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11:00am: Irwin stabbed by stingray
12:00pm: Irwin declared dead
3:00pm: Police report released
5:30pm: Google News indexes 301 articles from Internet news sources
6:30pm: Google News indexes 502 articles from Internet news sources
9:30pm: Google News indexes 854 articles from Internet news sources
12:00am: Google News indexes 1022 articles from Internet news sources, all about the death
The way information behaves in the modern world is, I think, both scary and exciting. I'd be interested to compare the growth in articles for this story with the number of stories Google knows about next time something happens.
11:00am: Irwin stabbed by stingray
12:00pm: Irwin declared dead
3:00pm: Police report released
5:30pm: Google News indexes 301 articles from Internet news sources
6:30pm: Google News indexes 502 articles from Internet news sources
9:30pm: Google News indexes 854 articles from Internet news sources
12:00am: Google News indexes 1022 articles from Internet news sources, all about the death
The way information behaves in the modern world is, I think, both scary and exciting. I'd be interested to compare the growth in articles for this story with the number of stories Google knows about next time something happens.
