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22 Jul 2009 21:14

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Culture: The Taco Bell Chihuahua dropped her final chalupa. :(

  • Gidget was her name, chalupas were her game. In one of the day’s saddest events, the dog that convinced us that Taco Bell wasn’t feeding us garbage died at the grand old age of fifteen. *sigh* We don’t know if we’re going to make it through the rest of the day. source
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22 Jul 2009 21:08

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U.S.: Obama’s doing his whole talking to America thing again

Obama is trying to steer the ship of health care back in his favor, giving straight talk to a room full of press people. Good luck, bro. source
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22 Jul 2009 20:54

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Music: Conor Oberst ≠ Bright Eyes. In fact, Bright Eyes might just die.

  • I think that’s his line of thinking at this point — closing the chapter on that moniker. I think he feels like Bright Eyes has a certain association, for better or worse. I think he’s trying to distance himself a little bit from what that means to people.
  • Saddle Creek Records President Robb Nansel • On Conor Oberst’s desire to retire the Bright Eyes name once and for all. Nansel says that Oberst plans to record a final album as Bright Eyes for the label (which Oberst co-founded, by the way) next year. But while you’re waiting, don’t forget about the Monsters of Folk, the supergroup he’s co-founding with like-minded indie guys M. Ward and Jim James (along with fellow Bright Eye guy Mike Mogis). They release an album in September. • source
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22 Jul 2009 20:43

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Culture, Tech: Those who want to infect your PC follow Twitter trends too

  • What they wanted Internet nerds all around were looking for a leaked naked video of ESPN sports personality Erin Andrews, who 1) is easy on the eyes and 2) was apparently videotaped illegally.
  • What they got instead Those internet nerds hoping for virally-spread hotel nudity instead got a virally-spread trojan horse. Which goes to show you: Lookin for nudity on the internet never pays off. source
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22 Jul 2009 20:35

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Tech, World: iPhone prototypes: Serious business in China – deathly serious

  • 1st A Chinese worker for Foxconn was entrusted with a 4th Generation iPhone prototype.
  • 2nd The worker lost the phone, told his bosses, freaked out, and killed himself last week.
  • 3rd A Foxconn security guy was suspended, and Chinese police are investigating. source
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22 Jul 2009 18:26

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World: Italians still love their premier, even if he (allegedly) loves prostitutes

  • I’m no saint, by now you’ve figured that out.
  • Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi • In his first statement since L’Espresso newspaper released what it says are taped conversations between him and a prostitute. Berlusconi has been wrapped up in a sex scandal for months now, but he’s still in power and still very popular.  • source
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22 Jul 2009 17:56

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U.S.: The NYT made way too many errors in their Cronkite obituary. Awkward.

  • 7 errors in the New York Times’ Cronkite obituary. Get it together guys. source
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22 Jul 2009 16:45

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World: Indonesian police release some freaky pictures of the Jakarta bombers

These *super* high-tech pictures are supposed to be of the two Jakarta bombers, taken from the bodies found at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriot Hotels. source
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22 Jul 2009 16:16

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World: The judge at the Mumbai attacks trial is really throwing us for a loop

  • This trial is full of suprises. First, the guy has to confess to being involved in the Mumbai attacks. (I know, right? Who does that.) And now, the judge has put a gag order on his latest testimony, meaning all the awesome journalists over there can’t write about it and we can’t read about it. No fair. source
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22 Jul 2009 15:55

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World: Canadian guy wins the lottery, collects his millions, gets thrown in jail

  • 2009 Ontario, Canada resident Barry Shell won nearly $4.4 million in the lottery jackpot. Obviously, he went to collect his money as soon as he could. Some would say he was pretty lucky.
  • 2003 Unfortunately, he failed to appear in court 6 years ago and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. The cops nabbed him right after he got his check and threw him in jail. *Not* so lucky. source
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