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1. The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in the latest week to its lowest level in 18 months, a sign the labor market may be turning a corner. Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 432,000 in the week ended Dec. [...]

WALL STREET JOURNAL — U.S. steelmakers won U.S. consumers who purchase products made with steel and American companies that purchase steel as an input lost a case over Chinese steel imports, as the U.S. International Trade Commission voted that the domestic industry has been damaged industries that use steel have been subsidized too generously by cheap steel from [...]

Tell us how many stories Wired.com will publish about an Apple tablet in 2010, and you could win an actual Apple tablet. Assuming one exists, that is. Go to Source

The CIA said Thursday that seven of its employees were killed and six others wounded in a homicide bombing at a base in Afghanistan. The AP has learned one of them was the chief of the CIA’s post in Afghanistan’s Khost Province. Go to Source

Debate re-ignites over the use of full-body scanners in the wake of failed bombing of a Northwest Airlines jet• Obama to Get Report on Failed Airline Attack• DHS Subpoenas Journalists Over Security Leaks• CIA Prepared Report on Suspect Before Attack Attempt• White House Blasts Cheney for Criticism Over Incident Go to Source

Not surprisingly, the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at a U.S. base in Afghanistan yesterday that killed 8 CIA agents. The bomber somehow snuck onto the base and detonated his bomb-vest inside of the compound’s fitness center. |LA Times| Go to Source

Next month, artist Larissa Sansour will unveil an exhibit at Jack the Pelican Presents centered around the theme of launching the first Palestinian to the moon. It will include a showing of her latest film, A Space Exodus, described as a Middle Eastern adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. In addition to the [...]

Went to Wooly Mammoth tonight with my friend Andrew to see Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, which I highly recommend.  They were brilliant.   Meanwhile, most of the day was spent in retrospection, which I suppose I should have saved for tomorrow, New Year’s Eve.  I had two big realizations:  1) 2009 was [...]

Here is a great reply from someone to a lifeless hipster defending piece of shit on craigslist who scans the boards day and night for the word “hipster”, then replies with the same copy and paste. He used to frequent my old site and has even visited this new one already. I think some of [...]

Today’s GMAT tip comes from our friends at test prep firm ManhattanGMAT. In this article, ManhattanGMAT instructor Stacey Koprince offers advice on how to tackle the essay portion of the GMAT: We all know that the essays on the GMAT are scored separately and that the schools don’t care as much about the essay scores. [...]