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05 Jan 2010 11:06

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Culture: Like 3D? Like sports? ESPN is about to give you both at once.

  • 85+ 3D sporting events this year; will people buy? source
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05 Jan 2010 10:55

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Politics: Fox News cuts off satellite feeds of politicians they don’t like

  • That was the most unrealistic loss of satellite feed we’ve ever seen. It comes up in the last 20 seconds of the clip, but it’s worth watching, because it comes out of nowhere and the Fox News host appears not to be surprised by the cutoff at all, like she knew it was coming. Rep. Joe Sestak lost his final word as a result of the kerfluffle.
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05 Jan 2010 10:43

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Offbeat: Douchebag: My site’s visitors are too fat. I’m a vapid jerk!

  • Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded.
  • BeautifulPeople.com founder Robert Hintze • On his dating site’s purging of 5,000 members who gained too much weight over the holidays and are no longer “beautiful” in his one-dimensional, vapid mind. This guy somehow gets killer PR from this. But is it the good kind? source
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05 Jan 2010 10:37

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Biz: Kraft wants Cadbury bad. Warren Buffett thinks it’s unhealthy.

  • Berkshire Hathaway owns 9.4% of Kraft’s stock, so they should take heed. Kraft has been in unhealthy pursuit of the candy company for months, and just sweetened the deal again to convince them to go for it. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, however, warned Kraft they wouldn’t be voting for the purchase, calling it a “blank check” and saying Kraft’s stock is too valuable for a purchase like this. Too Velveeta-like in texture. source
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05 Jan 2010 09:44

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Biz, Tech: Apple spends big bucks to follow Google’s mobile ad dreams

  • $350 million amount Apple agreed to spend on Quattro Wireless, a mobile ad firm, just last night
  • $750 million amount Google agreed to spend on AdMob, another mobile ad firm, in November source
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05 Jan 2010 09:23

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Offbeat: Dude buys $3 billion item on Amazon just to see what happens

Hear that sound? It’s the sound of someone’s credit card reaching its limit, and then some. This guy, whoever he is, is awesome. source
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05 Jan 2010 09:15

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Culture: Tila Tequila in mourning with death of heiress Casey Johnson

  • I can’t stop these haunting visions of her and I. We made such a lovely couple, only beginning to spend the rest of our lives together…
  • A Tweet by reality star Tila Tequila • On the death of fellow socialite Casey Johnson, who had reportedly been dead for days before she was found. Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, had announced an engagement with Tequila last month, and Tequila noted that the two had recently fought around the time she had died. She was known for having a drug problem and was recently arrested for reportedly stealing a British reality TV star’s possessions. source
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05 Jan 2010 01:07

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World: Dubai’s giant tower is tall, no matter how you measure it

  • 828 meters height of Burj Dubai Tower for those of you who think like Europeans
  • 2717
    feet     height of the freaking tower for those of you who think like Americans source
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04 Jan 2010 21:03

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Biz: Nice way to start 2010: Stocks have a pretty awesome Monday

  • 1.5% increase in the Dow Jones Industrial today; hip
  • 1.6% increase in the S&P 500 today; hip
  • 1.7% increase in the NASDAQ today; hooray! source
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04 Jan 2010 20:56

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Offbeat: Tattoo mom gets all “Memento” on her kids, does it herself

  • I’m not breaking the skin. It’s going to fade away, it’s like a pen mark.
  • Patty “Jo Jo” Marsh • On tattooing her kids using a homemade device – a pen and a guitar string. After the biological mother of some of the six kids she tattooed complained, Marsh and her husband, Jacob Edward Bartels, couldn’t understand what they did wrong (you know, besides break Georgia law about tattooing children and homemade tattoos). “I love my children, we’d never do anything to harm our kids,” she continued. You know, besides tattoo your kids using a pen and a guitar string. source
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