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02 Apr 2010 11:53

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U.S.: Crazy extremist group tells governors to resign, or else

  • 30 governors, 30 death threats; someone’s been busy source
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07 Feb 2010 13:57

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Music: Pete Townsend’s child-porn arrest dogging him at Super Bowl. Why?

  • then The Who’s Pete Townsend was put on a sex-offender list for registering for a child porn site in 1999. He claimed it was for book research. Despite the case, Townsend was not found in possession of any images by Scotland Yard and had cooperated with the investigation. He was cleared of any wrongdoing.
  • now Townsend, who’s playing at the Super Bowl tonight, is getting an earful from Child AbuseWatch, which is using the case to draw attention to child abuse issues. Townsend’s take? “It’s an issue that’s very difficult to deal with in sound bites.… I kind of feel like we’re all on the same side.” source
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18 Nov 2009 10:45

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World: This isn’t charity! Hamas-friendly charity group puts up mean bounty

  • $1.5 million for Palestinians who take Israeli soldiers hostage source
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01 Nov 2009 21:36

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Biz: Who takes the second worst of the bankrupt CIT? Small businesses.

  • In the best of times you would have seen a situation where other lenders would certainly have been willing to consider getting into this business. In the current environment, given the constraints on credit generally, there’s not enough capacity out there.
  • Pryor Cashman bankruptcy group law partner Mark Jacobs • Discussing the shape of the market that CIT specializes in. The company, which is well-known for lending to small businesses, already dried up much of its lending due to the credit crunch and the company’s own financial woes. While the CIT says it will continue operating normally as it works its way through Chapter 11, businesses concerned about dealing with a bankrupt company have few other places to turn. In other words, a company that few people have heard of has huge amounts of power over businesses you go to every day. And that company just went bankrupt. Oh CIT. • source
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01 Oct 2009 20:33

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Offbeat: A row of hipsters got arrested for an anti-Chicago-Olympic protest

A row of hipsters
  • Here’s the lineup: Jeff Tweedy’s hippie clone, Jeff Tweedy’s other hippie clone, the sixth member of TV on the Radio, the star of the direct-to-video sequel to “Juno,” the drummer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Vanilla Ice’s stand-in. source
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22 Aug 2009 11:17

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Biz: We’ve been boycotting the “Boycott Whole Foods” story – until now

  • 23,947 are boycotting it on Facebook source
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20 Jul 2009 12:12

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World: A suspect identified as Indonesia mourns the Jakarta bombings

According to Indonesian TV, the suspect had ties to the Jemaah Islamiah radical group. The Jakarta hotel bombings killed 9 and injured 58. source
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22 Jun 2009 10:15

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Sports: Tony La Russa joins a very elite group of MLB managers

  • 2,500 wins for the Cardinals boss; he’s 1 of just 3 source
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24 Apr 2009 12:00

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U.S.: “Craigslist killer” Phil Markoff’s friends give him the benefit of the doubt

  • By merely joining this group, you have all shown the restraint and intelligence necessary to not jump to conclusions and be able to read news stories with a fair eye.
  • A message from the Facebook group “Phil Markoff is Innocent Until Proven Guilty” • The group, currently 218 members strong, is getting outsized media coverage considering its size. Despite this, police note that the case is fairly open-and-shut, as the murder weapon was found in Markoff’s apartment. • source
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05 Apr 2009 11:30

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Offbeat: Fans of pillow fights in Detroit: You’re not welcome

  • Confiscated pillows. Really? A group of people looking to get into a pillow fight in a downtown park on Saturday were turned away, because that’s a cool thing to do, city of Detroit. Anyway, their fight was part of a larger organized campaign that was going to have pillow fights worldwide on Saturday. Police confiscated the group’s pillows but let them keep their pillowcases. source
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