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23 Jul 2009 21:14

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Sports: Guess who’s probably coming back to the NFL? Michael Vick

  • A conditional return is in the works, guys. Vick, suspended and sent to jail after the “Bad Newz Kennels” dog-fighting saga – a saga which managed to tick off PETA, anger animal-rights activists and somehow make Michael look worse than his troubled brother Marcus – reportedly talked to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell today. Early word is that he’ll be allowed to practice with a team this season and will be given a four-game suspension. But he’ll be let back into the league. We’re guessing one of the conditions is no more bad newz. source
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23 Jul 2009 21:04

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Offbeat: Crazy reason for unemployment #1,305: “My wife’s a porn star!”

Scott Janke, city manager of Fort Myers Beach, Fla. loves his wife. But the city didn’t like her job. So they fired him. Wonder who wears the, uh, pants now? source
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23 Jul 2009 20:52

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Sports: Mark Buehrle has plenty of reasons to be perfectly happy

  • 18 perfect games, ever; the White Sox pitcher threw one of those today source
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23 Jul 2009 20:45

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U.S.: The best, most lurid details of the New Jersey corruption saga

  • A bunch of prominent Jewish rabbis – including the grand rabbi of the Syrian Jews – apparently had corrupt ties to banks in Switzerland and Israel. Oy ye vey! source
  • Talk about a secret prize. Investigators said they found $97,000 in a box of Apple Jacks cereal. It was just one example of the huge amount of cash bandied about. source
  • One guy apparently convinced people to sell their kidney for $10,000, only to resell that same kidney for $16,000. And people said The Sopranos were fake! source
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23 Jul 2009 20:32

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U.S.: Half of New Jersey arrested in a corruption scandal for the ages

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23 Jul 2009 17:46

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World: Hamid Karzai is a big no-show in televised presidential debate

  • If he can’t face the nation then he obviously has no plans for how he will govern for another five years. He has to explain what’s gone wrong in the country.
  • An Afghan translator • On Hamid Karzai’s absence from the country’s first ever televised presidential debate. His excuse? He still hasn’t published his platform and, well, the TV station hosting the event is biased anyway. Understandably, a lot of people were pretty choked and opted not to watch.  • source
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23 Jul 2009 17:05

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World: Romanian mayor: I’m not a Nazi, I just love Tom Cruise!

  • Dressing up like a Nazi is not a smart move. Duh. But a mayor in Romania obviously didn’t quite have that figured out when he went to a fashion parade dressed as one, swastika and all. Outrage followed. So today he said sorry, and added that it was a reference to the movie (and guy) “Valkyrie.” He explained: “I appreciate those who wanted to assassinate the mad dictator.” source
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23 Jul 2009 16:40

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World: Ireland made it very illegal (and expensive!) to speak blasphemy

  • €25,000 fine in Ireland for blasphemy source
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23 Jul 2009 10:30

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Culture: Where’d the nerds go? They’re at Comic-Con in San Diego

LARPers, furries, comic book nerds, superhero freaks, idiots and Pokemon fans alike are all in one city, unprepared for the world’s villans to attack. source
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23 Jul 2009 10:21

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Culture: Trippy: Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” trailer lives up to the hype

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=pt-br&from=sp&vid=44ad7500-98da-43a6-b7ec-2796f73849c9" target="_new" title="Trailer">Video: Trailer</a>
  • As you might have heard, there was some drama regarding this trailer yesterday – something about Disney getting it pulled from YouTube. That’s OK. We’ll just link it from elsewhere, where it’s yet to be taken down. It’s a must-see either way.source
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