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The Iconic Eames Molded Chair Is Being Made with Fiberglass Again - This is awesome. Herman Miller has announced that it will start making the iconic Eames Molded Chair in fiberglass... again. The fiberglass chairs were d...
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NYT > Home Page

Guatemala’s Highest Court Overturns Genocide Conviction of Former Dictator - The decision, which rolled back the proceedings to April 19, when a decision by a pretrial judge sent the trial into disarray, is a dramatic legal victory ...
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Boston.com -- Red Sox News

White Sox pin Red Sox’ Jon Lester with his first loss of the season - CHICAGO — Jon Lester allowed four run-scoring hits by the Chicago White Sox Monday night. All four came with two outs and two were with two strikes.
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Talking Points Memo

At Least He's Consistent - Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma says he'll press for offsetting cuts to other spending to fund federal aid to his state....
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Latest from Computerworld

Google Checkout to shut down in November - Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform.
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Lisa Belkin: The Tornado In Oklahoma Is This Parent's Living Nightmare - In my nightmares, I can't get to my children. The parents of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma are living that nightmare.
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RealClearMarkets - Articles

The Real Washington 'Scandal'? The War On Youth - The media are consumed with multiple Washington scandals: the IRS, Benghazi, the Justice Department wiretapping. But what about the tragedy of the dim pros...
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Gawker

19-Foot Python Captured & Killed Near Miami Sets Florida State Record - Earlier this month, a man caught and killed a nearly 19-foot, 128-pound Burmese python near Miami. The snake is believe to be the largest ever captured i...
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Slate Magazine

Profiling Is Great ... Except When You Do It to Me - Pretend you work at the Internal Revenue Service. Actually, let’s make this exercise even more terrible. Pretend you’re an underpaid, low-level clerk wor...
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Wired Top Stories

Hackers Who Breached Google in 2010 Accessed Company's Surveillance Database - Hackers who breached Google's network in 2010 obtained access to the company's system for tracking surveillance requests from law enforcement, according to...
6 hours ago
Jalopnik

Twisted do Gumball - Day 1 - Let me tell you about the first day of Gumball 3000 and what it was like in a Twisted Defender. I am a photographer so was doing my best to run round all...
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Bits

A Ruling Could Support F.C.C.’s Net Neutrality Defense - Supreme Court justices said that courts should defer to regulatory agencies in weighing how they carry out their mandates.
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AutoWeek - Latest Car News Feed

Team Galag adds TG1 to Gumball lineup: Nissan GT-R-based custom produces 750 hp - Last week, we told you about the Gumball 3000's Team Galag and its Dark Knight-inspired Tumbler vehicle.
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The Onion

American Voices: Yahoo Buying Tumblr For $1.1 Billion - As part of CEO Marissa Mayer’s strategy to expand the company’s social and mobile presence and attract younger users, Yahoo will purchase the popular blogg...
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New Scientist - Online News

B vitamins may slow the advance of Alzheimer's - Vitamin supplements seem to prevent atrophy of brain regions such as the hippocampus, which waste away in people with Alzheimer's
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PsyBlog

How to Pick a Winner: A Psychological Trick to Improve the Odds - Does thinking too specifically about a bet make you more likely to lose? ------------------------------ Making Habits, Breaking Habits In his new book, Je...
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Retro Thing

Pee Wee Harmonica: A Mini Mouth Harp For Big Wheezes - Here's a tiny harmonica that's scarcely over an inch long. It plays, and we found some musicians who are able to get more than a few broken notes out of the ...
22 hours ago
NYT > Paul Krugman

Bernanke, Blower of Bubbles? - With all the talk about financial bubbles lately, do current bond and stock prices make sense?
1 week ago
Inside Line Automotive News

Inside Line is Moving on January 10 - Inside Line is Moving on January 10.
4 months ago
Salon

The freshman year I couldn't handle - I was the shy girl in high school. The one who didn't smile or join the clubs. The one who didn't get chosen for sports teams but had everyone trying to ...
1 year ago
Newton TAB Blog

Loads of residents turn out for Crystal Lake hearing - A lot of people turned out for the hearing tonight, many of whom spoke in favor of at-risk swimming at Cronin’s Cove. Why should swimming be permitted at t...
1 year ago
The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.

Code Cracked! - Somehow Eric's secret message has been deciphered. David made the journey from this: DREES VATEH ODIUO NTYKW NIEEF KWIYF VDLIV ONHWO EEWNW SKEAIR NDEDW EWE...
2 years ago
boston localvores, the blog

The end. - Dear Everyone, The time has come for us to retire this project. Bittersweetly. This is to say thank you for reading, coming out, arguing, sharing, drinking...
2 years ago
Marfa Speaks

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