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Knockin' on 10 Percent's Door
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 3:24am EDT
Nation's jobless rate figures to be released today expected to edge closer to double digits, marking a 26-year high -
Feds May Seize California Parks Amid Budget Woes
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 3:24am EDT
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Caffeine Fix Sets N.Y. Legislature in Partisan Frenzy
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 3:24am EDT
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Probe Launched on Firms That May Employ Illegals- 'American Apparel' ... Stitched by Illegals?
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 3:24am EDT
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Dems' Senate Supermajority Not Strong as Advertised
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 3:24am EDT
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Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 3:24am EDT
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T3 Motion goes third wheelin' with its CT3 personal commuter EV
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 3:21am EDT by Ross Miller
Don't get too excited, the above picture's only a render, but T3 Motion -- the company that brought you the security-focused electric stand-up vehicle -- is planning to bring this whip to life as the CT3 personal commuter / EV. As Autoblog points out, the lack of a fourth wheel should help this get classified as a motorcycle, meaning it won't be relegated to zipping around the neighborhood but still will be kept to a 45MPH top speed. However, a 80MPH CT-S version is in the works and will be entered into the Auto X Prize that'll get an envious 100 miles per gallon. Hit up the read link for the full presser.Filed under: Transportation
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[FUNNY] Between Two Ferns
Fetched: July 2nd, 2009, 3:10am EDT by Spanky
The Hangover star Bradley Cooper is the guest on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.
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Plane with Comoros crash survivor arrives in Paris (AP)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:57am EDT
AP - A French government plane carrying the young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash arrived Thursday at a Paris airport from Comoros.
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Report: N. Korea to Soon Fire Barrage of Missiles
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:55am EDT
North Korea is highly likely to test-fire a barrage of missiles in coming days, a news report said Thursday, a move that would aggravate the already-high tensions following Pyongyang's nuclear test and U.N. sanctions.
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Minnesota Senator Al Franken: How His Vote Could Matter
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:50am EDT
Now that Franken is finally a Senator, the additional Democrat could turn the tide on several key measures...
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WSJ: Iran's Hard Line Fuels Iraq Attacks
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:49am EDT
In the 10 days leading up to the June 30 deadline for American combat forces to leave Iraqi cities, more than 200 Iraqis were killed. In recent weeks, suspected al Qaeda militants have set off a string of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods and marketplaces in Baghdad, killing dozens of civilians. On Tuesday, a car bomb killed at least 20 people.
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Bomb kills Iraqi soldier and wounds 10 in Baghdad (Reuters)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:48am EDT
Reuters - A roadside bomb blew up as an Iraqi army patrol passed by in Baghdad on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 10 two days after U.S. troops pulled out of cities and handed security to their local counterparts, police said.
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Staten Island Ferry Slams Into NYC Pier, 15 Hurt
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:45am EDT
A ferry boat with about 800 passengers aboard lost power while docking during the Wednesday evening rush hour and slammed into a pier, injuring 15 people.
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Saddam's weapons bluff aimed at Iran: FBI reports (Reuters)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:43am EDT
Reuters - Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader.
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Gunman Kills 1, Hurts 4 at L.A.-Area Dental Office
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:41am EDT
A gunman opened fire inside a busy dental office in an apparent domestic dispute Wednesday, killing one woman dead and critically wounding three others, police said. A fourth person was grazed by a bullet.
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Apple Issues Heat Advisory for iPhone 3G & 3GS
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:40am EDT
Whether or not anecdotal reports of iPhones overheating are true or not, Apple has taken them seriously enough to reveal the presence of a temperature warning screen for the iPhone 3G and 3Gs.
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Congressional Memo: What’s So Super About a Supermajority?
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:37am EDT by By CARL HULSE
The Democrats will be the first party in 30 years to have a 60-vote majority in the Senate. Now’s the hard part. -
Relishing the View to a Spectacle on the Hudson
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:36am EDT by By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
The decision by Macy’s to move the Fourth of July fireworks from the East River presented a boon to New Jersey waterfront towns, but also a possible logistical headache.
