President Mugabe celebrates his 85th with a $250,000 birthday bash. That comes out to about 6.022×10^23 in Zimbabwean dollars [Asinine]

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CBC

More older Americans are working beyond retirement age, shutting young whippersnappers out of the job market [Interesting]

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Boston Globe

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s old shows up for sale (AP)

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AP - An Atlanta investment banker is auctioning off more than 15,000 videotaped episodes of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's iconic Christian talk show.

SoCal robbery suspect tries to become policeman (AP)

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AP - Authorities in California say a man wanted for a store robbery was arrested when he showed up to take a test to become a police officer.

Naturalist David Attenborough says there’s “very convincing” evidence Yetis exist: “Footprints have been found at 19,000ft. No one does that for a joke” [Unlikely]

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The Sun

Photoshop this watch-checking woman [Photoshop]

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(Some Guy)

Wow, high tech, electronic cigarettes so you can get high tech, electronic cancer [Scary]

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(Some Smoking Guy)

Advocate conceal-carry laws at your college? That’s a police investigation, you vile thug who probably wants to kill us all [Asinine]

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(The Recorder (Conn.))

Student sued by RIAA. Law professor and his students step in as defense. Hearing held about webcasting trial. Judicial admonition to lawyers about taping each other’s conversations. Then it gets weird [Weird]

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Ars Technica

Colorado withdraws ticket issued to good Samaritan (AP)

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AP - The Colorado State Patrol has withdrawn the $22 jaywalking ticket issued to a good Samaritan who was seriously injured by a pickup after he pushed three people out of its path.

Like chocolate and peanut butter, some things just go great together. So why is a Canadian town considering banning poutine from hockey rinks? [Asinine]

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National Post

Parents are outraged, OUTRAGED that billboard for “Xanadu” musical says “It’s Like Taking Ecstasy”, complain to authorities before taking their daily Xanax and Prozac cocktail and dosing their kids on Ritalin [Silly]

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Chicago Tribune

Golf cart stolen from course and driven to Walgreens, rams pursuing police car and goes off-road into backyards. Suspect identified as “Snorky” arrested but isn’t talking. Three other accomplices split [Amusing]

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TampaBay.com (St. Petersburg Tim

Maryland Court of Appeals rules operators of newspaper websites, blogs and chat rooms that allow readers to post anonymous comments using pseudonyms do not have to readily reveal the posters’ identities in defamation suits. Whew [Spiffy]

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Washington Post

Chavez says that Castro is doing much better and even went for a walk around Havana with his friends Richard Parker and Larry Wilson [Obvious]

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LA Times

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