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18 Mar 2009 22:32

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U.S.: New Mexico repeals the death penalty. Hey, why not?

  • Gov. Bill Richardson supports it, but says the courts are unjust. Richardson, who was urged by over 8,000 New Mexico residents to repeal the death penalty (and over 2,000 not to), signed the legislation because he felt that the court system was “inherently defective” – leaning heavily on minorities – when giving out death sentences. source
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18 Mar 2009 22:07

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Biz, U.S.: Another attempt to jumpstart the economy by the Federal Reserve

  • Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve would buy back up to $300 billion in long-term government bonds. source
  • Bernanke also announced a plan to buy back up to $750 billion in bad mortgages. Together, that’s over $1 trillion. Whoa. source
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18 Mar 2009 21:13

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Biz, U.S.: *FOREHEAD SLAP* Good one Chris Dodd *FOREHEAD SLAP*

  • As many know, the administration was, among others, not happy with the language. They wanted some modifications to it. They came to us, our staff, and asked for changes, and the changes at the time did not seem that obnoxious or onerous.
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd • On adding a provision to the stimulus bill allowing AIG to give out massive bonuses to its employees. He was asked to make these changes by the Treasury, which seems to have a lot of power over legislation considering they’re not legislators. Dodd wants to tax the bonuses, BTW. • source
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18 Mar 2009 10:27

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Biz, U.S.: AIG’s CEO has an explanation for the bonuses

  • We have to continue managing our business as a business – taking account of the cold realities of competition.
  • AIG CEO Edward Liddy • On why they have to give out the bonuses. Essentially, as was suggested yesterday in this editorial, AIG needs to give out the bonuses to retain their employees. He’s telling this to congress right now, by the way. • source
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18 Mar 2009 10:21

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Tech, U.S.: Five reasons we think the new iPhone software rules

  • Oh my God, you mean we can copy and paste now? Awesome! ‘Bout time! source
  • Push functionality for apps rocks the hizzy. Took ’em long enough to add it. source
  • You can use accessories now, which should allow for even cooler apps. source
  • The Spotlight search function is just like Spotlight on the Mac. Hooray! source
  • You can (finally!) send MMS photo messages via your iPhone. source
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17 Mar 2009 19:23

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Tech, U.S.: Losing your focus: Twitter keeps your mind off the job at hand.

  • court
  • hoops
  • jobs
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17 Mar 2009 10:59

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U.S.: Information was meant to be free. Read some FOIA requests here.

  • The EFF did all the hard work for you. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has put up a searchable database of its Freedom of Information Act requests on the Interweb for all to find. It’s information that they had to ask for – and now it’s yours to use. Thank us later. source
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16 Mar 2009 23:09

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Politics, U.S.: Why we like Obama’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs

  • Well, I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy, so they trotted out the next most popular member of the Republican cabal.
  • Press Secretary Robert Gibbs • On Dick Cheney’s recent criticism of the Obama administration. Dude’s totally a straight-shooter. When asked whether this was the administration’s official position on Cheney, he responded, “Sometimes I ask forgiveness, rather than for permission.” Nice show, chap. Bush’s press secretaries were never near this off-the-cuff. • source
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16 Mar 2009 22:32

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Biz, U.S.: The Rocky staffers’ new project, InDenverTimes, sets a lofty goal

  • 50,000 subscriptions by April to start out source
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16 Mar 2009 22:25

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Biz, U.S.: P-I’s online focus: An evolution away from print

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