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26 Feb 2010 11:31

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U.S.: To our snow-covered friends to the North, we hope your power’s on

  • 700k people without power due to the snow source
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26 Feb 2010 11:11

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Biz: AIG’s post-bailout earnings remain full of failure

  • $8.9
    billion     the size of AIG’s losses this quarter alone, which is laughable
  • $182.3
    billion     the size of the many bailouts the U.S. government has given it source
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26 Feb 2010 11:02

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Politics: Obama gives Dick Cheney a “get well soon” call. Awwwwww.

  • last week Dick Cheney, while speaking at CPAC, calls Obama a one-term president, which seems like kind of a mean thing to say.
  • this week Dick Cheney, while sitting at home resting after a heart attack, takes a call from Obama, who was nice enough to offer well wishes. source
  • In other Cheney news: The latest article in our continued working relationship with AOL News is about Cheney, actually. We compared his heart ailments to Bill Clinton’s in terms of sheer popularity in both the media and the social media. Who won? Find out here!
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26 Feb 2010 10:47

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Tech: The Man In Black helps iTunes hit a major milestone

  • 10 billion songs sold, the latest by
    Mr. Johnny Cash source
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26 Feb 2010 10:29

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U.S.: Dear David Paterson: Thanks for finally listening to us

  • He’s not running for re-election, but he’s not resigning, either. A day after The New York Times broke some crazy crap about him (just days after they broke some other, more general, crazy crap about him), the pressure finally got to be a little much for the New York governor and now he’s finally out. Great. source
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25 Feb 2010 21:46

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Biz: Citi learns that arbitrarily blocking Fabulis businesses a bad idea

  • action Fabulis, a gay-themed social media company along the lines of Yelp, found that Citi blocked their bank account due to “objectionable” content on their blog (which is sorta frisky at best). This is really bad.
  • reaction Twitter gets all over the story, causing lots of attention for the venture-backed startup. Citi responds, apologizing profusely and trying really freaking hard to make nice. This is better. source
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25 Feb 2010 20:50

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U.S.: Today not a good day for politicians in New York state

Charles Rangel is the latest politician to be nailed to the cross, after a House panel found that he broke ethics rules when paying for a Caribbean trip. source
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25 Feb 2010 20:45

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Politics: Obama takes John McCain’s liver and throws it across the room

  • Man, Obama said this as if he had been waiting since the end of the presidential election to get this specific rip in on John McCain. Overall, we feel like Obama held his own in a tough crowd. Besides this, the best moment of the entire day was Obama telling Eric Cantor where to stick that huge pile of paper – a moment we can’t seem to find on YouTube, sadly. Was this mess productive? Of course not. But now Obama has his free pass to ignore them and pass the bill anyway using reconciliation. Thanks for being not helpful, right.
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25 Feb 2010 20:04

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U.S.: Will David Paterson quit the NY Gov. race due to his latest scandal?

  • NO but he’s asking for second opinions (just quit man) source
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25 Feb 2010 19:34

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Culture: Dear Boner from Growing Pains: Rest in peace, dude.

  • Andrew Koenig was found dead in Vancouver today. Koenig, known as Mike Seaver’s sidekick “Boner” on the show, was found in a Vancouver park. He had been missing since Valentine’s Day. Our thoughts are with his family, including father Walter of Star Trek fame. source
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