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Closing Bank Account Will Cost You As Much As $55
-- It could cost as much as $55 to close your bank account.Thats the finding of the advocacy group Consumers Union. The group surveyed the 10 largest banks in the country, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank and Wells F...
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Razistan: Photos From Afghanistan Show Unseen Sides Of The War
The war in Afghanistan is far from over, though one might forget as much given the Western media's waning interest in the conflict. As the longest war in American history unfolds, with more than 3,000 civilian casualties and 566 coalitio...
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Mickey Shunick And Lauren Spierer Missing Persons Cases Not Connected, According To Police
Authorities in Louisiana say they do not believe there is a link between the disappearance of University of Louisiana student Michaela "Mickey" Shunick and that of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer.It has been almost two ...
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Welcome To Huffington
I am delighted to share a preview of the Huffington Post's new iPad magazine, Huffington. As an app that will recast the best HuffPost reporting and writing in a beautiful tablet setting, Huffington is rooted in a timeless love of readin...
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Garden Fresh Gourmet, Ferndale Salsa Company, Expects $110 Million In Profits
The folks at Ferndale's Garden Fresh Gourmet have been busy during the past year turning tomatoes into dollars.The 15-year-old salsa company is set to claim record profits of $110 million in 2012, according to a report from MLive. Presid...
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Arbitrary Day: Reddit Users Give Gifts -- For No Reason
Reddit users are known for marching to their own beat, so it comes as no surprise they're preparing to celebrate their own unique holiday: Arbitrary Day.Signing up for Arbitrary Day, an open "Secret Santa" gift exchange among users, open...
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Katy Perry, No Makeup Photo: Singer Steps Out With A Fresh Face
Katy Perry is stripping down -- in so many words -- for her upcoming 3-D documentary Part of Me, in theaters this summer.Read More... More on Katy Perry
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Google Dictionary Features Image Search Result For Every Word
The Google dictionary is no mere picture book, even though it's composed entirely of photos from Google image search.The 1,240-page printed volume, created by Felix Heyes and Ben West, features the first Google image result for every wor...
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Fake Treasure Chest In Venice Beach Delights & Enrages Gathered Crowd (VIDEO)
Venice Beach got played.Under the cover of night on Memorial Day Weekend, four pranksters buried $100 worth of gold coins in an old treasure chest under the sand. The following day, they slowly began uncovering their "treasure" for every...
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Yelp Extortion: Sacramento Man Tries To Blackmail Restaurant With Bad Review
It's common knowledge that Yelp is often the vehicle for lengthy rants by angry restaurant patrons, but for extortion?That was the case earlier this month in Sacramento, when a Yelp user threatened to post a damaging review of Red Rabbit...
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LaHood To Meet In Detroit On M-1 Project
By Dave ShepardsonTransportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he will be in Detroit Monday for a meeting on the fate of the proposed M-1 light rail project up Woodward Avenue.The meeting is expected to include Gov. Rick Snyder, Detroit Mayo...
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Journalists Could Face Arrests At GOP Convention In Tampa
TAMPA -- Protesters might not be the only people filling Hillsborough's jails during the Republican National Convention.Journalists could face detentions -- even arrests. And though Tampa police say they're working very hard to make sure...
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James Lee Crummel, San Quentin Death Row Inmate, Found Hanging In Cell
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. -- California prison officials say a death row inmate convicted of killing a 13-year-old boy has committed suicide.The state Department of Corrections says 68-year-old James Lee Crummel was pronounced dead Sunday afte...
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Kings vs. Devils: Stanley Cup Finals 2012 Preview
NEWARK, N.J. -- Roughly two years ago, the Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils were the finalists in the free-agent market battle for Ilya Kovalchuk.The Devils won the right to keep the high-scoring Russian with a bid of $102 million...
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The Baby Stroller Of The Future Isn't A Stroller
Here is an all-too-common city scene: a mom, a baby, and a giant stroller, all three of them stuck at the bottom of a flight of subway stairs. The mother, on behalf of baby and giant stroller, asks strangers to help her lift her load up ...
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Latest Mitt Romney Claim About Bain Capital Could Be Problematic
Now that the “100,000 jobs created” talking-point has been discredited, we sense a new talking point developing in the Romney campaign — that 80 percent of Bain Capital investments “grew their revenues.”Read More... More ...
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Parolee Sneaks Onto Flight At San Diego International Airport Without A Ticket (VIDEO)
Usually people who are recently paroled from prison are restricted from where they travel.But one recent parolee in San Diego, with a reported rap sheet 22 pages thick, didn't let little things like rules and regulations stop him from bo...
