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In Soviet Russia, Watermelon Eats Baby [VIDEO]
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State of the Climate: Warming, with No sign of Waning
NOAA has released an annual report detailing the state of the climate for the past twenty years. Each year, the message is the same. The world is warming. This past year was no different.
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Top Five Ron Artest Haircuts [Pics]
For too long the question has been, what's going on in Ron Artest's head? The real question should be, what's happening on Ron Artest's head? A picture is worth a thousand words, ...
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Pot Critic Answers Fan Questions After CNN Appearance
If you ever wanted a job smoking marijuana, you'll want to read this.
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Calcium Supplements Linked to Heart Attacks
Some researchers are becoming convinced that calcium supplements not only provide no benefit for post-menopausal women, but that they can even be harmful, increasing the risk of heart attacks by nearly a third.
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Halo: Reach Campaign Trailer - The Battle Begins (vid)
The trailer will take your anticipation level up a notch and shows you a glimpse of the battle that lies ahead come September 14.
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Curbing Your Enthusiasm
President Obama rode into office on a wave of progressive enthusiasm. But, for many reasons, that has given way to progressive disillusionment.
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Congressman Pulled Over for Speeding During Live Interview
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) was abruptly torn away from a live radio interview Friday when a policeman pulled him over and told him to hang up the phone.
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Toyota to revive Supra nameplate?
Earlier this month, Toyota applied to renew its long-expired trademark on the Supra name in the United States. Although the company is mostly mum on the subject, an easy-to-reach conclusion would suggest that Toyota could revive the historic badge for its upcoming FT-86 sports car.
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Gov Calls Rejection of Medical Marijuana Plan 'disJointed'
Gov. Chris Christie said today he was surprised that Rutgers University turned down an opportunity to be the lone grower of the state's medical marijuana crop ....
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FBI rings up Defcon organizers over contest
A Defcon contest that invites contestants to trick employees at U.S. corporations into revealing not-so-sensitive data has rattled some nerves.
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Career Tips From Don Draper
The cast and crew of Mad Men do a great job of transporting viewers to another time and place. But what influence has Jon Hamm's Golden Globe winning character Don Draper had on your working style?
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Internet Explorer 9 Beta to Arrive in September
Microsoft today disclosed that version nine of its Internet Explorer Web browser will have a beta release in September.
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Visualizing the Fortune 500 in America
Two out of three Fortune 500 companies are located in 10 primary states and the industries with the largest profits may surprise you.
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Obama to sell good news of auto bailout during Detroit tour
President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.
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Students finally wake up to Facebook privacy issues
College students do care about Facebook privacy, it turns out, and their use of the service's privacy settings has skyrocketed between 2009 and 2010, according to two researchers.
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Lord British wins $28 million in NCSoft lawsuit
Game developer Richard "Lord British" Garriott won a $28 million lawsuit against former employer NCSoft today for breach of contract. The Korean-based software company fired him while he was in space.
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Brazil's sex tourism boom
An investigation has highlighted the extent of child prostitution and sex tourism in the north-east of Brazil. The country is overtaking Thailand as a destination for sex tourism and on attempts to curb the problem.
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Mexican Drug Lord Killed
Mexican soldiers have killed a leader of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel in a shootout, providing a badly needed victory to President Felipe Calderon in his war against the criminal organizations that have vied for control of the country.
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How Coins Are Made (Pic)
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Digg Closes New Account Registration. New Digg is Nigh.
Either Digg hates new users or we're about to see the changeover to Digg v4.0. As of this morning, new account registration has closed for Digg. Attempting to create an account yields this message: "The New Digg Is Coming..."
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This is Burning Man [Infographic]
The history of Burning Man has always been a complex entity that has survived, nay, mutated over the years. And because of this, it has grown rapidly since its humble beginnings of a simple gathering on a beach.
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Swedish Police Officer Gets Funky in the Street (Video)
As a member of the police force, you've gotta have sharp instincts. You have to know when to when to call for backup, when to ask questions and when to shimmy out of the squad car to unleash the funk.
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Apple Enters the Battery Game, Releases Battery Charger
Apple's got a new product, again, but this time it's not a computer, digital music device, or tablet, it's... a battery charger.
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Ansel Adams Photo Mystery Now Solved?
Miriam I. Walton has come forward with evidence that the images in question were actually taken by her not-quite-so-famous late relative, Earl Brooks.
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They Rapin' E'rybody Out Heah [video]
Antoine Dodson's inadvertent reality TV audition.
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Police filmed dragging women and babies during protest
A video has emerged showing French police evicting African immigrants with babies and children during a housing protest in a Paris suburb.
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Report: RIM unveiling 9.7 inch Blackpad in November
Apparently, RIM is gearing up to unveil a tablet sometime in November and guess what? It actually will be called the Blackpad.
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Oregon Considers Plastic Bag Ban
The Oregon Legislature may impose a plastic bag ban statewide next year.
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400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say
Hundreds of thousands of people were believed to be unable to evacuate to safer ground.
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3 Teens Charged in Videotaped Immigrant Death
A deadly attack on a 47 year-old father of four has left a town in New Jersey shaken....
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Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided
BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.
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Flickr Creator Spins Addictive New Web Service
Connecting people to one another is not just Fake?s hobby ? she has made it her career. As the cofounder of Flickr, the landmark photography site, Fake provided a place for shutterbugs to share their work; they have uploaded more than 4 billion pictures. It was a seminal service that helped launch the era of user-generated content, spurring...
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The Science of Baseball
MIT outreach program uses America's pastime to hook boys on math and physics
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Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Maki
Scientists have found signs of an oil-and-dispersant mix under the shells of tiny blue crab larvae in the Gulf of Mexico, the first clear indication that the unprecedented use of dispersants in the BP oil spill has broken up the oil into toxic droplets so tiny that they can easily enter the foodchain. Marine biologists started finding orange blobs
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What Is It?
The ghostly looking Mexican axolotl retains some of its larval features for life, including its feathery pink external gills.
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Officer accused of forcing oral sex at gunpoint not charged
Prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a former city police officer accused three years ago of forcing a prostitute at gunpoint to perform oral sex on him in his patrol car while he was on duty and in uniform.
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I Just Bought Zombie Insurance (PIC)
I know I'll be ready when they arrive...
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Matt LeBlanc: I Dyed My Hair the Whole Time on Friends
Six years after the finale of "Friends" ? and four after spinoff "Joey" ended ? Matt LeBlanc, now 43, sporting silver hair. But LeBlanc has a big secret bottled up.
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The Robot That Visits Your Cubicle
When Trevor Blackwell, CEO of a company called Anybots, wants to know what his employees are up to, he sends a robot to their cubicles.
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