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on Mar 26, 2011:
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Larry Page already cracking the whip at Google, a week before he takes the reins
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/5pwC0ak8WMw/larry_page_already_cracking_the_whip_at_google_a_week_before_he_takes_the_reins
Page is reportedly trying to streamline the organization ahead of his succession from Eric Schmidt, who Google says will stay on to oversee the company?s outside relationships, but who is also widely rumored to be becoming President Barack Obama?s new commerce secretary.
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The 10 Best Computers in Science Fiction Movies
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/mj0wpZAh6Mw/the_10_best_computers_in_science_fiction_movies
For nearly a century, the best computers in science fiction movies have set standards for real-world computer engineers to live up to.
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Five Things You Need to Know About the Nintendo 3DS
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/-7HEey6bVkQ/five_things_you_need_to_know_about_the_nintendo_3ds
Over the last several months, buzz around the Nintendo 3DS has been slowly building. In case you haven't already heard, the 3DS is finally launching?
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This woman is AWESOME. Pakistani Actress Defies Mullah Accusing Her of Immorality
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/uGDlB7b19tk/this_woman_is_awesome_pakistani_actress_defies_mullah_accusing_her_of_immorality
EXTREMELY emotional video. This video from Pakistan is really a must watch. We desperately need more women like Veena Malik, which is why I sincerely hope she?ll be safe.
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Need Proof That Not All 4G Is the Same? Here It Is.
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ou5-KzRYQmQ/need_proof_that_not_all_4g_is_the_same_here_it_is
Now that all four U.S. national carriers offer 4G mobile broadband service, you'd think it was all the same, right? Using an innovative crowdsourced application, Root Metrics tested all of the 4G providers in Seattle and the visual results immediately highlight the vast difference in service.
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Montana Man Gets Workers? Comp for Getting Mauled By Bear After Smoking Pot
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/-F28tCmq1OQ/montana_man_gets_workers_comp_for_getting_mauled_by_bear_after_smoking_pot
In November 2007, Brock Hopkins was mauled by a grizzly bear named "Red" at Great Bear Adventures near West Glacier, Montana. Shortly after the incident, he admitted to smoking marijuana and feeding the bears before being attacked him (stupid movie, bro... Haven't you ever seen all the 'Don't feed the bears' signs in old Yogi Bear cartoon?). He applied to the Montana state Department of Labor for workers comp and was denied. Now, four years later, he was approved. Here's why, via the Daily Inter Lake:
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Silicon Valley is abuzz with bubble and recovery stories ? too soon? | VentureBeat
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/E2NIh27mNME/silicon_valley_is_abuzz_with_bubble_and_recovery_stories_too_soon_venturebeat
Dean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. ...
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The History of Nintendo Hardware Launches
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/d9imF8lCEUQ/the_history_of_nintendo_hardware_launches
The Nintendo 3DS is the 11th major system the Big N's sent to stores. Let's compare its debut with the previous 10.
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Top 10 3DS Games We're All Looking Forward To
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/av-_oyVC1Xg/top_10_3ds_games_we_re_all_looking_forward_to
Best 3DS Games: What we want from the Nintendo 3DS isn't its technology but the games belonging to the platform. Listed are ten of the best games the Nintendo 3DS will have to offer.
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Map: See Which Earthquake-Prone Areas Have the Most People
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Qg99uJZn0U4/map_see_which_earthquake_prone_areas_have_the_most_people
Check out this map that mashes up population density and seismic risk and put the global earthquake risk in perspective.
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South Korea's Surprise bid for Blockbuster
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ZPERWiklyyk/south_korea_s_surprise_bid_for_blockbuster
A SOUTH Korean communications firm became a surprise bidder in the auction for the bankrupt Blockbuster.
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The New Hotness: Word of Click
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/OWihiZS8kmA/the_new_hotness_word_of_click
Everyone has heard of ?word of mouth.? It?s a grassroots style of marketing that uses the goodwill of current and future customers and magnifies it as much as possible.
