on repeat
daily dos
tue 5/13/2008

(image by Mr TGT via flickr)
- Bolivian President Evo Morales announced a "vote of confidence" on his government that will either end his historic term or strengthen his hand. Two weeks ago, Morales promised he would take over the nation's energy firms and its largest telecommunications company. Four of Bolivia's wealthy, eastern states are threatening to break away and one has already held a referendum on autonomy.
- Check out pics of "good friends" Rihanna and Chris Brown partying together at a club in Washington D.C.
- Jeff Archuleta, the father of "American Idol" finalist David Archuleta, was reportedly banned from show rehearsals by "Idol" producers. According to New York magazine, Jeff Archuleta is a "crazy overbearing stage dad!"
- The United States was finally allowed to deliver aid to cyclone victims in Myanmar despite some resistance from the country's military rulers. Richard Horsey of the United Nations: "The authorities of the country need to open up to an international relief effort. There aren't enough boats, trucks, helicopters in the country to run the relief effort of the scale we need."
- California's Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery, one of the largest Latino-themed bookstores in the U.S., may be forced to shut down after sales dropped by 50 percent in the last year. Owner Rueben Martinez: "I knew I was never going to get rich selling books. But the crowds are not what they used to be."
- Listen to "Pijamas" by Babasónicos, the first single from their new album, Mucho.
- In an attempt to show that Chile has a "poor level of data protection," a hacker leaked the addresses, ID card numbers and telephone numbers of an estimated six million Chileans over the Internet.