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The deficit has grown to $5B now. ~~~ Controller: State will run out of cash by March : Unless something is done in the next month, the state of California will run out of cash March 1, State Controller John Chiang said. Writing in a letter Tuesday to legislative budget chairs, Chiang said state governments needs an additional $3.3...

CRAZY AND CREEPY : A messed up combination.

Analysis: Oil reports may offer Obama an out on Iran | Reuters : 'via Blog this'

Sneaky. People got up-in-arms and the council decided to not fully attend the meeting so the contract can go straight to the city manager without public comment. ~~~ [UPDATED with No Quorum?] Occupy-Type Protest Planned Tonight Over $158 Million "Bailout" for Anaheim Hotels : ​UPDATE, JAN. 31, 10:58 A.M.: What if you threw an Occupy-type protest over $158 million in taxpayer handouts being given to a hotel developer and no one showed up to hear it? That could become a... Continue reading "[UPDATED with No Quorum?] Occupy-Type Protest Planned Tonight Over $158 Million "Bailout" for Anaheim Hotels" >

Mossad chief holds secret U.S. meetings on Iran nuclear threat, Senate panel reveals :

FAIL Nation: You Only Had One Job To Do, Goalie! One Job! :

Freaky. ~~~ Latest LOTR posters [New set news] : Here are the latest LOTR posters direct from LEGO. I read on Eurobricks that the LOTR microsite at LEGO.com is now live, but there's not much on it yet.

Facebook to file for $5 billion IPO Wednesday: report (Reuters) : Reuters - Facebook is expected to file initial paperwork with regulators on Wednesday morning for a $5 billion initial public offering, sources close to the deal told IFR.

In preparation for trouble with Iran? ~~~ CIA chief says appears Saudi oil "ramping up" (Reuters) : Reuters - Saudi Arabia's oil production appears to be "ramping up" and can fill some of the demand shortfalls caused by sanctions on Iranian exports, CIA Director David Petraeus said on Tuesday.

New "Arrested Development" episodes under way for Netflix (Reuters) : Reuters - Break into a chicken dance: "Arrested Development" writer Dean Lorey has confirmed he and the show's writing staff are already at work on the new episodes of the show that will premiere on Netflix in 2013.

Yes. ~~~ Will the iPhone 5 Have NFC? MasterCard Exec Hints at an Answer [VIDEO] : In a recent interview, MasterCard ‘s chief emerging payments officer dropped a hint about the yet-to-be announced iPhone 5: the next smartphone from Apple might include near field communication technology. Fast Company ‘s Austin Carr chatted with Ed McLaughlin from MasterCard about when payments via mobile devices might become the norm. Some platforms already allow for payments like this — for example, Google Wallet , which is available only on Android and limited devices — but the big question mark is the iPhone. “I don’t know of a handset manufacturer that isn’t in process of making sure their stuff is PayPass ready,” McLaughlin said. When asked if that included Apple, he stumbled: “Um, there are…like I say, [I don't know of] any handset maker out there. Now, when we have discussions with our partners, and they ask us not to disclose them, we don’t.” Check out the video above to learn more.

Blake Griffin’s Dunk of the Year [VIDEO] : Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks . Blake Griffin’s gargantuan dunk over Kendrick Perkins was so big you need to see it to believe it — at least that’s what the Twitterverse is saying. Variations of “Blake Griffin” and “Kendrick Perkins” have trended on Google and Twitter since the Los Angeles Clippers power forward soared over the Oklahoma City Thunder center. Griffin scored 22 points in the game for the Clippers, who beat the Thunder 112-100. The shot sent the stadium — and Twitterverse — into wild eruption Monday evening, in what many are calling the Dunk of the Year. Onlookers shared videos, GIFs and photos of the shot, and compared it to the super-human likes of Superman and Michael Jordan in Space Jam . This isn’t the first time Griffin has impressed the crowds with his dunking ability. The 2011 NBA Rookie of the Year was the NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion at the 2011 Al

Dog Owner Stun Gunned by Park Ranger for Having Dogs Off Their Leashes [Wtf] : You know when you were a kid and your dad told you that owning a dog would teach you responsibility? Walk him, feed him, clean up after him, keep him on a leash. One California dog walker found out last Sunday that the penalty for non-compliance is a good stun gunning . More »