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The True Cost Of Gasoline Memorial Day Driving By The Numbers
35 million Americans are preparing to travel 50 miles or more this weekend, with nearly 90 percent of travelers filling up their tanks with expensive gasoline or diesel fuel to drive to their destination, the Center for American Progress released ...
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Durbin strange bedfellows eye wealthy farmers subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving ...
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3 council members abstain from vote on abstaining
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- Three City Council members in Michigan have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future ...
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Daft Punk Eyeball Dance John Edward Doyle Has A Weird Wonderful Talent
Everyone has a special talent. John Edward Doyle's is giving us all Daft Punk-scored nightmares. Via Blame It On The ...
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Dad Makes Video of a Ridiculous Conversation with His Kid But with a Twist
Hey, dads out there: do you ever feel like your kid is getting in the middle of your conversations with your spouse? So much so, that it may as well just be another man in the house instead of your sweet, adorable child? Here’s what you’re about to see: ';Actual conversations with my 2 year old daughter, as re-enacted by me and another full grown man.'; Creator Matthew ...
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Movie Review
The Good Shepherd
In reviewing Robert Redfords somber Oscar winner Ordinary People (1980), Pauline Kael theorized that, when popular actors turn to directing, they feel the need to choose material as a penance for the frivolous good times theyve given us. While no one would accuse Robert De ... ...
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Race Intelligence and Genetics For Curious Dummies
Last week there was some debate acros the blogosphere about Race and IQ (again) much of springing from thecontroversyof Jason Richwine's ...
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Missing women hero gets burgers for life
The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his ...
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Teen finds worm in McMuffin
"I looked down at my food and saw something that looked like a vein of fat and so I pulled on it and just kept coming and coming out and then it snapped into my finger and then there was half of a worm," he told Phoenix TV station ...
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Spectacular tech firsts up for auction
A treasure trove of rarities, oddities and tech "firsts" has been brought together -- including an experimental 17th century mechanical calculator, a 108-year-old telephone and an incredibly rare, headline-grabbing Apple 1 computer -- to be sold at auction Friday in Cologne, ...
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Man builds pirate ship sells it on Craigslist
With its skull-and-cross-bones flag flapping in the wind, and swashbuckling captain at the helm, this is perhaps the last boat you'd expect to find on America's most famous inland waterway. But the 12-meter Gypsy Rose II is just one of six pirate ships built by 54-year-old Captain Tim Woodson and setting sail on the iconic river. Now the buccaneering boat has been sold to the History ...
Making the news
Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
David Beckham
The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
Hotel Review
Stamford Grand, Glenelg, Adelaide, Australia
The Stamford Grand is a landmark hotel built on Glenelg Beach, about 11 kilometres from the City of Adelaide. A ...
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