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		<title>Did Microsoft presentation include rape joke?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/06/11/did-microsoft-presentation-include-rape-joke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was that a rape joke during a Microsoft presentation? That’s the talk going around the Interwebs, referring to banter between a man and woman demonstrating the fighting game “Killer Instinct” at the Electronic Entertainment Expo Monday. Microsoft acknowledged Tuesday that the comment was “offensive.” The man was, well, beating up on the woman when he<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/did-microsoft-presentation-include-rape-joke/15906/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Driver brags on Twitter about hitting cyclist</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/22/driver-brags-on-twitter-about-hitting-cyclist-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a memo to drivers who hate cyclists: If you hit one, don’t Tweet about it. That’s just what Brit Emma Way apparently did. On Sunday, she Tweeted: “Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier – I have right of way he doesn’t even pay road tax #bloodycyclists.” (She has since deleted her account,<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/driver-brags-on-twitter-about-hitting-cyclist/15633/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Disney makeover of ‘Brave’ princess angers fans</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/15/disney-makeover-of-brave-princess-angers-fans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 05:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Outraged fans have launched a petition against Disney’s makeover of Princess Merida from “Brave” for her induction into the Disney Princess pantheon. In the movie, Merida resisted expectations for princesses to be docile and wear uncomfortable gowns, preferring to ride off on her horse with her bow and arrows. The new-look Merida retains her trademark<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/disney-makeover-of-brave-princess-angers-fans/15438/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration for Marge Simpson dies at 94</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/05/06/inspiration-for-marge-simpson-dies-at-94/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh Homie. Margaret Groening, wife of Homer, and mother of Patty, Matt, Mark, Lisa and Maggie, died on March 23 in her Portland, Ore., home, according to an obituary in The Oregonian. Do some of those names sound familiar? They should. Matt Groening created “The Simpsons,” which featured parents Homer and Marge (short for Margaret,<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/inspiration-for-marge-simpson-dies-at-94/15305/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>George Takei reviews steering wheel desk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Someone just told George Takei about the Wheelmate laptop steering wheel desk for sale on Amazon.com. “It’s hard to believe this product even exists,” the actor, best known for playing Hikaru Sulu in “Star Trek,” and now an Internet sensation, wrote on Facebook. “So I’ve added my own review. I couldn’t resist.” Takei’s gave the<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/george-takei-reviews-steering-wheel-desk/15107/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Architects defend Gehry’s Eisenhower memorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Institute of Architects last week came out to defend famous architect Frank Gehry’s controversial design for a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Members of Eisenhower’s family have called Gehry’s design too extravagant. Others object to Gehry’s avant-garde approach, featuring statues of the president and World War II supreme Allied commander in<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/architects-defend-gehrys-eisenhower-memorial/14764/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Princess Bride’ shirt frightens passengers on flight</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2013/01/23/%e2%80%98princess-bride%e2%80%99-shirt-frightens-passengers-on-flight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, wearing a T-shirt that says “prepare to die” on an airplane might not be the best idea. But you’d almost have to have been living under a rock for the past 25 years not to get Wynand Mullins’ shirt, which is emblazoned with a large “Hello my name is” tag followed by: “Inigo Montoya. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many would give up sex for iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most iPhone owners say they couldn’t do without the gadget, and quite a few would sooner give up sex, according to a new survey. Ahead of the iPhone’s fifth birthday, on June 29, Electronics trade-in site Gazelle polled more than 1,000 customers who have traded in at least one iPhone. It found that 65 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Idol ‘messed up’ national anthem</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/24/former-idol-%e2%80%98messed-up%e2%80%99-national-anthem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former American Idol contestant Lauren Alaina made the best of it Thursday after she flubbed the national anthem on national television. “I’m not a robot. I have No excuses. I messed up,” the singer wrote on her Twitter feed. “You know what can ya do. At Least didn’t fall down again.” Alaina sang the national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit’s Suh ejected for stomping on Packer</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/hottopics/2011/11/24/detroit%e2%80%99s-suh-ejected-for-stomping-on-packer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aubrey Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit Lions star defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was ejected from Thursday’s game against the Green Bay Packers, and could be suspended, after stomping on an opposing player’s arm. Suh pushed Evan Dietrich-Smith’s head into the ground and then stomped on his right arm while getting up in the third quarter. Watch the play here. After [...]]]></description>
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