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01 Jan 2010 18:50

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World: Mudslides turn a Brazilian island resort into a disaster zone

  • 15+ have died in the mudslides, which hit on New Year’s Eve
  • 10+ were injured; authorities are searching for survivors now source
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01 Jan 2010 18:35

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Offbeat: New Jersey’s water toxic enough for swimming in January

Just kidding. Today, a bunch of pasty white people jumped in the ocean for the Polar Plunge, which sounds really freaking cold. source
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01 Jan 2010 18:27

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Politics: Rush Limbaugh says there’s “nothing wrong” with his heart

  • They found absolutely nothing wrong. It was a blessing. No arterial disease, no coronary disease whatsoever.
  • Rush Limbaugh • On his hospital stay for chest pains earlier this week. The health scare, which had some liberals on Twitter ripping on him hardcore, could not be narrowed down to heart problems. Limbaugh also got some rips in regarding the health system, which he says treated him no differently despite the fact that he’s a rich old guy. “Based on what happened to me here,” he said, “I don’t think there is one thing wrong with the American health care system. It is working just fine.” source
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01 Jan 2010 12:48

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Offbeat: Minnesota is worthy of an Empire State of Mind, too

  • “Empire State of Mind” was begging for a parody like this, and this low-rent version of one of Jay-Z’s biggest hits ever has the effect of taking the piss out of it.
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01 Jan 2010 12:00

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Tech: Word on the street: Apple super-bullish on selling tablets

  • 10 million tablets in the first year, an ex-Google exec sez source
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01 Jan 2010 11:55

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World: Blackwater bull*#^@: Iraqis stunned by U.S. court decision

  • What are we — not human? Why do they have the right to kill people? Is our blood so cheap? For America, the land of justice and law, what does it mean to let criminals go? They were chasing me and shooting at me. They were determined to kill me.
  • Blackwater victim Abdul Wahab Adul Khader • On his anger with a decision by a U.S. federal court to dismiss criminal charges against the company, which shot him in the hand in an attack on Sept. 16, 2007. The attack left 17 dead and 27 wounded. Many Iraqis interviewed were in disbelief by the decision, which some referred to as the continuation of a cover-up. source
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01 Jan 2010 11:44

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World: China’s hardcore porn crackdown saw a lot of victims in 2009

  • 5,394 animal-like people were arrested throughout the year
  • 4,186 criminal investigations; that’s 4x the amount of 2008 source
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01 Jan 2010 11:32

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World: Pakistan terror: A volleyball match ruined by a car bomb

  • 30+ were killed by a car bomb that hit a volleyball game
  • 200+ people were watching the game when the attack hit
  • 52+ were wounded in the attack on a former terrorist hub source
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01 Jan 2010 11:22

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Biz: Did News Corp. and Time Warner Cable settle their differences?

  • NO but they’ll give some more time to their money spat source
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01 Jan 2010 11:12

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About: ShortFormBlog turns one! Anybody want some cake or something?

  • Julius can now eat solid food! Today, ShortFormBlog celebrates its first birthday, and boy are we excited. A lot has happened in the last year, and boy, we’d love to tell you about it. Our crazy idea of making a blog focused on numbers, quotes and other short stuff has been nothing if a lot of statistics. So here’s a few:
  • 6,098 posts, including this one have been put on the site in the last year
  • 268k people have found their way onto the SFB site in the last year; neat
  • this is our most popular post of all time. People love Transformers, kids!
  • So, what’s next? Well, we’re gonna keep doing what we do best. Blogging and keeping you jerks informed. After a year of doing this, we’ve gotten pretty good, and are always trying new things. That’s our plan for 2010.
  • Any ideas? As you might know, we’re totally open to cool ideas, so send us some! We’re all ears, especially if the ideas are good and can extend our mission of giving the news in as short of a space as possible. source
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