It’s not claimed to be the best, but it’s certainly not the worst collection of news stories you’ll find today. It’s the Newsgeist, and it has stories on tweeting in court, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Facebook. Read more for the full scoop.
-A judge is allowing tweets from the courtroom during the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s hearing.
-A boat of 70 asylum-seekers smashed into cliffs during a storm at Christmas Island, with few survivors.
-A man is suing the City of Austin after being struck by a patrol car.
-The latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have been announced.
–Someone made off with $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
-The founder of Facebook is your Person of the Year.
-And finally, a Pentagon train station was shut down because of a ‘suspicious object.’
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This article appears in December 10 • 2010.