Leak: Facebook Paid $65M to Make Former Roommate's Lawsuit Go Away

February 12, 2009

A law firm has let slip that Facebook paid $US65 million ($A99.04 million) to settle a lawsuit charging that founder Mark Zuckerberg swiped the idea for the website from former college roommates.

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We're All Socialists Now

February 12, 2009

How, Pence had asked rhetorically, was $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts going to put people back to work in Indiana? How would $20 million for “fish passage barriers” (a provision to pay for the removal of barriers in rivers and streams so that fish could migrate freely) help create jobs? Hannity […]

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Surprise: US Retail Sales Rise, First Time in 6 Months

February 12, 2009

US retail sales in January rose for the first time in six months, as consumers were lured by deep post-holiday discounts in spite of growing job cuts and declining home values.

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Investigations R Us: Going After the Last Admin

February 12, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration’s anti-terror policies have generated controversies, lawsuits and indelible images such as those of abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. They’ve also given rise to multiple opinions on whether to investigate, prosecute or just move on.

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Come Fly the Bar Refaeli Skies

February 12, 2009

We’ve got some striking photos of model Bar Refaeli, who adorns both the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and the cover of a Boeing 737 flown by Southwest Airlines, including the one to the right taken by Richard Drew of Associated Press as Refaeli as on NBC’s Today Show on Tuesday.

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Chadiha: Favre Should've Stayed Retired

February 12, 2009

Brett Favre’s short-lived stay in New York should serve as a cautionary tale for all those future superstars who find themselves unwanted by their teams in the latter stages of their careers.

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Illegal Tree Clearing Saves Australia Home

February 12, 2009

A family in Australia saw the threat, decided on civil disobedience, cleared a firebreak, and got fined $50,000. They feel vindicated now, because their house is one of the few in Reedy Creek, Victoria, still standing, the only one in a two kilometer radius. Good for them.

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Jindal Response Speech: Honor and Curse?

February 12, 2009

Bobby Jindal has been selected to deliver the televised Republican response to Barack Obama’s February 24 address to Congress, which means Jindal will now be the subject of a wave of news stories hyping him as a rising national star. Take it away, New York Times: “The Louisiana governor has become one to watch among […]

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Did Reid Roll Pelosi

February 12, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid played a little high-stakes chicken with each other at the tail end of Wednesday’s shotgun stimulus talks. It’s not clear who won – or who blinked.

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No Longer Untouchable: Latenight Turns on Obama

February 12, 2009

Of course, one night does not a trend make. But — Jumpin’ Jon Stewart, Batboy — was that seven minutes of jokes about Barack Obama on late-night TV? The Barack Obama. The One who’s president right now? President Barack Obama jokes on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”?

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