Newsgeist: 1/31/11
The spirit of the news
By Eric Pickhartz, 8:31AM, Mon. Jan. 31, 2011
The Monday morning Newsgeist will fill you in on the Egyptian upheaval, the Wikileaks book, and 2012 campaign fund-raising. Read more for the whole scoop.
-A huge group of conservative donors are gathered in California to plan their GOP spending for the 2012 Election.
-A climber fell 1,000 feet off a Scottish mountain and lived.
-The demonstrations and political unrest in Egypt is becoming more serious by the hour.
-The Longhorns men's basketball team should be moving up in the national rankings, especially with a win against rival Texas A&M tonight at 8.
-The Wikileaks saga is now documented in book form.
-In relation to a past Newsgeist link (see 1/26/11), a local business is looking towards the Super Bowl as a money-making opportunity.
-And finally, the Super Bowl is helping out some Ft. Worth residents in a different way.
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