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Syria Sanctions Levied By U.S. Treasury Department
WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department is levying sanctions on a key Syrian bank as it seeks to ratchet up economic pressure on President Bashar Assad's regime.Treasury says the Syria International Islamic Bank has been acting as a front ...
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Child's 'Ain't No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven' Church Performance Goes Viral
Disturbing footage of what appears to be a young child's choral performance is going viral in the blogosphere. The congregation in the church, which has been identified as the Apostolic Truth Tabernacle Church in Greensburg, Ind., gives ...
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Alexander Shtifanov, Ukrainian Bartender, Performs On 'Ukraine's Got Talent'
Alexander Shtifanov has been dubbed the 'World's Best Bartender."Read More... More on Video
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Kwame Kilpatrick Trial Prosecutors Plan To Call 500 Witnesses, Offer 370,000 Text Messages As Evidence
The trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who faces numerous charges of embezzlement and corruption, is shaping up to be a long one. WXYZ reports the prosecution has a list of 500 witnesses prepared for the trial, but it's the ...
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Tropical Depression Beryl Headed Back To Atlantic
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Depression Beryl was heading back toward the ocean early Wednesday as it brought rains to South Carolina. The depression's maximum sustained winds had increased to near 35 mph (55 kph). Addi...
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More Student Loan Borrowers Are Dropping Out Of College
A growing number of student loan borrowers are making an expensive mistake.According to a recent study by the think tank Education Sector,29 percent of all college students that take out student loans are dropping out of school: a percen...
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Astrologers Say Celestial Charts Favor Obama Over Mitt Romney
By Kathy Finn NEWS ORLEANS, May 29 (Reuters) - The votes are in and it is unanimous: Barack Obama will win re-election to the U.S. presidency in November, according to five astrologers who offered predictions at their c...
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Can Your 4-Year-Old Make Google SketchUp Masterpieces?
By Vanessa Quirk(click here for original article) Read More... More on Architecture
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Terrifying Archaeological Discoveries
In movies, archaeologists are perpetually opening cursed tombs and stumbling into haunted caves of unspeakable evil.Real-life archaeology is nothing like that.With screaming mummies and sewers filled with babies, it's way more terrifying...
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D.J. Bettencourt's Star Burns Out
When former House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt first ran for state representative in Salem, locals could tell he was a young man with a bright future in politics.Eight years later, Bettencourt has left the Legislature amidst scandal,...
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Wag'N Enterprises' Pet First Aid Training, Safety Courses Help Owners Save Their Animals (PHOTOS)
HERNDON, Va. -- "You are your pet's 911," says Ines de Pablo, the owner of a Northern Virginia-based pet emergency management company called Wag'N Enterprises. She is 911 to a lot of other people's pets, in addition to her own cat and tw...
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Kim Kardashian Reportedly Had Sunglasses Given To Her By Late Father Stolen From Luggage
Kim Kardashian says the British Airways employees who ransacked her luggage have stolen something that money cannot replace -- sunglasses that have a profound meaning.Read More... More on The Kardashians ...
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Sateena Spates And Carlton Francis Jr. Nearly Impaled By I-95 Road Debris (VIDEO)
A newlywed couple on their "pre-honeymoon" narrowly escaped being impaled by metal debris left on the southbound lanes of I-95 in Broward.Sateena Spates was driving a Range Rover with her husband Carlton Francis Jr. in the passenger seat...
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Al Qaeda In Yemen: FRONTLINE Travels Into Terrorist Strongholds
Yemen has taken center stage in the war against Al Qaeda, with President Barack Obama recently describing the country as a hub for foreign terrorists.Amid the instability following the ouster of Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh last y...
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Chiranuch Premchaiporn, Thailand Webmaster, Sentenced For Not Removing Anti-Royal Comments Quickly Enough
BANGKOK -- A court sentenced a Thai webmaster Wednesday to an eight-month suspended sentence for not moving quickly enough to delete online comments deemed insulting to the country's royalty in a case widely seen as a test of freedom of ...
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John Edwards Trial: Jurors Deliberating For 8th Day
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The jury in John Edwards campaign finance corruption trial will begin its eighth day of deliberations.If the jurors need to on Wednesday and Thursday, they will work an extra 30 minutes. The judge in the trial said th...
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9 Adorable Cat Sneak Attacks (VIDEO)
Cats are known for being, among other things, incredibly stealthy. Like little furry ninjas, they can sneak up on you without a sound and pounce before you even know what's happening.People who have cats around the house know this all to...
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Nicole Scherzinger Bikini: Former 'X Factor' Judge Vacations In Italy
Click through to see TMZ's bikini photo of former "X Factor" judge, Nicole Scherzinger. Read More...
