Hitchens Beaten Up In Beirut

Love him or hate him, Christopher Hitchens is one of the most-interesting, most-prolific journalists working today. He writes reviews for The Atlantic. He writes a column for Vanity Fair. And he sits on more editorial boards than I can count.One week, a few months back, I felt like I couldn't go through a newspaper or magazine without spotting...

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Slain Virginia Tech Officer's Dash Cam Shows Suspected Shooter

It still isn't known why a man apparently walked up to a campus police officer at Virginia Tech yesterday and fatally shot the 39-year-old father of five. And the identity of the gunman, who authorities believe died of a gunshot wound shortly after the attack, hasn't yet been released.But we are learning some more details about the harrowing...

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Real Madrid 1-3 Barcelona

Fabregas scored his first El Clasico league goal to seal the pointsBarcelona bounced back from conceding the fastest goal in El Clasico history to stun Real Madrid and replace their rivals at the top of La Liga.Real were three points ahead of Barca with a game in hand and Karim Benzema gave them the lead inside 23 seconds.Goalkeeper Victor...

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Manchester United out of Champions League

Three-time European champion Manchester United was eliminated from the Champions League when it lost 2-1 at FC Basel, with Manchester City joining its local rival on the sidelines despite beating Bayern Munich.United needed only to avoid defeat in Switzerland on Wednesday to secure a 15th knockout round appearance in 16 Champions League seasons...

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Carmen Winstead

The story of Carmen Winstead is a chain letter about a 17 year old girl who died when she was pushed down a sewer by five girls she thought were her friends.Carmen was 17 years old when her parents decided to move to Indiana. Her father had lost his job and the only way he could find new employment was by moving to a new state. The relocation...

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Korn's Jonathan Davis: 'I feel like Barack Obama's an Illuminati puppet'

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has hit out at Barack Obama and the effect he has had on America, saying he feels like the president is ''an Illuminati puppet" and that he has "dragged the country down to the worst it's ever been". Korn released their new 'dubstep' album 'The Path Of Totality' on Monday (December 5). The album, which is the...

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Playboy advances Lindsay Lohan issue

Playboy magazine is advancing the newsstand date for its upcoming issue with nude pictures of actress Lindsay Lohan in part due to photos that were leaked online in advance, Hugh Hefner said.The Playboy founder tweeted that the issue will now go on sale late next week, which roughly coincides with the December 15 airdate for Lohan's planned...

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The problem with reddit

I remember when I first found reddit. It felt like I found a place online where I belonged. Interesting links was posted and the discussion was civil, informative and on topic. It was a place I looked forward to check out, every single day. Of course this statement will tell you nothing about how reddit was back then. Mainly because it's...

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BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps

An Android app developer has published what he says is conclusive proof that millions of smartphones are secretly monitoring the key presses, geographic locations, and received messages of its users.In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Trevor Eckhart showed how software from a Silicon Valley company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time...

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Miss France 2012 - Sarah Huard, Miss Champagne : son questionnaire beauté - News Election de Miss France 2012 - TF1Du haut de ses 21 ans et de son mètre 71, la brunette Sarah Huard, candidate à l'élection de Miss France 2012, s'est prêtée au jeu de notre questionnaire beauté, surprenante.Elles ont tout juste une vingtaine d'années et s'apprêtent...

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How to download a music track?. MusicFrost

You can download song from Music Frost program in two ways: 1) Click on the "Download" button, on the right side of the selected song. 2) Use the right mouse button and select "Download" among other options. Following the aforementioned steps will move the composition to the download field. After a download has been completed successfully,...

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Lucire: Insider » Miss Alsace, Delphine Wespiser, crowned Miss France 2012

Miss Alsace, Delphine Wespiser, of Kingersheim, has been crowned Miss France 2012 tonight.More details about the Miss France 2012's Miss AlsaceWespiser, 19, at 1·75 m (5 ft 7½ in), is a management student with interests in eastern and flamenco dancing, and enjoys painting.The redhead was crowned at the parc des expositions de Penfeld in Brest,...

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Charlie Sheen Accident, Another Twitter Death Hoax | ContactmusicCharlie Sheen Accident, Another Twitter Death Hoax02 December 2011 12:20Charlie Sheen is alive and well, despite another Twitter death hoax purporting that the former Two and a Half Men star had died in a snowboarding accident early on Friday (December 2, 2011).Social networks...

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Gary Speed Death: Speed's death leaves great void in Wales | Other Sports | Sports | London Free Press

Speed's death leaves great void in Wales | Other Sports | Sports | London Free PressLondon - There have been cheerier days in the old parish of sport which is supposed to take us away from the harder edge of real life. Indeed, through a week of soccer at every level here in England and Wales there has been one dominating theme.It has been...

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Happy birthday, Mark Twain | Open thread | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Happy birthday, Mark Twain | Open thread | Comment is free | guardian.co.ukMark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, on 30 November 1835 – 176 years ago today. Photograph: Classic Image/AlamyAs Google has noted with one of its doodles, 30 November marks the 176th birthday of the great American author, satirist and wit. He was celebrated...

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The Doomsday, the real story behind the END OF THE WORLD !

Some people do not realise the importance of doomsday, where people will happily accept to commit suicide and find other means to end their lives when they know that they will perish and suffer terribly for all the wrong that they have committed all throughout their civilisations and stay here on planet Earth.For real, they will definitely...

