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NPR : Samuel L. Jackson, Playing the 'Champ'

nobody@vox.com(Charlotte) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:14:35 -0700

Fresh Air from WHYY, August 14, 2007 · In his new film, Resurrecting the Champ, actor Samuel L. Jackson plays a homeless, broken-down former heavyweight contender. The movie is directed by Rob Lurie and set to open Aug. 24.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12774878

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Style Bubble: The Arcadia Avoidance

nobody@vox.com(Charlotte) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:48:06 -0700

No matter how hard we do the burying our heads underneath the sand routine, when it's hitting front page news on your Sunday paper, you really can't avoid. I had been vaguely aware of Arcadia's (umbrella group over Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfrdige etc) less than savoury workforce policies, with people working for Arcadia telling me of Sir Philip Green's grubby fingered ways of making as much money as possible and it has finally made it to the forefront with news of Sri Lankan, Indian and Bangladeshi workers in Mauritius, getting less than £4 wages a day, 40% below the local wage....

http://stylebubble.typepad.com/style_bubble/2007/08/the-arcadia-avo.html

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Earphone Identity - New York Times

nobody@vox.com(Charlotte) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:20:01 -0700

Remember when white earbuds had status? Jonathan Hall does. But these days, as he and his fellow rail commuters in the tristate area know, the iPods once-cutting-edge headphones confer as much distinction as a gray-flannel suit. A couple of years ago, Hall and his wife, Kate, decided that there must be a way to capitalize on this shift. IPod add-ons, including cases and skins, had become big business by then but those items decorated only the main device, which was usually stuffed in a pocket, out of sight.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12wwln-consumed-t.html?ex=1344571200

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BBC SPORT | Bonds sets new US home run record

nobody@vox.com(Charlotte) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:09:56 -0700

Barry Bonds has hit his 756th home run, beating Hank Aaron's all-time record of 755 home runs in American Major League baseball, set in 1974.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/baseball/6936213.stm

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On The Media

nobody@vox.com(Charlotte) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:28:31 -0700

For more than 20 years, the only media outlet consistently covering alien abductions, werewolf sightings, and the latest on Bat Boy has been the Weekly World News. Faced with a dwindling readership, the venerable paper is packing up its presses and publishing strictly online.

http://onthemedia.org/episodes/2007/08/03/segments/83352

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Hook-A-Canuck.com

nobody@vox.com(Charlotte) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:13:33 -0700

This is the official site for "Hook-a-Canuck," advertised in the credits after SiCKO as the place to go to find a Canadian spouse to acquire free health care. And yes, I did go straight home and type it in. Thank you very much.

http://hook-a-canuck.com/

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Living on Earth: A Buffalo in the House

nobody@vox.com(Charlotte) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:04:15 -0700

Living on Earth is a pretty rad public radio program, and this week's program had a story about folks who raised a baby buffalo! As I'm sure you know ich liebe buffaloes, and I really think you should check out this story!

http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.htm?programID=07-P13-00031

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