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Local NAACP Cancels Donald Sterling's Lifetime Achievement Award

Local NAACP Cancels Donald Sterling’s Lifetime Achievement Award:  The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP announced that it has decided not give embattled Clippers owner Donald Sterling a Lifetime Achievement Award after racist statements attributed to him became public.  If they need someone to fill in in a pinch, I hear Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy might be available. 

Laptop Heat Danger to Legs:  Doctors are warning consumers not to leave a warm laptops on their lap for too long because the skin on your legs can be burned by long-term heat exposure.  You know there's a good chance your laptop may have heat issues when it includes a dial with settings for “warm, simmer and defrost.”

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Tomato Executive Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing:  Frederick Scott Salyer, a member of one of California’s best known farming families and the founder of SK Foods, has pleaded guilty to a scheme to inflate tomato product prices.  After passing sentence, the judge asked Salyer “so how do you like them apples?”

Bill Gates Calls the Mosquito Deadliest Creature on Earth:  According to the Bill Gates Foundation, the deadliest creature on earth is not humans, but the mosquito which kills 725,000 people a year and incapacitates another 200 million people.  And that may be just “scratching” the surface.

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California Hiker Killed by Oregon Hunter:  A California man who was hiking in Oregon has been killed by a hunter who mistook him for a bear.  Local officials say this senseless tragedy may have been prevented had the hiker not been wearing a “Cal Bears” sweatshirt.

Commissioner Silver Bans Sterling for Life from NBA:  Commissioner Adam Silver announced that he has banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life from the NBA.  Analysts are calling the decision pure “Sterling-Silver.”

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