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Astronomy:
Kepler discovers 11 planetary systems
• Hosting 26 confirmed planets
• Doubles its number of verified planets
Paleontology:
'Lucky mother' discovery turns 25
• Mitochondrial Eve:
'Common ancestor
of all humanity'
• Lived 150,000 – 200,000 years ago
• We "are all Africans genetically"
Creationists response...
'Out of Africa' challenged (2010)...
Facebook IPO next week
Weekend movie preview:
Critics Rating
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30% Underworld Awakening $25.3M
35% Red Tails $18.8M
48% Contraband $12.0M
46% Extremely Loud... $10.0M
91% Beauty...Beast (In 3D) $8.8M
80% Haywire $8.4M
34% Joyful Noise $5.9M
93% Mission: Impossible $5.6M
60% Sherlock Holmes: $4.5M
55% The Iron Lady $3.7M
The REAL Red Tail history...
Calif. New emissions law passed
Archaelogy:
7,500 fishing trap unearthed in Russia
How old is 7,500 years?
5,500 BCE:
• Sahara Desert didn't exist
• Egyptian civilization didn't exist
• Beginning of Sumerian civilization
• Wine created for the 1st time in Persia
• Shulgi of Ur predicted the end of the world was nigh
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow unknown to Jeopardy contestants
• Smart people don't watch MSNBC?
Greta Van Susteren:
Brewer's books sales surge
after Obama confrontation
Tech stuff:
Sneakpeeq.com taps into social commerce
727 to be buried in Mojave Desert
• Swiss artist Christoph Buchel
• Will add an access tunel
• Charge tourists to see it
• Pending county permits
American Indian census published
• 5.2 million American Indians
• Nearly half are mixed race
• 78% live off reservations
• Only 18,000 Indians live in Indiana
Amazon.com:
$600 smartphone selling for $80
Tech stuff ...
• Ultra-fast 4G connectivity
• "Brilliant" 4.52-inch Super AMOLED
• Plus multi-touch display
• 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
• GPS for navigation and location services
• Wi-Fi networking
(with optional hotspot capability)
• 8-MP rear camer
• Full HD 1080p video capture
• 2-MP front camera for video chats
• Bluetooth 3.0
• E-mail
• Up to 8.7 hours of talk time
• Buy Sprint service through Amazon
• etc, etc, etc
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Panetta reveals bin Laden raid info
• Pakistani doctor fingered Osama
• DNA from CIA vaccination program
• Doctor charged with treason
Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Ariz) threatened
• Tenn man arrested
• Avid Obama supporter
Mayor Bloomberg:
No NYC parade for Iraq War vets
Newt blows off Coulter's attack
• It's 'old order'
• Terrified that Romney is losing
Study: Racists are idiots
Poland signs 'copyright treaty'
• Sparks massive street protests
Anti-gun group boycotts Starbucks
• Opposed to 'open carry' policy
• brb - going out for coffee
Michelle hobnobs with Planned Parenthood head
Obama: 'America needs me"
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Obamanomics: New home sales dive
• Stock prices drop
'Cash mob' aids struggling business
• Hardware store falls on hard times
• Locals show up in droves
• Each spends $20 or more
• REAL community activists
Obama attacks handouts -- and then adds handouts
 
Democrat's insane counter factual:
"Today Reagan would be a Democrat"
Alan Grayson:
"Gingrich = (Democrat) George Wallace"
Obama approval among blacks:
All time low @ 79%!
Oakland police face federal takeover
• Scandal-plagued
• "Police gang" called "The Riders"
• Accused of beating and framing suspects
Major blow to unions:
Indiana House passes Right to Work
• Goes to Senate . . .
• Senate: 37 GOPS - 13 Dems
• 1st Right to Work state in 10yrs
Gingrich vow: Establish a colony on the moon
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New film nails Chicago teachers union
Japan: 5.5 earthquake
Yoga shop killer gets life
• Brittany Norwood brutally murdered her co-worker
• No parole
Cops: Utah teen planned to blow up school
White murderer, home invader gets death
• National media attention
Quick facts:
• 52% of homicides are committed by blacks
• 3% of population (black males age 18-49)
commit about half of all homicides
International intrigue:
Elderly man being tried in Ireland for for smuggling fake USA dollars from North Korean embassy in Russia; sold to British criminals
Israel: 30% of domestic crimes are Ethiopians
Connecticut culture shift:
• 1/2 of births in CT are Hispanic
• 13% of residents are Hispanic
Pakistan - Muslim hacks sister to death with ax
• Honor killing
• Sister had 'loose morals'
• (Is hacking people to death moral?)
Nigeria: 5 governors fired
• Dismissed by Supreme Court
Iraq: 32 dead; funeral bombers
China ablaze!
• Thousands battle forest fire
65-yr-old set upon by black teens
• Teens skipping school
• 3rd mugging in 1 hour
• 1 dead; 1 injured
• Cops: Shooting was justified
Australia: Indigenous-rights protesters clash with cops
• At event featuring PM Julia Gillard
• Gillard rushed away by body guards
• Protesters snatch her shoe
New book: ‘Is Marriage for White People?’
• by Stanford Professor Ralph Richard Banks
• Black women 3x as likely to never marry
• Black men unavailable: In prison
Chicago thug gangs using social media
Infowars: Obama Signs Global Internet Treaty
• "Worse Than SOPA"
• Allows China to demand USA content removal
• No legal oversight; no due process
Hacktivists take down FTC site
• Cybersecurity advice website
• onguardonline.gov
• Protest Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
Last we checked, OnGuardOnline.gov was still down
Iraq will take legal action against USA!
• Civilians killed in Haditha raid
• 7 years ago
Putin cracks down on illegal immigration
Egypt: Americans banned from leaving
Missouri Leads Nation in Black Homicides
• MO: 34.72 black murders per 100,000 people
• Nationwide is 17.9 per 100,000 people
Man jailed for depression wins $22m suit
• Kept in solitary confinement 2 yrs
• Forced to pull his own tooth
Hoyer: Obama first in 30 years...
• ...to compromise
• (Reagan was president 30 yrs ago)
AZ: Inmate jailed for refusing to leave jail
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Helicopters To Buzz Downtown LA In Urban Warfare Drill
Egypt: Brotherhood won't talk to Israel. Ever.
'SCHOOL' crosswalk misspelled
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Fed guns down hatchet-wielding Ute Indian
• Indian Affairs says killing was justified
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