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23 Aug 2009 20:58

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U.S.: Inflation to blame for a dip in Social Security benefits next year

  • 1975 the last time grandpa’s benefits didn’t go up source
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23 Aug 2009 00:00

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Biz, U.S.: Get out the violins for the super-rich. They’re suffering badly.

  • 24% decrease in people with $30+ million in net worth source
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22 Aug 2009 11:11

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U.S.: The latest teacher/student sex case has a payoff angle. Ugh.

  • 15 age of the student Melissa Ann Andreini allegedly had a relationship with source
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21 Aug 2009 20:06

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Biz, Sports: The Cubs can’t win the World Series, but they can lose Sam Zell

  • $845 million to lose a tiny bit of Tribune’s debt source
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20 Aug 2009 21:02

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Biz: Whoa. Starbucks is going to actually cut prices on some drinks!

  • Drinks like small coffees and lattes should go down by 5-10¢, on average. It’s the first price decrease in the company’s history. source
  • Drinks like Frappuccinos go up by a quarter in most markets; other drinks will go up 10-15¢. Doesn’t matter; they still suck. source
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17 Aug 2009 20:16

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U.S.: Chicago had Furlough Funday today. They saved; you complained.

  • $8.3 million was saved by annoying people for one day source
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16 Aug 2009 20:20

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U.S.: Snort, snort: Most of the country’s money is all coked up

  • 90% of dollars randomly tested had traces of cocaine on them source
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16 Aug 2009 09:50

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U.S., World: NASA: We need more money to visit the moon and Mars

  • $18 billion amount the space program gets in its budget each year; its 10-year budget plan was cut significantly – by $30 billion – recently source
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15 Aug 2009 14:18

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U.S.: Feel the deluge of health care political ads? There’s a reason why

  • $57 million on political ads, most of it in the last 45 days source
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14 Aug 2009 22:53

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Biz, U.S.: It’s Friday. Guess it’s time for more banks to fail.

  • five number of banks that failed today, including the fairly huge Colonial Bank source
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