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26 May 2009 19:03

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Culture, U.S.: Why we love the White House’s official Flickr page

Obama with Joe Biden and Sonia Sotomayor
  • Seriously, the photos they run are arguably better than the ones the Associated Press or any other wire service come up with. It’s yet another example of how the Obama administration is the best-designed administration ever. And, BTW, the photos are all public domain. :)source
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26 May 2009 12:30

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Culture, Tech: Teens text too much, and it isn’t healthy, say old jerks

  • 2,272 Average number of texts teens send in an average month source
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26 May 2009 02:03

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Culture, U.S.: Octomom has fresh competition – from the dudes

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25 May 2009 19:19

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Culture, Music: Pre-prison, T.I. lives his life while he still can

  • What I need y’all to do is pray for me while I’m gone. I’ll see y’all in 366 days.
  • Rapper T.I. • At a send-off-to-prison party for himself in his hometown of Atlanta, which 16,000 people attended tonight. Starting Wednesday, one of the biggest music stars in the world spends 366 days in jail. Yikes. • source
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25 May 2009 10:11

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Culture: Historic docs of the day: Military letters to pinup Donna Reed

Apparently, the star of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “The Donna Reed Show” was a huge inspiration for soldiers in WWII. Neat. source
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25 May 2009 09:30

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Culture: “Terminator” terminated by “Night at the Museum”

  • $53.5 million The Friday-Sunday take of “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” which did unexpectedly awesomely source
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24 May 2009 11:53

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Culture: Adam Lambert may have lost “Idol,” but he could lead Queen instead

  • It’s not like we, as Queen, would rush into coalescing with another singer just like that. It isn’t that easy. But I’d certainly like to work with Adam. That is one amazing instrument he has there.
  • Queen lead guitarist Brian May • Discussing the possibility that Adam Lambert, the nearly-coulda-been “Idol” contestant, could lead his band, which has been sort of floating in the ether since Freddie Mercury died in 1991. (The feeling’s mutual, by the way, so it’s not just some old guy talking about something that won’t happen.) Why the heck not. Might as well ruin two careers at once. • source
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23 May 2009 20:33

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Culture: Archie is finally ready to choose his lady. Great. Now we don’t care.

  • Betty or Veronica? Who gives a crap? After 68 years of keeping comic book fans vaguely interested in their boring misadventures, Archie Comics has finally decided that, in August, its main character will propose to either Betty (the blond one) and Veronica (the black-haired one). Personally, we think Archie should actually make us interested in his stupid comics again by marrying Jughead. It’d be so modern and unexpected! source
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23 May 2009 20:18

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Culture: Sans Ah-nold, “Terminator Salvation” opens pretty well

  • $13.4 million on Friday for the latest cyborg flick source
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23 May 2009 13:08

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Culture, Offbeat: Fake Steven Tyler won’t stop suing me!

  • The Aerosmith lead singer is mad about bloggers swiping his likeness. Tyler, who became a minor Internet meme thanks to Rock Band’s over-reliance on his vocal track in some songs, recently attempted to sue a handful of anonymous bloggers for pretending to be him and sharing private facts about him and his family. Basically, it equates to drama. source
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