Spotlight

• US preparing for midterm elections next week
• Amtrak swears that moving hoards of people by train is ‘greener,’ given government statistics.  Thank sweet Jesus that people are working hard to point out the obvious…tax dollars…sdjafkjasfkjsdf.
• Halliburton points finger at BP for spill, cement was never tested for stability.  Flaws known before the leak, fail. 
• Microsoft still staying in the tech. race, growth more now than five years ago, deal struck with Facebook for ‘Like’ results showing up in Bing, still sucking compared to Apple, but props yo.
• WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in deep trouble
• An airplane from Dubai brought along a pretty package to the states, explosivy-powdery-cartridge-tonery- disguised bags.  Shukran, but no shukran.
• Italy is still throwin’ their trash everywhere and not picking it up.
• EU en route to strengthening the Euro, changing up the Lisbon Treaty.
• Mexican violence continues, were up to the sixth multiple killing in less than a week.
• Vive Le France, they’re going back to work!
• Rangers and Giants still battling for the World Series
•  It’s Friday, go have a great weekend
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