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20 Oct 2009 10:45

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Tech: The “Nook”? Barnes and Noble’s e-Reader has a stupid name

  • two number of screens the $259 Nook, which comes out today, has – one being an awesome touch screen
  • 500,000 the number of books the Nook can access for free thanks to Google’s public-domain Book Project source
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20 Oct 2009 10:33

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Culture: Roman Polanski, a “high flight risk”? Pssh, whatever!

  • Guess he’s not leaving jail anytime soon. The director who famously skipped out on statutory rape charges by moving to France won’t be able to try a similar trick in Switzerland. The Swiss court has chosen not to allow the director bail due to his long history of, uh, moving to countries where he can’t get extradited. And as you might guess, Polanski is depressed and in an “unsettled state of mind” behind bars. source
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20 Oct 2009 10:23

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Sports, U.S.: Steve McNair, a mistress, and a series of desperate texts

  • Baby I might have a break down im so stressed. baby i might need to go to the hospital. baby whats wrong w[ith] me i can hardly breath[e].
  • Sahel Kazemi • In a text exchange between her and former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair the day before they were both found dead in a murder-suicide. Kazemi sounded increasingly desperate in the messages, while McNair was getting annoyed by the constant contact due to the fact that he was with his children. McNair, who was married with children, was seeing a second girl on top of Kazemi. • source
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20 Oct 2009 10:12

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Tech: Be prepared for a market saturated with Google Android

  • 51 Google Android-based phones will be on the market soon source
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20 Oct 2009 10:01

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Offbeat: It sucks being a pedestrian when someone’s reliving “Speed”

  • “THIS BUS CAN’T GO SLOWER THAN 50 MILES AN HOUR! There’s a bomb on the bus that will go off if we go slower than that. This guy crossing the street, we may hit him, but we can’t stop!”
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20 Oct 2009 09:53

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Politics: Louis Farrakhan is a big stupid fearmongering idiot

  • The Earth can’t take 6.5 billion people. We just can’t feed that many. So what are you going to do? Kill as many as you can. We have to develop a science that kills them and makes it look as though they died from some disease.
  • Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan • Discussing how the swine flu vaccine is dangerous and you shouldn’t take it because it might kill you. Shut up, you fearmongering jerk. Just. Shut. Up. • source
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20 Oct 2009 09:41

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U.S.: Bailed-out firms in no rush to help the party behind the bailout

  • assumption Having had their hides saved by the Democratic party, it might be suggested that bailed-out firms might try to pat their backs in return in future elections.
  • reality However, largely out of fear of further hurting their public image, many bailed-out firms are staying away from a Democratic fundraiser near Wall Street. source
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20 Oct 2009 09:23

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World: Hamid Karzai’s learning to live with the idea of a runoff

The Afghan president has the look of a man hoping that the “anyone but Karzai” grassroots campaign didn’t get off the ground. source
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20 Oct 2009 09:09

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U.S., World: Most Americans think Iran’s nuclear program is suspect

  • 88% of Americans think Iran is in it for the weapons source
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