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06 Oct 2009 21:40

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Sports: It took them all night, but the Twins beat the Tigers. Season OVAH!

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06 Oct 2009 21:21

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Biz: GM: Saturn spun out, but Hummer’s sale still humming along

  • We avoided a dirty joke in the headline. The formerly-bankrupt General Motors says that its sale of Hummer to the menacingly-named Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. is still on track. They didn’t come to an agreement with the Chinese manufacturer last quarter but plan to keep working at it this quarter. We avoided another dirty joke ending this post. source
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06 Oct 2009 21:14

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Biz: Fewer employers punishing workers for skipping out on work

  • 15% of employers fired workers for playing hooky this year
  • 18% of employers fired workers for missing work last year source
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06 Oct 2009 21:03

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U.S., World: Obama and his posse debate the Afghan War near its anniversary

  • I’m the one who hired him. I put him there to give me a frank assessment.
  • President Barack Obama, discussing Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s request for more troops • According to people who were at a meeting about what to do about Afghanistan. Obama does not plan to cut troops in the country, which begins its eighth year of war tomorrow. • source
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06 Oct 2009 20:46

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U.S.: Brad Pitt’s crack team of architects making things float in NOLA

In the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Morphosis Architects just came up with a permitted floating home, for when another Hurricane Katrina comes. source
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06 Oct 2009 20:36

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Sports: Brett Favre proves his football AND TV-ratings-grabbing skills

  • turning forty Lordy Lordy, Brett Favre’s age; despite that, he easily led the Minnesota Vikings over his former team, the Green Bay Packers, last night; bravo, bro
  • 21.8 million people watched the game on ESPN last night – the largest audience in cable TV history; makes all the preseason hemming and hawing worth it, right? source
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06 Oct 2009 20:18

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Culture: Dear Tom Delay’s stress-fractured feet: De-stress-fracture yourself

  • This is great television. And because you decided to get all uppity, Tom Delay’s feet, now Tom Delay won’t be able to do what he does best: Dance like an L-list celebrity on “Dancing With the Stars.” It certainly isn’t being a politician. source
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06 Oct 2009 20:11

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U.S.: The Supreme Court tackles a case only Michael Vick could love

  • It’s not up to the government to decide what are people’s worst instincts. One can contemplate a lot of other areas, where government could say: You are appealing to people’s worst instincts, and, therefore, movies cannot be made.
  • Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia • Discussing a law that bans the sale and marketing of videos that show dog fighting or other forms of animal cruelty. Justice Samuel Alito sarcastically refuted: “What about people who like to see human sacrifices? Suppose that is legally taking place someplace in the world. I mean, people here would probably love to see it.” We plan to redesign our Web site based on Mr. Alito’s suggestion. Hanging in the balance is the fate of Pittsville, Virginia, Robert Stevens, who sold a series of videos depicting animal cruelty. • source
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06 Oct 2009 11:15

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Culture: Our daily poll is about the over-covered saga of Jon & Kate

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06 Oct 2009 11:07

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U.S.: Irony: Telling NYC residents about calorie count makes them eat more

  • 846 average calorie count people ate at NYC restaurants after a calorie-labeling law to promote healthy eating went into effect last year
  • 825 average calorie count people ate at NYC restaurants before the law went into effect; guess that didn’t work (hat tip @putneydm) source
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