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30 Dec 2010 21:00

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U.S.: Casino to thief: You’ve got ’till Spring to cash in those stolen chips

  • causeThievin’ varmint makes off with $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
  • effect MGM announces that, as of April 22nd of next year, their $25,000 chips will no longer be redeemable.
  • questionApril 22nd? That’s four months from now. Won’t the guy just cash them in before then? source
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30 Dec 2010 20:48

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U.S.: Bad timing: Honda recalls snowblowers in midst of blizzards

  • 18.5k snow blowers recalled due to fuel seepage source
Posted by Seth Millstein • 0 Comments • Permalink

30 Dec 2010 18:09

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U.S.: Haley Barbour: Want early release? That will cost you one kidney

  • $11 the amount two Mississippi sisters stole in an armed robbery at a nightclub 16 years ago
  • two the number of life sentences they got for the crime (really); they had no prior records
  • one number of kidneys one sister has to donate as a condition of her sentence getting suspended source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

30 Dec 2010 11:49

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U.S.: Rage against snow not really new thing with New Yorkers

  • 1969 Former mayor John V. Lindsay faced the kind of rage about a blizzard that Michael Bloomberg is currently facing.
  • 1996 Brooklyn borough president Howard Golden, accused the sanitation department of simply ignoring Brooklynites.
  • 2000 Rudy Guliani scored points against the Port Authority by ripping their inability to get the airports up to speed again.
  • 2001 Weatherman felt the rage of New Yorkers after a massive blizzard didn’t actually produce the pain promised. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

30 Dec 2010 09:51

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U.S.: Today in unexpected rumbles, Indiana gets its very own earthquake

  • 4.2 guess something exciting finally happened in Indiana source
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29 Dec 2010 21:53

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U.S.: Michael Bloomberg: Sorry about NYC’s crappy 911 service, guys

  • My heart really does go out to those who experienced trauma and tragedy during the storm. We take our emergency life-saving responsibilities very seriously and I’m extremely dissatisfied with the way our emergency-response systems performed.
  • New York mayor Michael Bloomberg • Expressing remorse about the crappy 911 service in NYC over the last couple of days due to the snow, which is leaving quite the mark on his reign. Multiple people died due to lacking and downright unavailable service, and over 1,700 911 calls went unanswered on Monday night and were stuck in a massive backlog. But the call volume itself was something else on Monday – 49,400 calls, the sixth-highest volume the emergency line has received in New York history. What happened, Mikey? source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

29 Dec 2010 20:31

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U.S.: Still waiting for a pardon in New Mexico: Billy the Kid

120 years ago, Billy the Kid was promised a pardon by New Mexico’s then-governor, Lew Wallace. In the next two days, current Gov. Bill Richardson might just grant it. source
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29 Dec 2010 00:50

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U.S.: Virginia has laughably awful history textbooks, just an FYI

  • mistake A Virginia-oriented history book called “Our Virginia: Past and Present” suggested that African-Americans fought for the South in the Civil War, causing a huge uproar over the claim, which has long been refuted.
  • f*#&-up A study of the history book by professional historians found that there were many obvious facts that were simply wrong in the book and others with the same publisher. The book, by the way, was not written by a historian. Oops. source
  • » A couple random examples: Peer reviewers found that “Our Virginia” and other books from the same textbook publisher said that the U.S. entered World War I a year earlier than it actually did, that Civil War soldiers commonly wore full suits of armor, and that New Orleans began on a U.S. harbor (instead of a Spanish one). It’s a book so good, it makes you feel dumber when reading it.
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

28 Dec 2010 22:09

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U.S.: Suspect in prostitute-body-in-luggage case: It was self-defense

  • bad You decide to use the services of a prostitute, which is illegal in almost every state, including New York.
  • worse You get in a dispute with her over the cost of said illegal services and strangle her to death. Not smart at all.
  • worser You hide the body in a piece of luggage – and after getting arrested, you claim self-defense. Not a good idea. source
  • » So … Ever write about something and want to take a shower immediately afterwards? We kinda want to take a shower now. Ugh.
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

28 Dec 2010 21:56

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U.S.: How many flights have been cancelled due to the NYC blizzard?

  • 9,726+ flights have been cancelled since Saturday due to weather
  • 1,335+ were cancelled today alone – which is still a freaking lot source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
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