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12 Jul 2009 23:00

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World: Kim Jong Il and Steve Jobs have something in common

  • North Korea’s lead dude has pancreatic cancer. Well, that explains a lot. The recent decline in public appearances by the North Korean leader, along with the heavy amount of ballsy provocations by the country, has hinted that something might be up with his health. And a report by Yonhap Television News confirms it. So, yeah, time to start thinking about that line of succession. source
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12 Jul 2009 21:29

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Politics: Max Headroom: We wanna know which senator felt up David Brooks

  • Looking back For some stupid reason, the Bush administration’s dirty laundry with the CIA keeps coming up. Neocon icon Bill Kristol builds an intelligent context around the start of this Fox News panel chat.

  • Having her backJohn McCain, pretty much our favorite talking head ever, says some nice, supportive things about his former running mate, the soon-to-resign Sarah Palin, on “Meet the Press.”

  • Touchy-feelyNew York Times reporter David Brooks discusses the time an unnamed senator was feeling up his inner thigh at a dinner a couple years ago. Anyone wanna guess who it was?

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12 Jul 2009 21:23

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World: Not cool: Five more journalists were put in Iran’s jails

  • 41 journalists are currently imprisoned in Iran for doing their jobs source
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12 Jul 2009 20:12

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U.S.: Countdown to space shuttle launch in 3, 2, 1…psych!

  • jinxed NASA called off the Endeavour’s launch from Cape Canaveral today. That’s the shuttle’s fourth delay.
  • weather Endeavour was scheduled to lift off at 7:13 p.m., but thunderstorms got in the way. source
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12 Jul 2009 18:48

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U.S., World: The easiest way to cut back on expenses: cut back on babies

  • 0.4% predicted drop in the U.S. birth rate this year source
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12 Jul 2009 18:14

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Offbeat, World: What the $%#@? Experiment shows swearing reduces pain

  • Another reason to love scientists. Researchers at Keele University in England are saying they’ve shown swearing can actually lessen pain. They asked participants to put their hands in iced water and say either one of five swear words or one of five words to “describe a table.” As you may have guessed, the cussers kept their hands in longer – because the words brought on a “fight-or-flight” response, accelerated their heart rate and heightened aggression. source
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12 Jul 2009 17:52

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Sports: New book makes L.A.’s “Beckham Experiment” look not-so-hot

Grant Wahl’s new book paints a pretty bad picture for the MLS. Didn’t they ever hear that money can’t buy you happiness? Just really awesome Armani underwear ads. source
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12 Jul 2009 16:50

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U.S., World: Obama-mania, plus a dash of disappointment, hits Ghana

  • I came purposely to catch a glimpse of Obama but it is unfortunate that the American security had to prevent us from doing so.
  • Ghanaian student Ms. Parker • On the ever-elusive president during his visit to the country in West Africa. Thousands of people made the trip to the Cape Coast to try and catch a glimpse of Obama but few succeeded – security was tight and, unlike Bill Clinton in 1998, he didn’t speak at an outdoor event.  • source
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12 Jul 2009 15:45

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Tech: The iPhone gets some more lovin’ from photojournalists

The Fifty Four from richard hernandez on Vimeo.

  • Journalists are happily pushing the boundaries of the iPhone. Friday, we posted some photos that St. Petersburg Times’ photographer Melissa Lyttle took for the newspaper on her iPhone. Today, we bring you a wicked video multimedia journalist Richard Hernandez shot and produced completely on his iPhone. Tomorrow: a 3D film? source
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12 Jul 2009 15:10

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Offbeat, U.S.: Missing Californian found by beer-bottle-chasing boy. No, really.

  • How’s this for a weird story? Man goes missing. Wife forms search team. Whole town joins search team. Man still missing after ten days. Almost all hope is gone. Then, boy finds beer bottle in a parking lot. Throws it into bushes, just for kicks. Other boy runs after it, finds lost man instead. source
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