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22 Jul 2009 17:56

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U.S.: The NYT made way too many errors in their Cronkite obituary. Awkward.

  • 7 errors in the New York Times’ Cronkite obituary. Get it together guys. source
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22 Jul 2009 16:45

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World: Indonesian police release some freaky pictures of the Jakarta bombers

These *super* high-tech pictures are supposed to be of the two Jakarta bombers, taken from the bodies found at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriot Hotels. source
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22 Jul 2009 16:16

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World: The judge at the Mumbai attacks trial is really throwing us for a loop

  • This trial is full of suprises. First, the guy has to confess to being involved in the Mumbai attacks. (I know, right? Who does that.) And now, the judge has put a gag order on his latest testimony, meaning all the awesome journalists over there can’t write about it and we can’t read about it. No fair. source
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22 Jul 2009 15:55

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World: Canadian guy wins the lottery, collects his millions, gets thrown in jail

  • Ontario, Canada resident Barry Shell won nearly $4.4 million in the lottery jackpot. Obviously, he went to collect his money as soon as he could. Some would say he was pretty lucky. source
  • Unfortunately, he failed to appear in court 6 years ago and had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. The cops nabbed him right after he got his check and threw him in jail. *Not* so lucky. source
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22 Jul 2009 00:51

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Biz, U.S.: Sadly, it doesn’t look like Crocs shoes will survive the recession

  • 100 million pairs of Crocs shoes sold since 2002. That’s a lot of ugly feet source
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21 Jul 2009 23:52

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U.S.: This photo the New York Times ran on Sunday was, sadly, real

This photo freaked a lot of people out. Some, angry it might have been faked. Some, angry it could be real. (As it turns out, the second group guessed right.) source
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21 Jul 2009 23:08

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Tech: Your cellphone gives you cancer? Well, mine *diagnoses* Malaria

  • Okay, so it actually doesn’t. But it could! Some American researchers have fused the awesomeness of a cellphone with the usefulness of a microscope, which would make it easy to diagnose and track diseases in the developing world. Score! source
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21 Jul 2009 22:49

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Culture: The Ninja Turtles found a screenwriter in John Fusco. Hi-ya!

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, are returning to kick some blockbuster butt in 2011. Now, they’ll have a plot too. source
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21 Jul 2009 22:20

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Tech: Holy smokes!!! Apple is selling an *insane* amount of iPhones

  • 57,000 iPhones are sold every day. Not kidding. source
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20 Jul 2009 17:01

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Tech, U.S.: A balanced diet: fruit, veggies, social media, grains, micro-blogging

To simplify your life, Wired has released suggested serving sizes of media. According to them, you should be reading us for up to an hour a day. We concur. source
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