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Major military operation under way in Afghanistan (AP)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:35am EDT
AP - Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.
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In Refugee Aid, Pakistan’s War Has New Front
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:33am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
Hard-line Islamist charities are using a refugee crisis to sour public opinion about the United States.
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Teen plane crash survivor 'didn't feel a thing' - CNN
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:32am EDT
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Teen plane crash survivor 'didn't feel a thing'
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:30am EDT
The father of a teenage girl who remarkably survived a plane crash off the Comoros islands has described how his daughter was ejected from the plane into the Indian Ocean.
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Jackson’s Will Could Set Off Legal Struggle
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:28am EDT by By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD and JONATHAN D. GLATER
Michael Jackson’s death has carried on much as his life, with a shifting cast of characters acting on his behalf.
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U.S. Ambassador Returns to Venezuela After Spat
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:21am EDT
The U.S. ambassador to Venezuela has returned to his post more than nine months after he was expelled by President Hugo Chavez.
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Suicidal Wave Ride: This is INSANE!
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:20am EDT
I had been out for 6 hours before I got this wave. It had been really slow all day and I hadn’t had any good ones yet. Then this mountain came roaring out from the horizon I got tingles (goose bumps) all over as soon as I saw it. I looked up at Hippo (Ryan Hipwood) who was on the jet ski and he didn’t even smile he just said “this things huge.”
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What Does A 15 Year Old Want To Do With This Big Ass Knife?
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:20am EDT
Trading standards officers call for a ban on online knife sales after a machete was sold to a 15-year-old for £1.50 over the internet. The potential weapon was delivered in the mail in bubble wrap and cardboard to the teenager who was testing under-age sales for trading standards.
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Compromise Is Sought to Honduras Standoff
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:17am EDT by By MARC LACEY and GINGER THOMPSON
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For an Insider, a Lonely Road to Senate Run
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:10am EDT by By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, a quintessential New York liberal, is fighting an uphill battle for the seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand.
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No money, more problems: California prepares to send IOUs Thursday - San Jose Mercury News
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:10am EDT
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Citing the Legislatures failure to pass a budget plan, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he was declaring a fiscal emergency to address California's deficit during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, ...
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Eager to Tap Iraqi Oil Reserves, Execs Called For Invasion
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:10am EDT
Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain "a prisoner of its energy dilemma" as long as Saddam Hussein was in power.
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Rendering of Upcoming Sears Skydeck Ledge [PICS]
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:10am EDT
Not gonna lie -- I don't think I could do this.
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U.S. Military Launches Major Afghan Offensive
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:09am EDT
Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops poured into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan with armor and helicopters Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.
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The Moneyball Saga Continues
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:03am EDT by The Cajun Boy
Yesterday we posted Sony's take on why Moneyball, the Soderbergh/Pitt film based on Michael Lewis' book, died five days before shooting was to start. Now someone close to the project has provided us with a different version of events.
First, let's briefly recap what we and others have reported so far: The film was set to begin shooting last week. Five days before the start of shooting, director Steven Soderbergh turned in a rewrite of the original script, which was written by Steven Zaillian, that Sony executives, led by co-Chairman Amy Pascal, did not like. The studio felt that Soderbergh, who was insistent that every event in the film had to have taken place in real life, was taking the film in an "artsy" direction that they weren't willing to gamble $58-million dollars on, so they killed it. That's the short version of events according to Amy Pascal anyway.
Since then a few more details about the project emerged. Movieline and Deadspin provided some new information in reports of their own, and today the New York Times has an article that sheds some light on Soderbergh's zeal for authenticity.
One reason was to win the approval of Major League Baseball, which was not happy with some factual liberties in Mr. Zaillian's version. Such approval is crucial in a baseball film that intends to use protected trademarks.