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Two things have changed with social media emerging as a primary marketing venue. First, the potential to have messages amplified is much higher ? individuals can spread their message much more prolifically through social media than they ever could before through standard ?word of mouth.? Second, businesses have a greater amount of control over not only how amplified their message is but also how they can monitor what?s being said.
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Product Combinations That Don't Exist (But Totally Should)
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Ma9w0_ik3xs/product_combinations_that_don_t_exist_but_totally_should
Some things go together like chocolate and peanut butter, but nobody has bothered to combine them yet.
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Ex-UN ambassador: Obama not qualified as president
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/alsCIK4b_18/ex_un_ambassador_obama_not_qualified_as_president
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton says President Barack Obama isn't qualified to lead the country.
Bolton was among the featured speakers Saturday at a conference of conservative Republicans in Iowa. Bolton was nominated for the ambassadorship in 2005 by President George W. Bush.
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A Restaurant Called 'Fat Ho Burgers' Causes a Stir in Texas [w/vid]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/_NMOpmxLLZ8/a_restaurant_called_fat_ho_burgers_causes_a_stir_in_texas_w_vid
23-year-old Waco, Texas native Lakita Evans worked her way through college so that she could open her own restaurant. So why are people in the community's feathers ruffled? Because she decided to call her restaurant "Fat Ho Burgers."
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If The Internet Disappeared: Pornography Finds A Way
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/lG_4L4LHk-k/if_the_internet_disappeared_pornography_finds_a_way
The following is the sixth entry we've published from a journal found in a dumpster in Bayside, New York. Little is known about its origin, but judging from the title
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Sylvester Stallone to Design Clothes Inspired by Rambo and Rocky
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/dvVTwoq4Wwg/sylvester_stallone_to_design_clothes_inspired_by_rambo_and_rocky
Or: Gym, tanning, Rambo. Sylvester Stallone has developed a menswear, perfume and accessories company named Sly, Inc. and has told Men?s Health Week that the clothes will be inspired by his two most popular characters, John Rambo and Rocky Balboa. The products will be available sometime next year. Stallone was moved to fashion design after losing weight for the last Rambo film.
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Mike Maples Says Twitter Is a Thunder Lizard
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/zOy_Cxq7TQc/mike_maples_says_twitter_is_a_thunder_lizard
Venture capital investor Mike Maples, who launched the Floodgate Partners fund last year and is an investor in Twitter, defends the company?s seemingly gigantic market valuation ? saying it has a chance to become a fundamental and important company in the tech industry, or what he calls a ?thunder lizard.?
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John Boehner Justifies the Jobs He Promised By Blaming Obama
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/gwvummy8Nu4/john_boehner_justifies_the_jobs_he_promised_by_blaming_obama
John Boehner, the House Promiser claims it?s President Obama?s fault that he can?t fulfill his promise. Boehner issued the following statement regarding the latest employment figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor...
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Ecstasy use cause dramatic rise in ER visits; teeth-grinding; ability to smell colors
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/2HbRI_9GUi4/ecstasy_use_cause_dramatic_rise_in_er_visits_teeth_grinding_ability_to_smell_colors
The number of ER visits involving Ecstasy, or MDMA, increased 75%, from 10,220 in 2004 to 17,865 in 2008, according to a new report released Thursday by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.
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Sean Hannity, Show Us Your Birth Certificate!
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/vZHH73j1aa8/sean_hannity_show_us_your_birth_certificate
Sean Hannity has claimed that he was born in the same year as Obama, but has anybody seen Sean Hannity?s birth certificate?
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Is Twitter Losing Its Geek Cred?
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/drIZyARJz_4/is_twitter_losing_its_geek_cred
Oh Twitter, have you become? You used to be a place of the proud few: the tech geek. But now it's all about the GaGas, Sheenanigans, and celebritweeties.
