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Organic food not healthier than conventional?

LONDON (Reuters) – Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over conventionally produced food, according to a major study published on Wednesday. Its conclusions were challenged by organic food campaigners

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Gaza children go for world record for kite flying

Thousands of children in the Gaza Strip attempted to set a new world record Thursday by flying colorful homemade kites amid the ruins of Israel's bruising offensive earlier this year — a rare display of joy in the isolated seaside territory ruled by Hamas militants.

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6 More Bodies Found in Arizona Desert; 2009 Total: 164

The searing summer heat in Arizona's desert is taking its toll on illegal border crossers — the same as it has done every year since the start of the decade. Officials have recovered the bodies of six illegal border crossers since Monday along Arizona's stretch of U.S.-Mexico border, bringing the fiscal-year-to-date total to 164, figures from the Pima and Cochise County medical examiner's records show.

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Visa quarterly profit jumps 73% amid recession

Visa Inc. on Wednesday said its fiscal third-quarter profit jumped nearly 73 percent, as recent cost-cutting helped offset declining payment processing volume driven down by the recession

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DigiDose: Love Technology is today’s fastest growing group – [Current.com Blog]

In a new experiment, we're going to post a daily top 10 list of fastest growing groups on the Current.com blog. The group at the top of the pack gets featured in a post in Current Stories, and also gets added to the groups homepage playlist

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Space cheese makes a safe landing

You can stop holding your breath. added by: Progresshiv 0 responses

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Iran’s first trials of protesters to begin

TEHRAN, Iran – Around 20 protesters will be put on trial starting Saturday in the first prosecutions from Iran's crackdown on the opposition following disputed presidential elections last month, the state news agency reported. The announcement comes as anger is growing over allegations of abuse against detainees from the crackdown. Reports have emerged in recent days of several young protesters who died in prison, and the opposition says authorities are torturing detainees to force confessions that can be used in trials

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The Worst Celebrity Third Wheel

Apparently Jon Gosselin isn't satisfied with his current reputation, so he's hanging out with American's favorite father, Michael Lohan, to get advice on how to be a bigger douchebag. Doesn't this look like a fun crowd

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The Worst Celebrity Third Wheel

NYC trying to ship out the homeless

Paris? Orlando

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NYC trying to ship out the homeless

Woman sued over tweet about mold

It was an inevitable landmark: A Twitter post has become the sole basis for a libel suit.

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