"Typically, on a film like this, we look at it for historical accuracy," said Matthew Bourne, a vice president of Major League Baseball for public relations. "We've been in touch with Soderbergh and Sony, and they've been receptive to our requests."
What baseball saw as accurate, Sony executives saw as being too much a documentary.
All of this brings us to the information provided to us by a tipster who'd been working on the project and has a decidedly different point of view than that of Amy Pascal and Sony.
First and foremost, Soderbergh had been upfront with the direction in which he intended to take the film from the very beginning of his employment. In fact, it was clear to all of us - whether in the Art Department or the Costumes Department, etc. – that Soderbergh intended to use real people to play themselves in the creation of the true story of Moneyball. Additionally, for months Soderbergh had been shooting interviews with real ball players and people from Billy Beane's past, and the studio approved these shoots. How could the studio then at the eleventh hour claim that his approach was a surprise to them? He intended to tell the true story rather than a fictitious version of the story. How innovative.
What exactly is wrong with making a movie accurate? And since when does an authentic film translate as an "art" film? I know numerous people that thought that Soderbergh's approach sounded insightful and interesting and true to the game and what really happened. If baseball lovers and non-baseball lovers alike in my large social network felt this way (not to mention the hundreds of bloggers that were fans of the concept), why couldn't this approach have universal appeal?
Regarding the notion that Sony executives were shocked to discover the direction Soderbergh planned on taking the film:
Soderbergh's script dated June 17, 2009 was not the first script that he handed in to Sony. On June 7th, Soderbergh submitted a draft to the studio with the following note on the first page:
"NOTE: Scenes involving Billy Beane's minor and major league career have been removed from this draft. They will be determined by filmed interviews with scouts, coaches, managers, players and family members who were with him at the time."
Sony executives read this draft. And Sony executives gave Soderbergh their notes. Clearly Amy Pacal did not read this draft – if she had, maybe the drama that began with the June 17th draft could have been avoided.
Another fact: Soderbergh handed in yet another draft dated June 10, 2009 with this note on the first page:
"NOTE: Billy Beane's minor and major league career will be shown via filmed interviews with scouts, coaches, managers, players and family members who were with him at the time. These interviews will comprise approximately ten percent of the film.
"Another ten percent of the film will consist of re-enactments of real events as remembered by the people playing themselves. The purpose of these scenes will be to provide set-up and perspective for subjects, situations, or relationships which currently appear in the screenplay without the requisite/normal amount of context."
Now why in the world was Amy Pascal so shocked (or, rather, "apoplectic" as it was relayed to the production team) when she read the June 17th draft? Could Soderbergh have made his intentions any more clear? Even if these executives did not read beyond PAGE 1, they would have known the direction in which he wanted to take the film – and they should have perhaps reported that to their boss. And maybe, just maybe, if there had been communication with their boss, maybe, just maybe, another avenue could have been taken rather than pulling the plug three days before the film was supposed to start shooting. For instance, maybe they could have delayed principal photography while script/concept issues were resolved.
Our tipster closed with this note:
On the day that Amy Pascal pulled the plug, there were 230 people that were working on Moneyball. Now those 230 people are all out of jobs.
When Soderbergh had to address a stage filled with crew members who were about to lose their jobs, he told us that just as Moneyball was the unorthodox version of building baseball teams, Moneyball the movie was the unorthodox way of making a film. Unfortunately, Amy Pascal does not believe in Moneyball as a concept; otherwise the film would be in its second week of shooting right now.
So there you have it—Another side of the story. All of this is obviously meaningless in the grand scheme of life, not to mention very "inside baseball" (pun intended), but it's so damn fun to talk about. We anxiously await the next bit of backbiting to emerge between the Sony and Soderbergh camps.
Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball [Previously]
MLB Approval Still Murky as Moneyball Circles the Drain [Movieline]
Money Worries Kill A-List Film at Last Minute [New York Times]
Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real to Get Made [Deadspin]
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Sanford's mental state questioned - The State
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:03am EDT
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As the saga of Sanford and his Argentine lover continues, the public, the governor's political rivals and some allies are speculating about the governor's mental stability and whether he's able to lead the ...
