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Episode 16 of the Main Show!  Listen live on Thursdays  from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

News:

• Cow escapes slaughterhouse: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/11/11140688-moo-dini-steers-life-spared-after-slaughterhouse-escape?lite
• Nude maid service: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/04/10/national/a152219D60.DTL
• Distracted driving is dangerous … and this is a whole new level – http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/worlds-most-distracted-drive.html
• Woman sues sheriff’s office to get 12,000 tip back – http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/us-usa-minnesota-tip-idUSBRE83415Y20120405 – via boingboing http://boingboing.net/2012/04/06/moorhead-mn-police-steal-12.html

Robot Story:

• CNC robots helping – http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/06/shapeoko-the-affordable-cnc-mill-kit/ and National Robotics week – http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/09/national-robotics-week-2/

Caleb’s Corner:

• Heart warming story about a kid who makes his own arcade and now has 90,000 in a college fund! http://mashable.com/2012/04/11/caines-arcade/ – http://vimeo.com/40000072

The Core:

Movies:

• New Releases

• www.metacritic.com for movie releases of the week.

• DVD/Blu-ray

• A Hollis Frampton Odyssey (b/d); A Streecar Named Desire (b); Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous (d) – looks like a motion comic – bleh; Beverly Hillbillies (d); Bounce (b); Classic Drive-in Collection (d); Coldplay – Time’s Arrow (d) for those who care; Cook County (b/d); Dark Shadows DVD SET complete series; Don Juan Demarco (b); Evanescence-from a Little Rock to a Great Big Sound (d); Hidden (d); Kate and Leopold (b); Lavern and Shirly s5 (d); Liberace – The Ultimate Entertainer (d); Littlerock (b/d); Magical Art of Bellydance (d); Men in Black – Darkwatchers (d); Night Gallery s3 (d); One Tree Hill Series Set (d); That’s Bow Huntin’ (d) – not a typo; The Bodyguard (b); Truth About Cats and Dogs (b/d); Tyrannosaur (d);

Comics:

• Marvel:

• Journey Into Mystery #636; Winter Soldier #4

• DC:

• Deathstroke #8; Green Lantern: The Animated Series #1

• Indie:

• Adventure Time #3; Dollhouse Epitaphs TP Vol 01; Saga #2

• Web:

• http://girlgeniusonline.com

Stories:

• Netflix starts a PAC (Political Action Committee) – http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74929.html – and gets accused of supporting SOPA/PIPA, which isn’t true – http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/09/netflix-has-not-formed-a-pro-sopa-super-pac/ . Good coverage here – http://twit.tv/show/frame-rate/71
• Borderlands 2 ups the challenge, tweaks the interface, doesn’t fix what wasn’t broken – (a preview from PAX East) http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/04/borderlands-2-ups-the-challenge-tweaks-the-interface-doesnt-fix-what-wasnt-broken.ars