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25 Jun 2009 22:57

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Culture: Of course, Michael Jackson isn’t the only celeb death making news

  • dead Farrah Fawcett, best-known for that TV show and that poster, died today after suffering from a sad, public bout with cancer. She was 62.
  • dying Walter Cronkite, that icon of television journalism, is on his deathbed and his family does not expect him to make it. He’s in his 90s, by the way.
  • alive Despite a multitude of tweets to the contrary, Jeff Goldblum did in fact not die on a movie set in New Zealand. Whew. We just can’t live without him.
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26 Mar 2009 19:02

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Sports, U.S.: Officer McJerk had no remorse for a NFL player’s mom-in-law

  • What happened? On the night of March 17, Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats was in a race against time to go see his dying mother-in-law at a hospital in Plano, Tx. He ran a red light. Unfortunately for him, he was stopped in the hospital parking lot by the meanest cop ever.
  • No sympathy Officer Robert Powell, who did not seem to care about the situation, kept Moats waiting for 20 minutes while he performed a background check and said things like “I can screw you over.” Not even hospital staff could stop him. When Moats finally got to see her, she was dead.
  • He’s in troublePowell was placed on administrative leave. His boss, Dallas Police Chief David Knuckle, put it best: “It’s hard to find the right word and still be professional in my role as the police chief. But the behavior was not appropriate.” We recommend “@$$hole.” source
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25 Feb 2009 10:54

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Biz, U.S.: More newspaper death and destruction – in San Francisco

  • The Chronicle’s screwed The San Francisco Chronicle, one of the largest papers in the country, has been bleeding money for years. It lost a modest $50 million last year. Yesterday, it told its staff that it either must cut costs significantly, including workers, or it will die. At the least, it will probably sell.
  • The industry sucks A long list of papers, including ones in major cities like Seattle and Denver, are also on death watch right now, and they may not make it through the next month, let alone the next year. Hate to say it, but Mark Andreessen is sounding more right by the day. source
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