The U.S. Postal Service wants to close as many as 2,000 post offices beginning in March, amid increased competion from Web bill paying, email and text messages, The Wall Street Journal reports. It was attacked by Sen. John McCain as a "model of inefficiency". McCain added, "I know all about inefficiency, look at my arm."
Singer and former 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant Aaron Carter has entered a rehab center to get treated for "addiction problems." When reached for comment, Carter's manager said, "Who?"
Kim Kardashian hinted on Twitter that she wants a baby. She took the comment back after someone explained, "A baby will only fit in your purse for a few months."
It was recently reported that GM is selling more vehicles in China than it does in the U.S. In a related story, GM is announcing the release of a new vehicle for Chinese children - made completely out of lead.
An Alabama law firm is filing a lawsuit against Taco Bell after discovering that the “meat” isn't really meat at all. The "taco meat filling" has only 36 percent real beef. Taco Bell spokesman Rob Poetsch issued a statement that read, "Taco Bell prides itself on serving high quality Mexican inspired food, you're lucky it's just 'inspired'... otherwise we'd be using dog and drug snitches."
Next-generation iPhones and iPads will be able to function essentially as credit cards, says Bloomberg News, thanks to a new technology that can beam and receive information at a distance of up to four inches. It is rumored that you will soon be able to have your paycheck directly deposited into Steve Jobs bank account.
The Dow Jones crossed 12000 for the first time since June 2008. The Dow first crossed 12000 in October 2006, when employment was under 5 percent. Today, employment is near 10 percent. Economists say, "This shows that the super wealthy have finally recovered from the recession." He snickered and finished with, "Now, the rest of you just wait for that money to trickle down."
Men have more difficulty remembering information from news programs when it is presented to them by attractive women, say two researchers at Indiana University. Four hundred men were assigned to watch one of two news programs: one hosted by a sexy female anchor in a revealing outfit, and another by a female anchor in loose-fitting clothes and no make-up. Men remembered “significantly more information watching the unsexualized anchor deliver news than her sexualized version.” They concluded, "This is why people that watch Fox news are so F-ing stupid."
In a related story, NPR has hired Sarah Jessica Parker.
The United Kingdom is cutting down it's pool heating cost by "plugging" a public pool into a nearby crematorium. A city counsilman said, "It won't be anywhere near as nice as the pools Germany had in the 30's and 40's, but we don't have the 'resources' they had."
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