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22 Jul 2009 11:03

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U.S., World: Pakistan doesn’t like the U.S.’ ideas about the war in Afghanistan

Citing a plan that will force Taliban forces into Pakistan and limited Pakistani troops, the country is pushing back against the U.S. source
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22 Jul 2009 10:57

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Offbeat: People say the dumbest things at job interviews

  • When you do background checks on candidates, do things like public drunkenness arrests come up?
  • A job interviewee, when asked if they had any questions • That big idiot, along with 42 other idiots (who said such wonderful things as “What do you want me to do if I cannot walk to work if it’s raining? Can you pick me up?” and “I saw the job posted on Twitter and thought, why not?”) are a big part of the reason why the unemployment level is so high in this country. Right? Anyway, read this list and laugh, kids. Laugh. • source
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22 Jul 2009 10:54

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U.S.: Found: The mental health records of the Virginia Tech shooter

  • Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho has a long, documented history of mental health problems, both prior to and during his time at the university. source
  • Cho later goes on a shooting rampage, killing 32 people and himself on April 16, 2007. But his mental health records went missing. source
  • Authorities finally find his records, which were stolen by a former employee of the counseling center. They promise to release them soon. source
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22 Jul 2009 10:36

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Biz, Tech: TechDirt approaches blogging like tech-savvy musicians

  • If only we could do this. Then we’d truly be smart. TechDirt, a popular technology blog well-known for taking the music industry to task for its heavy-handed approach to technology, has gone out of its way to champion artists who have fully embraced the promotional tool technology can be, such as Trent Reznor and Jill Sobule. Now, they’ve gone a step further and used these very techniques as tools to promote the site. Give a donation of a certain amount, and you can become a member of the site’s music club or book club and get tons of amazing goodies. Give a bit more and the site will review your business model. Genius, kids. Genius. *golf clap* source
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22 Jul 2009 10:24

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Politics, U.S.: Katie Couric asked Obama the biggest softball we’ve ever heard

  • You’re so confident, Mr. President. And so focused. Is your confidence ever shaken, do you ever wake up and say, ‘Damn, this is hard! Damn, I’m not going to get the things done that I want to get done,’ and it’s just too politicized to get anything done?
  • Katie Couric • In an “Early Show” interview with President Barack Obama. Originally, we were going to pull the quote in response to Couric’s more-hardball question about Obama’s vacation time (which you should still go to the link and read), but then we saw this and simply had to criticize it. Katie, you’re interviewing the president, not a Hollywood actor. The standard for question-asking needs to be a little higher than, “Is your job too hard?” • source
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22 Jul 2009 10:17

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Music: Y’all like Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss? So does the White House

Some of country music’s biggest chart-toppers (also on the list: black country icon Charley Pride) showed up at Michelle Obama’s front porch last night. Hoo-doggy! source
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22 Jul 2009 10:06

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World: Asia’s solar eclipse: It’s ringing in your eyes hours later

  • Unlike most eclipses, which are short and don’t take place near land, this one was minutes long and took place over an entire continent, leading to awesome videos like this one. Millions of people got to see it.source
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22 Jul 2009 00:51

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Biz, U.S.: Sadly, it doesn’t look like Crocs shoes will survive the recession

  • 100 million pairs of Crocs shoes sold since 2002. That’s a lot of ugly feet source
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21 Jul 2009 23:52

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U.S.: This photo the New York Times ran on Sunday was, sadly, real

This photo freaked a lot of people out. Some, angry it might have been faked. Some, angry it could be real. (As it turns out, the second group guessed right.) source
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21 Jul 2009 23:08

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Tech: Your cellphone gives you cancer? Well, mine *diagnoses* Malaria

  • Okay, so it actually doesn’t. But it could! Some American researchers have fused the awesomeness of a cellphone with the usefulness of a microscope, which would make it easy to diagnose and track diseases in the developing world. Score! source
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