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Diary.com - users post 1000 char entries, links, videos

Diary.com has raised $600K in seed money, and publicly launches today. From the article: "Diaries can be private or shared on the site...Diary users can find each other on the system and spin out wider conversations...." [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Leahy subtly compares McCain's slip-ups to Alzheimers, Reagan

Leahy alludes to McCain's "referring to Russia's relationship [with] Czechoslovakia -- a country that hasn't existed for 15 years..." Is this fair game? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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SAT scores lowest in a decade (for 2nd straight year)

Could be because more kids are taking it or could be because our kids are collectively failing to achieve. "For a second straight year, SAT scores for the most recent high school graduating class remained at the lowest level in nearly a decade, a tre [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Robotic suit lets parapalegic soldier walk again

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The caption is all you need to read: "Radi Kaiof, a former Israeli paratrooper who was paralyzed 20 years ago, walks using an electronic exoskeleton at a development center in Israel. The device has motorized leg supports, body sensors and a backpack  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Phelps signs million dollar book deal, would you read it?

The book is tenatively called "Built to Succeed." From the article: "Phelps snagged an estimated $1.6 million advance from the Free Press imprint of Simon & Schuster for his latest book, to be called 'Built to Succeed.'" [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Dead Sea Scrolls to be made available online

"Scientists and scholars in Jerusalem have begun a programme to take the first high-resolution, digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls so they can be made available to the public on the internet." [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Only PV cancer cluster in America confirmed in NE Pennsylvania

PV is polycythemia vera, a rare blood cancer. "Some residents blame their illnesses on a recycler that accepted hundreds of thousands of gallons of paint sludge, waste oils, used solvents, PCBs, cyanide, pesticides and many other known or suspected c [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Michael Bolton and Nicollette Sheridan end engagement

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A sad day in Hollywood, megastars Michael Bolton and Nicollette Sheridan have called it quits. From the article: "The 44-year-old actress and 55-year-old singer have been engaged since March 2006. They first started dating in 1992 and spent five years [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Baseball starts instant replay

Major League Baseball reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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LPGA to require English for intl players

he LPGA Tour boasts players from all over the world, and it wants all of them to be able to speak English. The LPGA will require players to speak English starting in 2009, with players who have been LPGA members for two years facing suspension if t [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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