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Welcome to Mixx Picks!Every now and again, we're going to highlight some of the most compelling, interesting and/or amusing stories, photos and videos to have recently appeared on Mixx. Our staffers are always on the lookout for high-quality content to feature in Mixx Picks, so check it out! Will you find your submission or something really cool that you missed before? (As a friendly reminder, you're receiving Mixx Picks because you've opted to receive updates from us.) Student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jailSubmitted by MarkCarras (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/25/twitter.buck/index.html) James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone. Buck, a graduate student from the University of California-Berkeley, was in Mahalla, Egypt, covering an anti-government protest. America’s dirty little oil secret: Plastic Bottles and BagsSubmitted by webaddict (http://businessshrink.biz/psychologyofbusiness/2008/04/26...) America consumes 31.2 billion water bottles a year taking 17.6 million barrels of oil to create them. Enough to fuel 1.5 million cars for a year. America consumes 100 billion plastic bags a year taking 12 million barrels of oil. World figures?
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