September 2011
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Cone or Klan? Costume freezes business at ice... →
Headline of the Day goes to WESH for its story about an ice cream shop employee who dressed up what was supposed to be a vanilla ice cream cone, and then discovered that business dropped dramatically.
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Wife sues after husband's brain is removed →
Associated Press is our winner for Headline of the Day today.
Traders more reckless than psychopaths, study... →
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"Is My Son Gay?"
theweekmagazine:
Apparently there’s an app for that.
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Ikea Introduces MANLAND, Playground For Men While... →
Kids as young as 8 cage-fight in UK club →
It’s prompted outcry, but no legal action.
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Scientists sued for failing to predict Italian... →
'X' now a gender option in Australian passports →
Australian passports will now have three gender options — male, female and indeterminate — under new guidelines to remove discrimination against transgender and intersex people, the government said Thursday.
Gulp! X-ray reveals diamond in thief's stomach →
No details were offered on how police planned to, er, retrieve the $16,500 sparkler.
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Ban proposed on electronic cigarettes on planes →
Who knew they were allowed in the first place?
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Flight on 9/11 anniversary ends in handcuffs for... →
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Seven dead, 162 hurt in Argentina as two trains... →
Police believe the bus driver went around barriers in an attempt to cross the tracks
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“We are not here to un-live history.”
– Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at the Flight 93 Memorial dedication in Shanksville, Pa.
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Did anyone have a particularly memorable Sept....
While it’s not possible to regain the sense of security we had pre-Sept. 11, we’re curious: Do you remember anything from the day before we lost that feeling of safety?
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FBI probes hacking of NBC News' Twitter account →
The FBI is investigating the NBC News Twitter account hacking committed by perpetrators who posted bogus information about the hijacking of a civilian airliner that supposedly crashed into Ground Zero in New York, officials said Friday night.
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Police: Pensacola Woman Bites St. Pete Man in... →
Headline of the Day Award goes to WPMI-TV for its story about an elderly man who awoke to find a 22-year-old woman on top of him, biting off parts of his face.
The story just gets weirder from that point on.
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Bank of America considering huge job cuts →
The Wall Street Journal said that officials at the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank have discussed cutting 40,000 employees, or 14 percent of its 288,000 total staff. Bloomberg put the job cuts at about 10 percent. They each cited people that were not identified by name.
9/11 ten-year anniversary coverage: What do you...
Your friendly msnbc.com tumblerer is genuinely curious to hear your thoughts. How do you feel about the media’s Sept. 11 coverage? Too much? Too sad? Necessary? Underplayed? Anything in particular stand out amid all the reports on the anniversary?
Looking forward to reading your answers. (They won’t be published anywhere other than in your public response to this post.) Thanks in...
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TV weatherman wakes in hot tub with dead, naked... →
Our Headline of the Day Award today goes to the New York Daily News, for this story about an Arkansas weatherman who got himself into some hot water (hardy har har).
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