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23 Sep 2009 10:40

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Biz: Medical malpractice leads to more wasteful medical spending

  • $60 billion each year spent on wasteful CYA treatment source

23 Sep 2009 10:32

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Politics: Will ACORN’s dramarama hurt Obama? Probably not.

  • Some conservatives want the stink of the ACORN scandal to rub off on Obama. The president has long-ago ties to the organization. source
  • More likely is that, since Obama isn’t actually tied to the scandal, it’ll merely reinforce conservative opinions on Obama. source

23 Sep 2009 10:22

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Culture: Mackenzie Phillips’ tell-all novel tells way too much, guys

  • Say it ain’t so, Papa John! Mackenzie Phillips grew up as the very kind of child star you read about in the headlines. The daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas, she was known in her own right as star of “One Day at a Time.” But a long history of drug abuse followed, which Phillips recounts in her new book “High on Arrival,” out today. Also today, Phillips will be on Oprah’s couch today talking about that and the revelation that her father had a long-term sexual relationship with her. Gah! source

23 Sep 2009 09:33

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World: Sydney Dust Storm: So, this is what it’s like to live on Mars

  • This photo comes from Flicker user Shishberg, who’s one of many great photogs to take on what make the the craziest #(^@()! storm to hit a major metropolitan area in years.source

22 Sep 2009 23:03

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Biz, U.S.: The recession takes its toll on senior citizens, too

  • 46% of the low-income elderly need a new job – now source

22 Sep 2009 23:00

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Biz, Tech: The New York Times has Twitter to thank for a traffic spike

  • 10% of the New York Times’ traffic came from Twitter this year source

22 Sep 2009 22:56

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Tech: The Microsoft Courier looks like a fawnworthy dream device

We know what you’re thinking. Since when did we fawn over Microsoft products? To that, we say, “Watch the video at the link. It’s jaw-dropping.” source
 

22 Sep 2009 21:42

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Biz: Hassan Nemazee: Hey big spender, you just got indicted

  • $292 million in fraud charges for the former booster source

22 Sep 2009 21:25

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Biz: General Motors is kicking production into high gear again

  • 3,000 workers are getting their jobs back now that the company is out of bankruptcy and needing cars source

22 Sep 2009 21:18

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Biz: J. P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America stop leaning on overdrafts

  • Bank of America and Chase will limit the number of times you can get nicked by overdraft fees in a day. source
  • If you go under your limit by less than $5 (Chase) or $10 (Bank of America), you won’t get overdraft fees. source
  • Best of all for Chase customers, they will no longer charge overdrafts in order of cost, highest value first. source