This Week in the Mercury
Saturday, March 17, 2012
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Posted by Nathan Gilles on Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Killer found. The American responsible for killing 16 Afghan civilians has been identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales. The 38-year old Bales is currently being held in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Afghan President Hamid Karzaihas taken the opportunity to play good cop.
The Rutgers University cyber-bullying case was decided yesterday.
Dharun Ravi was found guilty of a hate crime following the suicide of his roommate, Tyler Clementi, after he filmed and posted video online of Clementi kissing another man.
The case broke new legal ground for its heavy use of digital evidence including text messages, Twitter feeds, and Facebook posts.
Just because we love it: today's Doonesbury cartoon.
US politicians continue to debate rising gas prices. But as Politico points out, the debates are full of misleading rhetoric.
Meanwhile, a Scottish scientist has offered up a tech solution to climate change.
Yesterday, the new iPad was released to a salivating mass of conspicuous consumers. But was the new iPad made with dangerous amounts of overtime? One activist group hopes to find out if Foxconn and Apple have been playing nice with their workers.
And just because it's awesome: the new iPad under a microscope.
Speaking of Apple...
This week's theme: WE FUCKED UP. Yesterday, This American Life, the popular radio documentary show, announced that their story, "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," was largely fabricated by creator Mike Daisey. Tomorrow's show will detail Daisey's deceit.
And because it's Saint Patrick's Day, and because you don't need good looks (or nice teeth) to have a good time: the Pogues.
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