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Larry King announces his retirement, and two robbers are caught on camera making rookie robber mistakes; oh, and a giant augmented reality model awes crowds at Times Square by taking their picture.

 "For now, for here, it's time to hang up the nightly suspenders."

Now, I'm not sure how Larry King would do covering first for the Twins, but, as Bill Maher put it:

Larry King retires after 25 years of interviews on CNN, citing little league games and time with his wife... encore, Mr. King, encore! (via 

 in downtown St. Paul, Lowertown's restaurant scene is growing like a weeds in a garden -- very delicious, gourmet weeds in a formerly unattended garden... the Pioneer Press shows us all the great spots to get a bite to eat with this interactive map and 

 AP style is something most journalists struggle with for years; confusion about gerunds, phrases and even simple verbs persists throughout centuries of writing.

Bank robbers don't need to worry about AP style, but I would assume most went to GRAMMAR school... 

You're robbing a bank... have some class, man! At least he didn't 

, like this St. Paul robbery suspect, who obviously needed all that medication to help him carry that machete around (via 

 When augmented reality, advertising, and the ever-growing sea of people in New York's Times Square combine, the finished product is a 50-foot-tall model taking polaroids of tourists.

There's something simultaneously creepy and creepily exciting about this advertising campaign... imagine all the things you could do, like 

 from the Netherlands which pulls you into the scene of a vicious crime.

Whether it's Forever 21 or a public service announcement from Europe, this is technology and advertising's brainchild that has some serious potential (via 

 up on their photojournalism site, the Lens blog.

From the collection, photo by Damon Winter for the New York Times

Note: Due to a hiccup on my part, your normally scheduled Five by 8 is Five by 10 today. - Julia Schrenkler

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Larry King announces his retirement, and two robbers are caught on camera making rookie robber mistakes; oh, and a giant augmented reality model awes crowds at Times Square by taking their picture.


Five by 10 – 6/30/10 – Larry’s legacy, two stupid robbers and a 50-foot-tall model

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