Archive for December, 2009
Tweets, sexting “unfriended” in U.S. banned word list (Reuters)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Reuters – If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared “shovel-ready” to be “unfriended” by a U.S. university’s annual list of terms that deserve to be banned.
No New Year’s toasts in sauna, Russians urged (Reuters)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009New Year drunks should pay for hospital care? (Reuters)
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Errant Chinese smoker stops world’s fastest train (Reuters)
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Afghanistan’s first skatepark mixes rich and poor (Reuters)
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009North Korea New Year wish: tear down imaginary wall (Reuters)
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Obamas in, reality stars out in desirable neighbors poll (Reuters)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009Facebook, Twitter top list of weird stories in 2009 (Reuters)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009Reuters – From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird stories in 2009.
Polanski thanks backers as extradition wait goes on (Reuters)
Monday, December 28th, 2009Reuters – Roman Polanski has thanked people who have sent messages of support during his battle to avoid extradition from Switzerland to the United States over a case of having sex with a 13-year-old in 1977.





