PEOPLE |
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Sotomayor Changes
Personality of Court
Adds one wise Latina to six grumpy whites,
one grumpy black, one wisecracking yenta. |
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Cheney
Memoirs: Bush Didn't
Listen to Him, Became
“Soft”
Rejected his suggestion
to “have Sen. Leahy
whacked.” |
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ENTERTAINMENT |
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Porn Industry Faces Severe
Cutbacks
Many writers let go. |
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BUSINESS |
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U.S., UBS Settle Out of Court
in Tax
Secrecy Case
Terms of settlement secret. |
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Swiss Bank Reveals Names of
Americans Hiding Money There
To see if you’re on the list, go to
www.ofcourseyourenotonthelist.com. |
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GM:
New Chevy Volt Gets 230 MPG
In test drive from top of
Pike’s Peak to Denver. |
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SCIENCE |
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Huge “Plastic
Patch” in North Pacific Studied by
Oceanographers
And lawyers from packaging industry. |
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Scientists Close to Creating
Computer With Human Brain
All they need is a volunteer. |
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Orangutans
Able to Build, Play
Musical Instrument
However, humans can
download orangutans'
music for free and make
as many copies as they
want. |
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HEALTH / MEDICINE |
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Study: High Fat Diet May
Make You Stupid, Lazy
But you might be stupid, lazy anyway. |
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Two Daily Chocolates Cut Risk
for Heart Attack Survivors Threefold
So four daily chocolates would probably
cut risk sixfold, right? |
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New Study Finds No Benefit
From Exercise, Dieting
Did somebody say McDonald's? |
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