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The youngest supernova in the Milky Way

Science – After searching for literally decades, astronomers have found a supernova in our galaxy! ... It's located very near the center of the galaxy, about 28,000 light years away, and it's only at most about 140 years old.

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The Commercials Commerce

Science – I'm going to be straight with youÃ¢â;¬"if you don't click one of the ads on this page, we're all doomed. Maybe not today or tomorrow or next week; but if all those banners and pop-ups and pop-unders and interstitials and nagging floating ads continue to be ignored, or worse, blocked outright, we're every one of us in

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British Airways boosted by rise in profits

Money – British Airways will pay a dividend for the first time in seven years after seeing its full-year profits soar. But the airline's chief executive has declined to accept his bonus after problems associated with the opening of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5

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Fed auctions $7.2B in Treasury securities

News – The U.S. Federal Reserve auctions $7.2 billion in safe Treasury securities to big investment firms as part of an ongoing effort to ease credit stresses.

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The Ultimate Cure: The $2 Trillion Race to Fix Your Brain

Health & Fitness – The neurotech industry is engaged in a $2 trillion race to fix your brain. Many players will fail, but the payoff will be huge for those who succeed.

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Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause

Politics – For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed -- and unreported -- this election season.

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Agitated? Irritable? Hostile? Aggressive? Impulsive? Restless?

Politics – House Republicans may be heading off a cliff in November, but give them credit for perseverance. Even after the new slogan they floated -- "The Change You Deserve" -- was discovered to be trademarked ad copy for the antidepressant drug Effexor, GOP leaders decided to go with the rollout anyway.

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GOP cancer: Party could lose 20 more seats

Politics – For the past 18 months, ever since the 2006 elections, Republicans have been like a hospital patient trying to convince visitors that he is not really all that sick: a bit under the weather; actually feel better than I sound; should be up and about any day; thanks for asking. Suddenly, belatedly, all pretense is gone.

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Bryant scores 26, Lakers beat Jazz 111-104

Sports – Bryant scored 26 points, his teammates kept Utah at bay down the stretch, and Los Angeles Lakers extended the stunning home success by NBA teams in the second round of the playoffs, beating the Jazz 111-104 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

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Top 10 Famous Historic Misquotes

Do-It-Yourself – Throughout history, quotes of famous people are often misrepresented. This happens for a variety of reasons - some original quotes are clumsy, some don't seem to match the style of language we expect of a person, and some are changed for propaganda reasons. This is a list of ten of the most well known quotes that are, in fact, misquotes.

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Tooth Loss Increases Cancer Risks

Health & Fitness – Tooth loss is not only very unappealing, it is also extremely unhealthy: a new research study published in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention journal found a tight connection between tooth loss and increasing risks of developing 3 forms of cancer (esophageal, head and neck, and lung).

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