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Why online dating may not be best route to find true love
Whether taking the help of a grandmother or a friend or the magic of Cupid, lonely hearts have long realized that assistance may be needed to meet their soulmate.
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Humor a key part of workplace 'fit'
A sense of humor is important for fitting into a company's corporate culture and may be key to getting -- or staying -- employed, a U.S. survey says. The survey, developed by Accountemps, ...
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Would-Be French Leader Flour-Bombed
Francois Hollande, who is running against current leader Nicolas Sarkozy, was filmed caked in the white powder on the podium as the assailant was wrestled to the ground by aides. He appeared ...
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Souped-up scooter hits the snow
HE ALREADY holds a world record for the Fastest Mobility Scooter, and now Colin Furze is pushing the boundaries once again, taking the scooter to the ...
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True Crime Finance Stories
You know what the perfect crime is? It’s the one that’s not illegal. Sanford ';Sandy'; Weill must have thought John Dillinger was schmuck. Weill didn’t bother with a ...
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Strange life found in underwater caves
Clues to how life evolved, not only on this planet but also possibly on alien worlds, might be found in underwater caves in the Bahamas, researchers say. The caves in question are called ...
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Weird beetle's sperm teams up for its exploits
This is an image of sperm conjugate from the diving beetle, Hygrotus sayi. It is a composite image with three images taken at the same magnification. On the left is a darkfield image (heads and ...
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At Yale, True Love Week hopes to challenge Sex Week
Yale kicks off its controversial "Sex Week" event, which is billed as a way to promote sexual health through a series of speakers and workshops. This year, however, the event will have ...
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Serious potty talk gets boy a dream toilet
Kruse said her son is so fascinated with toilets that he wanted to ask Santa for a particular type of Kohler toilet, a dual-flush brand that allows people to either make a full or a half ...
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Taylor - Capello's comments 'bizarre'
PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor says Fabio Capello's criticism of the FA is "bizarre" and may have affected England's chances at Euro 2012. Capello has said ...
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Pint-Sized Ping Pong Star Becomes YouTube Hit
The clip of 18-month-old Jamie Myskova-Buddell knocking back ball after ball to his dad while sitting on a full-size table has already clocked up nearly a million views. The youngster, from ...
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Report to lay bare the true costs of PFI to UK taxpayers
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Goat goads cops into a merry chase. No kidding.
This kid was at it for hours - leaving a couple of frustrated police officers hoofing it around Melbourne in a puff.Police and animal experts tried everything to haul her in, but keeping up with the ...
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Mustache film festival to be held in Maine
Ellahi Bakhsh Baluch, a Pakistani renowned for his thick mustache, poses on a stage during a nationl flag rally in Islamabad November 30 ...
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Curious George store to reopen in Harvard Square
A pair of Roslindale entrepreneurs are bringing trouble-making monkey Curious George back to Harvard Square, opening a new incarnation of the Curious George store, which closed last summer. Adam ...
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Liberals are the true aggressors in culture wars
The irony is that few worldviews better describe the general liberal orientation to public policy and the culture war. The left often complains about the culture war as if it's a war they don't want ...
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Ford Didn't Appreciate Chevy's Humor
Ford Motor , one of the very few car companies that didn’t advertise on last night’s Super Bowl, nonetheless has a lot to say about one ad — and none of it is very nice. Ford, it ...
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Man gets stuck in elevators twice in one day
Crews had trouble releasing the elevator, which was stuck between the 21st and 22nd floor, so they had to rescue him from another elevator parallel to the one that was stalled, said ...
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Leave Remote Peru Tribe Alone
Peru has called on explorers to stay away from an isolated Amazon basin rainforest tribe after pictures of "uncontacted" tribal members were published ...
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TV is taking viewers to strange new worlds
They range from a parallel fairty-tale land on ABC's Once Upon a Time to a prison tableau of the past on Fox's Alcatraz, a monster world hidden to most on NBC's Grimm and a prehistoric jungle on ...
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Toledo hot dog chain made famous on "M*A*S*H" sold
Actor Jamie Farr, best known for his role as 'Corporal Klinger' in the television series ''M*A*S*H'', arrives for '60 Years A Retrospective of the Television and ...