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Rodney Stuckey Posterizes Chris Bosh [video]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/6IrtX8lvDYo/rodney_stuckey_posterizes_chris_bosh_video
In one of the better dunks of the season, Rodney Stuckey puts Miami big man Chris Bosh in his poster.
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Polar Bear: An Endangered Species [Infographic]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/mk4VntI-skw/polar_bear_an_endangered_species_infographic
Polar bear is listed as threatened species. The Interior Department designated the polar bear as threatened with extinction mainly because of global warming.
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GOP Primary 2012: Potential Hopefuls Hammer Health Care Law
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/UYKTXmVBHms/gop_primary_2012_potential_hopefuls_hammer_health_care_law
Four high-profile potential Republican presidential candidates told hundreds of conservative activists Saturday that most Americans agree with their values, and several insisted that opposition to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could help the GOP make historic gains in 2012. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann got the noisiest reception when she told about 500 people gathered for the event in Des Moines that voters are both ready to overturn the health care law and oust Obama during next year's election.
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6 Internet Memes That Will Lead to World Domination
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ecAd6bFs8YI/6_internet_memes_that_will_lead_to_world_domination
Interestingly enough, the idea of ?meme? has been around for more than a hundred years. But only in the past couple has it become the hilarious, ubiquitous phenomenon, some might say plague, that we know and love/hate today.
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Dudley Do-Right Takes Charge In Libya
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/URyvdpFWdBk/dudley_do_right_takes_charge_in_libya
It?s not the old empires of Britain or France, and it?s not the new empire of America. World leaders, in what seems a rare nod to appearances, have decided that Canada, or at least a Canadian general, will take a leadership role in the operations in Libya. Lt. General Charles Bouchard will take command of NATO forces to enforce the no-fly zone, as well as perhaps the yet-to-be-defined no-fly zone ?PLUS?, as part of the United Nations backed mission.
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Six Shows That Don't Match the Cable Channels They're On
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/uwby9lfsPYM/six_shows_that_don_t_match_the_cable_channels_they_re_on
In all of these cases, the presence of these shows on their particular channels make a person scratch their heads. But in a lot of cases, they're not going anywhere.
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Deadly Drug-Resistant Superbug Spreads in California
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/iGwTWjB4WbE/deadly_drug_resistant_superbug_spreads_in_california
A multidrug resistant bacterium is infecting a relatively high number of patients in long-term care hospitals in Los Angeles County in California, public health officials say.
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The first musical album that?s also a location aware iPhone app
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/BVi12p0WqIo/the_first_musical_album_that_s_also_a_location_aware_iphone_app
The future of music industry?
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A personal letter from Steve Martin
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/TUiy0RZcih8/a_personal_letter_from_steve_martin_2
He'll always cherish that afternoon we spent together in Rio, walking along the beach, looking at rocks.
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'American Pie 4' Plot Details Emerge: Jim and Nadia's Video Hits YouTube
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/_P0LfTqbbGY/american_pie_4_plot_details_emerge_jim_and_nadia_s_video_hits_youtube
It's been more than a decade since 'American Pie' helped reprise the R-rated sex comedy genre.But the first film debuted back in 1999. You know what that means? It's time for a 10-year class reunion.
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6 Things Our Kids Just Plain Won't Get
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/YRwwulWrIkc/6_things_our_kids_just_plain_won_t_get
This article is for my three kids. They will, very soon, start seeing the world through adult eyes, and a lot of things about my generation will just plain not make any sense to them. I'm going to attempt to explain some of it, so that they don't dismiss an entire generation of people as rock-fuck stupid. For instance, the generation coming up behi
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Accidental Poisonings: Five Tips to Keep Your Family Safe
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/nXd95r0ccT4/accidental_poisonings_five_tips_to_keep_your_family_safe
More than two million poisonings are reported each year to the 61 nationwide Poison Control Centers, and almost all happen in the home - with children under six most often the victims of non-fatal incidents.
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