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MTV leaves Laguna for Newport

Television – LOS ANGELES - MTV is relocating its reality series "Laguna Beach" to Newport Harbor for its upcoming fourth season. The series, which will be retitled "Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County," debuts at 10:30 p.m. August 15.

Voted for on July 24, 2007 11:58am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Tintin's troubles in the Congo spread to U.S.

Books – Bookstore chain Borders said it has removed copies of a book about Belgian comics hero Tintin's adventures in Africa from the children's section of its U.S. stores, as well as British outlets, amid allegations of racism.

Voted for on July 18, 2007 01:01pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

Google expands sales of print ads

Gadgets & Tech – Google Inc. is expanding a test program that lets online advertisers buy ad space in newspapers, as the publishing industry struggles to offset business that has moved to the Internet.

Voted for on July 18, 2007 12:58pm

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Curry ingredient may fight Alzheimer's: study

Science – An ingredient in curry may help stimulate immune system cells that gobble up the brain-clogging proteins that mark Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Voted for on July 17, 2007 01:38pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks

U.S. man sues foundation controlling Warhol works

Art & Design – An American man who says he owns an Andy Warhol self-portrait sued the artist's foundation, estate and authentication board on Monday for refusing to validate his silk-screen piece and defrauding art buyers.

Voted for on July 17, 2007 01:33pm

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News Corp, Dow Jones reach tentative $5 bln deal: report

Money – Dow Jones & Co. Inc. Chief Executive Richard Zannino tentatively agreed on Monday to a $5 billion takeover bid by News Corp., though the company's controlling Bancroft family remains divided on the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Voted for on July 17, 2007 01:30pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

NBC Introduces A Social Network

Television – If you can't find friends in the real world who want to watch television with you, maybe you can find them in the virtual world. Or so NBC thinks.

Voted for on July 16, 2007 05:55pm

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Burned jogger shows lightning, headphones don't mix

News – Here's a handy tip for joggers: If you think you might get caught in a thunderstorm, leave your music player at home. Doctors at Vancouver General Hospital in Canada said a 37-year-old jogger wearing an iPod was burned on his chest, neck and face after the man and a nearby tree were struck by lightning in 2005.

Voted for on July 12, 2007 03:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks

You can forget the unhappy past: study

Science – Researchers have confirmed what common wisdom has long held -- that people can suppress emotionally troubling memories -- and said on Thursday they have sketched out how the brain accomplishes this. They said their findings might lead to a way to help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder or anxiety to gain control of debilitating memories.

Voted for on July 12, 2007 03:34pm

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Redesigning The New Yorker to a High Degree of Fussiness

Art & Design – The New Yorker magazine is known for its high editorial standards, so why doesn't its layout get the same treatment? KT Meaney argues for redesigning an institution.

Voted for on July 11, 2007 11:31am

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Report: North Korea bans karaoke bars, Internet cafes

Do No Evil – North Korea's security agency has ordered the shutdown of karaoke bars and Internet cafes, saying they are a threat to society, a South Korean newspaper reported Wednesday.

Voted for on July 11, 2007 11:29am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

On the Web, Ratings Are Not Dollars

Gadgets & Tech – One of the areas of the Internet that is widely misunderstood is Internet ratings. And that continues in the discussion of the change by Nielsen/NetRatings to emphasize ranking Web sites by the amount of time users spend on them instead of the number of separate Web pages they see.

Voted for on July 11, 2007 11:11am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / No sinks

Springfields vie for Simpsons' debut

Movies – It's the battle of the Springfields with residents in 14 towns with that name across the United States competing to be chosen on Tuesday to host the premier of the upcoming Simpsons movie.

Voted for on July 10, 2007 02:33pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 17 votes / No sinks

China blames Internet for rise in teen pregnancies

Family – Nearly half of the pregnant teens in China's financial hub, Shanghai, met their partners on the Internet, state media said on

Voted for on July 10, 2007 02:22pm

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Small Pieces: How Pentagram Made the NYT Sign

Art & Design – How do you add a block-long, 15-foot-tall blackletter logo to the front of a minimalist building without obstructing the view of the Times staffers working inside? The answer was to break the sign up into smaller pieces, 959 of them to be exact.

Voted for on July 10, 2007 01:10pm

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