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For Giants, the dream comes true
Quick Read What began as a far-fetched dream ended with one last awe-inspiring comeback and the joyful reality of one more Super Bowl ...
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Montana man fined $1K for instigating police chase
BUTTE, Mont. -- A Butte man who told officers he instigated a police chase because he always wanted to try it, found out it'll cost him a $1,000 fine to go with his tire damage.The Montana ...
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Remembering A True Prophet, Bob Marley By Hakeem Babalola
By Hakeem Babalola Was it our own Chinua Achebe or one of the WS (William Shakespeare and our own Wole Soyinka) who coined that famous phrase about greatness? "Some men [or women] are born ...
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Man shoots self in leg at gun show
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Authorities say a Georgia man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Savannah gun ...
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Mohsin enjoys 'dream come true'
as "like a dream come true". Captain Misbah-ul-Haq is now unbeaten in seven Test series since taking over the captaincy in 2010. "It's not a very experienced team, not a ...
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Abandoned Fukushima Pets Face Harsh Winter
Dogs and cats abandoned in the Fukushima exclusion zone after last year's nuclear crisis have survived high radiation and lack of food only to face freezing winter ...
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Who Knew Weird Star Facts
rnrnIn a statement, the famous basketball team said the u201Cprestigious title recognizes an individual of extraordinary character and achievement who has made an everlasting mark on the ...
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Aww, man! Bart Simpson joins Barbie in Iran ban
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely ...
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How weird is the winter Toro can't test its snowblowers
Follow this company has been forced to go outside of Minnesota to find enough snow to test its snow-blowing equipment, the result of our warm and dry winter. ...
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Germany hunts out deer calling champion
Competitors were scored on their ability to imitate red deer calls during the breeding season in three different categories: a young deer, a dominant rutting buck, and an older ...
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Hole lotta fun as Japanese dig for Golden Shovel
TOKYO (Reuters) - Over a thousand people gathered on the outskirts of Tokyo, shovels and ladders in hand. Their goal: to dig their way to victory in the Japan All-National Hole Digging Competition, ...
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Pope Clarifies True Nature of Justice and Peace
Remembers Christians Paying for Fidelity With Their LivesVATICAN CITY, JAN. 13, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Justice is not a mere human convention and peace is not the mere absence of war, Benedict XVI ...
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The Strange Science of Summer on the Oregon Coast
(Oregon Coast) - It verges on the paranormal. It’s a truth that’s a bit out there. And it's a stranger side of Oregon tourism than most have ...
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‘Both Were True Explorers’
The Oscar-winning director, who had worked closely with filmmakers Mike deGruy and Andrew Wight, issued a statement to THR in response to their sudden deaths Saturday in a helicopter crash in ...
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Family pays $2,550 for two beers
credit card statement displayed the charge for two alcoholic beverages, which were supposed to cost $14 each but ended up being nearly $1,500 a piece. The credit card owner explained: "We just ...
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Bill Moyers Makes Newt Gingrich Look Like an Idiot
Moyers & Company The PBS headliner rises to the defense of Saul Alinsky, ';a patriot, in a long line of patriots, who scorned the malignant narcissism of duplicitous politicians and taught ...
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Gingrich Calls Obama's Birth Control Policy 'Outrageous Assault' on Religion
Gingrich's comments come after a week of outrage from the Catholic Church and his fellow GOP presidential candidates over the policy, which mandates that religious hospitals, charities and ...
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Kingsville True Value Closes
Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-TimesPam Wilson (left), an owner of Wilson True Value in Kingsville, says goodbye to longtime customer Minnie Garcia on Tuesday. The store closed Tuesday after 66 years in ...
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The bizarre touchdown that won Super Bowl XLVI
score the winning touchdown of Super Bowl XLVI with the Giants holding out to beat the New England Patriots 21-17. Bradshaw was told to hold his run on the one-yard line so the Giants could run ...
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Chopper makes emergency landing at CA playground
MODESTO, Calif. -- Authorities say a helicopter encountered mechanical problems before making an emergency landing at an elementary school playground in a Modesto, Calif., neighborhood.Neighborhood ...
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NRO & the curious case of Zardari
Pakistan has been so deeply mired in a range of conflicting issues as he, and survived. Last year the Swiss authorities said they couldn't entertain a case ...
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