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23 Nov 2009 23:51

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Politics: Anonymous Kurt Greenbaum critic: Privacy is important

  • The fact that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch would allow this to happen just shows how completely out of touch they are with the Internet and the modern world.
  • The anonymous author of “Kurt Greenbaum is a #&(&@” • Describing their feelings on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s handling of the Kurt Greenbaum incident. As you recall, Greenbaum called a commenter’s employer and got them fired. The person behind the site emphasizes two things: One, commenters should be allowed their privacy, and two, the Post-Dispatch’s policies are old hat at best. source
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23 Nov 2009 23:28

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Biz: Have a baby? Have a crib? Then read about this scary recall.

  • 2.1
    million     cribs have been recalled due to suffocation dangers
  • 110 reports of accidents involving Stork Craft crabs have been reported source
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23 Nov 2009 23:04

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Culture: “Paula Deen hit with ham” new “man hit with football in groin”

  • This video has been everywhere today, and we’re only posting it here to make sure the most unfortunate twelve seconds of Paula Deen’s life gets its due.
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23 Nov 2009 22:51

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World: Journalists massive victims in Philippines political massacre

  • 12 journalists were among the 22 killed in the attack; Reporters Without Borders called it the largest mass murder of journalists ever
  • 100 gunmen reportedly took part in the politically-motivated attack, which included rapes, mutilation and beheadings source
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23 Nov 2009 22:34

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Tech: Robert Scoble calls web curation a “billion-dollar opportunity”

  • Here’s a test. Take a tweet of mine in your favorite reader like Seesmic or TweetDeck, click a single button on your iPhone and then type or leave some audio right underneath that Tweet and click another button to post it. Hint: you can’t. That, to me, is opportunity.
  • Super-blogger/tweeter/nerd maven Robert Scoble • Discussing one of his super-brilliant ideas – real-time Web curation. He suggests that people should be able to take what’s put in front of them and organize and add commentary to it simply. And it needs to be simple like and well-integrated with Facebook and Twitter. We couldn’t agree more. (Disclosure: We’ve been using news-specific curator Publish2 of late to post on ShortFormBlog, and it’s a pretty good link-organizing tool for journalists.) source
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23 Nov 2009 21:17

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Culture: Adam Lambert just a little too much for middle America

  • 1,500 complaints about Lambert’s AMA act source
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23 Nov 2009 20:26

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Biz: Lawsuit: The Washington Times get $40 million a year from Moonies

  • That’s more than half the paper’s operating budget. Ever wonder if a bunch of really weird #&(& was going on at The Washington Post’s more conservative, religion-backed adversary? Based on a lawsuit that editorial page editor Richard Miniter is filing, it sounds like a fun place to work. Among other things, he says that the paper forced him to take part in religious ceremonies he was uncomfortable with. Hmm. source
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23 Nov 2009 20:13

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Culture: Meet the sad, miserable face of anime’s popular decline ^_^

22-year-old Rie Otani spends long hours at low wages drawing anime characters for a market that doesn’t give a crap anymore. We never did. Sorry Rie. ^_^ source
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23 Nov 2009 19:59

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U.S.: Charges suggest that S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford ethically challenged

  • 37 problems, and a being caught in an affair was one source
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23 Nov 2009 11:22

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Biz: Daily Poll: News Corp.’s desire to Bing with Microsoft


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