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12 Jan 2009 12:52

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Offbeat, U.S.: Obama’s second-toughest issue, after the economy

  • We’re closing in on it. This has been tougher than finding a Commerce Secretary.
  • President-elect Barack Obama • on finding the right First Dog to bring into the White House • source
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12 Jan 2009 12:43

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Offbeat, U.S.: No Obama for inauguration rehearsal? No problem!

These are not the Obamas. But they got to pretend to be on Sunday. source
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10 Jan 2009 19:37

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Offbeat: Here’s a general warning: Don’t be this stupid at the zoo

  • 3 mauling victims of Gu Gu, the cuddly-looking giant panda source
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09 Jan 2009 23:46

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Offbeat: This pizzeria owner really knows how to hook up his workers

  • 10% amount in tips that the Flying Pie in Boise, Idaho saved over a 13-year period so that they could take their staff on a trip source
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08 Jan 2009 23:19

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Offbeat, Tech: True love in 140 characters or less

  • @film_girl i just can’t wait one minute longer to ask you this. Will you marry me? i want to share the rest of our lives together.
  • @grobertson • who proposed marriage on Twitter. Both are prominent bloggers. If we proposed marriage, we’d probably use a big number. • source
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08 Jan 2009 22:45

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Offbeat, Tech: It’s like “Knight Rider,” except for luxury cars

  • Lexus wants to make their cars talk Toyota, the corporation that owns the Lexus brand, plans to add a new feature called Lexus Insider, which will allow the auto manufacturer to talk to their drivers. Personally, we hope they tell the drivers how awesome they are because they own a Lexus. source
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08 Jan 2009 10:25

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Offbeat: You have to give the porn industry credit for trying

  • $5 billion, the bailout they (jokingly) asked congress for source
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07 Jan 2009 11:07

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Offbeat: Are they talking about the plastic doll or the guy who loved it?

  • It’s totally bizarre. It’s a real concern that someone like that is out on the street.
  • The owner of an adult sex shop in Cairns, Australia • His shop, along with two others, was broken into by a man who made love to three “Jungle Jane” blow-up dolls and threw them in the alley. He’s a love ’em and leave ’em kinda guy, apparently. • source
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07 Jan 2009 09:45

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Offbeat: If you’re a plastic doll, do you still get menopause?

Barbie turns 50 this year, and she still looks like a million plastic bucks. source
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06 Jan 2009 14:29

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Offbeat, Tech: A look at this man’s face is a look at nipples

  • An artistic protest against Facebook. In the wake of the breast-feeding saga rocking Facebook, one enterprising artistic type decided to make a collage of his face entirely out of nipples, just to see if it’d set off the censors. It’s still up as of this moment. We’d show you the photo, but it’s got a lot of nipples in it. source
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