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• How Fox News Is Destroying the Republican Party

  

  It's becoming increasingly clear that Fox's programming and the radical, fear-based agenda it's setting for Republicans is now doing lasting damage to the Grand Old Party.
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• Bill Gates: 'I wrote Steve Jobs a letter as he was dying. He kept it by his bed'

  

  People’s plutocrat Bill Gates talks about friendly rivalry, and how to get bankers to part with their money.
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• 35 Pounds of Cocaine Accidentally Shipped to UN

  

  A shipment containing 16 kilograms of cocaine was seized last week at the U.N.'s mail intake center, a New York Police Department spokesman said Thursday. Paul Browne, NYPD's chief spokesman, said the drug was in a white bag evidently masquerading as…
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• 'Red State Socialism' graphic says GOP-leaning states get lion's share of federal dollars

  

  Many GOP-leaning states get more in federal funding than they contribute in federal taxes. That's the point made by a graphic that’s circulating on the Internet, titled "Red State Socialism." A reader recently pointed us to it and asked us to check…
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• The Great Disk Drive in the Sky: How Web giants store big—and we mean big—data

  

  Data needs at Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have driven the development of distributed file systems such as GFS and Dynamo. The decisions and trade-offs of each can explain a lot about why cloud services work the way they do—and why they sometimes…
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• FBI seeking social media monitoring tool

  

  WASHINGTON — The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for a tool to mine social media for intelligence tips. The US domestic law enforcement agency is asking information technology contractors about the feasibility of building a tool that…
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• MegaUpload Alternatives See Surge in Traffic After Shutdown

  

  After losing access to their favorite file-hosting service last week, millions of former MegaUpload users have fled to the many alternatives available. Filefactory, Depositfiles and many of the other top cyberlockers have seen an unprecedented surge…
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• House Republicans Are In Favor Of Ads That Make Your Child Harass You Into Buying Junk Food

  

  Tossing that box of Lucky Charms back on the shelf at the grocery store after your kid tried to sneak it into the cart is going to be a lot harder, if House Republicans have their way. They're on the side of food companies that don't want the White H…
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• Internet Against SOPA: Does absolutely nothing to get rid of goddamn Lolcats

  

  Last week, several websites, including Google and Wikipedia, raised awareness of the prohibitive measures included in the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Here are some of the legislation's controversial provisions:
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• CHART OF THE DAY: Why Apple Is Suddenly Beating Android In Market Share

  

  New phone, new carriers.
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• Too good to be true? Miracle woman who survived '33,000ft fall'

  

  Her survival was hailed a miracle – the flight attendant who plunged 10,160m (33,300ft) without a parachute when an aircraft broke up above the clouds.
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• 9 Snubbed Movies That Prove The Oscars Hate People Having Sex in 2012
  I could spend all day gnawing my tongue over which films shouldn’t have been included in this year’s awards recognition, but just like arguing the virtues and evils of the MPAA, our time is better used talking about some of the sexy pieces of wor…
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• Doll 'protesters' present small problem for Russian police

  

  Police in Siberian city ask prosecutors to investigate legality of protest involving display of toy figures holding miniature placards
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• Apple Patent filing hints at possible Touchscreen TV remote

  

  A newly-published patent application, originally submitted in September, hints at some of what Apple might have planned for its rumored TV set. The filing is titled Apparatus and Method to Facilitate Universal Remote Control, and complains that most
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• America's Aging Workforce Prepares To Work Into Retirement [Infographic]

  

  In the wake of the Great Recession, many baby boomers are delaying retirement, hoping that a few more years of work will help them replenish nest eggs that have devastated by the Great Recession and falling home values.
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• !Space Images: Opportunity's Eighth Anniversary View From 'Greeley Haven' - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  
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• !Cómo añadir el Botón "Enviar a Linkedin" en tu Google Reader | Exprimiendo Linkedin
  
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• !Surface View
  
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• !Tor Project: Anonymity Online
  
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• !Ugandan Court Orders Amnesty for LRA Commander Kwoyelo, Appeal Pends | RAISE Hope for Congo
  
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• !First release of the Apache ODF Toolkit
  
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• !MoveOn.org Political Action: Democracy in Action
  
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Reddit

• Aboriginal protesters torch Australian flag outside Parliament
  submitted by Bounceupinher to worldnews [link] [114 comments]
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• Only boring people take the stairs
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• What are some not so well known, but common and easy to get jobs?
  More of jobs people don't usually think of, but are entry level jobs? submitted by tibsalot to AskReddit [link] [1138 comments]
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• Omari would like to say thank you!

