Fast and the Furious actress Michelle Rodriguez wipes her eyes and carries out some garbage as she fulfills her remaining hours of her court-ordered hard labor community service on Monday in Los Angeles. The 30-year-old former Lost actress had previously served time at the Lynwood Detention Facility after violating terms of her DUI probation. …
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Fed Worried About Long Recession
The Fed signaled in minutes from its December meeting that the recession could drag well into the new year, with economic output contracting for 2009 as a whole and inflation "uncomfortably low." (Full text)…
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Australian Kotex Commercial Tells Women to Take Care of Their Beavers
—Ace Still trolling for something on Feminsting to make fun of. Ran across this. They're positive about the commercial, it seems. They don't seem to have a consistent rule about when it's okay to, um, reduce women to their sexual organs, or whatever. Sometimes it's the worst thing in the world. …
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Steve Jobs, Shrinking Along With the iPod
Like a starlet the tabloids have deemed TOO THIN, yesterday poor Steve Jobs finally had to take to the media to address the speculation about his major weight loss. He was not, he said, dying or starving himself to a size 00 for the Oscars; he had "a hormone imbalance" that has made him protein deficient and he's been receiving treatment. …
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Sans Steve Jobs, Twitter Still Can’t Handle MacWorld
Last year Steve Jobs’ MacWorld keynote put Twitter to bed. This year, even in the absence of Jobs, Twitter still can’t seem to handle the pressure of the buzz worthy event. If you’re like us, you probably noticed that Twitter stopped updating around 10:30am PT. …
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Sheets still on the market
Starter Ben Sheets continues to wait and see what might happen. His agent said he continues to talk with the Rangers. No offers have been made, so things haven't advanced to the next level. Sheets is probably waiting to see what Derek Lowe gets on the open market. …
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U.S. household debt down for fist time since feds started tracking it in 1952
The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. citizens have suddenly become quite thrifty. Usually, frugality is good for individuals and for the economy. Savings serve as a reservoir of capital that can be used to finance investment, which helps raise a nation's standard of living. …
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Google Trends Features ASCII Art Of 9/11
A reader tipped us off to how ASCII art of an airplane is showing up in the number two position at Google Trends. When we first looked ourselves, we thought the image was that of an airplane approaching a landing strip. But a reader suggests it represents a far more disturbing scene, that of [...] .... …
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Stimulus Would Expand Tax Credit
Obama met with lawmakers to begin selling his stimulus plan as his advisers offered more details, including a proposal to expand the child tax credit for poor families.…
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Tribune CDS recover 1.5 percent in auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sellers of protection on Tribune Co's bonds are facing losses of 98.5 percent of the insurance they sold, based on the results of an auction on Tuesday to determine the value of the bankrupt company's credit default swaps.…
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Alcoa to cut 13 percent of its work force
Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. says it's cutting about 13 percent of its global work force and slashing spending and output due to the economic downturn. The Pittsburgh-based company says 1,700 contractors also will be cut and that it's implementing a globa…
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German tycoon Adolf Merckle commits suicide
BLAUBEUREN, Germany (Reuters) - German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide, in despair over the huge losses suffered by his business empire during the financial crisis, his family said on Tuesday.…
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Wealth of U.S. millionaires down 30 percent: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American millionaires have seen their assets shrink by 30 percent during the economic crisis, a report said on Tuesday, with only 36 percent of them pleased with the performance of their financial advisers.…
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Bringing Macs into business: Real-life IT stories
As more businesses bring Apple Macintoshes into their regular operations, IT has to figure out how to ensure the Macs play well in the typical Windows-dominated environments. Several companies share the lessons -- good and bad -- that they have learned.…
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