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Metro Riders Notice Empty Front Cars Day After Crash

This is just common sense.     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Metro Riders Notice Empty Front Cars Day After Crash via WAMU: Local News on 6/22/09 Nine people are dead after Monday afternoon's Metrorail collision in Washington. Federal and local officials are still at the scene trying to piece together what went wrong. Federal officials have taken charge of the scene near the New Hampshire Avenue bridge in Northeast Washington. Two men and seven women died in the crash, including the driver of the train that smashed into the back of the other - 42-year-old Jeanice McMillan of Springfield, VA. She had only been a metro driver for a few months. Down the tracks from the crash, Fort Totten station was closed to red line traffic. Carol Walker said she simply relied on the green line today, but she did notice something different about the trains. "There were empty front car trains," she said. "Pending finding out what really went, people ar...
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‘The Last Airbender’ Trailer Arrives Online — Here’s Your First Look!

Alright, Mr. Shyamalan; don't screw this up!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     ‘The Last Airbender’ Trailer Arrives Online — Here’s Your First Look! via Splash Page by Rick Marshall on 6/23/09 M. Night Shyamalan 's " The Last Airbender " doesn't hit theaters until next July, but we have your first look at the trailer here on MTV.com! (Click here for the high-definition version of the trailer .) Set in a world full of martial arts and magic, "The Last Airbender" is a live-action adaptation of the award-winning Nickelodeon animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender." In the series, the last survivor of a race of nomads who can "bend" air sets out to bring peace to warring nations that each control one of four elements: air, water, earth and fire. "Slumdog Millionaire" star Dev Patel stars as the villainous Prince Zuko, heir to the throne of the Fire Nation. Back in May, we got our first look at Patel ...
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Iran Twitter: Why The Movement Adopted This Medium

Excellent 2.0!!!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     Iran Twitter: Why The Movement Adopted This Medium via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed by The Huffington Post News Editors on 6/17/09 The U.S. State Department doesn't usually take an interest in the maintenance schedules of dot-com startups. But over the weekend officials there reached out to Twitter and asked them to delay a network upgrade that was scheduled for Monday night. The reason? To protect the interests of Iranians using the service to protest the presidential election that took place last Friday. Twitter moved the upgrade to 2pm PST Tuesday afternoon -- or 1:30 am Tehran time. More on Iranian Election     Things you can do from here: Subscribe to The Huffington Post | Full News Feed using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites    
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SmarTrip Users Can Now Reload at CVS & Giant

Excellent!     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     SmarTrip Users Can Now Reload at CVS & Giant via DCist by Sommer Mathis on 6/16/09 Metro formally announced today that SmarTrip users can add value to their cards at select CVS and Giant Food stores . Last year, WMATA made SmarTrip cards more widely available for sale at CVS and Giant , but now customers can also choose to add money to their cards at both chains while they check out. Many CVS stores actually began offering customers the ability to reload their SmarTrip cards back in April, while Giant has only started to test the sales devices at eight area stores. The grocer will likely add 42 more locations later this summer. Not every CVS or Giant has the new SmarTrip reload technology, but a lot of them do. Consult the list of participating stores to find the one closest to you. The change means that SmarTrip users need no longer necessarily wait in line to access Metro's machines insi...
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higgledy-piggledy

How could you NOT use this word daily???     Sent to you by tony via Google Reader:     higgledy-piggledy via Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day on 6/5/09 Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 06, 2009 is: higgledy-piggledy • \hig-ul-dee-PIG-ul-dee\  • adverb : in a confused, disordered, or random manner Example sentence: Maya and Sandra looked in disbelief at the hundreds of photos of their father and mother scattered higgledy-piggledy across the floor, wondering how they were ever going to find the ideal ones for a photo collage. Did you know? We really have no idea where "higgledy-piggledy" came from, but we do know it's a perfect example of English speakers' fondness for reduplication; that is, for forming new words by repetition of a base word with just a slight change of sound. In this case, the "base" word might actually be the second term, which is loosely reminiscent of "pig" and ...
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