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Older people enjoy reading negative stories about young

Older people like reading negative news stories about their younger counterparts because it boosts their own self-esteem, according to a new study.
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Why Some Companies Are Allowing Naps At The Worksite

Studies have shown when employees are allowed to take an half hour nap at work they our more alert and have more energy. Several companies are using this practice to increase production and cut down on accidents.
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Google to pay $8.5 million for adding Gmail contacts to Buzz

Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars (US) to settle a privacy lawsuit over a Buzz social networking tool added to free email service Gmail in February, according to court documents.
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John Bolton Mulls Run for Presidency

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Bolton's office at the American Enterprise Institute, the think tank where he works next door to his mentor, former Vice President Dick Cheney, did not respond to an interview request from AOL News. But he has not lacked policy platforms. Since quitting the U.N. in December 2006, he has been a staple on Fox News and sounded off on the op-ed pages of the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and other newspapers.
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Jerry Lewis Unplugged: 'I Would Smack Lindsay Lohan in the Mouth'

"I'd smack her in the mouth if I saw her," he offered the interviewer when asked what he'd do if he saw Lohan. "I would smack her in the mouth and be arrested for abusing a woman!"
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Trapped Chilean Miners Denied Pay While Underground

Union official Evelyn Olmos stated that San Esteban, the company that operates the mine, has said it has no money to pay their wages and absorb lawsuits, and is not even participating in the rescue
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Obama's Mideast Peace Initiative

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Everyone said this was a joke, now Netanyahu and Abbas are starting direct peace talks. Have the Obama/Clinton dream team finally succeeded where past efforts have failed?
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Study: Kids change how women think, react

According to new study from Ipsos OTX, affluent women who have children act and react differently to nearly everything. According to researchers, women with children have different priorities, are more likely to sacrifice something for a child and have different ideas of the type of lifestyle they want.
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After 10 years of mismanaged development, 'Duke Nukem Forever'

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The game is being finished by Gearbox Software and will be published by Take-Two Interactive, publisher of the “Grand Theft Auto” series. The game is being shown to consumers and the press for the first time at a video game convention today. Gearbox hopes to release the game next year.
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Research: Marijuana is not a major gateway drug

The results could have implications for drug policy, the study authors argue. "Employment in young adulthood can protect people by 'closing' the marijuana gateway," said lead author Karen Van Gundy, in a news release, "so over-criminalizing youth marijuana use might create more serious problems if it interferes with later employment opportunities."
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Drawbridge worker rescued from GEARS OF A DRAWBRIDGE

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The worker was doing maintenance work on the Washington Street bridge near the Civic Opera House at 400 W. Washington Blvd. shortly after 1 a.m. when he slipped and fell into the working gears of the drawbridge, according to CFD Battalion Chief Dan Fabrizio.
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NIH scientists 'stunned' by judge's stem cell ruling

Agree with the Judge or disagree?
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