Libya Live Blog [Al Jazeera]

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Holy holy fuck:

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday afternoon, seriously damaged the city’s cathedrals, burst water mains, buckled streets and shut down phone service, according to media reports.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck just before 1 p.m. Tuesday (7 p.m. Monday ET), and a 5.6-magnitude aftershock struck about 15 minutes later.

Speaking from experience: Anything over 6.0 is a wild ride.

New Zealand rattled by strong quake [CNN]

“Members of Libya’s mission to the United Nations renounced Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi on Monday, calling him a genocidal war criminal responsible for mass shootings of demonstrators protesting against his four decades in power. They called upon him to resign.” [NYT, via Political Wire]

Former aide rips Palin in leaked book manuscript [Anchorage Daily News]

“Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has fled Libya and may be heading for Venezuela, William Hague said today. The Foreign Secretary said he had seen ‘information’ that suggests Gaddafi is on his way to the South American country — as Libya was up in flames today with reports of around 400 dead.” [Daily Mail]

Be careful what you wish for, reports Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal:

The 401(k) generation is beginning to retire, and it isn’t a pretty sight.

The retirement savings plans that many baby boomers thought would see them through old age are falling short in many cases.

You remember the pitch for 401(k)s, don’t you? No? Here, let the WSJ rub it in:

Tax-deferred 401(k) retirement accounts came into wide use in the 1980s, making baby boomers trying to retire now among the first to rely heavily on them…

Initially envisioned as a way for management-level people to put aside extra retirement money, the 401(k) was embraced by big companies in the 1980s as a replacement for costly pension funds. Suddenly, they were able to transfer the burden of funding employees’ retirement to the employees themselves.

Financial freedom! Well, for corporations. You, on the other hand, might want to practice your Greeter skills.

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