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Killer Bees Blamed for Death in Florida

Science – So-called killer bees may have claimed their first human victim in Florida, state officials said Friday in announcing a fatal attack earlier this week in remote Okeechobee County.

Submitted and Voted for on April 12, 2008 09:51am

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So the Boss Wants to be Friends on Facebook?

News – In the early days, the social-networking site Facebook had the feel of an exclusive club. You needed a college e-mail address to join, so for its young users, there wasn't much chance of a parent or boss crashing the party.

Submitted and Voted for on March 23, 2008 08:53am

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Change in Gas Consumption Habits is a Bigger Story Than Oil Prices

Autos – Over the past six weeks the nation's gasoline consumption has decreased an average of 1.1 percent from last year's levels. The Wall Street Journal reports this is the most sustained demand drop seen in 16 years.

Submitted and Voted for on March 16, 2008 05:50am

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Bill's Big Fizzle as Hill's Top Gun

Politics – Hillary Rodham Clinton's big campaign weapon, hubby, Bill, is turning out to be a political dud.

Submitted and Voted for on March 15, 2008 07:30am

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UCF Studies Why Its Football Stadium Bounces

Sports – University of Central Florida fans will have to wait to learn whether their football stadium can keep its nickname "The Trampoline."School officials say it will take that long to complete a special engineering study they requested amid concerns that synchronized bouncing by fans could shorten the estimated life span of the new stadium.

Submitted and Voted for on March 08, 2008 05:26am

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Polk County Gator-Attack Victim Found Nude in Water...Again!

News – He was naked. In a pond. In the dark. There were alligators. Sound familiar?

Submitted and Voted for on March 08, 2008 05:12am

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Forcing Us to Pay for Nothing

Money – Despite the ability for high-tech accuracy, some companies round up when billing.

Submitted and Voted for on February 24, 2008 06:47am

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MDs: Thompson's Cancer Incurable But Not Life-Threatening

Politics – Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has a rare type of cancer that specialists say is incurable but not life-threatening.

Voted for on September 17, 2007 10:39am

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Embryonic stem cell strategy advanced with new finding

Science – UCSF scientists are reporting what they say is a significant improvement in the technique for genetically reprogramming mouse cells to their embryonic state, a process that transforms the cells, in essence, into embryonic stem cells.

Voted for on September 17, 2007 10:37am

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9-11 demolition theory challenged

Science – An analysis of the World Trade Center collapse has challenged a conspiracy theory surrounding the 9/11 attacks.

Voted for on September 17, 2007 10:37am

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Painless Drug Injections

Health & Fitness – HP Labs has used its inkjet technology to make a micro-needle drug patch.

Voted for on September 17, 2007 10:37am

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Ford Converting Paint Fumes to Electricity

Autos – Car paint is nasty stuff. Once it's actually on your car it's wonderful. But the process of actually getting it there is full of toxic organic solvents. Well, Ford is finally doing something about it...they're going to feed the fumes from their Oakville paint shop into a fuel cell that will convert those fumes into power!

Voted for on September 17, 2007 10:37am

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Search for Fossett turns up wrecks of 8 other small planes

News – The search for Fossett across a 17,000-square-mile swath of the Sierra Nevada has revealed the wreckage of eight other small planes that had never, until now, been discovered. And each of those crash sites holds clues to the fates of other fliers who went missing in what is starting to look like the Bermuda Triangle of the western United States.

Voted for on September 17, 2007 10:37am

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'Shooting Star' Trails Narrower Than A Pencil Lead

Science – Tiny meteors, typically no larger than a grain of sand, frequently bore hot tunnels through Earth's air to leave behind thin, glowing trails of gas. We sometimes see them as dramatic "shooting stars."

Voted for on September 17, 2007 10:37am

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Thundercloud "accelerator" fires gamma-ray beam

Science – Physicists in Japan claim to have the best evidence yet that thunderclouds can act as high-energy particle accelerators for seconds or even minutes at a time.

Voted for on September 17, 2007 10:37am