Wednesday, October 14, 2009
News Morning Newsdome: 'The Midget Cup'
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:09 PM
>> Australian government officials and advocacy groups are denouncing the "Midget Cup," a race held Sunday at the Cranbourne Cup in which which dwarfs dressed in jockey silks piggybacked men. How rude. Don't they know it's called the "Little People Cup?" (Reuters Video)
>> Netherlands-based Philips Electronics and ABN AMRO unveiled the "EmoBracelet" yesterday which senses the stress levels of online stock traders so they can "wind down and re-consider their actions." And here I always thought I could buy the cheap, black rubber EmoBracelets from the Hot Topic at North Point Mall. (Reuters)
>> Supposedly-upstanding citizen Maria Shriver has been caught a third time violating California's law against hand-held cell phone use while driving, a law her husband Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed last year. Five bucks says she won't be fined the $50. (CNN)
>> You'll never need to leave your house again: Facebook is the leader among social networking sites with traffic up nearly 200 percent from a year ago and over 300 million users worldwide, according to Hitwise. (San Francisco Gate)
>> And finally, some 22-year-old journalists find a honorable role for themselves in society, like nobly writing the Morning Newsdome, while others, however, are dragged half-naked along a railway platform after mooning a train station, like this German man. (Reuters)
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