Piers Morgan Ratings Drop As First Week Progresses

Anyone who would choose to watch Piers Morgan over Rachel Maddow isn't looking for quality news commentary­, thus their target audiences differ substantia­lly.
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Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher React To Olbermann Leaving MSNBC (VIDEO)

I don't think Maddow would want to do 2 hours on MSNBC even if she were presented with the opportunit­y; she'd probably think she'd become too much like her time-slot rival over at Fox News, or Glenn Beck, who has an hours-long radio in addition to his TV show.

Too much air time would just mean she would need to talk about a lot of useless stuff on the air, and that is totally not her style.
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Apple COO Tim Cook: Android Tablets Are 'Bizarre'

The ipad series will continue to dominate the tablet market, especially if Apple appropriat­ely jazzes up the ipad2, which would once again prompt huge sales.
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45% Of Students Don't Learn Much In College

The big headline on the front page invoked me to think about the low portion of students who are taking Arts and Social Sciences courses, as opposed to Commerce and Science, which are what most students seem to be going for these days, as they seem to be the faculties that better promises money-maki­ng careers. As fewer students take Arts courses (namely political science, history, philosophy­, sociology, etc.), the number of students with decent critical thinking skills also decreases.

But with regards to the article itself, it's not surprising that research finds that students who study alone perform better; I for one get very easily distracted when I study with friends.

Do anyone who are fans of "The Wire", the figures relating to achieving good grades easier relates to the notion of "juking the stats", which can be for numerous reasons, one of them being to show the government that the schools are performing well, and thus could ask for more funding / boosts its image of 'global competitiv­eness'.
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'SNL' Digital Short: Pee-wee Herman & Andy Samberg Take Shots, Do Pranks & Jump Anderson Cooper (VIDEO)

"Do you know what would happen if I lost these eyes? They're a national treasure."

Yes they are, Anderson, yes they are.
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200 Dead Cows Found In Wisconsin

This is starting to creep me out.
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Goldman Sachs: Extended Unemployment Benefits Not Causing High Unemployment

The boys are Goldman Sachs are just messing with us now. I can imagine them discussing amongst themselves "now that we've taken enough of their money, lets publicize an article that the general public might agree with and like and see if they'll like us!"

Those on this thread who are saying "half a percent means [this many] would be working" are missing the big picture. Unemployme­nt benefits are about helping those who are in need of help while creating incentives to get them back into the work force.
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