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

Lieberman 9 arrested in his Senate office: Inside video

Over 50 million die every year for lack of health care and more for denial of care despite having health insurance. That's well over 100 deaths per day.

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Lieberman 9 arrested in his Senate office: Inside video

Locked up for life at 13

The U.S. is the only country that sentences juveniles to life in prison without parole. Will the Supreme Court declare it unconstitutional

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Locked up for life at 13

Giant crack in Africa will create a new ocean

“A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

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Exclusive: Lil Wayne Talks No Ceilings Mixtape

We rundown some tracks and get words from Weezy, in Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Photo: MTV News As promised, we got Lil Wayne talking about his No Ceilings mixtape right here. Weezy F

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That’s Gotta Hurt: Florida Player Eye-Gouges Foe

As the top-ranked college football team in the nation, the University of Florida has been gouging the eyes of its opponents all season long …

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That’s Gotta Hurt: Florida Player Eye-Gouges Foe

Nouriel Roubini Still Predicting the End of the World, Partying with Hot Chicks

Some genius once dubbed New York University economist Nouriel Roubini ” the Joe Francis of Pessimism Porn ,” and yesterday’s one-two punch of a Eurotrashy post-Halloween loft party with Oliver Stone and a doomsaying op-ed in the Financial Times proves the point.

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Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart

IS GEORGE W. BUSH stupid?

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Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: When Your Wedding Makes the ‘Off’ Weekend

You’ll have to excuse Weddings Expert Phyllis Nefler for feeling a little ghoulish today. Like war, the NYT’s Weddings & Celebrations breaks for no holiday, including the Tet Offensive of hangovers, but The Vows must go on

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Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: When Your Wedding Makes the ‘Off’ Weekend

The computer that made the Internet

This is Dr. Leonard Kleinrock pinching the nipples of the Interface Message Processor, a ruggerized Honeywell DDP-516 Minicomputer

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The computer that made the Internet