  

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• A timeless quote

  

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Google News

• !Snatch theft suspect arrested - Channel News Asia

  

  AsiaOneSnatch theft suspect arrestedChannel News AsiaSINGAPORE : Police have arrested a 36-year-old man who is believed to be involved in a case of snatch theft committed at Block 700A Ang Mo Kio Central. On Thursday at about 1.10pm, a 75-year-old wo…
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• PM Lee on CPIB probe - Channel News Asia

  

  AFPPM Lee on CPIB probeChannel News AsiaSINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said he does not think there is anything wrong, in principle, with the country's system of checks and balances. PM Lee was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of…
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Bing News

• Gloves off for Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich - Boston Herald
  Mitt Romney went straight for Republican rival Newt Gingrich’s jugular in last night’s debate before the pivotal Florida primary, hitting Gingrich’s “over the top rhetoric” and turning the faceoff into a front-runner slugfest. “This idea…
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• Poll: Joe Paterno's firing loses support across nation - NJ.com
  HARRISBURG, Pa. — Support for the decision by Penn State trustees to fire longtime football coach Joe Paterno is falling, according to a national poll released Thursday. The Seton Hall Sports Poll indicated 42 percent of respondents support the fir…
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Yahoo Buzz

• 15 Most Stressful Jobs in the World
  Everyone has a bad day at work now and then. But if you have one of these 15 Most Stressful Jobs in the World, even one bad day can get you or someone else killed. From EMT to Coal Miner to Ice Road Trucker, these are the jobs that will keep you up a…
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Lifehacker

• !Use a Toilet Paper Roll and a Sandwich Bag to Protect Your Ties at Home or On The Road [Clever Uses]

  

  Earlier this week, when we mentioned you could use shower hooks as in-closet storage hangers, reader Greg wrote in with an even better way to store your ties without damaging them, whether you keep t…
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• !How to Stay Motivated and Avoid Slacking Off While Working From Home [Motivation]

  

  If you have the opportunity to telecommute regularly, or even work from home every now and again, the temptation can be strong to just put your feet up and forget about work unless you have to check…
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• Get Your Ideas Out of Your Head and On Paper to Actually Make Progress Towards Your Goals [Productivity]

  

  It may seem like common sense that you need to get your ideas out of your head to act on them, but how many of us walk around with an always-updating to-do list in our heads only to forget one of the…
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• Turn an Old GPS or Cell Phone Mount into a Suction Cup Camera Mount [DIY]

  

  If you've been through more than one cell phone or GPS device in your car, you probably have an extra suction cup mount in the trunk of your car or lying around in a box. Instead of throwing it away,…
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• Best Tax Preparation Tools? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

  

  It's tax preparation season, and while you're busy collecting receipts and waiting on your employers to send over your W-2 forms, now's the time to figure out the best way to prepare and file your ta…
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• Remains of the Day: Twitter Lays Groundwork to Censor Tweets in Sensitive Nations [For What It's Worth]

  

  Twitter adopts nation-by-nation content controls, the EU signs ACTA, and the FBI looks for new ways to watch social media.More »
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Boing Boing

• Portuguese rights society presents lists of supporters for a digital media tax; composer says he never gave consent to be included on the list

  

  Carlos sez, "A Portuguese Authors Association was caught faking authors' names in support of an abusive proposed law to add a copyright tax to every gigabyte of digital storage." António Pinho Vargas (one of my most appreciated Portuguese music comp…
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• Polish MPs wear Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA

  

  The streets of Poland have erupted in protest on the eve of the country's signing onto ACTA, the secretive copyright treaty that is being rammed through many European Parliaments this year. Members of Parliament showed up for work wearing Anon-style…
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• Scunthorpe photographer faces down abusive security guards at Golden Wonder factory who want to enforce imaginary law against taking pictures from the public pavement

  

  In this video, Hamst, a proud resident of Scunthorpe who enjoys taking photos of local landmarks for the Visit Scunthorpe site confronts two very nasty security guards for the Golden Wonder factory. The guards are furious that he is taking pictures o…
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• Chief ACTA Eurocrat quits in disgust at lack of democratic fundamentals in global copyright treaty

  

  Kader Arif, the EU "rapporteur" for ACTA (a copyright treaty negotiated in secret, which contains all the worst elements of SOPA, and which is coming to a vote in the EU) has turned in his report and resigned from his job, delivering a scathing rebuk…
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• Future World Orchestra: Desire (1982)

  

  A modern electronica duo can only dream of being as good as Future World Orchestra. [via Robert Popper]
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• Robert Hegyes, aka "Juan Epstein," RIP

  

  "Hey, Mr. Kotter, I got a note!" Robert Hegyes who played Juan Luis Pedro Philippo DeHuevos Epstein on "Welcome Back Kotter" has died. "Robert Hegyes dies at 60" (Variety)
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Fark

• !High heels destroy a woman's feet and warp the way she walks. Wow, and here I thought walking on your toes while balancing on a five-inch-high spike was good for you [Obvious]

  

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• !Photoshop this eye of cat [Photoshop]

  

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• !Analysis of the State of the Union Address registered it at an 8th grade reading level. Unfortunately, language proficiency of Congress is still grade 6 [Followup]

  

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• !Woman orgasms during MRI... here are the nuclear launch validation codes, and the coordinates for multiple targets, have at it [Hero]

  

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• !Rare color photos show Hitler's hidden life of luxury in Berlin and Bavaria. Wait until Hitler hears about this [Interesting]

  

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• !Swedish company inadvertently invents ATM for cats [Strange]

  

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