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01 Jan 2010 19:24

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World: The death toll in the Pakistan volleyball blast is rising rapidly

The death toll is up to 75 or more, making it one of the deadliest to hit Pakistan since attacks flared up in October. As many as 500 people have died. source
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28 Dec 2009 22:13

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Offbeat: Like lemmings, these cars hit an icy road and crash EVERYWHERE

  • Man, we sure like our tower. We can look at videos like this and just be happy we weren’t a party to any of this. Not a single car – even the parked ones, which probably got it worse – on this icy road went unscathed after it got so slick as to turn the road into a massive pinball game where the only winner is you, the viewer.
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27 Dec 2009 14:48

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U.S.: A second incident at Detroit’s Metro Airport; Twitter’s on it

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24 Dec 2009 12:24

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U.S.: A Delaware pediatrician may have done lots of bad things. LOTS.

  • 33 felony charges against Dr. Earl Bradley so far, for alleged child molestation and rape of seven victims, who were very young
  • 100 victims could be named in the end for the doctor, whose practice resembled a carnival, due to a “mountain of evidence” source
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18 Dec 2009 16:00

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Music: Bob Dylan is The Ghost of Tom Petty’s Christmas Future


  • Tom Petty, 1985 Until today, we were sure that this was the creepiest good music video ever made. This “Alice in Wonderland” riff made Petty – before now somewhat of a standard-issue trad-rocker – into something vaguely sinister. Which is why it rules.

  • Bob Dylan, 2009 Same mad hatter pose, more Christmas. More scary. Less Alice getting cut up into little pieces for the band to eat. Same hat and haircut. More beard that makes Bob look like a weird guy.  We’re curious who Tom Petty’s Ghost of Christmas Past is.
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15 Dec 2009 21:09

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U.S.: Let’s recall a bunch of swine flu vaccines and see if people PANIC!

  • 800,000 piggies got recalled source
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14 Dec 2009 21:24

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U.S.: Bad kind of irony: The thing that detects your cancer might cause it

Apparently, a single CT scan – often used to detect cancer in some people – can cause cancer in some people. Get your tinfoil hats on. source
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10 Dec 2009 11:20

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Biz: BREAKING: Editor & Publisher ceasing operations. Oh no!

One of the best publications ABOUT newspapers is gone. You know the newspaper industry is in bad shape when THAT happens. Le sigh. source
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10 Dec 2009 10:49

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Biz: As the world turns: New jobless claims volatile yet again

  • 474,000 jobless claims this week, after a week when it seemed we’d finally turned a corner
  • +17,000the increase from last week’s promising low; not awful, but not exactly great either source
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09 Dec 2009 21:15

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U.S.: There’s some giant factory exploding in the neighborhood

  • Pretty scary, right? This morning near Seabrook, Texas, an American Acryl plant just went kablooey – causing a big explosion, billowing large amounts of smoke in the air and aftershocks as far as 10 miles away. The crazy part? Just two people were hurt, and they were already released. It’s no Three Mile Island, but it is a pretty huge “Holy Crap!” (Hat tip goes to reader Decapod; thanks man!) source
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