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40% Of People Never Use Their Frequent-Flyer Miles
About 40 percent of people who accrue frequent-flyer credit never redeem it.According to the results of a study conducted in the U.K. by Collinson Latitude, "rewards seem to be beyond reach or are...
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Roaches Are Evolving Their Way Around Our Traps
In the ongoing battle between humans and cockroaches, the insects have a leg up. A new study finds that roaches evolved their taste buds to make sweet insecticide baits taste bitter. As a result, the...
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Budget Cuts Will Hamper Our Ability To Predict Severe Weather
The tornado that hit Moore, Okla., on Monday (May 23) killed an estimated two dozen people and caused devastating property damage. Residents had advance warning of the storm, thanks to weather...
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Kelsey Grammer's Tragic Family Life
Most people are lucky enough to never experience having a loved one taken from them as a result of violence. Kelsey Grammer is not one of those people- his father was shot and killed and his sister was...
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13 Of The Ugliest Celebrity Bankruptcies In History
There’s nothing quite like America’s obsession with celebrities … unless, of course, you consider our obsession with celebrity failures.After all, the shine of a rising star is always eclipsed by the...
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Indianapolis Couple Leaves Waitress A $1,000 Tip
A waitress who mentioned to a first-time customer that it was her dream to go to Italy was left with a surprise $1,000 tip on Monday.According to Tumblr blogger Casual Cynic, her mother has been...
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We're Headed For A Crash: Let's Go Medieval Instead
That voice! All a'quiver with the dread of self-knowledge that it is confabulating a story, much like the "money" that his Open Market Committee spins out of the increasingly carbonized air.His words...
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Nations Around The World Are Getting Smoked By Corporations
A Senate report criticizes Applefor shifting billions of dollars in profits into Irish affiliates where its tax rate is less than 2%, yet a growing chorus of senators and representatives call for lower...
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STUDY: Moms' Weight Loss Surgery Can Change Her Kids' Genes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obese mothers tend to have kids who become obese. Now provocative research suggests weight-loss surgery may help break that unhealthy cycle in an unexpected way — by affecting how...
View ArticleAngry Papa John's Customer Posts Delivery Guy's Racist Voicemail Online
Two Papa John’s Pizza employees in Sanford, Florida were fired after an irate customer posted a racist voicemail the delivery man accidentally left after “butt-dialing” the customer on Sunday night.The...
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Obama Returns To The Jersey Shore To Boost Storm Recovery, And His Image
In recent months Barack Obama has visited victims of the Oklahoma tornado, the Boston bombing and the Newtown school shooting, but his visit on Tuesday to beach communities hit by hurricane Sandy is...
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20 Disabled Characters Played By Able-Bodied Actors
"Ironside" star Blair Underwood isn't the first able-bodied actor to portray a disabled character on television or on film. Take a look at 20 other roles, like original "Ironside" actor Raymond Burr,...
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A Mentally Ill Chinese Man Has Been Locked In A Cage By His Family For 11 Years
A mentally ill Chinese man has been kept in a cage for more than a decade by his family after he beat a child to death, media reported Monday, carrying images of him staring blankly though the bars.Wu...
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China Is Getting Embarrassed By Its Tourists' Obnoxious Behavior Abroad
Chinese tourists are making their mark on the global tourism industry — literally. This picture is a relief etched 3,500 years ago in Egypt’s Luxor Temple in Egypt. More recently, someone added the...
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Israel Threatens To Attack Russian Missile Deliveries To Syria
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense chief said Tuesday a Russian plan to supply sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was a "threat" and signaled that Israel is prepared to use force to stop the...
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New Rutgers Athletic Director Was Previously Accused Of Verbally Abusing Players
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers is standing by its incoming athletic director despite allegations she humiliated and verbally abused players during her coaching days, with the embattled president of the...
View ArticleHousing Bubble II: Euphoria And Other Shenanigans
The good old days are back. Those days during the last housing bubble when money grew on trees: home prices jumped 10.9% year over year, according to the S&P Case-Shiller 20-city Home Price Index,...
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CNN And Buzzfeed Launch Joint YouTube Venture
BuzzFeed and CNN have launched a joint video venture on YouTube – ‘CNN BuzzFeed’.Set up to help attract news readers from CNN’s 18-34 demographic to BuzzFeed, and push social media clicks over to CNN,...
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News Corp. Newspaper Boss Vows 'Relentless Cost-Cutting In Pursuit Of Profits'
(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch tried to convince Wall Street on Tuesday that there is still money to be made in newspapers, reminding investors that he had defied skeptics over the past 60 years to build...
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Chinese Authorities Are Turning Their Noses Up At Fake Champagne
Chinese authorities are adopting a French attitude about the making of Champagne.In other words, "It’s not Champagne if it’s not Champagne."On May 27, Chinese authorities registered Champagne as an...
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