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30 Oct 2009 10:42

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U.S.: FBI-slain Detroit mosque leader looked just like Dave Chappelle

The FBI is defending its decision to shoot Luqman Ameen Abdullah, but we’re thrown at hello because he looks like he was on Chappelle’s Show. source
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30 Oct 2009 10:25

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Biz: Corporate bureaucracy gets Pepsi in hot water over Aquafina

  • one letter the piece of information informing PepsiCo they were getting sued over their Aquafina bottled water; it got lost
  • $1.25 billion the size of the default judgment two lucky Wisconsin men won because PepsiCo didn’t send a representative; oops source
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30 Oct 2009 10:13

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U.S., World: The risks of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan are pretty high

Reuters uses a pretty stark example of how a nothing mission quickly turned deadly. Obama, pay heed as you decide to add more troops. source
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30 Oct 2009 09:47

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Tech, World: The odds of tripping on a Russian porn site just got much lower

  • That’s because sites can now go beyond the English character set in URLs. Since top-level domains became a thing, they’ve been limited for users outside of the U.S. due to the fact that only the Latin character set is supported. Until now. ICANN is fast-tracking a new solution which allows extended character sets to be used. However, due to the fact that it needs to be compatible with the current URL structure, it’s a bit complicated and likely to break due to the technical hoops needed. Но погодите, доменные имена на русском языке! source
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30 Oct 2009 09:27

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Tech: CNN tries to pass off social networking defriending as news

  • She sent an e-mail saying, ‘I only connect with people I know, and hopefully our paths will cross one day,’ I read that, and I said, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve been rejected.’
  • LinkedIn user Elaine Fogel • Describing the emotional roller coaster she went through after a smart 40-something woman declined the chance to connect with THE STAR, THE LEGEND, ELAINE FOGEL!!!!!!!!! Fogel has 500 connections on LinkedIn, and to make up for that, we’re going to connect with her. It’s a bit of stunt-casting, we know, but we feel that we could easily be just as good of a business colleague to Ms. Fogel as that unnamed woman. And considering the emotional response defriending causes, it might make her feel better. I know it would make us feel better. • source
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30 Oct 2009 09:12

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Biz, U.S.: Consumer spending doesn’t keep up with clunker sales

  • +1.4% the increase in consumer spending in August, largely thanks to cash for clunkers
  • -0.5% the comedown after the high in September, which isn’t promising for the holidays source
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30 Oct 2009 08:57

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U.S.: The White House is ready to pounce on this stimulus jobs number

  • 650,000 brand new jobs created source
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