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They're growing huge, perfect diamonds in the lab

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Assess the impact of this technology. They used to have a tinting problem, now they're huge and perfect, and can't be told apart from natural diamonds. "The new technique is so efficient that the synthetic diamonds contain fewer impurities than those found in nature, says Meng. 'We once sent one of our lab-grown diamonds for jewellery identification, it wasn't told apart from natural ones,' she says."
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YES

NO

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Dog killer Michael Vick expects to return to the NFL, will he?

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Predict his future, his lawyers seem pretty confident. "The Debtor has every reason to believe that upon his release, he will be reinstated into the NFL, resume his career and be able to earn a substantial living," Vick's attorneys wrote in a disclosure statement filed before a hearing Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Norfolk. The former Atlanta Falcons star is serving a 23-month sentence in a federal penitentiary for bankrolling a dogfighting ring in rural Virginia and is scheduled to be released on July 20."
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FAIR

FOUL

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Canadian jail releases obese prisoner, can't house him

He has been granted early parole. "'Big Mike'... has been granted early parole... could not accommodate his 430-pound frame... The two-officer board stressed that Lapointe was not violent and did not pose a risk to society."
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A

B

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Brain dead boy, hospital: remove life support, parents: no

Pick a side: A) the parents B) the hospital. The parents religion dictates that heart and lungs functioning means the kid is alive, the hospital says it's the brain. The lungs breathe by machine. The boy had a malignant brain tumor and never regained consciousness. He's clinically brain dead. "the seventh-grader's brain has ceased functioning entirely..."
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WISE

WASTE

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Obama's vetting questionnaire for employment:7 pages,63 questions

It's designed to get any morsel of potentially embarrassing history or skeletons (and presumably clean ethics). "Have you, your spouse, or any member of your immediate family ever worked with a financial, banking, insurance or mortgage institution currently the subject of federal government intervention as part of the financial meltdown..."
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BELIEVE

DOUBT

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Research: Polluted air causes more deaths than car accidents

"To illustrate its point, the study noted that the California Highway Patrol recorded 2,521 vehicular deaths in the San Joaquin Valley and South Coast Air Basin in 2006, compared to 3,812 deaths attributed to respiratory illness caused by particulate pollution.... dirty air is like a $28 billion lead balloon on our economy"
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COOL

BORING

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Michael Moore's next movie: The Economy

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"Instead of foreign policy, the film's focus now is more on the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy. The untitled movie will contain an end-of-the-empire tone, say those familiar with the project, and Moore no doubt hopes that this will give it a more general feel that will untether it from a specific political moment."
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FAIR

FOUL

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Children-Free housing developments, aka "Vasectomy Zoning"

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"Housing that prohibits families with children—sometimes called vasectomy zoning—has become an attractive option as rising costs put increased financial strains on school districts. The schools tax them at the same rate, so basically it's pure profit for the schools because there are no children," said Mundelein Mayor Kenneth Kessler."
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GLAD

SAD

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After 14 seasons Mad TV is cancelled

"Fox is closing the book on "Mad TV" after 14 seasons. Net confirmed Wednesday that the Saturday night sketch series, which had barely escaped cancellation in recent years, will end its run at the end of this season."
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BELIEVE

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National Enquirer: Cindy McCain Having Affair

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(more for pic) "I couldn't believe I was watching Cindy McCain passionately kissing and hugging another man!... A reader notes that this story is particularly dubious because Cindy McCain was on a trip to Kosovo at the time of the festival where the photos were supposedly taken. "
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