 When Republican state Rep. Roger Eddy announced his retirement from the House Thursday, you could hear the "ding, ding, ding" of a slot machine all the way from Springfield. | Daum: When truth is trumped by theatrics Even if you don't have a cupboard full of pledge-drive coffee mugs, you've probably heard about the latest dust-up in public radio. A stage performer named Mike Daisey chronicled a trip he made in 2010 to China to check out conditions at a factory run by Foxconn, the chief manufacturer of iPads and iPhones. Even before Daisey told his tale, news reports of suicides and harsh working conditions there had introduced at least a dose of guilt into the previously sunshiny experience of owning an Apple product. | |  | |
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