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Late Night Talkpocalypse

Conor Knighton looks at the NBC showdown over Conan vs. Leno as part of his weekly look at the week in media.

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If bankers donated just 10% of bonuses to Haiti, $4.7 billion would go to a country in need

So the supposed geniuses at Goldman Sachs, who helped get us into our current economic mess in the first place, just picked our pockets for no interest and bought Treasury bills?

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If bankers donated just 10% of bonuses to Haiti, $4.7 billion would go to a country in need

If bankers donated just 10% of this year’s bonuses to Haiti, $4.7 BILLION would go to a country in need

So the supposed geniuses at Goldman Sachs, who helped get us into our current economic mess in the first place, just picked our pockets for no interest and bought Treasury bills? That's why they deserve bonuses? And what bonuses: The above article reports that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase combined have set aside $47 billion for bonuses

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If bankers donated just 10% of this year’s bonuses to Haiti, $4.7 BILLION would go to a country in need

Director Intervention: Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino has a problem. And The Rotten Tomatoes Show has to have a Director Intervention to save the man who made Pulp Fiction, Death Proof and Jackie Brown from his own defeat–the feet.

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Angry Haitians block roads with corpses

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Angry Haitians set up roadblocks with corpses in Port-au-Prince to protest at the delay in emergency aid reaching them after a devastating earthquake, an eyewitness said.

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America’s first legal male prostitute

“Marcus,” the first male prostitute at Nevada brothel the Shady Lady Ranch, would be a great character for a screen play. However, based on the interview he gave Details, he will make for a lousy businessman

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Gorgon the Awkward Alien: Gym

Looking to lose 15 to 20 lbs, Gorgon hits the gym with his bro Gorgoff.

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Stop Borders from trashing thousands of unsold books

Borders, who owns the chain Waldenbooks, is closing its 200 locations at the end of this month, and employees are saying that the company plans to destroy and trash any books that they can't liquidate… added by: mgreener 3 comments

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Murder trial shines national spotlight on abortion debate

Jury selection begins this week in the murder trial of a man who admits he fatally shot Dr. George Tiller, one of four abortion providers in the country who performed late-term abortions. But if defendant Scott Roeder has his way, abortion also will be on trial when testimony begins.

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Pat Robertson: Haiti is paying for ‘pact with Satan’

On his Christian Broadcasting Network today, televangelist Pat Robertson told viewers: And you know, Christy, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it, they were under the heel of the French, uh, you know, Napoleon the third and whatever, and they got together and swore a pact to the devil, they said, we will serve you, if you get us free from the Prince, true story. And so the devil said, 'OK, it's a deal.' And they kicked the French out, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free, and ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other, desperately poor.

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