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Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner Posted: 7 hours ago by Bornbad
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the US, a time when families gather around the table and chow down on tasty treats. But, when it comes to being eaten, some foods are less agreeable than others; some would rather eat you.
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Thanksgiving Is Saved By American Madness And Eating Posted: 7 hours ago by Bornbad
Worried that you won't be able to make it through Thanksgiving without help? Comics come to your rescue this week, with timely collections celebrating America and eating, as well as something for fans of Skeet Ulrich and spoon-loving superheroes. Comics!
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Velocity of Media Consumption: TV vs. the Web Posted: 8 hours ago by Bornbad
The granularity of user decisions is much finer on the Web, which is dominated by the instant gratification of the user's needs in any given instant. Content must cater to this rapid pace.
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Top 10 uses for "Going Rogue" Posted: 11 hours ago by Bornbad
You have found/run over a copy of Sarah Palin's "book." Now what?
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Can you be blamed for sleepwalking crimes? Posted: 12 hours ago by Bornbad
Scientific update to Tigers story.
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WikiLeaks Discloses 9/11 Pager Intercepts Posted: 15 hours ago by jhordie
WikiLeaks is releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts that were captured during a 24-hour period of the 9/11 attacks.
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The President's unprecedented use of "unprecedented" Posted: 15 hours ago by JoshSF49
Apparently, The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.”
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Doctor in trouble for being "Blunt" Posted: 18 hours ago by hoosker
He told his patient she was irresponsible for being unemployed, on Medicaid, and relying on taxpayers to cover another pregnancy after giving birth less than a year earlier.
But what really made her mad, was when he poked her thigh and told her she was fat.
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Parents negotiate no-homework contract Posted: 19 hours ago by suckersklub
Oh, come on.
Spoiled brats.
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Middle school students suspended for “kick a Jew day” Posted: 19 hours ago by cecilberman
That's what you get for showing "Borat" in the school auditorium.
Landon said until further notice, the school will focus the first 20 minutes of each day on character traits, beginning with respect and kindness. Homeroom teachers will speak with the students about these traits and will focus on bullying prevention, he said. Videos on the topic will be sought out and used as part of the training, he said.
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Dead Men Need Exercise Too Posted: 19 hours ago by suebe
A Connecticut gym continued to withdraw membership dues for a man for two years after he was killed in a shooting.
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Emergency Alerts Over Your XBox System? Posted: 20 hours ago by suebe
Online gamers, get ready for possible alerts on your consoles! New York State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels.
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Meteor Lights Up the Night Skies Over Utah Posted: 21 hours ago by cb__
"..this thing lit up the sky, literally. It was like daylight."
*Includes some great footage and photos*
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Saudi Arabia puts Man on Death Row for Witchcraft Posted: 24 hours ago by equinox
A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. The case is causing outrage among human rights campaigners. The Lebanese citizen was only visiting Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage when he was arrested in Medina last year.
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Former teacher Heidemarie Schwermer has lived without money in Germany for 13 years Posted: 1 day ago by iamamaniac
Twenty-two years ago Heidemarie Schwermer, a middle-aged secondary school teacher just emerging from a difficult marriage, moved with her two children from the village of Lueneburg to the city of Dortmund, in the Ruhr area of Germany, whose homeless population, she immediately noticed, was above average and striking in its intransigent hopelessness.
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Giant Cannibal Galaxy's Last Meal Posted: 1 day ago by AutumnLotus
New images show the "last meal" of a giant cannibal galaxy as it gobbles down a smaller spiral galaxy, which has been twisted and warped from being devoured.
The giant galaxy, Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years.
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Under the microscope: Glowing alien-like flea takes top photography prize Posted: 1 day ago by AutumnLotus
This strange alien-like creature is not a character from a science-fiction blockbuster but actually from far closer to home. The eerily beautiful image is of a water flea with a radiant green 'crown of thorns' to protect it from predators.
It took top prize in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, the world's foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and movies.
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Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights (w/ Video) Posted: 1 day ago by AutumnLotus
In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet.
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Mariah Carey carries own toilet paper Posted: 1 day ago by Bornbad
I would too if I had a slow leak.
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Tweets on Ice: Dispatches from Jail in 140 Characters or Less Posted: 2 days ago by Bornbad
We live in a world where people are arrested and honestly think: "I should tweet about this." From celebrities, to hipsters, to rappers and journalists, here is a compilation of the best tweets from the Inside.
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Feeling Nervous? 3,000 Behavior Detection Officers Will Be Watching You at the Airport This Thanksgiving Posted: 2 days ago by Bornbad
Nearly 100,000 passengers were pulled aside by TSA behavior watchers last year, and it remains to be proven whether you can spot terrorists by the looks on their faces.
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Police: Census worker staged death to conceal suicide Posted: 2 days ago by hoosker
Authorities are saying a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest committed suicide and staged his death to look like a homicide.
Update to this
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No "Full-Frontal Hugging" until AFTER marriage! Posted: 2 days ago by icepigs
If we have a full-frontal hug, it could lead us into temptation. So, please just give me the Christian "Side-Hug" until we are married.
<---not going to hell
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Students of the University of North Texas say no to same sex homecoming court Posted: 2 days ago by icepigs
University of North Texas students, voting in an online referendum, have rejected the possibility of same-sex couples running for homecoming court in 2010.
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Boy with Asperger's Syndrome Rides Subway for 11 Days Posted: 2 days ago by suebe
A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome—a form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interaction—spent 11 days in the NYC subway system last month.
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