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Jowell y Randy rock out with Naldo in a new video, "Ya No Existen." (via Blog Reggaetón)

Workers with college degrees – except for those with professional degrees – earned less last year than they did in 2000 (After adjusting for inflation). Economics professor Matthew J. Slaughter: "A college degree still provides an important security blanket … just how warm this blanket is is now less clear." (via Matthew Yglesias)

The U.S. economy continues to struggle. Retail sales were down for the second month in a row this August, according to reports by the U.S. Commerce Department.

Listen to Lil Wayne and Bun B join Houston rap veteran Scarface on a new song, "Forget About Me."

A Norweigan physicist says gold medal-winning Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt could have run the 100-meter Olympic final in 9.55 seconds (instead of 9.69 seconds) had he not slowed down to showboat before he crossed the finish line.

A Japanese blogger uses rice, seaweed and other foods to recreate popular album covers. (via digg)