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Dudes Attempt to Toss Girl Off Boat, Fail Horribly

SUMMER FUN CAUTIONARY NOTE: This is why you should never try to throw someone off a boat, no matter how fun it may seem. Or, at the very least, this is why you should discuss exactly when you plan on letting go, both with your fellow tosser and the tossee. Better planning or simply not doing such activities could prevent serious injury, but then again that applies to a lot of fun stuff, so …

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Dudes Attempt to Toss Girl Off Boat, Fail Horribly

First Filibuster Reform, then Climate Action

Photo: Marion Doss , Flickr, CC The fact that we currently need 60 votes in the Senate to pass any kind of legislation at all is just plain crazy. For the vast majority of US history, this was simply not the case — a simple majority was enough to pass a bill. Yes, the filibuster — which allows a dissenting senator to hold up a vote on any bill by taking the floor and talking continuously, until overruled by a vote of 60 senators — has long existed. But it was designed as a failsafe, not a rule to be routinely used, as it is now. Now, the filibuster is inv… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rangers finish sweep of Marlins (AP)

Ian Kinsler drove in three runs, Vladimir Guerrero hit his 15th homer and the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Florida Marlins 6-4 on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep. Alexi Ogando (2-0) pitched 2 1-3 scoreless innings of relief and collected his first major league hit for Texas, which has won eight of nine.

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Winner Of BetaCup Challenge isn’t A Cup, It’s The KarmaCup

a portion of the winning entry A lot of people had doubts about the Betacup Challenge , a competition “in search of a solution to the rampant wastage of unrecyclable paper coffee cups”. There are perfectly good solutions out there right now, like reusable or travel mugs. On the Betacup site’s ” why we don’t switch to reusable page, they write that “one possible answer to this question is that it is simply not convenient.” Gee, what a surprise. But a lot of smart people are behind this, i… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Winner Of BetaCup Challenge isn’t A Cup, It’s The KarmaCup

Winner Of BetaCup Challenge isn’t A Cup, It’s The KarmaCup

a portion of the winning entry A lot of people had doubts about the Betacup Challenge , a competition “in search of a solution to the rampant wastage of unrecyclable paper coffee cups”. There are perfectly good solutions out there right now, like reusable or travel mugs. On the Betacup site’s ” why we don’t switch to reusable page, they write that “one possible answer to this question is that it is simply not convenient.” Gee, what a surprise. But a lot of smart people are behind this, i… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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NFL Star – No Domestic Violence Charges

Filed under: TMZ Sports Steven Jackson, the starting running back for the St. Louis Rams, is officially off the hook after his baby mama accused him of beating her while she was 9 months pregnant with his child.Las Vegas police tell us there’s simply not enough evidence to … Permalink

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