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29 Oct 2009 11:18

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Music: Daily poll: Is a )&!&)% swear word enough to kill a band’s fame?

  • Last year, a band named !)*!&!)# Up released one of the year’s best-reviewed albums, “The Chemistry of Common Life.” This year, another band named @)&! Buttons released “Tarot Sport,” which is also being called one of the year’s best by your dad’s publications. Which leads us to question: Could these bands get past their )@&!!%) names and become popular on their own accord? Vote here.source
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29 Oct 2009 11:08

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U.S.: How big is Nancy Pelosi’s house health care bill? (We’ll tell you.)

  • $894 billion the size of the health care bill Nancy Pelosi introduced today; that’s similar to the size of the senate bill source
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29 Oct 2009 11:01

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U.S.: Colorado’s got more snow than it knows what to do with

Let’s hope that this glut of snow means that Richard Heene won’t be able to travel to Hollywood anytime soon. source
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29 Oct 2009 10:53

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Tech: “Lo” and behold: 40 years ago today, the ‘net sent out its first message

  • So the very first message ever on the Internet was the very simple, very prophetic ‘lo,’ as in lo and behold.
  • University of California-Los Angeles computer science professor Leonard Kleinrock • Describing the first phrase that went over the internet 40 years ago today. The message was supposed to be “log,” but the computer crashed before the “g” could go through. He also sent it on a crazy machine with knobs and buttons and stuff. Imagine sending a tweet on that thing. • source
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29 Oct 2009 10:45

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Biz: Jolt Cola could get jolted out of the market by investors

Jolt Cola
  • Sad story, really. The generation-old ultra-caffeinated cola, which was a trailblazer for energy drinks across the board, is in danger of going away for good. The founder of the company, Carl J. Rapp, blames investors who damaged the company’s assets, pushed it into debt and are attempting to force it into liquidation. “The name will show up someplace else, but just that,” said William I. Kohn of the Cleveland firm of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff. “I don’t see anybody buying the entire package.”source
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29 Oct 2009 10:30

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Biz, Tech: Nintendo can’t count on the Wii to save them anymore

  • 52% drop in quarterly profit – Sony & MS are on top again source
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29 Oct 2009 10:25

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Biz: Exxon Mobil’s unbelievable record profits couldn’t last forever

  • $45.2 billion the size of Exxon Mobil’s profits in 2008, helped by super-high oil prices; in other words, they didn’t need a bailout source
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29 Oct 2009 10:16

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U.S.: The House adds a key public option compromise on health care

  • Most of you all thought the public option was dead. Rumors of its death were greatly exaggerated.
  • House Education and Labor Committee chairman Rep. George Miller (D-California) • Talking about the health care bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced today. The bill includes a key compromise to make the public option work – instead of dictating rates, the U.S. will work with providers to negotiate rates, just like insurers do. All this sounds good, but it doesn’t stop the fact that the Senate is short of the 60 votes it needs to go through. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will have a tough time getting a bill through before Thanksgiving. • source
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29 Oct 2009 09:57

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Biz: That’s promising: The economy’s starting to grow again

  • 3.5% increase in 3Q gross domestic product; hooray! source
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29 Oct 2009 09:54

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World: Now offering bribes to Taliban members (if they quit)? The U.S.

  • This could either be inspired or a bag of fail. The U.S. has a unique way of trying to pare down the Taliban’s power in Afghanistan: They’re talking about offering money to members if they quit. It’s one with pitfalls – it’ll probably only work temporarily to buy time and loyalty. But it replicates a program that was used in Iraq to strong effect. We’re not sure how we feel about essentially bribing people to switch sides. source
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