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08 Jul 2009 11:10

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Sports: Manny being unloved: Dude got ejected from a Dodgers/Mets game

  • I didn’t want to throw even more fire. I just walked away. I only play five innings, so I was leaving anyway.
  • L.A. Dodgers superstar Manny Ramirez • On his loud and brash exit from a game against the New York Mets. Angry after getting booed non-stop by Mets fans, he threw his gear and ended up getting ejected from the game, but not before driving in three runs and helping the team win 8-0. Ramirez, easily the Dodgers’ biggest star right now, just returned from a 50-game suspension for use of banned substances (which may or may not be steroids, by the way). • source
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05 Jul 2009 10:38

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World: Manuel Zelaya’s return to Honduras could lead to a “bloodbath”

  • Do not bring weapons. Practice what I have always preached, which is non-violence. Let them be the ones who use violence, weapons and repression.
  • Jose Manuel Zelaya • In a message to supporters asking them to join him on his return to Honduras later today. Zelaya will be flying in with the leaders of two Central American countries, and Honduras has threatened to do everything in his power to prevent him from coming in. As tensions are running high, it may be a bad time for him to show up. “We think that a return to the country at the moment could provoke a bloodbath,” said Tegucigalpa Archbishop Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez. The cardinal has asked the former president to stay away. • source
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09 Jun 2009 11:10

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Biz, U.S.: Get ready for a flood of bailout money back into the government

  • $68 billion is coming back their way from 10 bailed-out banks source
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06 Jun 2009 20:33

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Biz, U.S.: Big businesses try to get rid of the scourge that is TARP funds

  • $25 billion The estimated amount the federal government expected to get back from bailed-out financial institutions
  • twice that The updated amount of TARP funds the feds expect back; banks want to be rid of it source
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15 Apr 2009 04:18

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Biz, U.S.: Goldman Sachs: Here’s your bailout money back. We don’t need it.

  • $10 billion amount the company returned to the federal government recently
  • $5
    billion     amount they raised via stock sales to pay the U.S. back source
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24 Mar 2009 09:30

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Biz, U.S.: Most of AIG’s top ten bonuses will be given back

  • nine execs have agreed to give their AIG bonuses back; the tenth guy didn’t. Let’s beat him up!
  • $50 million amount of bonuses the executives are giving back, out of $165 million total. source
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20 Mar 2009 16:46

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Music: So, why did VH1 take “Behind the Music” off the air, anyway?

  • It felt like the time is right. There’s all sorts of new artists on the scene who have emerged and have these great stories. And there’s other artists that we always wanted to do the first time around.
  • Jeff Olde • VH1 executive VP of Original Programming, on the return of everyone’s favorite way to laze around on the couch on a Saturday afternoon. That’s right, the ultimate rock-documentary series “Behind the Music” is coming back, fresh with new shows on Scott Weiland and Lil Wayne, among others. • source
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25 Feb 2009 10:25

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Sports: Hey, look who’s back! It’s Tiger Woods!

Who missed the golfer more, his fans, the PGA or his sponsors? It’s really a toss-up. source
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20 Feb 2009 12:31

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Sports: How long was Tiger gone from the PGA?

  • 253 long, long days – TV ratings took a nosedive, too source
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