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Heavy Sleeper? This May Wake You Up
February 23, 2012 If you have to set three alarms just to make sure you wake up, pretty sure this new alarm clock was made for you.
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February 23, 2012
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Want to Own a Masterpiece? Now’s Your Chance to Buy ‘The Scream’
If you’ve got $80 million burning a hole in your pocket and want to own an artistic masterpiece, break out your checkbook. The last version of Edvard Munch’s well-known painting ‘The Scream’ to be in private hands is going on the auction block.
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When is the Best Time to Watch a Romantic Comedy?
February 21, 2012 If you ask most men that question, the answer would probably be, "never", but there is a good time to watch a romantic comedy and I am here to give you the magic touch that may get your man to agree to watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
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Stay Away From the President if You’re Carrying a Plane Load of Weed
February 17, 2012 This should be a "no duh" thing for the rest of us, but for one pilot, apparently that thought escaped him.
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Who Is the ‘Piggyback Bandit’ and Why Is He Acting So Creepy at High School Sporting Events?
There is a short, 240-pound man who will show up at high school sporting events, do things on the sidelines to help the team, then talk someone into giving him a piggyback ride and leave. No, it’s not a joke.
He started this practice in 2008 on the West Coast, but continues it to this day and recently turned up in North Dakota.
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Ohio School Is Paying Students For Showing Up In Class
Teen truancy is a real problem for a lot of schools, but especially so for the Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati. It only has a 14% graduation rate and has been deemed an “academic emergency” by the state of Ohio.
So the school is trying out a novel approach: it’s paying students to show up and behave themselves.
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Even French Bulldogs Cry to Adele Songs
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There Will Soon Be More Cell Phones Than People in the World
Cisco’s annual Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast makes some interesting (some may say frightening) predictions, including the fact that the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world’s population sometime this year.
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Woman Pledges to Eat Chinese Food Everyday for an Entire Year
A lot of people use their New Years’ resolutions to encourage themseves to branch out, explore new places, try new things. But what about trying a very familiar thing, every single day, for the entire year? That’s what Victoria Bemkiempes of The Village Voice is setting out to do.
She’s determined to eat Chinese food everyday in 2012, while mastering the ins and outs, the subtle variations and unappreciated nuances of Chinese take-out.
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9 Sneaky Things You Won’t Believe Guys Do To Improve Their Looks
Women may be known as the fairer sex, but men still do their fair share of ridiculous surgeries, tight clothing buying and dimple surgeries in an effort to not look like a troll. And while there are some enhancements that are important for medical reasons, there are more that just all about vanity
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Pricing Tricks You Can’t Resist
February 7, 2012 Kids want five pennies rather than one nickel because five is more than one and research suggests that we don't outgrow that mentality as we age. Check it out.
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Child Writes Letter to 49ers Receiver
February 2, 2012 Following two fumbles in his team's loss to the New York Giants, one San Francisco 49ers player faced ridicule and death threats, but a seven year old decided to write him a letter in hopes of making him feel better.