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14 Aug 2009 20:30

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Offbeat: Want to stop a zombie attack? You have three hours. Go.

  • Only sufficiently frequent attacks, with increasing force, will result in eradication, assuming the available resources can be mustered in time.
  • The authors of an article called “When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical Modeling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection” • Discussing how to survive a zombie attack. The authors also note that the attack has a limited timeframe. In a city of 500,000, you have about three hours to prevent the level of zombies from topping the level of humans. So basically, you need to be Simon Pegg to survive. • source
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11 Aug 2009 10:16

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U.S.: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a tireless campaigner for the mentally disabled

Smithsonian portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver
  • She died early Tuesday at 88. Beyond being known as a member of the Kennedy family, Shriver founded the Special Olympics in 1968 just weeks after her brother Robert’s assassination. It was a profound idea – during an era where physical activity was unheard of for the mentally disabled, she started an event to encourage it. She learned about it from her sister Rosemary, who grew up in Kennedy household during an era where many with mental disabilities were institutionalized. Her victories may not have been as loud as those of her famous brothers, but in their own way they were just as profound. source
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10 Aug 2009 10:27

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World: Al-Qaeda’s trying to start stuff in Iraq by ratcheting up attacks

  • 48+ number of people who have died in Iraq from bombings today source
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10 Aug 2009 09:27

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World: Mudslides make a bad situation in China even worse

  • 600 villagers could be buried by a torrent of mud source
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09 Aug 2009 12:17

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World: Flood waters from Typhoon Morakot are unspeakably high

  • 100 inches of rain in Pingtung, a southern county; good God source
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09 Aug 2009 12:13

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World: Typhoon Morakot spews dangerous flood water on China’s coast

  • 1 million people have been moved inland in the wake of the typhoon, which is causing some of Taiwan’s worst flooding in 50 years source
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08 Aug 2009 11:10

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U.S.: The driver in the wrong-way crash in N.Y. was downing vodka

  • 0.19 her blood-alcohol level, more than double the legal limit source
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08 Aug 2009 10:01

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World: Al Jazeera sez the Baitullah Mehsud death claims are B.S.

  • I believe that what we have heard by media sources during the past few days on the killing of Mehsud is incorrect. My sources from local citizens in Waziristan confirm that Mehsud is alive and doing well.
  • Maulana Merajuddin • The leader of a delegation in Islamabad that includes Baitullah Mehsud’s tribe, on the living status of the Taliban leader. Despite claims yesterday that Mehsud had died, the Pakistan Taliban clams that he’s still alive but in hiding.  • source
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07 Aug 2009 20:13

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World: Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud may have been killed

  • This is a major setback for the Taliban in Pakistan. He was the leader. The successors are all non-entities.
  • Former Pakistani security leader Mahmood Shah • Discussing the ramifications of the death of Baitullah Mehsud, who was reported killed in a bombing on Wednesday. Friday, two Taliban fighters said he was killed but the U.S. and Pakistan could not confirm this. Mehsud is blamed for much of the instability in the region and Pakistan has been targeting him for months. • source
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07 Aug 2009 19:28

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Culture: Autopsy shocker: Billy Mays was on cocaine? Wow.

  • Our evil first thought: “Guess that explains the shouting.” Medical reports on the death of Billy Mays confirm that he used cocaine just days before his death. Mays died from heart disease, but the onset of it was brought in part on by cocaine usage. The family, who did not know of any cocaine usage, dismissed the report and considered having someone independent do the autopsy. Either way, this was a bizarre, unexpected turn of events for the pitchman. source
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