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    TEPCO sees steam but no crisis at nuclear plant

    Everything is fine. :lol: TOKYO (AP) — Steam or vapors appeared to be coming from a damaged reactor building at Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant Thursday, but the plant operator said radiation levels were steady. The video images showed a small amount of vapor or steam, but the origin...
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    Down's syndrome cells 'fixed' in first step towards chromosome therapy

    Scientists have corrected the genetic fault that causes Down's syndrome – albeit in isolated cells – raising the prospect of a radical therapy for the disorder. In an elegant series of experiments, US researchers took cells from people with DS and silenced the extra chromosome that causes...
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    Pope Francis to Offer Plenary Indulgences via Twitter

    As a part of a greater effort to use social media to connect with Catholics worldwide, the Pope will start relieving punishment for your sins via social media. According to the Vatican's Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary publication, Pope Francis will be giving "plenary indulgences" — which...
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    Vietnam's Infinite Cave

    Vietnam's Infinite Cave - Hang Son Doong Cave - YouTube In Vietnam, World's Largest Cave Passage - Pictures, More From National Geographic magazine
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    RCMP interviewed Marjory LeBreton in Senate scandal investigation

    OTTAWA — The RCMP interviewed the prime minister’s former right hand in the Senate as part of an ongoing investigation into the expense scandal the day before her sudden resignation from that post. Sen. Marjory LeBreton confirmed Wednesday that she has been contacted by the Mounties and was...
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    Scarborough subway: Toronto council backs plan but needs more cash

    Mayor Rob Ford is finally tracking toward delivering the subway he’s been promising Scarborough since he took office nearly three years ago. After two days of debate, city council voted 28-16 Wednesday to extend the Bloor-Danforth line north of Kennedy Station, rather than convert the...
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    Americans Support the Keystone XL Pipeline by Wide Margin

    While the Obama administration mulls whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Americans are already decided. They support the project by a wide margin, prioritizing potential economic benefits over possible environmental consequences. The latest United...
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    No woman is safe in a minicab, says rape judge

    A judge issued an alarming warning to minicab passengers yesterday that they cannot expect to travel in safety. Jailing an asylum seeker for eight years for raping a secretary, Recorder Michael Sayers, QC, said those hiring a private taxi simply had no way of knowing the driver's background...
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    Transient Global Amnesia

    Mystery of American who woke up speaking Swedish is solved- by a medieval re-enactment society Society for Creative Anachronism knew him as Strongbow from the group's jousting team A medieval re-enactment society in Sweden claims to have solved the mystery of an American who awoke...
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    Man charged for posting alleged Jun Lin murder video

    Many people saw that video and it didn't show a murder. The stabbing of a corpse and cutting flesh from the buttocks. ..."corrupting morals"...gimme a break. The site has a disclaimer you agree to before even entering. You are about to enter a website that contains photos and videos...
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    Pictures taken from the late 19th and early 20th century restored

    Very nice collection. Photos I Like: Historic Photos
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    Dry asparagus prompts questions about racial discrimination

    Wtff? A dried-out batch of asparagus has touched off a debate about racial discrimination, grocery stores and the role of citizen-led commissions.It started in May when resident David Olander was perusing the produce section of the University City Schnucks. He noticed the asparagus weren’t...
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    Britain legalizes gay marriage as Queen Elizabeth II gives royal approval

    LONDON — Britain on Wednesday legalized gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal stamp of approval, clearing the way for the first same-sex weddings next summer. Lawmakers cheered as House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said royal assent had been given — one day after the...
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    Your move atheists

    Reincarnated Jesus' Secluded Siberian Sect Sergey Anatolyevitch Torop is also known as Vissarion. Born on Jan. 14, 1961, he has a beard, flowing robes, and claims to be the son of God. Vissarion worked as a traffic...
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    £44,000 Speakers For Sale

    Speakers that cost £44,000. Finally you can listen to the Lion King soundtrack as God intended
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    Starving Aboriginals Subject to Canadian Experiments?

    Canada starved aboriginals in the '40s in the name of science, research says New historical research says hungry aboriginal children and adults were once used as unwitting subjects in nutritional experiments by the Canadian government. Aboriginal children were deliberately starved in the...
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    2 years after nuclear disaster, Japan spawns freaky fruits and veggies

    It might be wise to steer clear of vegetables from Japan's Fukushima area for, oh, say a few hundred years. A Korean website assembled this image collection of produce from towns and villages surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. And they are NOT pretty pictures. From...
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    When the Biggest Music Legend You’ve Never Heard of Decides to Downsize

    Arkansas-born "Rompin' Ronnie" Hawkins and Canada adopted each other in 1958. At age 78, he's putting his memorabilia-jammed "$100 house on a million-dollar property" up for sale. If those walls could only talk. Except, in their own way, this time they can, and do...
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    Rolling Stone features Boston bombing suspect on cover

    I don't know who has dreamier hair, this guy or shiny pony. One of the best comments thus far: If only someone would simply love him, he would love them back! Ladies, wont one of you teach him how to love again? Look at those sensitive eyes. They are the eyes of a tormented and...
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    Muslim Terrorist Granted Legal Aid In Bid To Acquire Brit Passport

    A MUSLIM terror fanatic banned from Britain for being a threat to national security has been given legal aid in a bid to win a UK passport. Fanatic’s legal aid in bid for passport | The Sun |News Hey England...get a GRIP! oh wait...