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President Obama plays down military role in Yemen

President Obama said he has “no intention of sending U.S. boots on the ground” to Yemen and Somalia amid mounting concern about terrorist cells in those countries. In excerpts of an interview with People magazine released on Sunday, Mr.

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Of Early Birds and Cavemen: The Two Dumbest Hipster Food Trends You’ll Read About This Week

This week’s Sunday Styles is working a strong theme on food’s frontlines: time, like an episode of Lost , is in flux! Because there are some some among us who are eating like OLDS, and some who are eating like cavemen. Trend Piece Problem #4 ,079: When you read it and think to yourself, but doesn’t everybody act this way in some regard? Which brings us to Damien Cave’s “Newly Frugal Generation Revives Discount Dining,” which is about a bunch of young people in Florida who are eating at Early Bird specials! This is funny, because we all know Florida are mostly Jews and Old People and Old Jews and sometimes, The Youngs get mired in these cultures! And now that the economy is fucked, The Youngs are looking to save money, too! Novel, except, not, because the entire idea that there’s something worth writing about here is predicated on interest in The way young people are saving money and The culture of “Early Bird Dining.” This requires the assumption that young people are saving money differently than anybody else, which they aren’t

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Of Early Birds and Cavemen: The Two Dumbest Hipster Food Trends You’ll Read About This Week

Government health insurance option appears doomed

Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Democrats told President Barack Obama in recent meetings they want the legislation to strip the insurance industry of a long-standing exemption from federal antitrust laws, officials said. That provision is in the House-passed measure, but was omitted from the bill that the Senate passed on Christmas Eve.

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Are Hollywood remakes of foreign classics ever a good idea?

Let the Right One In was one of the greatest films of 2008. It's being remade by Hollywood and looks like a bad idea

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Are Hollywood remakes of foreign classics ever a good idea?

E.P.A. announces strict new health standards for smog

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a stricter new standard for smog-causing pollutants on Thursday that, if adopted, will impose large costs on industry and local governments but will also bring substantial health benefits to millions of Americans. The proposed standard would replace one set by the Bush administration in March 2008, which has been challenged in court by environmental advocates as too weak to adequately protect human health and the environment

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Irving R. Levine, International Man of Mystery

Former NBC News reporter Irving R. Levine , who died last year, was a hilariously nerdy TV presence: A soft-spoken, bow-tied mensch

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Irving R. Levine, International Man of Mystery

Miss COED: Jestina Tran

25-year-old Jestina Tran calls Philadelphia home but spends much of her time of the road doing promotional work at various import auto shows around the country. Continue reading →

Tiger Woods — Abroad?

Filed under: Tiger Woods If you believe everyone, Tiger Woods is in Florida, Arizona, New York, California, and on a boat. But people who spoke with Woods the day after his Thanksgiving car accident tell TMZ his plan was to get out of the country and ensconce himself in ..

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The Knowles-Gaddafi Conspiracy: Did Beyonce Rock New Year’s for Libyan Dictator’s Son?

Rachel Sklar , Mediaite’s executive editor and resident Lady Gaga Penis Conspiracy-debunker, might’ve found her Watergate.

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The Knowles-Gaddafi Conspiracy: Did Beyonce Rock New Year’s for Libyan Dictator’s Son?

Would you choose your child’s gender?

(CNN) — Genetic screening techniques that allow parents to choose their children's gender are now more accurate than ever and are becoming increasingly mainstream, but experts are divided over whether the technology should be used in this way. A technique called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was originally developed two decades ago to allow embryos to be tested for genetic disease

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