Tuesday, November 18 2008

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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Citigroup cuts 53,000 jobs

"It is under nine dollars for the first time in about thirteen years. It was at fifty-some dollars about fifteen months ago."
--David Enrich on Citigroup's stock price

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Somali pirates attack supertanker

"Not only is it the largest vessel that has been attacked -- over 300,000 metric tons -- it's almost three times the size of a U.S. naval aircraft carrier."
--Nathan Christiansen on the hijacking of a Saudi Arabian oil supertanker

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An immigration briefing for Obama

"I think it's a moral imperative that we grant these people an amnesty because they were often toddlers and children when they entered the United States. And they are not guilty of anything except obeying their parents."
--Douglas Massey on immigration status in the U.S

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Housing and debt

"I don't think we're close to a bottom now."
-- Dr. Richard K. Green on the housing market

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Nov. 18, 1978: The Jonestown Massacre

"Moments later, Jones pulled out vats of Flavor-Aid (not Kool-Aid, as the urban legend goes) containing valium, cyanide and more -- a deadly cocktail. And he urged members to commit 'Revolutionary Suicide.'"
--Adaora Udoji on the Jonestown Massacre

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The Bible's Buried Secrets

"That's God's wife. Not only did he have a wife, but he had many girlfriends, too."
--Gary Glassman, from the upcoming Nova documentary on the Bible

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Democrats decide Sen. Lieberman's fate

"Option one is Lieberman could be kicked out of the Caucus entirely."
--Todd Zwillich on the political fate of Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.)

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Obama's continues to consider Cabinet posts

"Obama is going to form a working coalition and put people in it that give him the votes when he needs them. If you think that you're going to have all Democrats, all highly partisan people, you may be disappointed."
--Lynn Sweet on the president-elect's cabinet choices

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Beetles killing millions of acres of pine

» Video: "America's Disappearing Forests" (The New York Times)
» "Bark Beetles Kill Millions of Acres of Trees in West" (The New York Times)


"If you stand on a mountaintop in Colorado you can look in every direction and see dead trees. It is everywhere."
--Jim Robbins on the impact of pine beetle infestations

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Baz Luhrmann's Australia premieres

"The Australian Tourist Ministry is really looking at this as a feature-length advertisment, in the hope it will replicate the 'Crocodile Dundee Effect.'"
--Nick Bryant on Baz Luhrmann's new film, "Australia"

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Mexican drug war crossing border

"Somebody from a rival cartel pulled up in a car, snatched this girl, threw her in the back of the car, drove away, called the guy and said, 'we've got your daughter and we're going to kill her.'"
--Mark Moran on the increased drug cartel activity in Phoenix, Arizon

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Iraq dismissing corruption watchdogs

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