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CNN projects Obama clinches nomination
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CNN projects Obama clinches nomination

Politics – Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday will pick up enough delegates to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, CNN projects, becoming the first African-American to lead a U.S. major-party ticket.

View Story Discuss (350) (cnn.com) 50 days ago by david_nwpa

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For People With Down Syndrome, Longer Life Has Complications

Health & Fitness – His Superman T-shirt was bold and bright, but his face was creased with confusion. Gerry Thomas was stumped by a question most men can answer in an instant. "What's your favorite beer?" asked his sister, Beth Thomas.

View Story Discuss (1) (nytimes.com) 53 days ago by lizbethxq

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Wil Wheaton on Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show

Popular Videos – Uber-agent Moshie Schwartz (Wil Wheaton) has landed on the GTCMS planet and will do anything to beam up Kiko as a client. No garden party, hairy bride, or unicow dances can chase this agent away.

View Story Discuss (6) (youtube.com) 55 days ago by Wil

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Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad
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Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad

Do No Evil – Does Dunkin' Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.

View Story Discuss (61) (boston.com) 56 days ago by daducha

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Fifty Thousand Shirts for 50,000 lives

Do No Evil – Steve is trying to sell 50,000 individually numbered shirts in order to raise $1,000,000 in support of the 50,000 (or more) people who have died in the devastating Chinese earthquake on May 12.

View Story Discuss (4) (fiftythousandshirts.com) 60 days ago by TomBiro

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Tasmanian tiger gene lives again

Science – The extinct Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus ) has been resurrected - or at least part of its DNA has - in a mouse.

View Story Discuss (2) (nature.com) 65 days ago by capn_caveman

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Understanding How Enzymes Help Keep Clothes Clean

Science – The innovative use of an advanced microscopic technique that visualizes and quantifies how enzymes work in laundry detergents to better clean cotton fibers is at the heart of research honored with the The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) Distinguished Paper Award.

View Story Discuss (1) (cleaning101.com) 65 days ago by GregD

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Reused Syringes Linked To Hepatitis Outbreak

Health & Fitness – A hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more was caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday.

View Story Discuss (1) (time.com) 67 days ago by GregD

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Myanmar death toll now at 4,000
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Myanmar death toll now at 4,000

News – Almost 4,000 people have died and another 3,000 remain missing in Myanmar as a result of this weekend's devastating cyclone, state media reported Monday. The soaring death toll was announced as the reclusive southeast Asian country's ruling military junta issued a rare appeal for international assistance.

View Story Discuss (27) (cnn.com) 80 days ago by Aidenag

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Legend or Loser: Does 'Seinfeld' Still Hold Up After 10 Years?
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Legend or Loser: Does 'Seinfeld' Still Hold Up After 10 Years?

Television – When 'Seinfeld' signed off, it was hailed as a classic-the original must-see TV. Looking back now, you can't help wondering, what were we thinking?

View Story Discuss (29) (newsweek.com) 80 days ago by MyWayOnNow

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USA 2008: The Great Depression

News – We knew things were bad on Wall Street, but on Main Street it may be worse. Startling official statistics show that as a new economic recession stalks the United States, a record number of Americans will shortly be depending on food stamps just to feed themselves and their families.

View Story Discuss (2) (independent.co.uk) 114 days ago by GregD

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Nasty Lesbian Custody Case Rambles On

Gay & Lesbian – A nasty custody case that has raged on for two years and involved courts in two states may be nearing an end. The Virginia Supreme Court is expected to rule in June on whether a parent can take a child from one state to another and use differing laws in the new state to override a ruling by the first.

View Story Discuss (2) (365gay.com) 94 days ago by david_nwpa

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Clinton Wins In Pennsylvania
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Clinton Wins In Pennsylvania

News – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has won Pennsylvania's presidential primary, a victory that analysts said she had to have if she were to remain a credible candidate for the Democratic nomination.

View Story Discuss (440) (msnbc.msn.com) 92 days ago by TimALoftis

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Science 2.0 -- Is Open Access Science the Future?

Science – More recent attributes such as blogging, tagging and social networking, dubbed Web 2.0, have just as quickly expanded people's ability not just to consume online information but to publish it, edit it and collaborate about it--forcing such old-line institutions as journalism..to adopt whole new ways of thinking and operating. Science could be next

View Story Discuss (1) (sciam.com) 93 days ago by GregD

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Propeller Week In Review: April 18, 2008
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Propeller Week In Review: April 18, 2008

News – Barack Obama was back in the spotlight this week at Propeller, along with some lively conversations about God, censorship, Bear Stearns, and Hillary Clinton's rendezvous with a shot of Crown Royal.

View Story Discuss (57) (newsquake.netscape.com) 96 days ago by JamesMarcus

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