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Saturday, February 26, 2011

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3 dead in assassination attempt on Mexican mayor

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The mayor of a town in northeast Mexico survived an apparent assassination bid Friday after his bodyguards repelled the attackers in a gunfight that left three gunmen dead and two others detained.

Your Incredible Shrinking Paycheck

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The recession is over, but its legacy of falling wages is likely to stick with us

Homeless Daniel Morales finds daughter by Twitter

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A homeless New York man finds his daughter after more than a decade apart - using the social networking site Twitter.

San Diego's Singing Doctor

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Dr. Steven Eisenberg brings music and healing to cancer patients.

Do you sleep with a pig?

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No, I'm not talking about your husband. Kathy Ruttenberg has been taking a bath and getting into bed with a little pig named Trixie.

Humanoids run world's first robot marathon race

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Robovie-PC, a toy-sized humanoid, won the world's first full-length marathon for two-legged robots by a whisker Saturday, beating its closest rival by a single second after more than two days of racing.

Jesus Is on Facebook! (PIC)

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As we continue to search for interesting and unique people spending time updating their status and poking people, we are finding that more than celebrities enjoy Mark Zuckerberg's baby, including the Lord.

Bahrain King Reshuffles Cabinet

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Bahrain's king reshuffled his cabinet Saturday as protesters continued to call for reforms and a key opposition leader returned to the country.

Missing Vancouver couple survives days in snowbank

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A couple missing from Vancouver, Wash. was found alive Friday after spending several days trapped in a snowbank in their vehicle.

Lion may pack Find My Mac, Mobile Documents cloud folders

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More discoveries in the Lion developer preview have implied that Apple's MobileMe revamp may bring new features to the Mac as well. A finding in the code shows references to a "Find My Mac" identifier that would help users track a lost or stolen Mac. The 9to5 tip didn't glean functionality, but it would presumably use Wi-Fi geolocation much as Snow Leopard can already use Wi-Fi positioning to get the local time.

People lock eyes to establish dominance

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New research suggests that the dominance behavior exhibited by staring someone down can be reflexive.

Shell Galaxies in Pisces: APOD February 26th 2011

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This colorful cosmic skyscape features a peculiar system of galaxies cataloged as Arp 227 some 100 million light-years distant. Swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, Arp 227 consists of the two galaxies prominent on the left; the curious shell galaxy NGC 474 and its blue, spiral-armed neighbor NGC 470. The faint, wide arcs or shells of NGC 474 could have been formed by a gravitational encounter with neighbor NGC 470. Alternately the shells could be caused by a merger with a smaller galaxy producing an effect analogous to ripples across the surface of a pond. Remarkably, the large galaxy on the right hand side of the deep image, NGC 467, appears to be surrounded by faint shells too, evidence of another interacting galaxy system. Intriguing background galaxies are scattered around the field that also includes spiky foreground stars. Of course, those stars lie well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. The field of view spans 25 arc minutes or about 1/2 degree on the sky.

11,500 Year Old Remains of Cremated Child Discovered

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The chlid's burned bone fragments were found in a fire pit in the remains of an ancient house near the Tanana River in central Alaska. Researchers date the cremation to 11,500 years ago. After the child's body was burned...the house and hearth were buried and abandoned.

Cyber bullies to be 'poked' on Facebook by cyber police

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Cyber bullies using the internet to target their victims are to be warned they face prosecution by cyber police patrolling websites such as Facebook.

The Best Shows Cancelled by the Friday Night Death Slot

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Friday Night is a harsh mistress when to our favorite shows, so UGO's got your jilted retrospective of The Best TV Killed by the Friday Night Death Slot.

Submarine-Boat Hybrid Goes All-Electric for Greener Get-Aways

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If you've been wanting a better way to explore reefs or tropical seas without actually getting wet, you might have found your solution. The Ego is a "compact semi-submarine" from Raonhaje, which works as both a motor boat and a two-seater submarine.

The 7 Most Terrifying Sex Toys Ever Patented

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We've found seven people with the ego, the balls and the terrifying machinery to shout, 'Everyone in the world was boning wrong before I came along!'

Surprise...Baby Boomers Are Going to the Movies, Asserting a New Trend in Hollywood

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An older audience has made a startling reassertion of its multiplex power, giving Hollywood a glimpse of its graying future.

Welcome to 'Free Libya' - the real people's republic?

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A young man who spoke fluent English, pointed into a charred and blackened room. "That's where the secret police would take you for punishment," he said. "If they afterwards took you to Tripoli, your family would never hear from you again."

Obama Squeaks Up on Libya

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Indeed, the dithering of the Obama administration has raised a more fundamental question: Have our elites—and not just those running the Obama administration—become so encumbered by self-doubt, so weakened by sophistication, so seduced by the excuses provided by the claim of helplessness, that they are incapable of acting decisively? Once Americans tried to seize every moment of opportunity. Now we are far more likely to stand back and watch history unfold, while explaining why we can't do anything to shape that history. After all, our foreign policy establishment explains condescendingly, the challenges are daunting. So many forces are beyond our control. The risks are great. The obstacles are overwhelming.
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