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07 Aug 2010 23:24

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Music: One-word album reviews: Does anyone listen to Buckcherry?

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07 Aug 2010 22:53

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Culture: Will Ferrell: Meet a guy really desperate for another hit

His last movie, the huge-budgeted “Land of the Lost,” got completely upstaged by “The Hangover.” So, he needs “The Other Guys” to kill it at the box office. source
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07 Aug 2010 22:42

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World: The dudes on the International Space Station suck at repairs

  • eight number of hours two astronauts spent on a spacewalk to fix the !&@@ing cooling system
  • no it didn’t work, so these guys are going to be really unhappy for a little while longer source
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07 Aug 2010 22:14

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U.S.: A couple of punk kids ruin the D.C. metro-riding experience

  • 70 people were unfortunately involved in last night’s brawl source
  • » To explain D.C. Metro dynamics: These kids started their fight at the Gallery Place station, near the Verizon Center, where the Washington Wizards play. This area has become very popular for teenagers and is one of the area’s busiest stations. These kids got on a train, continued the fight, got off at the L’Enfant Plaza station, and caused a huge brawl that injured a number of people. Because these are two of the busiest train stations in the entire city. This is how people are supposed to act, apparently. Get some manners, you brats.
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07 Aug 2010 21:39

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Tech: The hammer falls on an Apple exec for #antennafail

  • cause Apple has a nasty PR fiasco after their iPhone 4 antenna has a bunch of embarrassing issues, forcing a sorta mea culpa.
  • effect The company’s relatively new senior VP for iPhone hardware, Mark Papermaster, no longer has a job. Sorry. source
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07 Aug 2010 14:53

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Politics: Dear AlterNet: Good job uncovering that Digg conspiracy

  • Digg’s prone to this kinda thingLook, there’s a reason why Digg is last year’s social media model. This, honestly, is why. It’s too easy to influence the results via collusion. And while AlterNet obviously leans left, the level of research into the story definitely leaves no doubt of a massive right-wing conspiracy to influence what gets on the front page of Digg. As they point out, this is actually a scandal, whereas the Journolist thing had the hype of a scandal but wasn’t anywhere near this bad.
  • The influence game Look, we have no real interest in Digg. We think human aggregation is more interesting than thumbs. But we have to say – in the game of influence, there’s a big difference between having an opinion and forcing an agenda. The journalists on Journolist? Their big crime was having an opinion. The guys at DiggPatriot? They forced an agenda and acted like they did nothing wrong. Which one is worse? It seems obvious now, doesn’t it? source
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07 Aug 2010 14:39

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Politics: Political “tracker” tries to nail Media Matters for America, fails

  • Remember the dude who tracked Rep. Bob Etheridge and got accosted by the guy, getting way more than he bargained for? This is the antidote to that. This dude tried to do the same thing to the liberal-leaning Media Matters for America, only to find himself completely outmatched by the guys he’s trying to vilify. LOL. Poor Spencer. His obsession with George Soros ended in tears.
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07 Aug 2010 14:15

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Offbeat: Just what the world needed: Topography, in carpet form

It’s a good thing foam isn’t painful. This little guy is walking on a “topographical carpet” – a series of foam bars designed to look like a topographical map. Neat. source
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07 Aug 2010 14:02

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Biz: Thomas’ English Muffins: A bland-tasting source of corporate espionage

  • What the heck?The recipe behind this breakfast delicacy, which is way behind the bagel in our books, is tightly guarded and few know how to make the “nooks and crannies” that give it its texture. In fact, just seven people in the world know how.
    playing turncoat    One of the seven, Chris Botticella, recently left the owner of Thomas’ English Muffins, Bimbo Bakeries USA. He had been hired by Hostess, which had tried to figure out this formula for years to no avail. But Botticella didn’t leave right away and kept his Hostess hiring secret. A $500 million-a-year business laid in the balance, and he was legally barred from joining Hostess. In other news, English muffins suck. source
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07 Aug 2010 12:51

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World: Twitter all a-chatter about Fidel Castro’s public appearance today



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