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09 Mar 2010 14:41

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02 Mar 2010 11:01

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World: Yo, Israelis: Don’t think you’re headed to Dubai anytime soon

  • action Israel is suspected in the
    assassination of a senior Hamas official in a Dubai hotel, complete with dozens of spies and loads of controversy.
  • reaction The United Arab Emirates has blocked all Israelis from entering the country. People with twin citizenship, however, can enter without a problem. source

25 Feb 2010 10:50

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Culture: PETA already regrets posting about this Tiger Woods billboard

  • PETA posted about this billboard and then, just a few hours later, took the post down. Wonder why. Doesn’t seem controversial on its face, does it? source

24 Feb 2010 10:27

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Politics: John Edwards’ aide and Rielle Hunter squabble over sex tape

  • he said Andrew Young, who just wrote a book about the scandal, says the tape was abandoned by Hunter, who briefly lived with Young.
  • she said Hunter, on the other hand, told a court that Young stole the tape from a storage unit and in the process invaded her privacy. source

17 Feb 2010 21:55

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Offbeat: South Africa giveth and taketh away lottery prizes very quickly

  • Stanley Philander wasn’t the big winner of Saturday’s PowerBall drawing. Whoops. Philander, 52, gladly took the $12 million prize, but another woman really won. He had bought a ticket with the winning numbers after the drawing and went to pick up his prize. Due to the large divide between rich and poor in the country, Philander’s family had to be taken to a secret location for their own protection after winning. We wonder if he’s going to need another secret location after losing. source

17 Feb 2010 14:56

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17 Feb 2010 11:49

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Politics: That Glenn Beck ad boycott is still going pretty darn strong

  • 103 number of sponsors Glenn Beck has lost as a result of the continuing boycott
  • five number of days the U.K. broadcast of his show ran without any ads source
 

09 Feb 2010 09:27

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World: Iran ignores everybody’s wishes, enriches its own fuel anyway

  • 20% the level Iran is enriching its uranium for fuel source

08 Feb 2010 10:28

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Biz: Steve Wozniak treats Toyota’s problems like software bugs

  • All these problems should get fixed, but they shouldn’t stop people from buying the Prius. There are bugs in every product.
  • Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak • Regarding the problems of the Toyota Prius, including the faulty brakes and what he says are accelerator problems when the car is on cruise control. (Up to 97 miles per hour!) Toyota plans to recall 270,000 units of the hybrid in the U.S. and Japan to fix the brake problems. source

05 Feb 2010 12:09

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Politics, U.S.: Richard Shelby turns the Senate into his personal gridlock

  • 70 Obama nominees blocked over an Air Force tanker deal source