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PhrazIt - 30 character reviews of everything

This is a sort of freeform association of 30 character strings and tags. I have to say, it's not that dumb, but I don't know about a business model. From the article: "Today sees the launch of PhrazIt, a site looking to cut through the noise by offe [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Has eBay peaked?

Lots of analysis going on lately, including this piece contemplating the limit of the 'network effect.' From the article: "eBay may also be a victim of its popularity: by trying to accommodate their hundreds of millions of users, eBay may have ended  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Is mom partially to blame for kids being held captive for 3 yrs?

In case you haven't heard this sick story, a man is accused of holding his wife and kids captive in a bug-infested trailer for 3 years. The mother escaped after the man starting having an affair with another women. He sounds like a catch, and I can  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Home foreclosure filings up 55 percent in July

U.S. foreclosure activity in July rose 55 percent from a year earlier as a slump in once-sizzling housing markets forced yet more borrowers to default on their mortgages, according to a monthly report.  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Doctors removing organs from dying babies to save other babies

...as soon as the babies heart stops beating but the brain may not be. That heart is then transplanted and restarted in another baby's body. The timing seems to make a difference in saving lives. The donating babies have no hope of survival, usually [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Whites projected to no longer be majority in America by 2042

The Census Bureau has released its new projections and has move that year up 8 years from 2050. Hispanics make up the fastest growing percentage of the population. From the article: "'The white population is older and very much centered around the ag [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Wuala- your files on other people's computers in encrypted chunks

Wuala launches tomorrow in public beta. The service lets you store your files across the internets on other peoples computers. Files are broken up into tiny chunks and encrypted. From the article: "Wuala, the P2P ’social grid storage’ startup f [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Two college wreslers kicked off team for posing nude? Fair?

(on gay web site) Two wreslers posed nude for a gay web site and are no longer on the team. The Nebraska wrestling handbook supposedly bans such things. Is this fair? From the article: "'Paul Donahoe and Kenny Jordan have been permanently dismissed [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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8 GOP Senators skipping GOP convention - Is this a big deal?

The Republican senator from Kansas announced today he is joining the list of GOP senators who will skip the convention. From the article: "Roberts spokeswoman told the Topeka Capital Journal today that Roberts will be campaigning that week, finishing [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Top Model show welcomes transgender model, how will she do?

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(click [more] for image) America's Next Top Model has welcomed a transgender contestant to compete in the new season. What is your prediction? From the article: "Hailing from Prince George's County, Maryland, Isis identifies herself as 'a woman b [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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