links for 2011-02-23

• Jeter laughs off Hank Steinbrenner's comments
  Derek Jeter laughed off Hank Steinbrenner's assertion that some New York Yankees were "too busy building mansions" after winning the 2009 World Series.
• NY prisons data show more assaults in 2010 – WSJ.com
  More prisoners were assaulted and committed suicide last year even as the inmate population declined, according to state corrections data confirmed Tuesday by The Associated Press.
• NYC detective who caught Son of Sam in 1970s dies
  The detective who cracked the notorious Son of Sam case in the 1970s and arrested killer David Berkowitz has died. Ed Zigo was 84.
• A (Shockingly) Short History Of 'Hello' : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
  Hello has to have been the standard English language greeting since English people began greeting, no? Well, here's a surprise from Ammon Shea, author of The First Telephone Book: Hello is a new word.

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