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    LeadsCon?

    Anyone going out to Vegas next month for LeadsCon? -=Chipmunk=-
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    Who's coming to ASW14?

    Who's coming to ASW14? Affiliate Ball looks pretty dam solid. Flavor Flav hosting! What more could you ask for! :) If anyone wants to meet up, shoot me a PM. -=Chipmunk=-
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    Rare baby dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Canada

    Thought this was pretty cool... The tiny, intact skeleton of a baby rhinoceros like dinosaur has been unearthed in Canada. The toddler was just 3 years old and 5 feet (1.5 meters) long when it wandered into a river near Alberta, Canada, and drowned about 70 million years ago. The beast was so...
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    Best Case for MacBook Air?

    Just picked up a new MBA... Looking for a solid case (not sleeve). I have looked at the main ones like Speck, Incase, Ipearl and Incipio. They all have seem to have shortcomings of some sort (based on the reviews). Any suggestions based on personal experience? -=Chipmunk=-
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    Metallica helps FBI in trying to catch Va. killer

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Metallica has made a public service video as part of a law enforcement publicity blitz to try to catch a man wanted in the death of a Virginia Tech student who disappeared after one of the heavy metal band's concerts. Composite sketches of the suspect will be featured at bus...
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    'Goodfellas' Mobster Turned FBI Informant Henry Hill Dead at 69

    Henry Hill, the famed mobster turned FBI informant whose life story was documented in the book "Wiseguy"- upon which Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster epic "Goodfellas" was based - has died at the age of 69. Hill died at a Los Angeles hospital of an undisclosed illness on Tuesday, Nate Caserta...
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    Green Lantern relaunched as brave, mighty and gay

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Green Lantern, one of DC Comics' oldest and most enduring heroes, is serving as a beacon for the publisher again, this time as a proud, mighty and openly gay hero. The change is revealed in the pages of the second issue of "Earth 2" out next week, and comes on the heels...
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    FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads

    Skechers to pay $40M to settle government charges over claim that fitness shoes toned muscles WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush. Skechers USA...
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    South Korea seizes capsules containing powdered flesh of dead babies

    This is just totally disturbing on a number of levels... The South Korean government revealed Monday that it recently seized thousands of capsules filled with the powdered flesh of dead babies. Reportedly, some people believe the powder has medicinal purposes and was created in northeastern...
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    Idaho man accused of using gun to force 'moonwalk'

    SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man has been charged with assault after authorities say he ordered another man to perform the "moonwalk" at gunpoint. The Bonner County (Idaho) Daily Bee reports 30-year-old John Ernest Cross was charged with the felony Tuesday in 1st District Court and appointed...
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    N.Y. Mom Fired After Donating Kidney to Help Her Boss

    Think your boss is not grateful? Read this... A New York Long Island woman said she was fired after she donated a kidney to help save the life of her boss. Debbie Stevens, a 47-year-old divorced mother of two, filed a formal complaint with the New York State Human Rights Commission last...
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    Jon Lovitz: Obama Is A 'F***ing A**hole

    Jon Lovitz doesn't seem to be a fan of President Obama. The former "Saturday Night Live" star, who made a name for himself playing characters such as Hanukkah Harry and Tommy Flanagan the Pathological Liar, slammed Obama on his podcast, "The ABC's Of SNL." The show, co-hosted by filmmaker...
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    Killer Swan Blamed for Man's Drowning

    An angry swan is being blamed for knocking a man out of his kayak in a Chicago pond and then continuing to attack until the man drowned. Anthony Hensley, 37, used the swans to keep geese away from properties and was in a kayak checking on the animals Sunday morning when one of the swans swam...
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    What happened to all of the Trayvon Martin hoodies on Cafe Press?

    On Tuesday, a search for Trayvon Martin merchandise on Cafe Press—the popular online retailer of personalized products—turned up dozens of pages of results, with sellers offering shirts and hoodies with various messages of support for the slain Florida teen. By Tuesday afternoon, however, a...
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    Austrian saws off own foot to avoid work

    VIENNA (Reuters) - An unemployed Austrian man sawed his foot off, apparently to avoid being found fit to go back to work. Hours before an appointment on Monday for the labor office to check on his health, the 56-year-old man held his left leg against an electric saw in his home...