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13 Jun 2009 17:02

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Music: Bonnaroo’s trump card this year? A reunited Phish

For an event destined to draw small crowds due to a recession, this seems like a good way to prevent that. source

13 Jun 2009 16:39

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Culture, Politics: Carrie Prejean: Still crazy, but now she’s talking to Larry King

  • This isn’t about appearances. This isn’t about a breach of contract. This is about Keith Lewis not agreeing with the stance that I took on saving traditional marriage. And from day one, he wanted me out.
  • Former Miss California Carrie Prejean • Who is still claiming that the whole incident around her firing had to do with her answer about gay marriage in the Miss USA pageant, not the completely juvenile way she acted towards Keith Lewis after the incident. The way she describes Lewis in this interview does not match the e-mails at all. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking to an army of Larry Kings – that fact will not change. • source

13 Jun 2009 16:10

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Biz: If you like amusement parks, you’ll hate this news

  • Six Flags number of flags flying above the amusement parks owned by its bankrupt namesake company source

13 Jun 2009 14:41

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Tech: Global warming meets its match in the form of white paint

It's a simple solution to an annoying problem. Much like with cars, dark colors on houses tend to take in more light, requiring more energy to cool down. Now, just imagine millions of houses with white roofs reflecting light back to the sun. Sound crazy? Well, it just might work. "This is something very simple that we can do immediately," says Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Hopefully, nobody spills anything on those roofs. source

13 Jun 2009 14:39

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Tech, U.S.: The rock-dwellers finally got a hold of the digital TV hotline

  • 700,000 called this freaking week alone source

13 Jun 2009 13:21

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Biz, Music: A high school radio station fought the music industry head on

  • WMPH set the example for protesting performance royalties for artists. The station, based in Delaware, is the subject of an FCC complaint filed by the musicFIRST Coalition after they chose not to play any of the artists on this list for a month back in 2007 as an educational protest against the idea of paying performance royalties to artists. In a statement posted on the WMPH site, the station says that, by asking stations to pay for a promotional tool, “the musicFIRST coalition of artists is attempting to hurt the radio stations, disc jockeys, and fans that have always been their greatest ally.” source

13 Jun 2009 12:51

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U.S.: Obama needs more $$$ to get his health care plans off the ground

  • $313 billion amount Obama wants to cut from bloated federal health-care programs for the elderly and the poor over the next decade source
 

13 Jun 2009 12:43

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Offbeat: The hardest-working traffic camera in all of San Diego

  • 4,503 tickets handed out by one camera in the last year source

13 Jun 2009 12:34

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U.S.: Son of Holocaust Memorial shooter: He ruined our lives

  • For a long time, I believed this was our family’s cross to bear. Now, it is not only my families’ lives that are in shambles, but those who were directly affected by his actions, especially the family of Mr. Johns, who bravely sacrificed his life to stop my father.
  • Erik von Brunn • Son of Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn, who says his family’s lives were ruined by his father’s strong racism. Erik apologized to the family of slain guard Stephen Johns for his father’s actions. • source

13 Jun 2009 12:21

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World: More on Iran: Protest videos, response from Obama administration

  • Sure, a photo is one thing, but the nature of the protests in Iran is really best gathered in video form. This looks scary. By the way, the Obama administration is calling BS on the results now, too.source