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10 products for a relaxing Labor Day weekend
September 3, 2010If you have an extended break this Labor Day weekend to relax, these products could help you do just that. But be warned that extreme relaxation can result in extreme laziness.
Top 10 summer sky objects to see before fall
September 3, 2010As the summer night sky draws near its close, there are still some cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchers equipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes.
Puppy-tossing girl tracked down by cops
September 3, 2010
This latest example of all-too-human behavior, originally posted on LiveLeaks, became the subject of international outrage this week, hot on the heels of the "Cat Bin Lady of Britain."
Video: Bullets fly in 'Mafia II'
September 3, 2010
You follow one wiseguy's rise to power from a lowly hood to mob boss taking control of an entire city. (msnbc.com)
Mystery of the floating octopus solved
September 3, 2010
As far back as Aristotle, naturalists have wondered why the females of a strange group of octopuses sport a thin, papery shell when plenty of their tentacled cousins are essentially naked, letting all their slime hang out.
Digg trying to avoid getting dug into obscurity
September 3, 2010Digg, one of the first Internet sites that let users "dig" Web news stories by voting them thumbs up or down, is trying to avoid getting dug into obscurity.
Some ancient galaxies had wild youth
September 3, 2010Ancient galaxies may be cosmic senior citizens today, but some have a wild streak in their past, one packed with frenetic star birth, astronomers say.
Tether maneuvers spacecraft without fuel
September 3, 2010
A NASA team is preparing a bid to test a chemical-free propulsion system that taps the power of Earth's magnetic field to move satellites and spacecraft in orbit.
Ancient Nubians drank antibiotic-laced beer
September 3, 2010
People have been using antibiotics for nearly 2,000 years, suggests a new study, which found large doses of tetracycline embedded in the bones of ancient African mummies.
New cables tie West Africa closer to Internet
September 3, 2010
For a decade, West Africa's main connection to the Internet has been a single fiber-optic cable in the Atlantic, a tenuous and expensive link for one of the poorest areas of the planet.
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