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02 Jun 2009 11:12

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U.S., World: Where did that money go, since the pirates didn’t steal it?

  • $30,000 was found missing after the pirate attack of the Maersk Alabama source
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02 Jun 2009 11:07

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Biz, U.S.: GM sez parties making interested rings around Saturn

  • 16 interested parties approached GM about buying the brand source
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02 Jun 2009 11:03

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Culture: MacGruber! Making a movie out of household materials! MacGruber!

  • Will Forte reveals that our favorite SNL sketch is going big-screen. Conan may be been getting all of the headlines for “The Tonight Show,” but SNL star Will Forte was causing some commotion of his own on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”: They’re making a MacGruber movie! “John Solomon, Jorma Taccone, and I just finished writing it,” he said. “We’re gonna make it in Albuquerque. It’s me and Kirsten Wiig and cast to be determined.” YES! source
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02 Jun 2009 10:53

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Offbeat: Police: Teaching your children to be armed robbers not a good idea

  • All of us should be disgusted by this. This is absolutely not how to raise your children.
  • Phoenix police Sgt. Phil Roberts • On the plight of Cynthia Roberson, who taught her children, ages 12 and 14, all the skills they needed to commit acts of armed robbery – 20 in all. The victims, mostly between the age of 13 and 20, were beaten and assaulted in an attempt to raise money for rent and car insurance. Roberson guilted her sons into it. Jesus. • source
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02 Jun 2009 10:42

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Offbeat: Long-suffering farmers: Watch out for the giant 600-foot jellyfish

This 600-foot beast convinced us of what we already knew: crop circles are probably man-made by massive nerdlingers. source
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02 Jun 2009 10:31

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World: Are you a pilot based in China? You may get quarantined for swine flu!

  • 400+ pilots and plane crew were quarantined in the wake of the swine flu scare source
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02 Jun 2009 10:24

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Biz: People are all about those foreclosed home deals

  • 6.7% increase in pending sales of existing homes in April source
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02 Jun 2009 10:17

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Culture: How did Conan do last night in his “Tonight Show” debut?

  • Newsweek’s Josh Alston sez he’s doing well. “Conan tears himself to shreds in such a deft manner, that it’s easy to forget that self-deprecation is actually a super-annoying personality trait.”
  • New York Daily News critic David Hinckley noted how “Conan made it subtly clear that the new kid in town will be a little naughtier and that for better or worse, “Tonight” is now his ride.”
  • David Letterman was perfectly goofy about the whole thing. “I’m still here,” he said “I knocked off another competitor.” He also said his mother noted how he didn’t get the “Tonight Show” gig again.
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02 Jun 2009 09:59

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World: The search for the missing Air France flight continues

  • They may have spotted some debris, but it’s too early to tell. It sounds like a total nightmare, but a giant plane falling into an ocean that dwarfs it makes for a crazy needle-in-haystack game. Fortunately, Brazilian air force craft have some leads in the form of debris 400 miles off the coast of the country. Sadly, the odds that they will find someone alive out of the the 228 passengers and crew are very low. The odds that a Portuguese Lost spin-off will happen in the wake of the crash are even lower. source
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