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03 Dec 2009 20:30

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Offbeat: What’s good for enlarged prostates is bad for male breast cancer

  • good A drug exists that helps males deal with enlarged prostates. 100,000 men in the U.K. take it to cause shrinkage.
  • bad This same drug also increases the chance for male breast cancer. There’s been 53 cases so far. Men get it too, remember. source
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03 Dec 2009 20:20

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World: Amanda Knox emotionally proclaims her innocence to Italian jury

  • They say that I am calm. I am not calm. I fear to lose myself, to have the mask of the assassin forced upon me. I fear to be defined as someone I am not.
  • American foreign exchange student and murder suspect Amanda Knox • Speaking in Italian at her trial on Thursday. Knox, often called “Foxy Knoxy” in the Italian press, is on trial in the 2007 knifing death of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. The jury deliberates this weekend. source
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03 Dec 2009 10:23

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Culture: Anyone hate babies as much as we do? If so, don’t watch this trailer


  • It’s like “Look Who’s Talking” for the indie set. A documentary on babies shot in four different global locales, this movie strikes us as kinda cute in that rip-hair-out-our-skulls kind of way. Two minutes of this is OK, but could you imagine an hour and a half of these babies?
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03 Dec 2009 10:14

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Biz: Daily Poll: NBC Universal’s proposed deal with Comcast


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03 Dec 2009 10:04

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Culture: Tiger’s neighbor says he was “snoring,” not running from his wife

  • I saw Tiger laying on the ground. Elin was talking to him. And from that point, I immediately ran back to the house, got the phone, called 911 and ran back out of the house again to see if she needed any assistance or whatever the case was going on. … At that point, he was snoring.
  • Jarius Lavar Adams • Tiger Woods’ neighbor, who called 911 and helped the golfer after the incident. If Adams’ account is correct, Woods potentially has a case against all the gossip sites – especially TMZ – about the attack. Because that means that Woods – while he may have cheated – wasn’t being run after by his golf-club wielding wife. Unless he was sleep-running. source
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03 Dec 2009 09:53

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Biz: Twitter’s still trying to make sense of the NBC Universal/Comcast deal

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03 Dec 2009 09:48

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World: A suicide bomber in Somalia shows the government’s fragility

  • It proves the aggressive power [the insurgents have], and their determination to take over this country. They can easily go at the heart of the system. This will create a lot of panic for all the supporters of the government.
  • Somali diplomat Mohammed Aden • On a suicide bombing in Somalia, a mostly lawless country barring a handful of blocks in the capital of Mogadishu. Guess where the suicide bombing occurred. The attack killed at least 10, including three government ministers. source
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03 Dec 2009 09:31

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U.S.: Everyone wastes Congress’ time on the gate crasher probe

  • The White House Claiming that they’ve already been pretty open about the incident – especially on their official Web site – the Obama administration decided to use executive privilege to prevent White House social secretary Desiree Rogers from talking.
  • The Salahis While they probably could use the publicity (not), Tareq and Michaele Salahi have chosen not to testify, according to their lawyer. Their case already looks lost thanks to e-mails which prove they didn’t actually have access. source
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03 Dec 2009 09:08

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Biz: Comcast and NBC finally announce their massive merger

  • $30
    billion     the value of the merger, announced this morning after months of rumors suggesting it
  • 51/49
    split     the breakdown of the company’s ownership; Comcast is big spoon, GE is little spoon source
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03 Dec 2009 03:55

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Politics: Guess what? This poll says most people want a public option

  • 59.9% in fact want a public health care option
  • 86% of Democratic voters want a public option
  • 33% of Republican voters want it too source
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