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When Roller Skates meet Roller Coaster

This wild adrenaline junkie has set a new record for being the first man to skate down the full length of a roller coaster at almost 60 mph. click pic for more added by: sophisticatedyouth 21 responses

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When Roller Skates meet Roller Coaster

Dad on trial for daughters faith-healing death

Opening statements were set to begin Saturday in the trial of a father charged with second-degree reckless homicide for praying instead of seeking medical help for his gravely ill 11-year-old daughter. Dale Neumann's wife, Leilani, was convicted of the same charge this spring in the 2008 death of Madeline Neumann, called Kara by her parents. The girl died from undiagnosed diabetes on March 23, 2008, surrounded by people praying at the family's rural home in Weston in central Wisconsin

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Obama regrets ‘stupid’ comments

US President Barack Obama has told reporters he should not have described the arrest of a black Harvard professor as “stupid”.

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Which site has the stupidest commenters on the web?

The original intent of the comments section–a place for readers to respond to content and start a dialog between author and audience–works fabulously in some circumstances. Some blogs have dozens of thoughtful, well reasoned comments cropping up at the bottom of each post.

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Which site has the stupidest commenters on the web?

Report: Steve Jobs happy with Apple’s tablet, fast tracks it for early 2010

You may recall back in December, we first reported the news about Apple gearing up for the launch of a large form iPod touch. While there had been no shortage of rumors over the years about some sort of Apple tablet, our sources indicated the device would be akin to Apple’s current mobile devices, the iPhone and iPod touch, which are both seeing booming sales. A new report from AppleInsider seems to confirm this news, and gives some new details.

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Did you spend over $1000 on a computer? It’s probably a Mac

According to the NDP, in June over 91% of retail (not business) computers sold over $1000 were Macs. Yeah, almost all of Apple's Mac products are over a grand to begin with, and it's kind of tough to find a “well priced” PC under a grand, but it just shows what kind of market Apple is really in.

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Did you spend over $1000 on a computer? It’s probably a Mac

The man who’s allergic to Wi-Fi

Steve Miller, a club DJ, claims he's allergic to Wi-Fi internet waves. Exposure to Wi-Fi leaves him feeling dizzy, sick and disorientated.

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The man who’s allergic to Wi-Fi

Dow soars past 9,000 as investors cheer earnings

Stocks rallied Thursday as investors shrugged off a rise in jobless claims and focused on encouraging earnings from Ford and 3M. The DOW bottomed out in March at 6,488. added by: bansheewail 1 response

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Obama admits US can’t insure all Americans without single payer

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I want to cover everybody. Now, the truth is that unless you have a—what’s called a single-payer system, in which everybody’s automatically covered, then you’re probably not going to reach every single individual, because there’s always going to be somebody out there who thinks they’re indestructible and doesn’t want to get healthcare, doesn’t bother getting healthcare, and then, unfortunately, when they get hit by a bus, end up in the emergency room and the rest of us have to pay for it.

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Denny’s sued over salt content in meals

“A New Jersey man backed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed suit against Denny's Corp. on Thursday, seeking to have the chain disclose in its restaurants the sodium content of its food. The suit, filed in Superior Court of New Jersey, claims that some meals at Denny's contain more than three days' worth of the recommended amount of sodium.

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