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Like shooting fish in a barrel: How a photographer coaxed a

In a blinding flash of cobalt-blue and orange-chestnut she launches herself like a torpedo into the water to seize one of the minnows that are swimming there.

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A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever

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Facebook’s news-feed patent could mean lawsuits

Facebook this week was awarded a patent pertaining to streaming "feed" technology -- more specifically, "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network" ... complementing another patent filing that has been published but not yet approved.

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Crazy Tsunami Maps From NOAA - And You Thought the Recent Ch

Yale Environment 360 has some pretty crazy maps, just released by the National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Administration's Center for Tsunami Research, comparing the size of the tsunami generated by the recent Chile earthquake and by one in 1960.

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Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth’s Axis

The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth's axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.

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ChatRoulette: Future of the Internet or Its Distant Past?

The first time I entered ChatRoulette—a new website that brings you face-to-face, via webcam, with an endless stream of random strangers all over the world—I was primed for a full-on Walt Whitman experience: an ecstatic surrender to the miraculous variety and abundance of humankind.

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How Important Is Defensive Support To a Quarterback?

How Important Is Defensive Support To a Quarterback in the Postseason? Like every other ranking system, measuring a quarterback's defensive support has its flaws. It does not take into account the quarterback's offensive support, such as strength of the running game, strength of receiving corps, or the strength of the offensive line.

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Welcome to the New Saints Dimension

It wasn’t about destiny, although it so clearly was. It wasn’t about faith, although we had to have it. At the end of the day, it was about football. Very simply put, no one in the league could put together enough plays to beat us when it mattered. It’s a new reality, a new dimension of reality. I called it the NSD. The New Saints Dimension.

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Yemen’s Capital to be World’s First City to Run Out of Water

Sanaa is home to 2 million people, and is growing fast--but experts say that if trends continue, it could be a ghost town in 20 years. A Yemeni water trader profiled in a recent Reuters report explains that even though his well is 1,300 ft deep, he's hardly extracting any water at all. The same goes for wells that are 2,000 and even 3,000 ft deep.

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The Spirit of New OrleansGrumpicus's YouTube Activity

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The Five Hardest Foods To Give Up For Lent

Ash Wednesday, lovingly known as Dirty Forehead Day, is this week—time to wean yourself off that caffeine. Again.

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Dell Mini 5: we have it

That's right! After all those quick and dirty appearances, we've finally got our own Dell Mini 5 (a.k.a. 'Streak' or 'M01M') prototype for a more

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Official Google Reader Blog: Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere.googlereader.blogspot.com

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Live Webcast Goes Wrong (VID)

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Homemade Marshmallows Recipe : Alton Brown : Food Network

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