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20 Jul 2009 16:44

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U.S.: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has needs, and he’s filling them

  • 22,000 more troops are being added to the Army source
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20 Jul 2009 16:31

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Culture: Futurama is back! They just might have to, umm, rejig the cast a bit

  • The good news: Futurama will return in 2010. The bad news: it might be with a new cast. The reason: money, of course. Word on the street is that original cast members John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal and Billy West want a bit more than Fox is willing to cough up. Does it matter if it’s just a cartoon? source
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20 Jul 2009 15:47

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U.S.: Another aircraft crash in Afghanistan makes for some unnerving numbers

  • four NATO aircraft crashes in Afghanistan this month, including two helicopters and two fighter jets source
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20 Jul 2009 15:17

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U.S.: Vanity Fair’s grammar divas edit Palin’s resignation speech. Ouch.

This is what happens when you put Sarah Palin’s resignation speech in the same room as Vanity Fair editors. I think we can assume that they really enjoyed doing this. source
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20 Jul 2009 01:49

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U.S.: Company denies they are developing a flesh-eating robot. Suuuuuure.

  • We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission.
  • CEO of Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. Harry Schoell • In a press release where his company refuted claims that they are a developing a flesh-eating robot. (In fact, the robot is “strictly vegetarian.”) Why did the company even make a statement about this in the first place? Well, it seems the internets were chattering about their new robotic system that runs on energy it collects from biomass…not to be confused with HUMAN FLESH. AAAAAHHHHHHHH!  • source
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19 Jul 2009 23:26

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U.S.: Docs still a little fuzzy on what the 5-Hour Energy drink will do to you

  • 350 millon number of 5-Hour Energy drinks expected to be sold this year source
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19 Jul 2009 22:48

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World: More arrests (and bad stuff in general) going down in China

In response to the riots in China, hundreds more have been detained by police. The two men in these photos were seized while entering their family’s public bathhouse. source
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19 Jul 2009 22:33

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Music: Twitter urges American Idol bigwigs to #KeepPaula. Or not.

  • Alert! Alert! There is a chance that Paula Abdul might not return to American Idol, and Twitter is *not* happy about that. Since rumors began swirling that her contract negotiations could go bust, “#keeppaula” has been hovering on and off the trending list. At one point it sat at No. 2, right behind “#indonesiaunite.” Err, is that a good thing or a bad thing? source
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19 Jul 2009 22:09

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World: Apparently some terrorists had it in for Mousavi, but not anymore

  • 1 foiled attempt to assassinate Iran’s
    Mir Hossein Mousavi source
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19 Jul 2009 21:39

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U.S.: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt dies at 78

The former school teacher and author of ‘Angela’s Ashes’ died in New York City from metastatic melanoma today. He was 78 and left behind a lot of very, very good work. source
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