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    Everett Herald says sports columnist lifted passages from SI

    AMEN! Call me a frothing-at-the-mouth *****, but with all of the jobless out there (latest count is 7,000+) I'm sure tons and tons of journalists would give their left arm to work there. Plagiarism is unforgivable. Period. How can you be so stupid as to even try? It probably took this guy more...
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    Most memorable yearbook moments

    I thought I was a huge dork and never would have used the word "popular" to define myself, yet I was named "most spirited" in our senior superlatives voting. WTF? I thought that went to a cheerleader or something? Then again, I did dress up for every single spirit day, including the time we had...
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    Mileage

    My shop ups mileage because we're union. It's in the contract (smart negotiators a few years ago). Good luck elsewhere. A couple of papers ago, they paid 22 cents a mile, and only reluctantly went up to 25, then back to 22 when gas went up and down. This was when gas was breaking $2.50 a gallon.
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    CTRL+V: Post what you've got on copy-and-paste.

    http://www.cracked.com/article_15029_bat-battle-whos-best-movie-batman.html
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    Mileage

    I drive 80 miles round trip to work, and my job pays 41 cents a mile. Guess how much of my commute is covered? Zero. Welcome to the club :)
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    Steve Jobs' health

    Re: Steve Job's health If you're going to burn that bridge, best to go out in style.
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