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Red Scare: Favorite Comic Book Communists

It’s about time credit was given to some of the great, evil, sexy, superhero, comic book characters from Russia and China and places where Communists rule…or ruled. A lot of fun stuff here — from Black Widow and KGBeast to Red Ghost and His Super-Apes.

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Palin goes rogue, bans cell phones, cameras, laptops from speech

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/06/palin-to-keep-low-profile-on-wis… (CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to deliver remarks at a Wisconsin Right to Life event Friday evening, one of the few speeches the former Republican presidential nominee will have given since she resigned the governorship last summer

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Comic Books found to be just as effective as books for children’s learning.

Scientists at the University of Illinois released a study that claims that reading a comic book is just as good as reading a book.

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Princess Diana Comic Published

This is the new comic book based on the life of Princess Diana and featuring illustrations of the Queen, Prince Charles and her sons William and Harry. The comic, published in the US by Bluewater Comics and called “Female Force: Princess Diana” even includes pictures of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall and reports of the ‘Camillagate’ tapes that featured an x-rated chat between the heir and his then mistress. It presents a glowing image of the late princess, calling her “a modern British icon” and an “admirable woman.” The royal family are described as being “stoic” and Prince Charles’s “post-divorce love life” is called a “half-hearted cloak and dagger attempt to conceal his relationship with his long-time mistress Camilla Parker-Bowles.”

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Slo-Mo Food Fight

A San Francisco apparel company has released a promotional video featuring an especially messy food fight in slow motion, featuring baked beans, flour and “gravy facials,” which you know is inevitably giving someone, somewhere a big ol' bone right about now. …And we're pretty sure that guy is Norm . Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Christopher "Kid" Reid: Where Is He Now?

Remember Kid from Kid n' Play?

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Today’s fastest growing group: Comic Book Universe [Your Group Here] — [Current.com blog]

It's Monday. It's time for a new top 5 list of the fastest growing groups on Current.com. Congrats to ThoughtNu's Comic Book Universe for nabbing the top spot

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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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Director Kevin Smith dishes on Comic-Con

The largest pop-culture convention in the nation is under way in San Diego.

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Tony Romo Who?

Some say that she’s depressed from her split from boyfriend Tony Romo, but judging from these pictures of her leaving a gym, she looks quite happy. Endorphin rush, maybe

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Tony Romo Who?