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04 Aug 2010 09:55

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Biz: AOL has another big loss, caused by a “goodwill charge” this time

  • $1.06
    billion     the size of AOL’s quarterly loss, caused partly by declining advertising and partly due to a “goodwill charge”
  • $1.4
    billion     the size of that “goodwill charge,” partly due to selling Bebo for pennies on the dollar source
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04 Aug 2010 09:46

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U.S.: Oil spill: Is BP’s static kill procedure reportedly working?

  • YES nothing like making a permanent seal source
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04 Aug 2010 09:41

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U.S.: Racism may have been at play in Hartford Distributors shooting

  • I killed the five racists that was there bothering me.
  • Omar S. Thornton (reportedly) • In a phone call to his mother immediately after the shooting, but before he turned the gun on himself. Thornton had claimed in the past of being the target of racial harassment at Hartford Distributors, noting racist words or imagery scrawled on bathroom walls. Thornton, who was reportedly a mellow guy, according to his family, and wasn’t known for such outbursts. Police believe he was in the midst of being fired for stealing beer. So this takes another turn. source
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04 Aug 2010 09:30

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World: Was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an assassination target today?

Despite claims that it was actually a grenade that exploded here, the Iranian government is standing firm that it was just fireworks. No Ahmadinejads were harmed. source
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