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03 May 2010 17:56

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Biz: How big is the combined United/Continental Airlines, anyway?

  • $29 billion in revenue per year
    for the combined airline
  • 370 number of destinations the combined airline will cover; it’ll have 10 hubs
  • 90,000 number of employees the airline will have after the merger source
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03 May 2010 17:45

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U.S.: How bad is the flooding in Tennessee? Some quick numbers

  • 51′ the level Nashville’s Cumberland River is expected to crest at
  • 40′ the flood stage for the river; many homes have been submerged
  • 12k sandbags have been used to hold back the flooding source
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03 May 2010 17:37

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U.S.: A show of support to our water-drenched friends in Nashville

The heavy rains in the Southeast – as much as 20 inches – have already killed 19 people, most of them in Nashville and surrounding areas. source
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03 May 2010 17:16

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Politics: Charlie Crist talked it out with Lieberman – it’s gonna be OK

  • 2006 After Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman got trashed in the
    2006 Democratic primary by
    Ned Lamont, he ran as an independent – and won, handily.
  • 2010 Facing a similar situation in
    a Florida Senate race, Gov. Charlie Crist took some advice from Lieberman, which led to his indie-leaning decision. source
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03 May 2010 17:06

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Tech: Could Apple face antitrust issues over the Flash thing?

  • MAYBE the feds are on the case source
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03 May 2010 16:03

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U.S.: High Court justices upset that they can’t walk in through the front

  • I write in the hope that the public will one day in the future be able to enter the Court’s Great Hall after passing under the famous words ‘Equal Justice Under Law.’
  • Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer • On the new security measures for the main entrance to the Supreme Court – a giant stairwell designed by Cass Gilbert back in the 1930s. Now, instead of being able to enter that bastion of law and justice as it was designed, people now have to enter through the side and go through security. Both Breyer and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg complained about the changes, with Breyer saying about Gilbert’s design, “Time has proven the success of Gilbert’s vision: To many members of the public, this Court’s main entrance and front steps are not only a means to, but also a metaphor for, access to the Court itself.” We wonder what the more right-leaning justices think about this change. source
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03 May 2010 12:53

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Politics: Arizona Republic to leaders: Stop being selfish. Fix immigration.

  • A Bold front page Sunday’s Arizona Republic devoted its entire page 1 to an editorial on the immigration troubles currently surrounding the state.

    blaming the leaders The editorial takes many leaders – including, among others, former governor Janet Napolitano and current one Jan Brewer, Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl, and McCain’s Senate competitor and radio host J.D. Hayworth – to task for looking out for their own political interests first. source

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03 May 2010 12:17

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Culture: RIP: Twitter’s sad about the death of actress Lynn Redgrave



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03 May 2010 10:51

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Culture: How Conan O’Brien picked himself up from a crappy situation

  • beard “That was my small victory,
    you know. OK, so I lost ‘The
    Tonight Show,’ but I’ll show them – I’ll stop shaving.”
  • tour “When we started putting this tour together, I started to feel better almost immediately. There is almost no better antidote.” source
  • » But what about Jay Leno? The comic didn’t mince words in talking about his new adversary. “Jay’s got The Tonight Show. I have a beard and an inflatable bat. And I’m touring city to city. Who can say who won and who lost?”
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03 May 2010 10:34

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U.S.: Student at failing high school rats out her lazy classmates

  • Some students complain about receiving failing grades in many of their classes, but most are socializing and not focusing on their studies. It feels as if Burke students are only coming to school to interact with their friends.
  • Burke High School student Chrismaldy Morgado • On the root cause of the under-performing status of her Boston-area high school. As a result of the failing grade, the district has decided to fire all the teachers and only re-hire the ones they think are working out. Morgado, however, doesn’t blame the teachers for the problem, but her fellow students. Why them? Because many of them seem to be utterly unfocused on the education aspect of school. Morgado recommends instead that stricter rules should be implemented to ensure students are actually studying in class and not just screwing around with their friends all day. (The comment section on this article, by the way, is actually pretty refreshing.) source
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