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11 years ago+8 8 0How Giant Mirrors Will Bring Winter Sunlight To A Norwegian Town For The First Time
The town of Rjukan in Norway is installing giant mirrors on surrounding mountainside to reflect winter sunlight into the town square for the first time.
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11 years ago+8 9 1This online mom got put into her place
Seriously though, the comment is perfect.
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11 years ago+9 10 1A hospital in Zimbabwe charged women $5 for each scream during childbirth
Corruption is so systemic in Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s poorest countries, that a local hospital charges mothers-to-be $5 every time they scream while giving birth. That’s according to an extensive new report from Transparency International on corrupt ...
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11 years ago+10 10 0Egypt: ‘34 killed’ in shooting at compound where Morsi is being held
An Egyptian health ministry official has said that at least 34 people have been killed in a shooting incident outside the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo. Khaled el-Khatib said that initial reports indicated that 300 people were also wo ...
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11 years ago+7 7 0Big decision
Left or right, or just go somewhere else?
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11 years ago+11 12 1Here's A Factory Where Those Iconic Guy Fawkes Masks That So Many Protesters Wear Are Manufactured
Guy Fawkes masks, used by many demonstrators in protests around the world and in the recent wave of demonstrations in Brazil, are pictured at a factory assembly line in Sao Goncalo near Rio de Janeiro June 28, 2013.
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11 years ago+10 10 0Activists Say Gay Marriage Will Be Legal Across America in 5 Years
Today's Supreme Court rulings only legalize unions in California, but campaigners say they set the stage for fast changes nationwide.
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11 years ago+6 6 0Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail.
It turns out the NSA is compromising our privacy in order to do a terrible job of looking for terrorists.
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11 years ago+13 13 0Verizon accused of intentionally slowing Netflix video streaming
Cogent's CEO says Verizon has been slowing down its traffic on account of a recent deal with Netflix, which threatens Redbox.
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11 years ago+12 12 0MACH system from MIT can coach those with social anxiety
Plenty of people out there have a serious phobia of public speaking and there are tons of other disorders, such as Asperger's, that severely limit a person's ability to handle even simple social interactions. M. Ehsan Hoque, a student at th ...
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11 years ago+13 13 0Schoolboy shot himself after police questioned him over "sexual texts"
A schoolboy shot himself hours after police visited his family home to question him about sexual texts he sent to a girl, an inquest heard.
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11 years ago+13 13 0Mozilla wants 500M users to tell gov’t: “stop watching us”
Activists hope for an anti-spying coalition reminiscent of anti-SOPA protests.
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11 years ago+7 7 0How to use chemistry to age whiskey in days instead of years
A Cleveland-based start-up is condensing the process to about a week
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11 years ago+13 13 017 winning words from past National Spelling Bees
On Thursday, Arvind Mahankali from New York spelled "knaidel" (a small mass of leavened dough) to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Here are 17 of the most interesting words from the Bee's 88-year history.
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11 years ago+15 16 1Texas couple blames each other for ricin-laced letters
FBI questions husband and wife at home in New Boston; investigators say wife knows specific details about letters.
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11 years ago+21 22 12 Million People In 52 Countries March Against Monsanto
Monsanto's Arguments Debunked 2 million people in 52 countries protested against Monsanto today. (Pictures here.) In response to the protest, Monsanto's spokesperson said: Among the challenges faci...