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14 Jun 2009 12:01

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U.S.: Miami teenager Tyler Weinman is a cat-killing creepbag

  • He apparently mutilated at least 19 cats! 19!!!! The smug-looking Weinman, who was arrested early today on charges of animal cruelty, burglary and failing to dispose of animal bodies, apparently had shocked the Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay neighborhoods over the last month with his rash of attacks. Hey PETA, why aren’t you on this kid as opposed to this? source
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14 Jun 2009 11:51

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World: Pakistan’s looking like a pretty violent place right now

  • 7+ number of people dead after a marketplace bombing in Dera Ismail Khan; many are injured source
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14 Jun 2009 11:47

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Sports: From hoops to selling cars: Everything but net for Ed O’Bannon

You might remember Ed O’Bannon from his storied career at UCLA. Or his cruddy one in the NBA. Now he sells cars. What happened? source
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14 Jun 2009 11:38

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Offbeat: Food fights in high schools are no laughing matter

  • 10 kids arrested for throwing food around like a bad ’80s movie source
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14 Jun 2009 11:30

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Tech: The Twittersphere has officially infiltrated the Commodoresphere

High on the list of things the world really needed: Breadbox 64, a Commodore 64 Twitter client, which is nonetheless awesome. source
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14 Jun 2009 11:20

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World: This story from Japan will transplant your heartstrings. :(

  • 11-year-old Hiroki Ando needs a new heart. The old ticker isn’t working very well. He suffers from the inflammatory heart disease cardiomyopathy, which killed his sister five years ago. source
  • However, Ando cannot get a new heart in Japan, where it’s illegal for anyone under the age of 15 to donate organs. People donated $1.7 million, and he’s headed to the U.S. for help. source
  • It’s a major issue in Japan – the public perception of organ transplants has limited them to the point where just 81 have happened since 1997. Thousands happen yearly in the U.S. source
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14 Jun 2009 11:05

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World: Coming soon: Israel’s response to Obama’s Cairo speech

  • Benjamin Netanyahu had a few issues with what Obama said. Saying that Obama’s speech offered a perspective that seemed not to account for thousands of years of Jewish history, the Israeli Prime Minister will speak today. His speech will cover similar ground and be broad-based in hopes of building diplomacy. But not even many in his own country are giving much weight to the speech. You need to try harder if you’re gonna impress us, Ben. source
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14 Jun 2009 10:51

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World: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a cold, callous leader

  • Some believed they would win, and then they got angry. It has no legal credibility. It is like the passions after a football match. It is not important from my point of view.
  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Describing the massive protests that took place after he won the election in Iran on Friday – with many believing that the results were rigged. Here’s our question: What kind of leader, knowing he faces a number of people angry about his victory, says something like this? • source
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13 Jun 2009 22:19

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Music: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Cheap Trick Band hopes you will enjoy the show

  • Cheap Trick goes Beatles in Vegas this Fall. With the apparently diminishing returns of Tinted Windows not being nearly enough to keep drummer Bun E. Carlos busy, the meal ticket power-pop band he provides backing to will go to Vegas this September to play a series of “Sgt. Pepper”-themed shows, complete with orchestra. Don’t they have enough of their own hits to play that they don’t need to play another band’s? source
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13 Jun 2009 22:00

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Culture: HIV transmission is still high for adult movie actors

  • 22 actors have gotten HIV from being in porn movies since 2004 source
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