David Souter’s former clerks have nice things to say

  • Although he’s someone who doesn’t like to spend a lot of time out in high society, he is a really warm and engaging person, and in fact quite a talented story teller and sort of off-the-cuff speaker.
  • Meir Feder • One of Souter’s former clerks in 1990, on her former boss, who was famously not into high society. Obama plans to replace Souter on the court with a similarly independent-minded thinker. • source
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02 May 2009 12:35

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Biz, U.S.: Renters in foreclosed homes get screwed, too

  • 30% of homes foreclosed this year are being rented out source
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02 May 2009 12:18

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Biz, Offbeat: Got your goats: Google tries avoiding mowing the hard way

30 goats hang out around the Google headquarters for a week, eat, fertilize and go away. Sounds like a great job! source
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02 May 2009 12:03

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World: Mexico’s swine flu outbreak isn’t looking quite so bad

  • Apparently the rate of infection is not as widespread as we might have thought.
  • Mexico health minister José Ángel Córdova • On the swine flu (OK, H1N1) outbreak in Mexico. Despite claims that the virus affected over 900 people in Mexico, just 397 of them actually happened to have the virus. As noted previously, Mexican officials remain cautiously optimistic that the outbreak is slowing in their country. • source
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02 May 2009 11:49

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Culture: Claws out: “Wolverine” had a pretty killer Friday box office

  • $35 million opening day for Hugh Jackman’s claim to fame source
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02 May 2009 11:26

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Sports, U.S.: The Bowl Championship Series is serious politics. Seriously.

  • BCS or BS? Yesterday, representatives for NCAA college football went to congress to argue their reasons for keeping the Bowl Championship Series the bizarre non-playoff-based entity it currently is. BCS coordinator John Swofford claims that changing the format to a playoff would threaten to kill the bowls as well as their sponsorships and TV revenue. source
  • BCS or BS? Yesterday, representatives for NCAA college football went to congress to argue their reasons for keeping the Bowl Championship Series the bizarre non-playoff-based entity it currently is. BCS coordinator John Swofford claims that changing the format to a playoff would threaten to kill the bowls as well as their sponsorships and TV revenue.
  • Barton’s bill Rep. Joe Barton of Texas apparently has had enough, specifically, as he’s introduced a bill which would prevent the NCAA from labeling something a national championship if it wasn’t the result of a playoff. Because this is clearly the biggest problem facing our country right now. (On a side note, Obama favors a playoff.) source
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