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“Adam Yauch has cancer, Beastie Boys cancel all dates” (via BrooklynVegan)

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This is a bummer, but also shows how out of the loop I am: Beastie Boys have been working on a new album?!? Beastie Boys have canceled all upcoming concert appearances to allow time for Yauch's surgery and recovery. The release of the band's forthcoming album Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 will also be pushed [...]

Craigslist ending ‘erotic services’ ads (via Chicago Breaking News)

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I’m sure the Trib is happy to report any and all news that paints free classified ad website Craigslist with a dark brush…but as a news source it also has to report when CL cleans up its act: Craigslist ending ‘erotic services’ ads – Chicago Breaking News.

Colin Powell’s former chief of staff: Cheney is ‘evil’ (via Think Progress)

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Think Progress » Colin Powell’s former chief of staff: Cheney is ‘evil,’ his fearmongering is ‘assisting’ al Qaeda.

A.I.G. Planning Huge Bonuses After $170 Billion Bailout (via NYTimes.com)

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Word of the bonuses last week stirred such deep consternation inside the Obama administration that Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner told the firm they were unacceptable and demanded they be renegotiated, a senior administration official said. But the bonuses will go forward because lawyers said the firm was contractually obligated to pay them. A.I.G. Planning [...]

Miracle in Moab: The stunning rescue of Danelle Ballengee (via SummitDaily.com)

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Found this story via a photo on flickr…it’s amazing (and well-written)! Initially, Taz leads them away from the trailhead, back toward town. Weird, the rescuers think. But they follow. And Taz sees them. Shortly thereafter he turns around, “like once he knew he had attracted enough attention, it was time to go back into the [...]

And the Nominees Are… (via NYTimes.com)

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BEST PICTURE “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Paramount and Warner Bros. “Frost/Nixon” Universal “Milk” Focus Features “The Reader” The Weinstein Company “Slumdog Millionaire” Fox Searchlight And the Nominees Are: – Carpetbagger Blog – NYTimes.com

The Buzzwords of 2008 (via NYTimes.com)

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If political buzzwords in 2008 had a temperament, they would be erratic. But enough already. We’re suspending this story to return to Washington immediately. We’re appointing ourselves “buzzword czars,” bent on putting “strict limits” on their use and proliferation. Politicians discussing the economic crisis will be forbidden from deploying that horribly overbaked “Wall Street vs. [...]

Dana Perino is a stud

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Even with a black eye (received in the Iraqi shoe-throwing mêlée) she can step up in front of the White House Press Corps and say that Bush has no idea how to fix the American auto industry without violating faith in a free market economy… My Way News Photo – BUSH

Japan as ground zero for no-waste lifestyle | csmonitor.com

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Knowledge from my buddy Noel: Japan as ground zero for no-waste lifestyle | csmonitor.com

Palin didn’t know Africa’s a continent (via The Swamp)

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Palin’s honeymoon with Fox is now (finally) over: Palin didn’t know Africa’s a continent: The Swamp Also: Behind The Scenes: Newsweek On McCain In The Dark, Obama Threats, And More Usmagazine.com | News – UPDATE: Gov. Sarah Palin in Tears After Loss

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