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27 Oct 2009 10:34

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Offbeat: Call this idiot at the Norwegian customs office “snakeskin”

Fourteen pythons. Ten lizards. Fourteen stockings for the creatures. One stupid human being who looks like he’s wearing a halter top. source
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27 Oct 2009 10:24

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Biz: Home prices are slowly starting to make a comeback

  • 1.2% increase in August – the fourth straight up month source
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27 Oct 2009 10:18

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Politics: A progressive publisher is “Going Rogue” on Sarah Palin’s book

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  • So, which one of these editorial classics do you want to read? We were kinda hoping to read the one with Sarah Palin on the cover.source
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27 Oct 2009 10:05

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Tech: The brothers behind Google Wave a rags-to-riches success story

Lars and Jens Rasmussen had just $16 to their names when they sold the idea for Google Maps. Now, they may be onto the Wave of the future. source
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27 Oct 2009 09:48

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U.S.: Obama’s looking give out money to improve the aging energy grid

  • $3.4 billion the amount to be shared between 100 “smart” utility programs source
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27 Oct 2009 09:39

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World: Russian lawmaker: These time zones annoy me. Let’s get rid of them!

  • Your country’s huge. What do you expect? Gennady Lazarev, a lawmaker in the country’s Primorye region, says that limiting the number of time zones in Russia – eleven from the country’s most eastern point to its most western – could help make trade and traffic just a little easier to deal with. “Our working day ends when it starts in Moscow. It’s both inconvenient for us and Moscow,” he says. Man, if we become politicians, we want the power to change time. That’d be AWESOME! source
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27 Oct 2009 09:28

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World: France nails Scientology for being shady and fraudulent

  • No one recruited or sold for their own benefit, it was all for the organization. It is more expedient to punish with a large fine and by alerting future members with widespread publication of the ruling.
  • Judge Sophie-Helene Chateau • Reading the decision to fine The Scientology Celebrity Center and another bookshop €650,000 euros (or $967,890) for fraud. The church’s French leader, Alain Rosenberg, was fined €30,000 and given a suspended two-year sentence for his part in the fraud. The claim was that the church was forcing its members to buy unnecessary items like vitamins, essentially turning them into the cult version of Amway. Anonymous is gonna have a field day with this. • source
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26 Oct 2009 23:10

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U.S.: The Senate bill has a public option! The Senate bill has a public option!

  • Harry Reid said so. The Senate Majority Leader said that a deal had been agreed upon after days of closed-door talks. source
  • The latest Senate bill would create a public-run health care service, but will make it optional for states that don’t want it. source
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26 Oct 2009 22:56

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Biz, World: Mickey’s done: McDonald’s says no more Big Macs in Iceland

  • The country’s financial collapse is to blame. That’s cold. Jon Ogmundsson, the owner of Iceland’s three McDonald’s locations, has chosen to close up shop in the country. Why’s that? Let him explain: “With the collapse of the Icelandic krona, our food costs have doubled. Business is good, but the bottom line is not sexy.” You know it’s bad when the most prevalent, visible icon of globalization is pulling out of your country. Bjork is probably the only person in Iceland with money right now. source
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26 Oct 2009 22:36

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Offbeat: Gary Brolsma gives Michigan State the gift of “Numa Numa”

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  • Dude, you’ve come so far from simply being an accidental internet celebrity. Now you’re turning our alma mater into an entire crew of Numa Numa fans. This is nice and awesome, and way less d-baggy than the other viral video that caught our eye tonight. Go Gary Brolsma! Way to be awesome, dude!source
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