22 May 2009

People with Down Syndrome rarely get cancer

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[S]cientists have long known that people with [Down] condition rarely get most types of cancer. Now, a Harvard study has identified one of t...
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More U.S. voters self-identifying as "Independent"

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Much has been made in recent weeks about the declining strength of the Republican party in most demographic sectors. A new study by the Pew...

The credit rating of the U.K. may be downgraded

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Britain could lose its cherished top-tier credit rating that provides access to cheap borrowing on international markets after a downgrade o...

Painting from Irish dump may be worth $300,000

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Surprisingly, it's by Winslow Homer. Audio story at Maine Public Broadcasting Network . Via Fark .
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Verizon: Let the man die if his phone bill isn't paid

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The cops got a call that the man was rampaging around his house and breaking windows. When they arrived, the man had fled, taking bottles of...

The Aral Sea is disappearing

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Satellite photos above from NASA's Earth Observatory - 2000, 2006, and 2009. The thin black line shows the limits of the Aral Sea befor...

GPS satellite system reportedly "close to breakdown"

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The U.S. government has warned that the worldwide network of satellites that make up the Global Positioning System (GPS) could fail by 2010 ...
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Oldest wooden rollercoaster in America

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Leap-the-Dips at Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania, was in operation for 83 years before closing in 1985. Many people thought that was...
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Zero tolerance requires zero brains

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A 15-year-old girl in Pennsylvania has been suspended from middle school after a random search disclosed an eyebrow shaver in her handbag . ...
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How to make your own "stripper deck" for magic tricks

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SAT scores. States ranked by average score

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Click for fullscreen. The data are from 2007. One of many interesting interactive maps at MeasureofAmerica.org . Addendum: I knew when I p...
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21 May 2009

"The Fall"

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When Roger Ebert describes a movie as " one of the most extraordinary films I've ever seen ," I pay attention. This isn't...
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A man's buttons

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"From his underwear to his overcoat sleeves." 70 in all, "only 33 of which serve any useful purpose." Apparently origi...

Text acronyms parents should know

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50 acronyms assembled by FOX News Atlanta to help cyber-impaired parents understand what their (pre)teen is up to . Here are some examples:...
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This is a duck island

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A Stockholm duck house, like the one owned by Gosport MP, Sir Peter Viggers. It is modelled on one of the Stockholm museum's 18th centur...