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05 Apr 2010 23:03

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Biz: Suffer, or not: U.S. gives Toyota a fine so harsh, they won’t feel it

  • $16.4
    million     the size of Toyota’s fine due to the brake pad recalls they had; it’s the largest auto fine ever given
  • $2.3
    billion     the amount Pfizer had to pay for a similar regulatory fine due to faulty marketing practices source
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05 Apr 2010 22:49

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U.S., World: Iraq coverup: Wikileaks scores a major free-information win

  • Wikileaks went through a lot of hell to get this video up. The clip, which shows a Reuters photographer and another staffer (along with ten others) getting killed by the U.S. government during the Iraq war because they mistook his camera for a weapon. He was shot at from a distance, and he survived, only to be killed during a rescue attempt. The government has been covering up this clip for years, including from Reuters. Now, from this video, it’s clear what happened: An unprovoked attack. This video is a harrowing watch. source
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05 Apr 2010 22:06

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Politics: Sarah Palin’s speaking engagements: Pro-alcohol, pro-marijuana?

  • $25,000 to toke her soul, go pro-pot source
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05 Apr 2010 21:55

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Offbeat: Whatever the heck an “Oriental Yeti” is, we’re scared of it

Alright, what sick (#&@ thought it was a good idea to shave a dog and pretend it was some mysterious Yeti-like creature? source
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05 Apr 2010 21:46

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U.S.: Get out your tinfoil hats: Census wants to count gay couples, too

  • George Takei’s husband has great taste in headwear. The former “Star Trek” star used his Starfleet uniform to get attention for this ad, which encourages same-sex couples to fill out the Census’ marital status section how they feel it should be filled out. It’s an encouraging step for the Census that they’re choosing to count gay couples this way. source
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05 Apr 2010 21:24

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U.S.: Meg Whitman is a money-spending force of nature

  • $46M the amount the former eBay chairwoman has spent on her California gubernatorial campaign
  • 40% the size of the lead she has over her GOP primary challenger Steve “Steamrolled” Poizner
  • seven the number of months she has before the election; she leads Jerry Brown, too source
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05 Apr 2010 16:52

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Politics: Blog-blabber: We’re shorter than both The Wrap and Newser

  • long Sharon Waxman of The Wrap complains about Newser summarizing her articles with scant credit (804 words).
  • short Michael Wolff’s Newser then summarizes her complaints in a much more concise format (133 words).
  • shorter We see the two of
    them whining about attribution and decide
    to one-up both of them (59 words). source
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05 Apr 2010 12:46

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Tech: iPhone 4.0 coming soon: Apple doesn’t let up on the iNews

  • We promise, next post will be about something else. On April 8, Apple will announce the launch of its new iPhone Version 4.0. It probably won’t launch that day, but it’ll give you nerds something to get excited about. After this, Apple moratorium for the rest of the day. We promise. Unless Steve Jobs dies. source
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05 Apr 2010 12:16

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Culture, Tech: “Will it Blend?”, now and then: The iPhone and the iPad

  • 2007: iPhone puree One of YouTube’s most classic and memorable clips came out just after the iPhone’s release, when a blender company threw an iPhone into one of its high-powered blenders and saw what happened. It was awesomely expensive.

  • 2010: Ipad slushee The “Will it Blend?” dude, having had much more experience with the great gift of his, does the same thing to an iPad. Obviously an iPad is too big for one blender, so he violently breaks the thing in half first. Yet another classic.
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05 Apr 2010 11:31

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Tech: Want to become a better iPad touch typist? Use this app

  • If we can somehow turn an army of tablet-wielding rich people into tablet-wielding rich people who can also type at 50 words a minute on a touch screen, the world will have plenty of reason to be scared. We haven’t tried this app, but plan to. source
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