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But I guess the first step would be to get a plasma…

Under extreme pressure from law enforcement and officials, the new World Trade Center design, with a focus on anti-terroism, has been unvieled.

New Design for Freedom Tower Calls for 200-Foot Pedestal

By DAVID W. DUNLAP
and GLENN COLLINS
Published: June 29, 2005

With one eye on terrorism and another on what has already been lost to terrorists, New York officials unveiled a redesigned Freedom Tower today whose height and proportion, centered antenna and cut-away corners, tall lobbies and pinstripe facade evoke - both deliberately and coincidentally - the sky-piercing twins it is meant to replace.

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Engadget has just rolled out pictures of the new RAZRberry by Motorola (better known as the Franklin). Head on over and check it out!

Looks like Martha is venturing into the realm of reality TV. She has announced she will starring in an Apprentice wanna-be:

Hollywood Reporter

NEW YORK - There won’t be any “You’re fired” death knells sounded when Martha Stewart takes the reins of “The Apprentice” this fall.

The domestic doyenne will find her own way in her own reality series — but she won’t say what it is yet.

The show will spotlight Stewart’s working life and her attempts to find an aide through the TV process pioneered by Donald Trump through two seasons on NBC.

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The Dukes of Hazard movie will not be released
Friday - June 24, 2005

… worldly reader and local heartbreaker Tom sent in two stories yesterday in regards to an injunction that went down yesterday afternoon and will prevent Warner Brothers from releasing the feature version of The Dukes of Hazard, previously due out August 5th. The full public record can be found on the website for the Federal District Court for the Central District of California. The heart of the record says the following:

“Order by Judge Gary A. Feess: granting motion for preliminary injunction. WHEREFORE, IS IT HEREBY ORDERED that … Warner Brothers … (is) preliminarily enjoined during the pendencey of this action from preparing producing, editing, distributing, advertising, exploiting, copying, publishing, or licensing, for theatrical sequels based on or derived from the feature motion picture “Moonrunners”

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C Student Gets D for Originality

Didja hear the one about President Bush and the Ph.D? Brendan Nyhan has, three times. Not that we’re saying there’s anything wrong with telling the same joke over and over.

The Intellectual Insecurity of George W. Bush

[via Wonkette]

The Great Pyramids as seen by Google.

[via Google Sightseeing]

Just how much does it take to live and “affluent” life in Manhattan?

GETTING BY ON 500G
By BRADEN KEIL

It costs plenty to live in New York City ? but how much does it cost to live well?

The breadwinner of a Manhattan family of four looking to achieve an affluent lifestyle — not private jets and chauffeured limos, but no public school, either — will have to earn nearly a half-million dollars a year after taxes, according to a survey by forbes.com.

The online survey looked into the expenses of several cities in the Northeast and factored in costs that included housing, education, cars, entertainment and health care to come up with their ballpark figures.

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Google has released Google Earth. A standalone application (currently only available on Windows) that mimics the behavior of Google maps with the added ability to view 3D grayscale renderings of city skylines, perform fly-bys, search for points of interest, save searches and measure distances.

[via New Recruit]

Speaking of Google maps, Google very quitely expanded their satellite coverage yesterday to include many parts of Europe. Cool!