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Hot Women and House Music at Sea

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Mark McGwire admits using steroids in 70 home run year

Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball’s home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade.

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‘Teenspeak’ youngsters are becoming unemployable due to limited vocabulary

Teenagers have been warned they are becoming unemployable because they use a vocabulary of just 800 words. added by: cutee_leslie 12 comments

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‘Teenspeak’ youngsters are becoming unemployable due to limited vocabulary

Revealing Facebook posts promote cancer awareness

Facebook took a colorful turn this week, when its female users began posting cryptic status updates. “Beige,” “sexy black and gold,” “crimson red,” “turquoise,” “nude with a lot of padding,” read some. The color scheme has left male users scratching their heads and asking “Huh?” So, what is behind the trend?

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Twitter beef finally gets someone killed

It started as a simple Twitter beef, 140-character spurts of anger by two young men who grew up together. But the tough talk exploded out of cyberspace and onto the streets of Harlem, where a college student was gunned down feet from Gov. Paterson's home

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Leno Retreats into the Late Night

Jay Leno is going back to his old time slot after a failed attempt to break into prime time. Though is rating were pretty much as expected and even better than his original late night show, they weren't what affiliates were expecting

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Gay marriage goes on trial in US federal court

By Romain Raynaldy (AFP) LOS ANGELES — Opponents and defenders of homosexual marriage in California go toe to toe Monday in a potentially epic court showdown that could decide the future of gay unions in the United States. The plaintiffs are challenging Proposition 8, whose approval by 52 percent of California voters in a November 2008 referendum annulled a state supreme court decision that authorized homosexual unions. Federal court Judge Vaughn Walker agreed to hear the suit filed by proponents of gay marriage and said it was a constitutional issue that belonged in a federal court, despite objections from those who oppose giving same sex couples the right to marry

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Government health insurance option appears doomed

Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Democrats told President Barack Obama in recent meetings they want the legislation to strip the insurance industry of a long-standing exemption from federal antitrust laws, officials said. That provision is in the House-passed measure, but was omitted from the bill that the Senate passed on Christmas Eve.

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British woman arrested in Dubai after reporting rape

A British woman who made a rape complaint in Dubai has been arrested for having illegal sex with her fiance, according to reports. The woman, a 23-year-old from London, said she was raped by a waiter in a luxury hotel after celebrating her engagement to her 44-year-old boyfriend, also from London

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How the big freeze fits theories of global warming

David Shukman reports on how one of the longest cold snaps for a generation, fits in with theories of a warming planet and global climate change. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8447262.stm added by: julesrs007 2 comments

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