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12 Jan 2010 11:48

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Offbeat: Al Gore, while not president, is powerful enough to get a font changed

  • Well, in the book there’re a lot of examples of scientific nomenclature and this particular numeral one is causing confusion when it’s combined with capitals.
  • mgmtdesign designer “Michael” • Speaking to Typotheque about Al Gore’s desire to get a font – Brioni, which he picked for his book “Our Choice,” by the way – changed slightly, because it looked like a little capital “i.” So, they changed the number one for Al Gore. Awesome. source
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12 Jan 2010 11:16

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Culture: Bloggers upset that fat reality TV show stars too happy

The family on “One Big Happy Family” tips the scales at 1,377 pounds. They want to lose the weight. Bloggers are upset because of the way it highlights black obesity. source
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12 Jan 2010 11:06

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Biz, Music: eMusic signs another major label, Warner Music. Hooray!

  • 10,000 new R.E.M. songs to buy source
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12 Jan 2010 11:00

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Biz: Kraft/Cadbury merger: Chocolate & cheese candy bar closer to reality

  • Kraft only needs to improve their offer slightly to push through the deal. Kraft’s hostile takeover seems closer to reality than ever despite the fact that Cadbury had a solid 2009. Kraft needs to work fast, though – they have seven days to raise their offer to something a little more crumbelievable. source
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12 Jan 2010 10:52

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Biz: Delta screws over travelers by raising checked baggage prices

  • $23 new price for the first freaking bag
  • $32 new price for the second bag
  • $7-8 increase in prices from before source
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12 Jan 2010 10:41

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Biz: Reward for risk: The Federal Reserve made a huge profit in 2009

  • $46.1 billion the size of the Federal Reserve’s profits in 2009
  • $14.4 billion the increase in the Fed’s profits from 2008 source
  • Why the increase? Simple. The Fed lowered its standards and became the buyer of last resort, buying assets nobody else wanted, and getting profits from those assets. In case you’re wondering, by the way, they dump these profits back to the Treasury.
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12 Jan 2010 10:29

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Culture: Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien both let loose on NBC. AWESOME!!!!


  • Leno trashes In case anyone’s wondering where Leno stands in the wake of this whole situation, here’s your video proof. He’s clearly unhappy about the whole thing. Our respect for him goes up after watching this.

  • Conan’s options Not to be outdone, the pompadoured redhead ripped on NBC even harder than Leno did, with a hilarious list of options the late-night host has after the late-night debacle. Our favorite is the last one. Easily.
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12 Jan 2010 10:02

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Culture: Tila Tequila couldn’t leave Twitter alone after Casey Johnson’s death

  • 160+ tweets about Johnson since last week source
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12 Jan 2010 09:51

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World: Nigerian president: Rumors of my death have been greatly 419’ed

  • seven weeks without a peep in public from Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua
  • resting the claim by Yar’Adua on why he’s been hiding since being hospitalized in November source
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12 Jan 2010 09:43

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Culture: Is “The X-Factor” about to become the new “American Idol”?

  • old Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and a bunch of other people we don’t care about judging on “American Idol.”
  • new Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and a bunch of other people we don’t know about judging on “The X-Factor”? It might happen. source
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