The Morning Update - 03/21/2010

Purple Tentacle Plush (BuzzFeed) - Via @dinoignacio

Gossip

Anna Nicole Smith Gets None of Oil Fortune (ABC News) - Court rules in favor of estate of E. Pierce Marshall, the son of J. Howard Marshall.

Picture of the Day (Tabloid Prodigy)

Politics

Academic Paper in China Sets Off Alarms in U.S. (NY Times) - Lots of anti-China sentiment going around.

Tea Party Protestors Shout N-Word at Congressman (McClatchy) - Boo!

With Cheap Food Imports, Haiti Can't Feed Itself (HP) - Bill CLinton says sorry.

New York

Teen Arrested in Wal-Mart Incident (Daily Beast) - A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly getting on a loudspeaker system at a New Jersey Wal-Mart to ask “all blacks” to leave the store.

Refunds For Scammed Taxi Passengers Unlikely (Gothamist) - No! I demand justice!

ETC

How Blogs Are Becoming More Like Newspapers (Gawker) - The landscape has really changed dramatically in the last year. It's amazing. Will I ever be able to catch up?

Volcano Erupts In Iceland Near Eyjafjallajokull Glacier (HP) - Can you pronounce that?

Good Morning Angels

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