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12 Dec 2009 11:07

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Offbeat: A fresh-faced teen wants to walk to the South Pole. Nice knowin’ ya.

Katie Walter, 17, wants to do better than Ernest Shackleton on the way to the South Pole. She has no plans to become an icicle. source
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08 Dec 2009 10:25

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Music: Some weird animal guy wants to go to Africa. Give him money.

Deacon, the least-prominent member of Animal Collective, wants to go to Africa. So he’s using Kickstarter to raise $25,000 for a trip. Donate and get cool crap. source
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01 Apr 2009 10:31

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U.S., World: FYI: Barack Obama has a thing for queens

  • There’s one last thing I should mention I love about Great Britain and that is the Queen. I’m very much looking forward to meeting her.
  • President Barack Obama • Who’s currently on his first overseas trip to Europe, where he’s currently hobnobbing with the Brits. If you get a chance, dude, go hang with the common people. Do whatever the common people do. • source
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19 Feb 2009 21:45

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U.S., World: Obama’s first foreign trip: It went alright, eh?

No offense man, any foreign relations are good, but isn’t Canada kind of close? source
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19 Feb 2009 11:03

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U.S., World: John Kerry’s in Gaza looking all authoritative

Dude, we know that it’s the first Congressional trip to Gaza since 2000, but did you have to wear a suit? source
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07 Feb 2009 11:01

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U.S., World: It was a secret trip to Iraq – until a Congressman used Twitter

Rep. Peter Hoekstra, who’s on the House Intelligence Committee, screwed up. source
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09 Jan 2009 23:46

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Offbeat: This pizzeria owner really knows how to hook up his workers

  • 10% amount in tips that the Flying Pie in Boise, Idaho saved over a 13-year period so that they could take their staff on a trip
  • 62 current and former employees get to go on a week-long trip to to Costa Rica; the restaurant will close for a week source
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