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Woman Burned By Flaming Rocks On California Beach

A woman in California is undergoing surgery for second and third-degree burns after two beach rocks caused her shorts to catch on fire last Saturday. The Associated Press reports that scientists have...

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‘Gay Cure’ Psychiatrist: I Owe The Gay Community An Apology

Once supporting the idea of a “gay cure,” Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, is now stating that he owes the gay community an apology. Dr. Spitzer, who...

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Paper Airplane World Record Leads To Outrage

In February 2012 officials from the Guinness Book of World Records concluded that an airplane thrown inside an aircraft carrier had flown further than any other paper airplane flight ever recorded....

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Yahoo Interim CEO Ross Levinsohn Shakes Up Consumer Commerce Division As...

Yahoo interim CEO Ross Levinsohn is wasting no time in dismantling the world completed by resigned CEO Scott Thompson. The company’s temporary boss rolled in Thompson’s newly created consumer commerce...

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Twitter Blocked In Pakistan For “Blasphemy”

The Islamic nation of Pakistan has instructed local ISPs to block local user access to the popular micro-blogging service Twitter due to its commission of “blasphemy” on Sunday. Mohammed Yaseen, the...

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Grandma Gets Life Sentence For First Time Drug Offense

Elisa Castillo, a 56 year old grandmother, has been convicted in a Texas court room of trying to smuggle more than a ton of cocaine from Mexico to the United States.  Even though she never killed...

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Watch The Solar Eclipse Create A Ring Of Fire Tonight [Live Video]

Tonight, a rare annular eclipse will create a spectacular ring of fire in the night sky. The 2012 solar eclipse will be visible from China to Texas, but if you don’t have the proper equipment, or don’t...

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John Boehner Backs Bill Banning Eduardo Saverin From U.S.

Washington D.C. – Speaker of the House, John Boehner, was on “This Week” with George Stephanopolous today and he commented that Eduardo Saverin’s decision to renounce his United States citizenship in...

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Barney Frank Wants President Obama Far Away From His Wedding [Video]

Barney Frank, The Massachusetts Congressman who also happens to be the only openly gay member of the House, has said that when he get married in July he is hoping there is one couple who will not...

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker Calls Obama Attack on Bain Capital “Nauseating”

Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a surrogate for President Obama’s re-election effort, sharply criticized President Obama’s recent attack ads criticizing Mitt Romney’s private Equity firm Bain Capital....

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Nancy Pelosi Confident Of Retaking House of Representatives

Washington D.C. -  In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos this week, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a prediction that the Democratic Party would retake the House of Representatives in...

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Nasdaq Apologizes For Horrible Handling Of Facebook IPO

Nasdaq chief executive Robert Greifeld admitted on Sunday that the Nasdaq’s systems erred in the handling of Facebook’s IPO on Friday morning and afternoon. While Facebook shares increased by +0.61%...

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Mississippi Guard Killed During Prison Riot

A prison riot at the Adams County Correctional Facility in Natchez, Mississippi turned deadly on Sunday when one prison guard was killed and several employees were injured. According to Adams County...

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Four Dead In Iowa Boat Accident, Eight Others Injured

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced on Sunday that officials pulled the bodies of four missing boaters from the Mississippi river. According to DNR officer Paul Kay those bodies were...

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Ed Ray Dies: ’76 California Bus Kidnapping Hero Dead

Nationally proclaimed hero Ed Ray – who led a horrified group of children to safety during the summer of 1976 after the kids had been kidnapped and held captive underground, while the captors awaited...

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Ken Bennett Wants To See Obama’s Birth Certificate Before Barack’s Name Will...

Ken Bennett, Arizona’s Secretary of State, has indicated that he is not a birther, but merely interested in proof of President Barack Obama’s citizenship before he’ll allow Obama’s name to appear on...

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Yahoo Selling Back 20% Of Its Alibaba Stake, Will Net $7.1 Billion

Alibaba founder Jack Ma is finally getting his way as Yahoo announced on Sunday that it will sell 20% of its 40% stake in the company back to Alibaba, a sale that will net the Silicon Valley company...

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Dad With 30 Kids Can’t Afford Child Support

A man who is Dad to 30 kids has said he can no longer afford to pay child support. 33-year-old Desmond Hatchett has fathered his 30 children with 11 different women, meaning his child support payments...

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Dharun Ravi, Rutgers Student Convicted After Tyler Clementi’s Death, To Be...

Today, Dharun Ravi is set to be sentenced in a case that, by all accounts, has been not standard from beginning to end. Ravi, now 20, was the roommate of fellow Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, 18, when...

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$1 Million Parking Space Available In New York City

New York City is no stranger to excess and that point was driven home on Monday when it was revealed that a private parking spot at 66 E. 11 St will be sold for a cool $1 million. The Manhattan parking...

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