here is the error

/home/user # apt-get update
E: Malformed line 25 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hildon-application-manager.list (dist parse)

application manager also fails

what did i do?
how do i fix?

i figured it out
i was trying to ad pimlico's date app (& the server must be down) and i inadvertently changed the url path
once fixed all is ok