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20 Sep 2010 21:22

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U.S.: Obvious study: Cell phones a deadly distraction for drivers

  • goodDeaths in car accidents are down in general – around 22 percent in the last four years alone.
  • bad Around 18 percent of all distracting-driving deaths are due to cell phone usage. Yikes. source
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20 Sep 2010 20:59

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Politics: Lady Gaga says pretty much the greatest sentence ever

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20 Sep 2010 20:41

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Politics: Tough crowd: Obama’s toughest town hall question today

  • Wow. That stings. At Obama’s town hall today, the president took a couple of questions like this one, which seems really pointed for a town hall. That said, Obama’s answer to the question was effective and not one bit pandering. Still though, you have to wonder if he’s going to be able to bounce back from a sluggish recovery in one piece. source
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20 Sep 2010 18:38

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U.S.: People don’t like it when you prevent a second depression

  • TARP is probably the most effective large-scale government program that the public has vehemently decided was a bad idea.
  • Douglas Elliot of the Brookings Institute • Lamenting the public and political hatred for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (58% say it was unneeded). Economists estimate that without the bailout, GDP would have fallen 11% in the last two years, resulting in “a 1930’s-like depression.”  source
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20 Sep 2010 13:36

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Culture: James Cameron heads back to the water

  • 6.8 miles underwater: location of “Avatar” sequel’s set source
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20 Sep 2010 12:39

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U.S.: Next up for carnivores: genetically-engineered salmon

Who wants genetically engineered salmon? If approved by the FDA, it would be the first genetically modified animal given a thumbs-up. source
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20 Sep 2010 12:29

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U.S.: Recession officially over, and it was a really long one, guys

  • 18 number of months the last recession, which officially ended in June 2009 according to this group, lasted
  • 16 number of months two previous postwar recessions, in the 1970s and 1980s, lasted source
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20 Sep 2010 10:47

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Offbeat: Posted without comment: Brooklyn tornado video, and its auto-tune

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20 Sep 2010 10:04

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Culture: “Christmas With a Capital C”: An anti-atheism soon-to-be classic

  • We’ve actually been wondering what Ted McGinley and Daniel Baldwin have been up to all these years. Here’s our answer – making anti-atheism Christmas films. Beyond the plot being absolutely, completely over-the-top – big-city atheist comes home to small town to ruin Christmas for hard-working small-town folk – it’s also based on a Christian rock song and will be distributed by a Christian film company. We can’t wait until TNT airs this for 24 hours straight. source
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20 Sep 2010 09:44

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Culture: “My Generation” may be fake, but its iPad app is pretty real

  • While we admit to being disappointed that the plot to this ABC series isn’t actually a documentary where a bunch of kids were followed and retraced a decade later, we will admit that this is pretty cool. This iPad app can detect audio from the episode and provide cues from within the app. We live in the future, guys. Kinda. source
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