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Katie Couric Wants To Interview Amanda Knox, Kate Middleton On Daytime Show
Katie Couric revealed some of the guests at the top of her wish list when her new daytime show airs in September. Couric was speaking to reporters in Toronto about "Katie" on Tuesday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. She said that sh...
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Justin Verlander Hit Hard In Red Sox' 6-3 Win Over Tigers
BOSTON -- Justin Verlander felt he pitched well. The Boston Red Sox just hit a bit better.Verlander, the reigning American League MVP and Cy Young award winner, was tagged for 10 hits in Detroit's 6-3 loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday night...
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George Lagen, Million-Mile Flyer, Sues United Airlines For Taking Away Benefits
A man who has flown millions of miles on United Airlines is suing the company for "'immorally' rescinding perks for 'Million Milers,'" reports ABC News. George Lagen, who averages 200,000 to 250,000 miles annually as part of United's Mil...
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'Deadliest Catch' Season 8 Finale: Crews Battle Hurricane-Force Winds (VIDEO)
On the "Deadliest Catch" (Tue., 9 p.m. ET on Discovery) Season 8 Finale the crews of the fishing boats plying the bering Sea for Alaskan king crab were forced to battle the harsh elements once again.The crew of the Wizard were closing ou...
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National Museum Month: As It Comes To An End, Your Burning Dinosaur Questions Are Answered
There's something about wandering into empty halls filled with dinosaur fossils at New York's Natural History Museum that immediately awakens the 6-year-old inside of you. Everything's basically the same in the early morning, except ther...
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Jamaica's Port Royal Seeks World Heritage Status
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Archaeologists said Tuesday that they'll ask the United Nations' cultural agency to bestow world heritage status on Port Royal, the mostly submerged remains of a historic Jamaican port known as the "wickedest city on...
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No Doubt Lawsuit: Jury Will Hear Band's Case Against Video Game Company Activision
LOS ANGELES — No Doubt's attorneys can argue to a jury that the band was misled by gaming giant Activision Publishing Inc. about how its likeness would be used in the video game "Band Hero," a judge ruled Tuesday.The ruling by Supe...
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Syria Crisis: Turkey, Japan Expel Syrian Diplomats In Wake Of Houla Massacre
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Japan expelled Syrian diplomats on Wednesday, joining the U.S. and several other nations in protesting a weekend massacre of more than 100 people in Syria, including women and children.The move came as S...
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5 Things We Can Learn From Children
Remember the innocence of childhood? We didn't worry about money, jobs, debt, or the economy. We didn't have angry bosses, unrealistic deadlines, or short-tempered co-workers. Instead, all we had was boundless energy, the pure joy of a l...
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Add A Mantra To Your Meditation (WATCH)
Whether you are a schooled meditator or still a novice, certain techniques can deepen your practice. Have you considered adding a chant or mantra to your meditation routine? Watch to see how this may help evoke a feeling of wellbeing. Re...
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Charles Taylor Sentenced: Judge Gives Former Liberian President To 50 Years In Jail
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands -- Judges at an international war crimes court sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison Wednesday, saying he was responsible for "some of the most heinous and brutal crimes record...
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'America's Got Talent': Jeremy Kinison And The Cut Throat Freak Show Make The Judges Squirm (VIDEO)
It was gruesome night on the "America's Got Talent" (Tue., 9 p.m. ET on NBC) St. Louis, Mo. auditions. Judges, audience members and viewers at home alike squirmed when the Cut Throat Freak Show and Eric Odditorium Sideshow Act took to th...
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'Cougar Town' Season 3 Finale: Did Jules And Grayson Get Married? (VIDEO)
The Season 3 Finale of "Cougar Town" (Tue., 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC) marked the end of the series on ABC. But did it also mark the beginning of a new stage in Jules (Courteney Cox) and Grayson's (Josh Hopkins) relationship?After failing to e...
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'The Real Housewives Of Orange County': Vicki Gunvalson Freaks Out In Costa Rica (VIDEO)
It's been a stress-filled Season 7 for Vicki Gunvalson so far on "The Real Housewives Of Orange County" (Tue., 9 p.m. ET on Bravo). Much of the focus has been on the elder stateswoman and her rocky relationships with the other "Housewiv...
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'Serpent Pastor' Mack Wolford Dies Of Snake Bite
A West Virginia Pentecostal pastor who used poisonous snakes during religious services has died of a rattlesnake bite. Mack Wolford, who just turned 44, was killed by a snake he had owned for years.Read More... More on An...