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U.S. Marines Try to Retake Afghan Valley From Taliban
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:00am EDT by By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Almost 4,000 U.S. Marines moved to clear insurgents from the hotly contested Helmand River valley before the nation’s Aug. 20 presidential election.
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Down and Dirty: 5 Ways to Go Seriously Green
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:00am EDT
Why waste...waste? Some environmental groups say going green even involves making better use of human waste. In Austin, Tex., a group has built a waterless toilet, using sawdust instead of flushing. After drying in the Texas heat, the waste makes great fertilizer, they say.
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10 Gourmet Hot Dogs That'll Make You Sit Up and Beg
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 2:00am EDT
A dog with ketchup and mustard? Nothing wrong with that, but sometimes you crave a bit more refinement than the classic red hot provides.
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Aspiring Lawyer Finds Debt Is Bigger Hurdle Than Bar Exam
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:57am EDT by By JONATHAN D. GLATER
A group of five state appellate judges decided that Robert Bowman’s student loans were too big and his efforts to repay them too meager to allow him admission to the bar.
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Obama confronts skeptics on healthcare, pledges action - Boston Globe
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:56am EDT
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After cancer patient Debby Smith expressed frustration, President Obama hugged her during a forum yesterday in Virginia. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) By Susan Milligan ANNANDALE, Va. - President Obama, pledging to overhaul healthcare this year ...
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Buzkashi: Afghan Polo Played With Headless Carcasses
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:50am EDT
It was featured in a Rambo movie so it’s got to be tough; the preserve of people who can say “don’t push me” – and mean it.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Declares Fiscal Emergency In California
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:49am EDT
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in the state on Wednesday, calling a legislative special session in order to fix the state's budget crisis.
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Gay sex 'not criminal' in India - BBC News
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:49am EDT
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Gay sex 'not criminal' in India
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A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act. The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an "unnatural offence". ...
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SEC lawyer raised alarm about Madoff: report (Reuters)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:48am EDT
Reuters - A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer warned about irregularities at Bernard Madoff's financial management firm as far back as 2004, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation.
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Nuns in the U.S. Are Facing Scrutiny by the Vatican
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:47am EDT by By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
The Vatican is quietly conducting two sweeping investigations of American nuns, leaving some fearful that they are the targets of a doctrinal inquisition. -
Facing Deficits, Some States Cut Summer School
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:44am EDT by By SAM DILLON
Thousands of school districts across the country have trimmed or eliminated summer classes, ignoring pleas from the Education Department to use stimulus money to retain them. -
Karl Malden, Actor Who Played the Uncommon Everyman, Dies at 97
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:44am EDT by By ROBERT BERKVIST
Mr. Malden’s half-century in show business carried him from theater to films to television’s “The Streets of San Francisco.”
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DIY HD projector hits the right note, sub-€500 price range
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:39am EDT by Ross Miller
It's really hard to say how much of a value this DIY HD projector is, given we're missing some crucial specs like resolution (gotta be at least 720p, right?), contrast ratio, and luminosity. Still, at €500 (about $708 US) for the whole kit, it's not a bad deal if you planned on spending your weekend doing projects anyway. All the pieces come in four separate bundles -- HD optic, light, housing, and electronics -- and if you need some handholding (it's okay, so do we), there's a German-language instruction manual that's thankfully full of pictures and diagrams, and even more entertaining, we've got a video / picture slideshow of the process done to a playful techno ditty. Check it out after the break.
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US Marines storm south in major Afghan offensive (AFP)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:36am EDT
AFP - Thousands of US Marines deployed in Afghanistan's Taliban heartlands in an air and ground assault that marked a high-risk test of President Barack Obama's new war plan.
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Jackson's will answers some questions, raises more
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:35am EDT
The will and the wake.
