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9 years ago
Comment macavoyPlaying golf.
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9 years ago
Comment macavoy
Never broken a bone. I don't know how common that is though.
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9 years ago
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The Duggars Are Broke or Just Greedy as Hell
Since getting kicked off TLC, the 19 Kids and Counting family are working their ‘fans’ for donations. The Duggars could be in financial trouble or maybe they’re just getting greedy. Since losing their TLC show in mid-July amid the scandal surrounding eldest son Josh Duggar’s confessed molestation of five children—four of them his sisters—members of the embattled fundamentalist family have issued four separate calls for public donations.
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9 years ago
Analysis macavoy
Hillary Clinton's email could become a criminal matter
Hillary Clinton may face a criminal investigation by the Justice Department over her use of a private email address while she was secretary of state, according to a report. The New York Times said late on Thursday that two inspectors general had asked for the investigation. Revelations that the Democratic presidential hopeful used a private email account on a server hosted in her home in Chappaqua...
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9 years ago
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Federal Bill Could End Prohibition Across the United States in 2015
If a state passes a law deeming marijuana a legal substance, the federal government should have no authority over the prosecution of individuals for crimes associated with the substance. This is the battle cry of a recent piece of legislation, which swept through Capitol Hill this week on bipartisan wings, aimed at blocking Uncle Sam from unleashing the dogs of the drug war against states that have legalized the leaf for medicinal or recreational purposes.
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9 years ago
Analysis macavoy
DNA uncovers mystery migration to the Americas
Two separate genetic analyses have found evidence for a surprising genetic link between the native populations of the Americas and Oceania.
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9 years ago
Analysis macavoy
What’s the Future of High-Speed 3D Printing
A few years back it looked as though 3D printing was set to take off. For those who were new to the tech the possibilities seemed endless. And then they didn’t. Soon the 3D printing landscape was littered with a slew of FDM printers that simply parroted one another’s abilities. Within no time the consumer 3D printing market went from boom to bust. Once again, corporate R&D labs and service bureaus were left alone in the additive landscape. Or so it seemed.
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9 years ago
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Man charges iPhone on train, arrested for stealing electricity
I really thought electricity was all the rage these days. If you power your car by it, you're cool and saving the world. Not everyone, though, seems to think you're cool if you charge your iPhone with it. I am sizzling, you see, at the story of British artist Robin Lee. As the Standard reports, he was traveling Friday on a fine British train in London and espied a power outlet.
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9 years ago
Current Event macavoy
One of the world's biggest banks just admitted bitcoin could destroy existing finance firms
French bank BNP Paribas says the technology underpinning bitcoin has the potential to make existing companies "redundant," a huge admission from one of the world's biggest banks. Analyst Johann Palychata writes in the company's magazine Quintessence that bitcoin's blockchain, the software that allows the digital currency to function, "should be considered as an invention like the steam or combustion engine," that has the potential to transform the world of fina...