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01 Mar 2010 22:28

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World: Three reasons while Chile will recover quickly from its earthquake

  • one Chile, the world’s 46th-richest country,
    has a much stronger economy than Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation.
  • two The country has one of the lowest debt to economic output ratios in Latin America, and the government is fairly frugal with spending.
  • three Chile has a massive copper supply, a supply which was barely damaged by the earthquake. They’ll bounce back, guys. source
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01 Mar 2010 22:08

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Tech: Understatement: Sony’s PS3 bug only affected a couple of machines

  • 20 million consoles screwed up by
    a stupid software glitch source
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28 Feb 2010 10:39

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Biz: HSBC’s CEO decides to give his massive bonus to charity

  • $6.1M the size of HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan’s bonus this year – four times his salary
  • 100% the amount he plans to give to charity after a row over bank bonuses source
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27 Feb 2010 03:06

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World: Chile quake scary, but not an uncommon occurrence

  • Our hotel is built for this. In Chile, this happens many times.
  • Santiago, Chile, Hotel Kennedy employee Anita Herrera • Regarding the earthquake which just hit her country. While this quake is quite large, the country has lots of experience with large-scale quakes. The powerful 9.5-magnitude 1960 Valdiva Earthquake, for example, was so huge that it caused a tsunami that reached all the way to Alaska. From Chile. That quake left a huge death toll (as many as 6,000 dead). This one also forced a a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru. Our prayers go out to the country. source
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27 Feb 2010 02:54

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World: Chile earthquake: The country has a history with big quakes

  • 9.5M the size of a 1960 quake, which is the largest earthquake ever recorded in world history
  • eight number of earthquakes the country has had above an 8.0 magnitude before 1800 source
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22 Feb 2010 22:04

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Offbeat: Here’s a photo of big dog Giant George at a fittingly giant size

  • Giant George is the world’s tallest dog. He’s also freaking awesome. At 43 inches tall, the Great Dane could jump all over you and kick your butt. Guinness World Records made a great choice in giving Giant George the kind of pulpit fit for Yao Ming or Andre the Giant. source
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22 Feb 2010 09:36

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Offbeat: Post-drip blues: Minneapolis lady gets insane water bill

  • $1,595 the size of one poor Minneapolis woman’s massive water bill; “My heart just dropped,” she said
  • 194,484 number of gallons of water that is; the city says it’s accurate and she probably has a leak source
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21 Feb 2010 10:04

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Offbeat: Yitta Schwartz’s Hasidic family extended, and then some

  • 2,000+ living descendants of Yitta Schwartz, who died last month at 93
  • 18number of kids the Satmar Hasidic Jew had directly; wow
  • 75 her eldest daughter’s age; a new relative is just six days old source
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18 Feb 2010 11:52

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U.S.: A small plane hit a building in Austin, Tx. Twitter’s on the scene, kinda



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07 Feb 2010 19:52

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U.S.: The Connecticut blast already deadly, could get much worse

  • what At least five people died and 12 more were injured in an explosion at a Connecticut power plant earlier today. It was heard from miles away.
  • why A natural gas leak caused the blast. The Kleen Energy Systems plant was 95 percent complete and scheduled to go online this summer.
  • next They won’t know how many people died until they get a list of employees from contractors. The death toll could be massive. source
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