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'Brinicle' ice finger of death

 With timelapse cameras, specialists recorded salt water being excluded from the sea ice and sinking.The temperature of this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it.Where the so-called "brinicle" met the sea bed, a web of ice formed that froze everything it touched, including sea urchins and starfish.The unusual phenomenon was filmed for the first time by cameramen Hugh...

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When a pregnant mother is very sick, mouse fetuses send up stem cells to help | ZME Science

When a pregnant mother is very sick, mouse fetuses send up stem cells to help | ZME ScienceAmidst of all the talks and protest against stem cell treatment and companies shutting down, nature has found its own way of treating diseases with stem cells. When a pregnant mouse mother, for example, has a heart attack, her fetus donates some of...

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It's Crowded Out There Again, Got A Holiday Travel Tip To Share? : The Two-Way : NPR

It's Crowded Out There Again, Got A Holiday Travel Tip To Share? : The Two-Way : NPRNews nuggets like these are holiday classics:— "42.5 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a four percent increase from the 40.9 million people who traveled one year ago," the AAA says.— "Los Angeles'...

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Black Friday Violence and Pepper Spray

Pepper spray and violence mar Black Friday bargain hunting - CSMonitor.comIn Los Angeles, a woman used pepper spray to gain a "competitive shopping" advantage at a Walmart, inflicting minor injuries on 20 people soon after the store opened on Thanksgiving night. No one was able to catch her before she apparently made her purchases and left...

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BLACK FRIDAY ! See how retailers gear up for the best shopping day of the year

Rosy Outlook for Black Friday? Retailers Gear Up for Biggest Shopping Day of YearAs Americans get ready to stuff and baste turkey, millions seem equally excited about Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving kicks off the annual holiday shopping season and has become the busiest shopping day of the year, with stores opening before dawn...

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Anonymous goes after UC Davis pepper-spray cop — RT

It’s been a hectic week for Lt. John Pike. First he was suspended for his now notorious pepper-spray assault on protesters at UC Davis. Next he became an online sensation. Now the campus police officer has his phone ringing off the hook — and it doesn’t look like it will stop anytime soon.The online retaliation against the University of...

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UC Davis' pepper spray fuels national debate, growing protests

Call it the douse of pepper spray seen 'round the world.The UC Davis police officer caught on camera shooting a bright red stream of highly concentrated, gaseous chili pepper onto a docile group of student protesters has inflamed a fiery national debate over just how harmful pepper spray can be.Instead of dispersing the tension at the usually...

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Latest developments in the Occupy protests

File - In this file photo from Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, University of California, Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi is escorted from the stage after she spoke during a rally on campus in Davis, Calif. Katehi, the first woman chancellor... of the University of California, Davis, has found herself in the middle of national debate over use of pepper...

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California Students protest use of pepper spray

Calif. Students Protest Use of Pepper Spray - YouTube Students at the University of California, Davis on Monday protested the use of pepper spray at an Occupy encampment, ...as the school's besieged chancellor scrambled to ease tension on the Northern California campus amid calls for her resignation. (Nov. ...

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Pizza officially declared a vegetable in the US !

Congress is in the process of figuring next year's agriculture budget, and the food industry is using the occasion as an opportunity to bully the USDA as it rolls out new rules for the National School Lunch Program. According to the New York Times, Big Food has already dropped a cool $5.6 million lobbying to kibosh the new rules.Why does...

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Porn star Sunny Leone in 'Murder 3' - YouTube

Mumbai: Penthouse beauty Sunny Leone has in a short period of time occupied the centrestage in Bigg Boss` house.In the episode telecasted on Wednesday, the California-based Indian girl appeared to be moving closer and closer to Sky`s camp, especially very close to Sky. As part of a new task, Bigg Boss divided the housemates into two teams...

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Occupy Wall Street : NPR

Today's "Day of Action," planned by the Occupy Wall Street movement, culminated at Foley Square near City Hall in New York. In some ways, it felt rather low key, because the space felt wide open and despite a sizable crowd that overflowed onto the streets and nearby sidewalks, the protest felt organized. That certainly wasn't the case for...

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Natalie Wood death probe reopened as ‘additional information’ comes to light; boat captain speaks on ‘Today’ - Celebritology 2.0 - The Washington Post

An investigation into the death of Natalie Wood has been reopened after “additional information” was presented to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, the Associated Press reports.The Oscar-nominated actress drowned 30 years ago this month after spending the day on Catalina Island and a yacht with husband Robert Wagner and her “Brainstorm”...

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews

The Twilight movies have devoted three episodes to Bella Swan's clinging to her virginity despite the compelling appeal of Edward Cullen, the vampire. Now comes "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1," in which you have to give her credit: She holds out until after her wedding. Then she and Edward fly to Brazil and a luxurious honeymoon...

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Film Factory Creates Innovative Color Pipeline for The Immortals | Below the Line

Paris-based post house Film Factory recently finished Relativity Media’s The Immortals. To help bring the visually rich film to fruition, Film Factory senior colorist and postproduction supervisor Lionel Kopp collaborated with the filmmakers to create a unique dailies-to-DI process built around Image Systems’ Nucoda Film Master. The visual...

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