Newsgeist: 2/14/11
The spirit of the news
By Eric Pickhartz, 8:52AM, Mon. Feb. 14, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day from the Newsgeist. Help yourself to linked up stories on the Grammy's, illegal immigration, and in honor of the day, first kisses. Click through for the articles.
-If you missed it, here's a pretty great recap of last night's Grammy Awards from the Herald de Paris.
-The L.A. Times reports on immigrant labor in an interesting piece.
-President Obama's budget plan apparently isn't universally approved of.
-Good old Willie Nelson broke in the Austin City Limits new venue.
-The developer of the new Austin Marathon app answered some questions.
-It's been a while since Newsgeist first reported on this, but the robot is finally taking on the human in today's match on Jeopardy.
-And finally, who knew we put so much importance on kissing?
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