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18 Jun 2009 11:11

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Culture: Levi Johnston’s reward for knocking up Bristol: Going to Hollywood!

The renamed “Ricky Hollywood” even has a manager who’s also his bouncer. All because he had a kid with Sarah Palin’s daughter. Whoa! source
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18 Jun 2009 11:01

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Tech: Microsoft’s Bing is gaining in popularity week by week, guys

  • 16.7% Bing’s overall share of the search engine market last week source
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18 Jun 2009 10:55

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Sports: Vikings owner on Brett Favre: Really, it’s all on him

  • Right now, it’s all up to Brett Favre in terms of where his future is at. I’ll just leave it at that.
  • Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf • On whether Brett Favre will be playing for his team next season. As for Favre, his recent surgery might complicate matters. He noted when throwing the ball around recently that he felt it more than he used to. “I threw the ball OK,” he said. “but OK isn’t good enough in the National Football League. At least not for me. So it’s got to get better.” Maybe it’s because you’re old and need to stay retired. • source
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18 Jun 2009 10:49

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Biz: This jobless number sounds good, but don’t be fooled

  • Unemployment insurance rolls dropped for the first time since January, dipping 148,000 – the biggest dip in seven years. source
  • Keep in mind that many of the people falling off the jobless rolls could merely be out of unemployment benefits. Oof. source
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18 Jun 2009 10:42

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World: The fighting and bloodshed in Pakistan continues

  • 5+ were killed in a suspected drone missile attack source
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18 Jun 2009 10:37

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World: Iran’s Guardian Council is ready to listen to the opposition

  • We decided to personally invite the esteemed candidates and those who have complaints regarding the election to take part in an extraordinary session of the Guardian Council to discuss their concerns with the members directly so that we will be able to make a decision.
  • Abbas Ali Kadkhodai • A spokesman for the Guardian Council, which is investigating allegations of fraud in the Iranian election. They’ve agreed to meet with the four presidential candidates, including Mir Hossein Moussavi, whose supporters have largely been leading the opposition protests. Whether this will change anything is anyone’s guess. • source
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18 Jun 2009 10:31

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World: Today’s scene from the Iranian election protests

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18 Jun 2009 02:50

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U.S.: Hilary Clinton was Secretary of Stating so hard, she broke her elbow

  • She fall down and go boom. Hilary Clinton, everyone’s favorite White House figure that lost in the primaries to Barack Obama, had an accident last night which resulted in a broken elbow. She’ll be back at work soon, but she needs surgery. Let’s get it over with and just give her a bionic arm already. source
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17 Jun 2009 22:31

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Offbeat: Facing limited income flow, someone steals from tampon machines

  • I think that if you’re going to steal something, you should steal it from someplace better than a tampon machine. It’s got to be bad if someone’s stealing from a machine in a bathroom.
  • Michigan State University student Sheena Patel • Making our alma mater proud by saying such profound things as this nugget about someone who’s stealing change from tampon machines. The university is missing $7.50 in change from two weeks of robberies, which means someone isn’t having lunch. Really, the culprit could be anyone, but man, this story would take a turn for the awesome/creepy if it was a dude. • source
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17 Jun 2009 22:28

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Sports: Just when you thought ex-QB Ryan Leaf couldn’t fall any further …

  • Leaf was arrested on drug and burglary charges. You might remember Ryan Leaf as the guy who was drafted the same year as Peyton Manning and proceeded to tank in quick order. Or as the guy who worked at a small college as an assistant coach because his NFL career didn’t work out. Or even that guy who’s the trivia question. But now you can remember him as the guy arrested at the Canadian border on felony robbery and drug possession charges. If he keeps falling from grace, he might have whiplash. source
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