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Cancer center issues warning on cell phone use
money.cnn.com — The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies that don't find a link between cancerMore… (Health)
The Hottest Female Grease Monkeys
maxim.com — Any girl can up her hotness with a set of indispensable skills, but nothing gets a guy's libido racing faster than a sweaty chick who knows her way around the underbelly of our automobile.More… (Celebrity)
Woman kills self prior to foreclosed home being auctioned
boston.com — Balderrama faxed a letter to her mortgage company at 2:30 p.m., telling them that "by the time they foreclosed on the house today she'd be dead." The mortgage company notified police, who found her body at 3:30 p.m. She left a note for her family saying "take the [life] insurance money and pay for the house." Sadly, I don't think it is covered...More… (Business & Finance)
Save Your Data With One of These Top Backup Programs
pcworld.com — We test five new apps that make saving--and restoring--your vital data a lot easier than tools you've tried in the past.More… (Software)
75 Things That Every Man Should Do Before He Dies
esquire.com — In honor of Esquire’s seventy-fifth anniversary, we look at the seventy-five things, from flying a Cessna to building a reputation, that every man should do before he dies.More… (Odd Stuff)
Hand over your gun (no questions asked), get $100
chicagotribune.com — "The buy-back program was challenged last week by Dr. Carl Bell, a psychiatrist and president and CEO of Chicago's Community Mental Health Council, who said at a City Council hearing that the guns being turned in "don't work in the first damn place." More… (Arts & Culture)
Worms Do Calculus to Find Food
livescience.com — Worms calculate how much the strength of different tastes is changing, equivalent to the process of taking a derivative in calculus, to figure out if they are on their way toward food or should change direction and look elsewhere....the calculating-worm conclusion was reached by studying two anatomically identical neurons from the worm's brain More… (General Sciences)
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Protester Glues Himself to British PM [Video]
edition.cnn.com — A protester who wanted his message to stick managed to superglue himself to the British prime minister Tuesday evening.More… (Political News)
Digg To (Finally) Integrate OpenID?!
techcrunch.com — When Digg’s Lead Architect Joe Stump took the stage at the Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco earlier today, something in one of his screen shots caught our attention. He was there to show how users will soon be able to log in to Digg without an account via their Facebook credentials (the new Facebook Connect product). But also includedMore… (Tech Industry News)
Al Gore's Doomsday Clock
online.wsj.com — As America's leading peddler of both doom and salvation, Mr. Gore has moved beyond the constraints and obligations of reality. His job is to serve as a Prophet of Truth. More… (Political Opinion)
Digital revolution could be Olympics' salvation
sciam.com — If the Games lose their cachet in years to come, billions of dollars from sponsorship and broadcasting rights that support the Olympic movement could melt away.More… (Olympics)
Sex, blood and baby names
news.yahoo.com — Some U.S. motorists sick of getting clobbered at the pump seem willing to do just about anything for free fuel, from giving up the right to name their children to stealing from day-care centers to donating blood. More… (Odd Stuff)
Net firms in music pirates deal
news.bbc.co.uk — Six of the UK's biggest net providers are believed to backed a government plan to tackle music piracy online. More… (Tech Industry News)
Lazy Locavores & Remote-Control Gardens
nytimes.com — As a result of interest in local food and rising grocery bills, backyard gardens have been enjoying a renaissance across the country, but what might be called the remote-control backyard garden — no planting, no weeding, no dirt under the fingernails — is a twist, in which gardeners are paid to plant and grow crops in people's backyards.More… (Environment)
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