Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Animal Kingdom, Home Fries, -and- Matchstick Man

In the News Today
  • Animal Kingdom - Out of room, man gives up 94 hampsters
  • Home Fries - Burger King tries home delivery
  • Matchstick Man - Artist builds six-million-matchstick model monastery

    Technology in the News Today
  • Facebook Gives Politico Deep Access to Users' Political Sentiments
  • Feds: LightSquared Network Causes 'Harmful Interference' to GPS
  • Hackers Target Israeli Stock Exchange, Airline Web Sites


    Born on this Day in History: January 17, 1922 - Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Betty White has been in show business since the 1950s. In these 50-odd years, White has appeared in sitcoms, on game shows, and, most recently, on "Saturday Night Live" as the host, after a Facebook-fueled effort to get her to host the show.






    On this Day in History: January 17, 1950 - Seven men wearing Halloween masks rob the Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash, and $1.5M securities. One of the robbers confesses to the job in 1953, eleven days before the statute of limitations was to expire.





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    Walmart People - Click to enlarge