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Star In Your Own Reality

Television – If you plan to tune into tonight's CBS premiere of the controversial new season of Survivor, don't worry. We understand that reality TV is one of those guilty pleasures where all you've got to lose is time. Or is it?

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:33pm

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Getting Connected

Gadgets & Tech – In the world of business, success is about who you know. That may explain why more than half a dozen networking sites have popped up in recent years. Most offer free entry-level services. But to take full advantage of each site's features, you'll have to pay for a subscription, which on some sites can cost up to $2,400 for a one-year subscription.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:32pm

Are You Being Watched?
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Are You Being Watched?

Gadgets & Tech – More than 75% of employers monitor their workers' Web site connections, according to a survey by the American Management Association and ePolicy Institute. About half of all workplaces store and review computer files, and 36% track keystrokes and the time spent at the keyboard.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:30pm

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From Haute To Hotel

Real Estate – These days, anyone can spend the night with their favorite designer. In 2004, luxury-goods company Bulgari teamed with Marriott-owned Ritz-Carlton to form Bulgari Hotels & Resorts.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:29pm

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Platinum Protection

Real Estate – It may sound like action-film overkill, but some of the wealthiest people turn to such elaborate protection systems to protect their families and valuables. And it's not, as one might surmise, a post-2001 phenomenon among the über-rich.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:26pm

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Let Something Else Get You First

Health & Fitness – Ten things to know about prostate cancer--before you have to know them.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:25pm

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Common Cause of Limp in Kids Not Serious

Health & Fitness – All had toxic synovitis, big words for what is essentially a swollen hip joint. Little discussed in baby guides, the rarely serious condition is among the most common causes of limping in young children.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:24pm

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Yahoo! Weaves An E-Mail Web

Gadgets & Tech – Yahoo! already has a lock on the free e-mail business, but by offering old and new users an upgrade, the company hopes to convert them into regular visitors to its many other Web properties.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:23pm

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Adobe Sinks, HP Scrutinized

Money – Despite some seemingly bad developments at major tech companies, the Nasdaq Index rose for the second straight week on Friday, climbing from an open of 2228.73 on Sept. 11 to close at 2235.59 on Sept. 15.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:22pm

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Getting Dialed In

Gadgets & Tech – Ed Colligan, 45, can't talk about his own success without naming all the other people who were a part of it. His two most well-known business partners are Donna Dubinsky and inventor Jeff Hawkins, who helped him build Palm, the first company to produce a successful handheld computer.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:21pm

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The all-time most celebrated fights between teammates

Sports – The 10 Spot is here to put these contretemps in historical perspective with our list of 10 notable fights between teammates.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 17, 2006 12:11pm

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Northwestern biologists demote Southeast Asia's 'forest ox'

Science – EVANSTON, Ill. -- It was one of the most famous discoveries of the 20th century. Shrouded in mystery since its recognition as a new species in 1937, the kouprey -- an ox with dramatic, curving horns -- has been an icon of Southeast Asian conservation. Feared extinct, it's been the object of perilous expeditions to the region's jungles by adventurer

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Submitted and Voted for on September 16, 2006 11:19pm

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Calorie restriction in non-human primates may prevent and reduce Alzheimer's disease neuropathology

Science – Restricting caloric intake may prevent AD by triggering activity in the brain associated with longevity.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 16, 2006 11:18pm

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Prozac exposure found to disrupt mussel reproduction

Science – Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and North Carolina State University (NCSW) have demonstrated that a commonly prescribed antidepressant can interfere with the reproductive cycle of freshwater mussels--at least in a controlled setting.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 16, 2006 11:17pm

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New drug target might sidestep gleevec resistance

Health & Fitness – Though enormously successful, the leukemia drug Gleevec has some downsides. Recent studies have linked the drug to heart failure in a small number of patients, and drug resistance continues to be a problem. But now, researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia may have found a new way to sidestep such resis

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