Over 7 billion Pepsi cans will be printed with recycling factoids as part of their “Have we met before?” campaign to inform drinkers that the can they’re using has been made from 40% recycled aluminum, and to encourage them to recycle their empties.

“Our research tells us that most people recycle, when they remember,” said Kate Krebs, executive director of the National Recycling Coalition.

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Save the whales! Save the rain forests! Save the internet?

Yes, apparently the internet needs to be saved too. According to savetheinternet.com Network Neutrality aka “Net Neutrality” for short is in danger. Net Neutrality is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet.

Check out this video from James Rucker, director of SavetheInternet.com partner ColorofChange.org, says his organization “wouldn’t have had a chance without a free and open Internet.” Net Neutrality is vital to bloggers, activists and organizers working for a more just and equitable society.

Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination.

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Charlie Rose by Samuel Beckett

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Last night on “American Idol” the judges’ held their critiques and praises until every contestant had a turn, which is different than the usual AI format. As you’ll see in the video below, judge Paula Abdul offered feedback for two songs by Jason Castro when he only sung one. Of course this has now become all the buzz and people are asking straight up now tell me what’s up with Paula Abduls behavior?

Whatever. People make mistakes. However last week after Brooke White stopped and re-started her song, Paula said something to the effect that one cannot make mistakes on live TV. Hmmmm…

None the less I do love that Paula, mistakes or not. I mean she did a duet with a cartoon cat. Not only that, but it was a cat that was cool enough to explore his relationship differences in a mature manner paired with a snazzy upbeat tempo.

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America’s Next Top Model always struck me as a scary combination of two dangerous elements, reality TV and modeling (no offense, Tyra). But I never knew it could be life-threatening– until I heard about the woman who was stabbed because she was talking during the show.

A woman who suffered life-threatening stab wounds to her chest and neck Wednesday allegedly was attacked by another woman who had been upset that she was too loud while watching America’s Next Top Model.

Police say the 42-year-old victim and her friends were in a Columbia City apartment drinking beer and watching the reality show hosted by former supermodel Tyra Banks, in which women compete for a chance to launch their modeling careers. The alleged attacker, an acquaintance of the victim, told the other woman to stop talking loudly…. When the “Top Model” fan refused, police say the other woman then opened the apartment door and told her to get out… the argument then turned physical, with one woman having a clump of her hair pulled out.

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As I mentioned yesterday, thegoodhuman.com is a great site to pick up some tips on how to help your wallet and the environment at the same time. I got so excited about the site that I decided to go straight to the source and speak with David, the founder and curator of sorts of thegoodhuman.com. The interview, after the jump.

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MTV Choose Or Lose is choosing to come to Laughing Liberally Tonight! Choose or Lose, the voter initiative will be covering tonight’s Laughing Liberally, a non-partisan political comedy show dedicated to saving democracy one laugh at a time. Tonight’s show will feature Lee Camp (Comedy Central), Katie Halper* (TAKE PART!), Charles Star (The Onion), Benari Poulten (Shoot the Messenger), Hilary Schwartz (Urban Hee Haw), Diana Saez (Washington Post) introducing Amanda Milstein (Living Liberally), hosted by Elon James White (The Black Comedy Project)

So and come out to the show @ The Tank @ 279 Church (between White & Franklin). Because if you choose to snooze, you lose. And on an issue of your choice (see below)

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Bon Jovi will be performing in New York City’s Central Park this summer. Word of the concert slipped out in a recent interview Jon Bon Jovi gave with SI.com. When asked if he’ll be playing Giant Stadium this summer, Bon Jovi replied:

“…We always end every tour at Giants Stadium, but we’re going to do Central Park this year. That hasn’t been announced yet, there you go, we’re doing Central Park. “

Fans will get to hear to such Bon Jovi classics as “Livin’ on a Prayer”, “Wanted: Dead or Alive” and “You Give Love a Bad Name” in the center of Manhattan on Central Park’s Great Lawn. Hopefully things will be kept a little more under control than when Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, of Late Night with Conan O’Brien, hooked up with the band at Giants Stadium in New Jersey (in case you’re not familiar with Triumph, this is probably NSFW, unless you work in a cool office):

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While I find Facebook to be a tad overwhelming with all it’s bells and whistles, I do think it does a snazzy job at bringing folks together and adding adorable little time wasters to our lives. One of those cute, strange, kinda useless Facebook actions is the upcoming “National Awesome Facebook Status Day.” on May 6th. The idea is that every day, your Facebook status describes your normal, average life and on this special day users are encouraged to spice up their “status.”As explained on the “National Awesome Facebook Status Day” page:

for one day, let your Facebook status live out the adventure you know you’ve always wanted. For one day, fight a bear. Rescue a child from a burning building. Go to the moon. Do whatever you want to—or at least tell the world that’s what you’re doing.

Is “National Awesome Facebook Status Day” a big way to in society? Not really. But perhaps in a very small, very silly way it is, by putting users in a better mood and maybe even inspiring some to actually make their fake status a reality.

With 14, 938 confirmed participants “National Awesome Facebook Status Day” is just one of the ways in which the internet gets people collectively doing stuff and that will never cease to amaze me.

Corn + magic = gasoline? So that’s how they do it! Stephen Colbert educates the nation about the debate on ethanol and climate change on an installment of “The Word” from earlier this week. Enjoy below, then and learn how alternative fuel (really) works.