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• wonders if Rush Limbaugh offended half of the listeners of his show by dancing (gasp!) (via @thedailyblonde) http://bit.ly/96iUTo #
• has the latest example of why reality TV is neither: MTV brings in "ringers" for show about OH arts high school. http://bit.ly/aNJuM8 #
• has in today's link dump: some spewing from Kanye, closeted homophobia in Missouri, and a ripped Rip Torn. http://bit.ly/deOSHV #fb #
• wonders if John Heisman is rolling over in his grave & if Herschel Walker's next media stop is "Hollywood Squares". http://bit.ly/9lo41L #fb #
• wonders what talent Kim Kardashian has other than having a Dolby Surround ass. What's her appeal? Don't get it… #
• is watching "Trauma: Life in the ER" – thinks putting a kid on a ventilator for a CAT scan seems like overkill… #
• just blogged about a new way for handling sharing links – and hopefully cutting online clutter. http://www.vanillacokehead.com/blog/?p=779 #
• @jilevin why doesn't Krauthammer also assume Abdulmutallab sends out scam emails too? Racist pig. #p2 #topprogs in reply to jilevin #
• @Cajun_Mama they should let travelers have a beer before the cavity search at Customs rather than after. ;) in reply to Cajun_Mama #
• @ltd7900 same in our house – can't take a nap while the kids are awake – the house gets trashed worse than already is…. in reply to ltd7900 #
• thinks parishioners at St. Bernard Church in downtown Akron need remedial parking lessons – blocked in by some parking impaired souls. #fb #
• likes that @kare11 didn't fully succomb to the "Gannett Corporate Mandate" – graphics lemminged over but they kept the news music. #fb #
• sees @allstate is seeking to amputate some of its "good hands". http://bit.ly/cUuphI (via @jerell) #fb #
• has added Owen Wilson to the list of those to be summarily executed when the revolution begins. Annoying bastard. #fb #
• @jerell thanks – the news also concerns me as an @allstate policyholder. Wonder what Dennis Hayslett would say about the agent cuts… in reply to jerell #

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• Super Bowl, Olympics tweaking security to adjust for new risks
  Sports and government officials say the multimillion-dollar security operations for the Super Bowl and Olympics have been adjusted to account …
• Protesters reflect on success of 1960s sit-ins at segregated lunch counters
  The four college freshmen walked quietly into a Greensboro dime store on a breezy Monday afternoon, bought a few items, then sat down at the “whites only” lunch counter — and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America.
• More town hall: next iPhone is an A+ update, beats Android …
  More details have emerged from the post-iPad Apple town hall meeting hosted by Steve Jobs. In addition to setting up Android as a main rival, Jobs promised…

  
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• Wasabi Fire Alarm Awakens You With a Slight Burning Sensation [Fire Alarms]

  In this case the burning sensation is “delicious,” not “first degree and could result in your death.” And apparently it really works too, although the advertised “time to awaken” period seems a bit too long for my taste.

  Effective over an area of 50 feet, the Wasabi alarm can typically wake people up within two-and-a-half minutes. Update: This is a non-traditional fire alarm, for the deaf community. With that in mind, this could certainly save lives.

  Two years ago this alarm was but a concept. Now it’s a $560 (?!?!) reality. [CNET via Technabob]

  
  

  

  

• NFL establishes Don Shula Award
  
  MIAMI, Jan. 31 (UPI) — The NFL established the Coach Don Shula Award Sunday, Commissioner Roger Goodell announced in Miami, site of the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl.
• Jobs says Google’s ‘don’t be evil’ mantra is ‘bullshit’
  An already interesting weekend just got a little, well, more interesting. There is, of course, no way to confirm anything in this write up, which is presented as hearsay. Still, in the simmering competition between Google and Apple, as well as the shooting war with Adobe, this information almost passes a sniff test.
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• Miss America 2010 Wasn’t All That in 2002
  Filed under: Beauty

  Before Caressa Cameron was named Miss America 2010, she was an awkward high school freshman at Massaponax High School in Fredericksburg, VA.There she is … most likely to become a beauty pageant queen. …

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• Palin: Let’s Merge Tea Party, GOP
  Former vice presidential candidate and current Fox News contributor Sarah Palin says that the Republican Party should join with Tea Partiers. “They need to merge,” Palin said. “Definitely, they need to merge. I think those who are wanting the divisions and the divisiveness and the controversy — those are the ones who don’t believe in the message. And they’re the ones, I think, stirring it up.”
• Colorado Mortuary Places In Wrong Body In Casket For Funeral

  DENVER – A grieving family looks into an open casket and sees the wrong person’s body. They say the Pipkin Mortuary in Denver first tried to tell them it was their mother, then gave up and admitted they couldn’t find her body.
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  The family of Imogene Jackson gathered for a viewing at Pipkin Mortuary at 2531 Ogden Street in Denver Friday night, and were presented with the body of an unidentified woman dressed in Jackson’s clothes.

• Family of developmentally disabled woman wonders what vile person could have done these unspeakable things
  Nearly 30 years after Robin Durrer was killed, the folks in her old neighborhood still recall that, if they were outside when she rode past on her bicycle, they better have had plenty of time to talk.
• Two charged in beheading of statue
  HIRAM, Ohio (AP) — Two men have been arrested in the beheading of a statue of President James Garfield on the grounds of a college southeast of Cleveland.
• Adobe uses porn site screencap to underscore iPad’s lack of flash
  Here’s a laugh. Adobe’s latest salvo, official or otherwise, against Apple has taken the dispute a turn into uncharted territory — they posted a screencap of a hardcore porn website (Bang Brothers of all places) showing videos that purportedly aren’t viewable on the iPad.
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• Sorority sisters charged with hazing
  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Jan. 31 (UPI) — Six members of a sorority at Rutgers University in New Jersey have been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly paddling pledges.
• Herschel Walker Fight: Walker WINS MMA Debut

  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP)–Former NFL star Herschel Walker stopped Hungarian fighter Greg Nagy in the third round Saturday night to win his mixed-martial arts debut.

  Walker drove Nagy into the fence early in the third. After a flurry of punches, referee Troy Waugh called the fight.

  “The experience was exciting,” Walker said. “This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

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