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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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Granny Bandits Steal $2,000 in Clothing, Nearly Escape

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AAge has not slowed them down at all. Two women aged 63 and 70 tried to make off with over $2,000 worth of goods from the South Delsea Drive Boscov's Saturday.

Death of a big Obama influence: The inventor of the teleprompter Dies

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President Obama and some of his predecessors should pause today and honor a man who made their jobs easier. Hubert J. "Hub" Schlafly Jr., the inventor of the teleprompter, has passed away at age 91.

VIDEO: Gwyneth Paltrow Calls Her Grandmother a "Cunt" On National TV

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The normally poised and refined Gwyneth shocks viewers as she says her grandmother "was a real cunt," while a guest on 'Chelsea Lately!'

RIP Typewriters: Last Manufacturer Closes Its Doors

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The world's last factory making typewriters decides to halt production.

Why gas prices go up much faster than they go down

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You might have heard over the weekend that skyrocketing gas prices have finally "plateaued." If gas prices were like gravity, you would anticipate they would start plummeting soon. Raise your hand if you expect that.

Enormous statue of powerful pharaoh unearthed

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Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor, the country's antiquities authority announced Tuesday.

Bernanke's Press Conference: Why the Fed Chairman Won't Reveal Anything

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Tomorrow, the notoriously close-mouthed Federal Reserve is holding the first scheduled press conference in its entire history. As part of a push for transparency and public approval, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will now submit to media questioning four times a year, following meetings where the Federal Open Market Committee updates its economic outlook.

How to Grow New Organs. How Doctors Will Build Your New Liver or Heart or Brain in the Lab

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Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, made a great leap in medical tech last fall by engineering a miniature human liver in the lab. PM talked to the surgeon about how the advancement impacts the future of or

Popular Drink Increases Stroke Risk

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In a study of 2564 people of varying ethnic backgrounds, researchers at Columbia University in New York and the Miller School of Medicine in Miami found a significant correlation between diet soda consumption and the risk of stroke.

Happy 20th Anniversary, 'Dinosaurs'! Where Are They Now?

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It's been 20 years since Baby Sinclair first uttered the words 'Not the mama!' Yep, it's OK to feel old now.

Walmart Pushes Green, As Long As It's Cheaper

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The company's environmental gains have come from doing what Walmart has always done very well -- driving efficiency in its stores and suppliers. When sustainable initiatives cost more money, as they sometimes do, progress has been halting.

Drunken 3-Day Stalker Smashes Power Wheelchair Into Woman Biker

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In the commercials, they show you the happy elderly, whisking around the world, carefree in their power wheelchairs.

INTERVIEW: Todd Phillips Discusses the Darkness of 'Hangover II' & His Love for Michael Bay

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Movieline caught up with Todd Phillips to talk over the highs and lows of the build-up to Hangover Part II (opening May 26), his own summer movie memories, the real downside of 3-D and why Michael Bay may yet have the movie of the season

FBI vs. Coreflood Botnet: Round One Goes to the Feds?

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The takedown operation began two weeks ago, when the Justice Department obtained an unprecedented court order allowing the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service to swap out command-and-control servers that were communicating with machines infected with Coreflood – malicious software used by criminals to loot a victim's banking accounts — and replace them with servers controlled by the FBI. The controversial order also allowed the government to collect the IP addresses of any infected machines that subsequently contacted the FBI-controlled servers...

US Man Acquitted in Canada of Child Porn Importation

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A U.S. inventor caught with child porn images and erotic kiddie lit at the Ottawa airport has been acquitted of importing and possessing child pornography.

Microsoft: Why You Should Be an 'Official' Kinect Hacker (VIDEO)

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OK, Kinect hackers. You've had your fun jerry-rigging the motion-capture device to do silly things like perform surgeries and give sight to the blind, but now it's time to get serious.

First ever photo from The Avengers movie

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Filming on the superhero team-up movie has begun in Albuquerque. Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, and Captain America all in one movie!

Man Sues Strip Club After Getting Drunk and Spending $18,930

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One of the many devilish brilliances of the nightlife industry is that customers end up making buying decisions when they're already a little drunk. What's another $14 gin and tonic when you've already had a few $14 gin and tonics? In fact, why not buy the whole place a round? Right? We've all woken up and thought, "We spent how much last night?"

Gambino Associate Sentenced to 13 Years on Murder, Assault Charges:

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Joseph Watts, a longtime associate of the "Gambino Family" and a close associate of the late mob boss John Gotti, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on murder and assault charges.

Microsoft collects locations of Windows phone users | Privacy Inc. - CNET News

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Windows Phone 7 transmits a 'unique device ID' to Microsoft with GPS-derived location data, similar to Google and Apple. But no location history is stored on the phone. Read this blog post by Declan McCullagh on Privacy Inc..
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