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Success Of I'll Have Another Making Nation's Other 3-Year-Olds Feel Inadequate

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 5:00pm
Success Of I'll Have Another Making Nation's Other 3-Year-Olds Feel Inadequate


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Stockwatch: Photostat Inc. (PHO)

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 3:00pm
$14.72 (+$1.30) (-9.7%) Acquisition rumors have created buzz for this social-media startup that restores digitally yellowed and mottled photos to clear and bright quality images worthy of today's cameras.


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American Voices: Posthumously-Conceived Children Get No Benefits

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 2:00pm
The Supreme Court ruled that a set of twins conceived with frozen sperm through in vitro fertilization 18 months after the father's death are not eligible for Social Security survivor benefits.


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David Ortiz Claims He Just Saw Submarine In Kansas City Royals Fountain

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 1:00pm
KANSAS CITY, MO—Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz excitedly informed everyone in his team's dugout that he had just spotted a submarine splashing around in the Kauffman Stadium fountain behind the outfield fence in Kansas City, sources confirmed...


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Your Horoscopes – Week Of May 22, 2012

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 12:00pm
Aries No one can argue effectively without the correct set of tools, so make sure you have a hammer in each hand. Taurus Just take things one day at a time this week, even though you're up against a race of impossibly ad...


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[video] First Academy Awards Celebrates Best Actor In Blackface, Biggest Jew Nose

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 10:15am
The Onion reflects on Bette Davis’s film debut as a piece of chocolate cake, Lindbergh’s historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean after decades of disastrous test runs with dog pilots, and the opening of the first McDonald’s with a young Grimace just starting out as a cashier.


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[video] Charles Lindbergh Completes First Flight Across Atlantic Ocean After Decades Of Disastrous Test Runs With Dog Pilots

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 10:15am
The Onion reflects on Bette Davis’s film debut as a piece of chocolate cake, Lindbergh’s historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean after decades of disastrous test runs with dog pilots, and the opening of the first McDonald’s with a young Grimace just starting out as a cashier.


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Homeowner Surprised He Doesn't Spend More Time In Hallway

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:45am
Homeowner Surprised He Doesn't Spend More Time In Hallway


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American Voices: Karzai Thanks U.S. Taxpayers For Covering Cost Of War

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:15am
In an address given during the NATO summit in Chicago, Afghan president Hamid Karzai thanked the people of the United States for bearing the cost of the war.


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Couple Has Nest Egg Of Debt To Make Sure They've Got Some Money To Owe Down The Road

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 8:15am
BRIMLEY, MI—Local couple Matt and Wendy Ratliff told reporters Tuesday that they have been steadily building up a nest egg of debt to make sure that they always had something tucked away to owe banks and creditors no matter what the future held.


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[audio] Computer Hacker Denied Access To Social Life

Tue, 05/22/2012 - 7:30am
Computer Hacker Denied Access To Social Life


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Pau Gasol Blamed For Making Kobe Bryant Sound Like Asshole

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 4:30pm
Pau Gasol Blamed For Making Kobe Bryant Sound Like Asshole


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ATLANTA—Knowing her penchant for forgetfulness, Alice Colvin, 51, just took her entire month's supply of estrogen all at once to be done with it.

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 3:00pm
ATLANTA—Knowing her penchant for forgetfulness, Alice Colvin, 51, just took her entire month's supply of estrogen all at once to be done with it.


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[video] Harrison Ford Chuckles To Self Upon Realizing He Hasn't Been In Movie People Liked In 18 Years

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 2:00pm
The transportation secretary flips out on a pothole in Baltimore, a man wearing red glasses and pink pants is probably Dutch or something, and an Ohio Film Festival graphic designer decides to go with film reels for the O's. It's the week of May 14th, 2012.


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Cool Basketball Fan Calls Sport 'B-Ball'

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 1:00pm
HOBBS, NM—According to friends of the man, area cool basketball fan Kip Conroy calls the sport "b-ball," even though that is not the sport’s official name. "Kip's always like, 'Want to play some b-ball?' or 'Did you se...


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American Voices: Study Logs 2,000 Wrongful Convictions

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 12:15pm
A new database assembled by two universities has identified more than 2,000 wrongful convictions overturned in the last 23 years, at an average of 11 years each.


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TV Listings: News Team 9 Adventures

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 11:45am
Cartoon 3:00 p.m. EST/2:00 p.m. CST Adam, Sarah, Skip, and the rest of the team at the Boise-area NBC affiliate investigate property tax allocations in this all-new animated series.


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Alabama School System's Lone Textbook Falling Apart

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 11:00am
MONTGOMERY, AL—The Alabama Department of Education reported Wednesday that its sole textbook has begun to seriously show its age after more than a decade of heavy daily use at the state’s 1,500 public schools. Officials said the decrepit tome,...


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Every NBC Program To End With Character Straight Up Asking Viewers What Kind Of New TV Shows They Would Like To See

Mon, 05/21/2012 - 10:15am
NEW YORK—The struggling NBC network announced a new programming initiative last week that involves characters in each scripted series ending episodes by breaking the fourth wall and asking viewers point blank what sort of television shows they would...


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