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Unemployment rate falls to 9.4 percent in July

Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 percent, its first decline in 15 months. added by: ebindelglass 0 responses

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Autopsy: Cocaine Contributed to Billy Mays’ Death

An autopsy report says cocaine contributed to the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays. The 50-year bearded TV personality died of a heart attack in his sleep

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver hospitalized

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President Kennedy, is in critical but stable condition in a Massachusetts hospital with her family at her side, her family said Friday. Members of her family flew in to Cape Cod Hospital to be with the 88-year-old, including California Gov.

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Obama Signs ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Extension

Car shoppers caught up in the frenzy of the “cash-for-clunkers'' program now have more time and a $2 billion reason to trade in their old gas guzzlers. added by: ebindelglass 7 responses

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First U.S. solar towers produce home electricity

The first U.S. solar “power towers” have produced electricity for commercial use, Scientific American reports. The feat occurred yesterday in the Antelope Valley, north of Los Angeles on the edge of the Mojave Desert

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CIA missile strike reportedly kills Taliban chief

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Pakistan's Taliban chief, who has led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations, has been killed in a U.S. missile strike, Taliban commanders and Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday. But one Pakistani official said no intelligence agent had actually seen Baitullah Mehsud's body

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The Next Big Vegas Attraction: Michael Jackson’s Neverland?

If Michael Jackson’s not going to be buried there, Neverland Ranch may as well relocate to Las Vegas. Sources tell E! News that the current owner of Neverland has drafted plans to…

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Controversial new doll mimics breast-feeding

It’s probably all Betsy Wetsy’s fault. If the iconic baby-boom generation baby doll hadn’t introduced the world to the notion that dolls could have bodily functions, then maybe today we wouldn’t be talking about Bebe Gloton — the doll that that suckles 6-year-old girls.

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Controversial new doll mimics breast-feeding

Is George Sodini a cold blooded killer or a lonely victim of the society?

When media reports on cases of women killing their children or husbands it is with some level of compassion for the women who committed a violent crime such as she was depressed, or victim of childhood abuse, or some other reason. On the other hand, media always presents men as obviously violent, aggressive, evil..

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Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Gives Cancer Update

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, sent an email blast this morning, Aug. 5, updating his health status following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his parotid gland, the discovery of which caused the cancellation of the band's scheduled concert appearances behind their recently completed album, Hot Sauce Committee

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