apt-get update fails due to "Unable to connect to localhost:8250" error

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Published on 2012-03-26T20:25:23Z Indexed on 2012/03/27 23:44 UTC
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Im trying to run sudo apt-get update. I know the server is up and my internet is working. any clues?

sudo apt-get update

Err http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric InRelease  
Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric InRelease
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8250:
Err http://archive.canonical.com oneiric Release.gpg
  Unable to connect to localhost:8250:

Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/InRelease  
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/Release.gpg   
  Unable to connect to localhost:8250:
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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