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Monday, January 31, 2011

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Starbucks sees higher 2011 coffee costs but won't raise prices

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Starbucks expects rising coffee prices to hit in 2011, but has promised that it won't raise prices to protect its profits.

Nearly 11 percent of U.S. houses are empty

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Homeownership is falling at an alarming pace, despite the fact that home prices have fallen, affordability is much improved and inventories of new and existing homes are still running quite high.

Greatest Sports Pep Talk Ever (Video)

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The finest sports figures from film and television offer up words of encouragement to get you back out on that field in fighting form.

Make Your Own Girl Scout Cookies at Home (PICS)

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Here's a solution to the nearly 11-month absence of Girl Scout cookies from the average American household: online recipes. Turns out there's no shortage of home-tested Girl Scout cookie recipes floating around the Internet.

VIDEO: Teach Me How to Raji

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Strap on your Cheesehead and get moving

The First Technology? Well, Humanity Itself Of Course

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By adopting the principles of pro-action and engagement, we can steer technologies into their best roles.

Fan's Enormous Superman Collection is (Shock and) Awesome

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We're the first to admit that we like to throw around the word 'awesome' quite a lot around here, but we think we've found something

Super Bowl Haters: Five Shows and Five Appetizers for You

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If you're sick of the all the football talk--just watch the Puppy Bowl! (And eat hot dogs with chili.)

Another 'Craigslist Killer' Suspected in New York

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The remains of the four women found in Long Island, New York have been identified. At least three of the women worked in the sex industry and used Craigslist to advertise their services according to Irishman Richard Dormer, the Suffolk County Police Commissioner.

How GM Invented the Volt by Reinventing Itself

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Every aspect of the new Chevy Volt, from its conception to its execution, exemplifies disruptive innovation. Here's how the old-school automaker overcame internal and external challenges to create a truly game-changing technology.

Alabama Court Drug Testing Parents of Troubled Juveniles

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A court in Shelby County, Alabama is drug testing the parents of juvenile children on probation, even in cases where there hasn't been a drug-related conviction.

AOL Europe Acquires Branded Video Network goviral For $96.7 Million

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BREAKING: AOL Europe has lead an acquision of video distribution network Goviral today, to the tune of $96.7 million. Goviral distributes branded video content for mainstream brands, as well as content producers and advertising agencies. Originally out of Copenhagen, the company now has offices across Europe. The initial purchase is for $74.1 million and $22.6 million in a two year earn out. It joins others AOL acquisitions in the last year including, StudioNow, 5min Media, Thing Labs, Pictela, about.me and, er, TechCrunch. We're hearing this deal was lead directly by Kate Burns, head of Europe for AOL.

FL State Rep. Allegedly Paid Himself $60k in Unexplained Campaign Reimbursements

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Newly elected Rep. David Rivera's ethics troubles continue to be a source of shame for both his political party and his Miami-Dade constituency. It's being reported that over the eight years he spent in the state legislature he gave himself more than $160,000 in campaign reimbursements, about $60,000 are completely unexplained.

Geek Culture Will Never Die... or Be Popular

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I'm going to let you in on a secret. There is no thin line between geek culture and pop culture. There's a big, thick wall between the two. Every so often, someone fires a harpoon through that wall. A comic book movie becomes popular, or a video game makes waves in the media, or a Web site becomes the newest craze, and the harpoon hooked onto a nice chunk of geek culture and pulls it through to the pop culture side.

Turning Clothes Into Silent Witnesses

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Forensic experts at the University of Abertay Dundee and the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) are leading the way in the research of new ground-breaking forensic techniques within the field of fingerprints.

Using light to map the flow of information in the brain

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There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain, and each one belongs to elaborate networks that control our behavior, thoughts and emotions. A message from a single neuron can have far-reaching consequences in other brain areas, but those connections are difficult to decipher with current technology.

Teens Rescue Girl Being Stabbed in the Face at Grocery Store

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An 18-year-old kid began stabbing his girlfriend in the face at a grocery store. That's when two bystanders -- one just 15 -- saved her life by kicking his ass until police could arrive.

Science Czar: Republicans Need 'Education'

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President Obama's top science adviser said there's a need to "educate" GOP climate change skeptics on Capitol Hill as the White House seeks to advance its green energy agenda. "It is an education problem. I think we have to educate them," said John Holdren, who heads the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Warning: Don't Play Wii Ski Jump w/Your Dog Around. Poor Outcome Likely. LOL (VID))

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Is It Time for Sci-Fi to Let Battlestar Galactica Die?

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It's a sci-fi epic that managed to look impressive while being relatively low budget, and it also worked as a powerful drama and mystery.
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