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01 Sep 2009 10:40

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Biz: Duh: “Cash for Clunkers” a kick in the pants for car sales

  • 16 million cars sold in August, based on a seasonally-adjusted rate source
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01 Sep 2009 10:34

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Tech: Skype is still a valuable company, based on eBay’s sale of it

  • $1.9 billion amount eBay sold 65% of Skype for this morning – it went to private investors
  • $2.75 billion the value of the VoIP company, based on the deal – more than many expected source
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01 Sep 2009 10:28

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Music: Jay-Z: Huge Grizzly Bear fan. Who’da thunk it?

  • The thing I want to say to everyone – I hope this happens because it will push rap, it will push hip-hop to go even further – what the indie-rock movement is doing right now is very inspiring. It felt like us in the beginning.
  • Jay-Z • Regarding Grizzly Bear specifically (he was recently spotted at a show with Beyonce) and indie rock in general, and how what they’re doing inspires rap. He says that if they can break really big (well, Grizzly Bear did go top-ten on the Billboards earlier this year) “it will force hip-hop to fight to make better music.” • source
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01 Sep 2009 10:18

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Sports: Like Ricky Williams and Doug Flutie, Pacman heads to the CFL

  • Maybe the thinner air will help him get clarity. Adam “Pacman” Jones, released by the Dallas Cowboys earlier this year, is a Winnipeg Blue Bomber. The troubled NFL star will be headed to the Canadian Football League under a one-year contract, as it was the end of August and bro wasn’t signed. If he wants back into the NFL, he best not screw this up. source
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01 Sep 2009 10:10

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Offbeat: Question: How many times can you get arrested in one day?

  • 3 arrests in one day for one Bridgeport, Connecticut woman source
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01 Sep 2009 10:00

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U.S.: Yuck: A woman performs acts of ultraviolence on a “snitch”

  • I don’t want my children or the people I consider family to be in a place where there are snitches.
  • Phoenix woman Angela Simpson • Describing the nature of the events that led her to allegedly violently murdering Terry Neely. The woman admits to torturing, murdering and dismembering him (and those are only surface details) because he apparently once snitched on somebody a long time ago. Sickening. • source
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01 Sep 2009 09:50

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Tech: This is your brain on Tetris. Any questions?

Playing Tetris (and games in general) changes the composition of your brain and helps make you smarter. Which is awesome. source
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01 Sep 2009 09:38

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U.S.: The Station Fire in California is turning into an impossible beast

  • 100,000+ acres the area the wildfire has eaten up so far – 150 freaking square miles
  • 3,670 firemen are trying to stop the blaze, which has grown overnight source
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01 Sep 2009 09:26

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Biz, Culture: Marvel is just more proof that Disney is out of good ideas

  • [Bob Iger] was watching all the classic Disney characters go by, and it hit him that there was not one character that Disney had created in the past 10 years. Not one. All the new characters were invented by Pixar.
  • John Lasseter • Discussing the turning point that convinced Disney to buy Pixar in 2006. Consider the Marvel deal to be in a similar situation. Marvel’s live-action properties are far more compelling than Disney’s right now, so much so that Disney’s struggling at the box office while other companies are doing really well. While Pixar can guarantee one solid animated movie a year, Disney’s live-action side has had diminishing returns since “Pirates of the Carribean.” Marvel provides the mouse with a shot in the arm. • source
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