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Frenchman, WWII Vet Meet After Dog Tag Search

Philippe Clerbout’s sister unearthed a dog tag in her garden in Southern France in 2001. After years of trying to locate the tag’s owner, Clerbout finally me…

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Training Dogs to Help Sniff Out Cancer

Researchers have begun an ovarian cancer detection study that relies on dogs’ keen sense of smell. The University of Pennsylvania’s Working Dog Center is tra…

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Numbers Drawn for $448m Powerball Jackpot

The winning numbers have been drawn for the $448 million Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 05, 25, 30, 58, 59 and Powerball 32. (Aug…

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Growing Push for Outdoor Smoking Bans

Bans on smoking at outdoor venues are on the rise even though few studies have been done to test the danger of secondhand smoke at parks, beaches and sidewal…

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ShowBiz Minute: Usher, Fry, Kutcher

Usher’s ex-wife granted emergency custody hearing; Stephen Fry calls for ban on Russian Winter Olympics; Ashton Kutcher reveals admiration for Steve Jobs’ ab…

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Turns out hashtags were only the beginning. Now, Facebook is testing another Twitterish staple: trending topics. The social network is trying out a feature on its mobile site that populates a topic other Facebookers are talking about, as reported by AllThingsD . Users can click on the topic, and up will pop information from friends talking about the subject, as well as comments and posts from …

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Facebook is reportedly testing Trending Topics with a group of mobile users. The news comes from All Things D, which luckily provides screen caps: While not necessarily the case with all features Facebook tests, it seems reasonably safe to assume …

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Facebook is launching a trending topics section for a small number of users who access its mobile website.

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Artists Make Magic From Old Wheelchairs

Drab and dilapidated wheelchairs have been transformed into rolling works of art. An enterprising hospital in the Philippines is raising awareness (and cash)…

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Age of Separatism and ‘Beginning’ of History?

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling The gradual decline of the United States Empire, starting with its colonial wars in Indochina, and the more obvious and rapid collapse of the Soviet Empire marked the beginning of history, not its end. A new age has dawned with the rays of popular Separatist movements, rejecting quixotic efforts at homogenizing the world in either communist or capitalist liberal market images. More and more break-away sub-nations and sub-states are revealing that neither system was the best for humankind, and in doing so, a new and diverse history of the world is being recorded. Both Russia and the West were founded on and greatly influenced by ideological…

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