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18 Sep 2009 11:39

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s estate is giving lots of cash to his mom and kids

  • $86,000 monthly allowance; holy crap source
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18 Sep 2009 11:26

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Biz, U.S.: Michigan tops in unemployment, but four other states right behind

  • 15.2% of people in Michigan don’t have jobs, which is beyond incredibly lame, BTW source
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18 Sep 2009 11:04

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Tech: Palm still sold Windows Mobile phones? Well, not anymore.

  • They’re going all in with WebOS. That’s what Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein, the former Apple guy who spearheaded the Pre, says. “We’ve made the decision to dedicate all future development resources to the evolution of webOS.” And honestly, while it sucks for Microsoft (it means Windows Mobile will lose even more marketplace traction), it’s a good move for Palm. Because, honestly, why fight momentum? source
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18 Sep 2009 10:52

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U.S.: Way to go, doofus: A Slate error fell into Obama’s health care speech

  • Here at Slate, we correct errors quickly and conspicuously, and usually Slate readers alert me almost instantly whenever I goof (which I try very hard not to do). But nobody told me about this blunder.
  • Slate writer Timothy Noah • Describing the series of events that led a factually-flawed detail from one of his articles to wind up in Obama’s health care speech. Dude, it’s the president. THE PRESIDENT. You’re supposed to not screw up those sorts of things. In all seriousness, the fact revolved around the plight of Otto Raddatz, whose insurance was canceled after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Noah said he died as a result. In reality, the Illinois attorney general’s office went to bat for him and he eventually got a life-extending surgery. • source
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18 Sep 2009 10:38

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World: The world’s biggest Holocaust denier, Ahmadinejad, denies it again

Dude. Do you think the Holocaust happened in some movie studio or something? Film technology wasn’t that good in 1945. It happened. It was awful. source
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18 Sep 2009 10:19

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U.S.: Health insurance: We’re killing people who don’t have it

  • 45,000 people die each year without it source
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18 Sep 2009 10:15

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Tech: That’s incredible: Apple’s amazing use of praise-filled words

  • ShortFormBlog is incredible … amazing … awesome … it’s great … we love it … amazing … awesome … cool … unbelievable … etc. (We love hyperbole, just like Apple.)source
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18 Sep 2009 10:07

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U.S.: The latest on the Annie Le case: Raymond Clark isn’t talking

  • Word from co-workers suggests that Clark was a control freak about his territory in the lab, suggesting that it may have stemmed from a workplace fight over dirty cages. That’s … bizarre. source
  • The evidence tying Clark and Le seems substantial: Matching card swipes, Le’s blood on Clark’s boots, Clark’s DNA evidence on Le. Clark, who is in prison, isn’t talking, tough. source
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17 Sep 2009 21:43

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Music, Tech: iTunes should pay for the sam …

  • … ple, too, the music industry says. It doesn’t matter if 30-second samples are promotional AND fair use. The music industry wants Apple to pay performance fees. They say they’re not trying to gouge, though. “People think we’re making a fortune off the Web, but it’s a tiny amount,” says Songwriters’ Guild of America president Rick Carnes. “We need multiple revenue streams or this isn’t going to work.” Critics say that Apple’s getting picked on by these groups, who they accuse of double-dipping. source
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17 Sep 2009 20:55

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Tech: It’s a “new known issue.” Well, that’s good to know. Thanks Twitter!

  • There is nothing our users can do to fix this issue at the moment. Don’t worry though! We have not lost any of your images. They will all come back soon.
  • A status message on Twitter’s help forum regarding the disappearance of background images and avatars • Which is essentially the equivalent of saying that they spilled beer on the server. But doesn’t Twitter use the cloud? We wonder what it’d be like to spill beer on a cloud. Would it just fall through? Would it freeze? Or would it create a frosty brew? The strange things we think of when we’re waiting for our #(^(!@& avatars to return to Twitter. • source
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