January 2011
96 posts
Four seconds is all it takes for silence to get... →
Aha. So silence is *not* golden.
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Breaking: Dow industrials index passes 12,000, a... →
Taco Bell answers lawsuit: Yes, that is beef →
“The ‘chicken’ and ‘carne asada steak’ served by Taco Bell is, in fact, chicken or carne asada steak,” the lawsuit says. “The ‘seasoned beef,’ however, is not beef.”
Oh boy.
Verizon to offer iPhone buyers $30 unlimited data... →
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App store hits the 10 billion downloads mark →
There’s an app for that. And that. And that. And that.
Phone keeps ringing in Ukrainian crocodile's... →
The crocodile in “Peter Pan” happily went “tick-tock” after swallowing an alarm clock but a crocodile in Ukraine has been a little less fortunate.
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NY Post: JFK flier goes nuts →
Headline of the Day Award goes to the New York Post for its story about a 63-year-old man who had to go to the bathroom, and allegedly kicked over a beverage cart and punched a flight attendant in the stomach so he could get there.
“She is a fighter like nobody else that I know.”
– Mark Kelly, discussing wife Gabrielle Giffords, in a press conference today. He said he is “extremely hopeful” the congresswoman will make a full recovery.
WatchMeet the world’s youngest survivor of breast cancer. She beat the disease when she was only 3.
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More than 100 alleged mobsters arrested in... →
The FBI’s describing it as the biggest organized crime round-up in New York history.
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Sky News: Joanna Yeates 'Did Not Eat Missing... →
Headline of the Day Award goes to Sky News for its continued coverage of a murder victim that was a missing person case, and apparently now also turned into a missing pizza case.
What's the most embarrasing thing that's ever... →
Even your boss has had cringe-worthy experiences, according to a new survery asking senior managers about their most embarrassing work moments. Among them: calling your boss “my love,” falling off the stage at a business event, sending an offer letter to the wrong candidate… Good times all around.
Fess up on yours!
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Breaking: Quake with initial magnitude of 7.4... →
FCC approves Comcast purchase of NBC →
Among other things, the government is requiring Comcast to make NBC programming available to rival cable companies, satellite operators and new Internet video services that could pose a threat to Comcast’s core cable business.
Venezuela not amused by 'Little Hugo' soap opera →
Venezuelan authorities are demanding that a private television station stop airing a Colombian soap opera that they say is denigrating to their country.
