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08 Mar 2010 10:58

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World: How bad is the ethnic violence in Nigeria, anyway? It depends

  • 300+ the death toll counted by the Nigerian government other counts vary
  • 492 the death toll counted by Nigeria’s Civil Rights Congress
  • 250 the number counted by Nigeria’s League of Human Rights source
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24 Feb 2010 10:56

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Tech: Oh Jesus: Yet another phishing attack nails Twitter hard

  • Protip: If you see a screen like this with a URL like that after clicking on a link labed “This You????”, avoid logging into Twitter. It’s a pretty tricky phishing scheme that has nailed lots of people already. Don’t let one of them be you! source
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23 Feb 2010 10:25

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World: Don’t eat the shrimp: Caribbean cruise has collective stomach bug

  • 327 number of people, out of 1,838 total passengers, who had their vacations collectively ruined
  • 27 number of crew members, out of 849 total, who got seasick on the apparent cruise from hell source
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22 Feb 2010 21:37

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Tech: How the Lower Merion webcam-spying sausage was made

  • The dude talking on this clip, Mike Perbix, is the network tech for Lower Merion School District. In this webcast, he’s talking about the spying software installed on all of the machines given to students at Harriton High School, called LanREV. He’s promoting the product, which tells you exactly how invested Perbix was in this technology. Did it ever hit him, or the district, that parents and students might be really pissed about this? The author of the blog post investigating LanREV, by the way, tells you how to remove it in a later post. He calls it a trojan. source
  • Update: Oh, and the kid who got in trouble for reportedly using drugs? He was eating Mike & Ike candy. This school district is run by an institution of idiots.
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18 Feb 2010 13:00

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U.S.: Great: United flight diverted to Salt Lake City after bomb threat



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10 Feb 2010 09:14

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U.S.: Dear snow: @)&# you. Sincerely, ShortFormBlog staff & D.C. residents



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20 Jan 2010 07:18

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World: Totally unfair: Haiti hit by super-strong pre-dawn aftershock

  • 6.1 aftershock this morning; no new damage reported source
  • Will it cause new deaths? It’s possible, but as many Haitians have been sleeping in the streets for fear of this very thing, not as likely. Fingers crossed.
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15 Jan 2010 21:50

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World: The death toll in Haiti is incredibly high already, and climbing

  • 50k bodies have already been collected by the Haitian government
  • 40k bodies have been placed in mass graves, which is just awful
  • 200k people could be dead, but the exact number will be elusive source
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15 Jan 2010 08:31

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World: Haitian aid worker: “We have heard they are digging huge mass graves”

  • Most of the city is damaged and needs to be torn down. Thousands upon thousands of dead bodies are laying all over the place. We have heard they are digging huge mass graves in the dump area.
  • Real Hope For Haiti Rescue Center worker Licia Betor • On the devastating effect of the earthquake in Port-Au-Prince. The next 72 hours are a very essential time for the country, and could mean life and death for many people if something isn’t done. They need our help. source
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10 Jan 2010 09:58

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World: Hong Kong’s got jerks throwing acid at tourists, hurting people

  • 30 people were injured in an acid attack aimed at tourists last night
  • four similar attacks took place in Hong Kong in recent months source
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