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10 years ago+10 10 0The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements
Nutrition experts contend that all we need is what's typically found in a routine diet. Industry representatives, backed by a fascinating history, argue that foods don't contain enough, and we need supplements. Fortunately, many excellent s ...
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10 years ago+8 10 2Passenger jet over Hong Kong
That's incredibly low.
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10 years ago+10 10 0Magic Clerk
Magician Michael Carbonaro is a magic clerk at a convenience store - with hidden cameras placed by the Jay Leno Show.
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10 years ago+10 10 0Zynga accidentally put this random guy in charge of customer service
Got a question about Coasterville? Have you tried Ctrl+Alt+Meh? That's the kind of off-the-cuff, dismissive advice that Zynga customers have received recently whenever they try to contact customer support about the company's carbon copy ver ...
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10 years ago+10 10 0Occupy Oakland protesters awarded $1 million over police brutality
Victims of excessive police force at one of the most violent flashpoints of the Occupy protests have received a $1m compensation settlement. The US district court in San Francisco made the award to a group of 12 protesters who complained of brutality ...
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10 years ago+9 9 022 American Fast Foods That Aren't About To Apologize For Anything
♫ "...And I'm proud to be an American, where nothing comes fat-free..." ♪
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10 years ago+12 12 0Obama Opts Not to Visit Gravely Ill Mandela, See His Family Instead
President Obama visited the family of Nelson Mandela on Saturday, but a meeting between the first black presidents of the U.S. and South Africa didn't take place, as the ailing South African leader lies critically ill in a Pretoria hospital.
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10 years ago+15 15 0Africa’s Western Black Rhino is Now Officially Extinct
Africa’s Western black rhino is now officially extinct, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The subspecies was last seen in 2006, the Northern white rhino is also “teetering on the edge of extinction,” and Asia ...
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10 years ago+8 8 0The Great Japanese Gang Wars
The season for pineapples (yakuza slang for hand grenades) may finally be over. Jake Adelstein and Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky on the bloody, seven-year battle between the Dojin-kai and the Seido-kai.
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10 years ago+9 9 0Judge blocks audio expert testimony in Trayvon Martin case
The judge in the George Zimmerman trial has ruled that two voice identification experts who suggested that unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin screamed for help before he was shot and killed by Zimmerman will not be allowed to testify at the trial.
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10 years ago+10 10 0Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catch flights home
A briefing by senior intelligence officials on surveillance programs failed to attract even half of the Senate. A recent briefing by senior intelligence officials on surveillance programs failed to attract even half of the Senate, showing the lack of ...
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10 years ago+12 12 0Video: Woz explains how cloud computing is turning us into Soviet Russia
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak had a quick chat with FayerWayer earlier this week, and the site asked him about a wide range of topics, including the new look of iOS 7 and the recent revelations abo...
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10 years ago+16 16 0No, Edward Snowden probably didn’t commit treason
Edward Snowden might have violated federal laws. He might even be guilty of espionage. But treason? Fat chance.
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10 years ago+16 18 2LeBron amazing block
LeBron executes a perfect block on Tiago Splitter.
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10 years ago+11 11 0Is Netflix the Future of E-Books?
Federal prosecutors say Apple conspired with book publishers to jack up e-book prices. But the court case may soon be a moot point as other companies aim to make traditional prices irrelevant by offering e-book rental services akin to Spotify and Net ...
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10 years ago+13 13 0Technology giants struggle to maintain credibility over NSA Prism surveillance
Strongly-worded denials issued by Apple, Facebook and Google about their co-operation are followed by further revelations.
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10 years ago+15 15 010 Bizarre Aspects of Chinese Culture
China is in many ways a study in contradictions. For centuries, it ranked amongst the most civilized places on the planet, responsible for many innovation...
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10 years ago+12 12 0Welcome to Mogadishu
Despite the threats from Islamist militants, the Somali capital is bursting back to life.
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10 years ago+19 22 3British schoolgirl 'murdered for her organs' in India, family claim
A British schoolgirl was murdered by health workers in India in a failed attempt to harvest her organs, her parents have claimed.
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10 years ago+10 11 1US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for us to attack pirates!
The hilariously named "Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property" has finally released its report, an 84-page tome that's pretty bonkers. But amidst all that crazy, there's a bit that stands out as particularly ins ...