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Cassie … for the Trader Joe’s fans … error on application costs New Jersey $400 million in federal funds … Miss Universe, if you missed the competition … a breakdown of who’s using twitter, and why … father fights assistant principal on Open House night … how to crash an orgy … this is probably a decent link for the stat-lovers in NFL & NBA … drunk, naked guy gets beat up outside a bar (video) … USA Today to lay off 130 employees … IRS comes after day trader for $172 million in back tasks; trader asks, “Who’s the IRS?” … that’s a big bar tab for Kansas City … well, this is a grim tale … this song’s incredibly infectious (and NSFW) … what Russia looked like a century ago … woman recovering from Blackberry thumb surgery … trapped miners basically told: Stay thin, or else …

Cheerleader wins $11 million libel lawsuit against blogger. [UPDATE: Wow. Due to a clerical error, this judgment could be nullified.]

Mandatory US Open read – how power has transformed women’s tennis. [NYT Magazine]

Carol Mann, who used to be in the LPGA, has made her anti-mosque thoughts known on Facebook. [Wei Under Par]

Digital overload. Fascinating stuff. [NYT, NPR]

Sam Bradford was pretty impressive last night in New England … should he start the opener?

Cool story about what went down in the 48 hours after a rumor about the Washington Times closing hit the web. [Wash Post]

Should the Pirates spend money to win ball games?

A look at what “wise guys” think about the gambling lines on the first weekend of college football. [ESPN Insider]

Shouldn’t be surprised: “Americans Want Money More Than Smarts, Thinness, Youth.”

Wrapping up Johnny Damon passing on the Red Sox with a pretty ridiculous (in a bad way) column by Dan Shaughnessy.

The more problems college football has, the more we think it’s going the baseball route. Terrible leadership and decision-making.

Why do some NHL teams want bloggers banned from the locker room? [Puck Daddy]

Rare. Captivating. You’ll watch all 10 minutes. [via Ken Tremendous]

Enjoy. [via Guyism]

The Wisconsin GOP sees this as a revealing moment:

Earlier this month, as part of his ongoing election-year re-invention, Russ Feingold released an ad called “On Our Side,” featuring what are supposed to be ordinary Wisconsinites praising Feingold for siding with them. But who is Feingold siding with? As it turns out, one of the people featured in the ad is high-powered AFL-CIO lobbyist Joanne Ricca.

“Did Russ Feingold really need to spend all that money on an ad to show off that he sides with the lobbyists and special interests over the people of Wisconsin? Or did the big unions just want some screen time as payback for more than a million dollars in campaign contributions? Either way, Russ Feingold is making it pretty clear who he really sides with at the end of the day,” said Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. …

Contrary to his well-tailored image, Sen. Feingold has been a long-time favorite of lobbyists and special interest groups and has consistently stood with them on liberal pieces of legislation such as card check. Feingold has repeatedly told the voters of Wisconsin that lobbyists have “tainted” the system in Washington and he would work to “limit special access.” But having lobbyists star in his campaign commercials and accepting more than one million dollars in Union PAC contributions throughout his career in the Senate shows a different — and more accurate — side.

Better watch this ad while you can. Something tells me it will get pulled in the near future.

Update: Did they shoot this ad in the AFL-CIO office?  The first woman in the ad is almost certainly Linda Sadowski, who works in “the office of the President.”

Good catch in the comments by reshas1.

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