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17 Jun 2010 20:38

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Politics: Protip: If you’re Hillary Clinton, don’t discuss lawsuits in Ecuador

  • President Obama has spoken out against the law because he thinks that the federal government should be determining immigration policy. And the Justice Department, under his direction, will be bringing a lawsuit against the act.
  • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton • During a television interview in Ecuador where she was all like, hey, we’re going to sue Arizona because of this crazy immigration law. For what it’s worth, the Justice Department is still looking through evidence. Still, though, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is PISSED. “To learn of this lawsuit through an Ecuadorean interview with the Secretary of State is just outrageous,” she said. source
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17 Jun 2010 20:23

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U.S.: Is the Supreme Court OK with employers searching workers’ texts?

  • YES but only in this one case about a police officer source
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17 Jun 2010 20:12

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Politics: Joe Barton stepped in it so badly that the oil just won’t come off

  • apology Joe Barton apologized to BP for having to pay money to people the oil spill greatly damaged.
  • redo Barton, feeling pressure, apologized for the “misconstruction” of his stupid, stupid comments.
  • recant Barton, who wasn’t seen as sincere enough, apologized AGAIN – this time, taking it back. source
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17 Jun 2010 20:05

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U.S.: Some dude’s going to die by firing squad in about six hours

  • Utah’s governor denied Ronnie Lee Gardner’s stay request. Gardner, who was convicted of killing two people – one of them during a courthouse escape attempt in 1985 – has spent most of his 49 years in prison or on death row, including nearly all of his adult life. He chose the firing squad. He’s likely the last person in the U.S. who will die by firing squad, as Utah outlawed the high-profile practice in 2004. He’s also likely the first person who eats steak and lobster with 7UP. That was his last meal. source
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17 Jun 2010 11:12

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Tech: YouTube adds video-editing, the final piece of its viral puzzle

  • The worst part of uploading video to YouTube wasn’t the uploading itself, but the editing. It took time to edit and forced you to use a separate interface and separate program. Cloud-friendly Google couldn’t just let this happen, right? So, now, they’ve finally added video-editing to the site, making it significantly more useful for regular users who want to take their Flip or iPhone 4 videos and throw them on the Web quickly. source
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17 Jun 2010 11:06

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Tech: AOL sells its forgotten social networking lemon, Bebo

  • $850
    million     amount AOL spent on Bebo, a Facebook wannabe, when they bought it two years ago
  • chump
    change     amount AOL likely sold Bebo for today; it was a terrible investment for the company source
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17 Jun 2010 11:00

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Politics: Joe Barton has good reason for giving BP apologies today

  • $1.4 million in donations from the oil and gas industry source
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17 Jun 2010 10:56

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Politics: Dear Joe Barton: It’s not a shakedown if it’s BP’s fault

  • I’m ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday. I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown in this case a $20 billion dollar shakedown.
  • Rep. Joe Barton • Saying the kind of thing that will not win him many fans amongst people offended by the oil spill. BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward, who went into the Congressional hearing today expecting a public flogging, instead got that starting out. Unbelievable. Save the apologies for a company that isn’t responsible for destroying the gulf, Joe. That money’s going to help people whose lives were destroyed, remember. source
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17 Jun 2010 10:51

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Politics: Twitter’s pretty upset with BP CEO Tony Hayward right now



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17 Jun 2010 10:42

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Biz: Housing market, meet crapper: The market takes a huge hit

  • 17.2% dip in new home builds between April and May
  • 10% dip in future home construction contracts source
  • » What the heck happened? Simply put, home sales were artificially inflated by an $8,000 homebuyer tax credit. As soon as the tax credit went away, the bottom completely fell out. In some areas of the country, home sales are down 20 percent from May 2009, when the worst of the financial crisis had ended.
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