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02 Nov 2009 09:27

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Biz: A year and some clunker sales make Ford huge profits

  • $997 million the size of Ford’s profits in the third quarter, largely helped by Cash for Clunker sales source
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01 Nov 2009 22:02

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U.S.: The FBI has a long “terrorist watch” list, and you may be on it

  • 1,600 people are added, on average, to the list every single day, due to a “reasonable suspicion” source
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19 Oct 2009 20:18

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Biz, Tech: After a killer profit report, Apple’s stock is on a tear

  • Somehow, Apple outdid themselves again. More people than ever are buying Macs, with sales up 17 percent from a year ago. And the stock, as you can see, is reacting positively to the fact that the company has $1.67 billion in profits this quarter. It hit a record high today. The cult of Steve is stronger than ever.source
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06 Oct 2009 09:52

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World: More on the U.K. Conservative Party’s “pain for everyone”

  • £18,000 the amount public sector workers have to make in the Conservatves’ plan to get their wages frozen in 2011; that’s 80% of workers source
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05 Oct 2009 09:39

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World: Torrential rains in India lead to huge amounts of flooding

  • 270+ have died in the massive Indian floods source
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04 Oct 2009 12:03

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Tech: Leo Laporte is evidence you can make bling on podcasting

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30 Sep 2009 09:48

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Offbeat: The most dangerous merry-go-round EVAH!

  • Wow. It’s like a playground set designed by hackers. Or mechanics (maybe popular ones). Or rocket scientists. Is it strange that we don’t fear for our lives and want to ride it?source
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30 Sep 2009 09:22

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Biz: Fear the floormats: Toyota issues a massive recall of its cars

  • 3.8 million Toyota cars could have dangerous loose floormats source
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26 Sep 2009 10:52

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Offbeat: An Italian guy actually outdid the “1,000 animals in one home” story

  • 1,700 critters in one car, including 1,000 terrapins source
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25 Sep 2009 19:17

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Offbeat: This is the biggest number we’ve ever posted on the site

1,784 billion, trillion dollars
  • Some guy named Dalton Chiscolm with a lot of pent-up anger against Bank of America sued the financial giants for this amount of money. We wonder what size bills he would like that in.source
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