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13 Sep 2009 10:58

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U.S.: South Carolina has a well-funded House campaign on its hands

  • $1+ million each for Joe “You Lie!” Wilson and his opponent source

15 Jun 2009 02:58

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Politics, Tech: Dear TechCrunch: Your journalism sucks sometimes. OK?

  • coolness Microsoft, who many times sells products we don’t like, partnered up with Feeding America to donate the equivalent of eight meals every time someone downloads Internet Explorer 8. As Feeding America largely works through donations, they can offer the food up for very cheap. MS is paying $1.15 per download.
  • lameness One of the Techcrunch‘s bloggers, MG Siegler, has become known for somewhat transparent shoddy journalism of late, but the worst example yet may be his tearing apart of Microsoft’s gesture by claiming that it all looks like hooey to him. If you’re gonna post something, do your homework or don’t post at all. OK? source

18 Apr 2009 18:23

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U.S.: Martin Luther King had a dream. His kids had a payday.

  • $120 million the cost of the forthcoming Martin Luther King memorial on the National Mall in D.C., to be paid for with private funds
  • $800,000 in fees amount King’s children are charging the memorial’s organizers for using King’s words and likeness in fund-raising materials source