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Your mind-numbing hunt for an apartment may have gotten a little bit easier. A new apartment-matching engine called ApartmentList personalizes listings by connecting to your Facebook page and scanning your activities and those of your friends, TechCrunch reports. It also asks questions like, “Do you have money in the stock…

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Nintendo 3DS slide pad add-on is official, ships December 10th in Japan

Nintendo didn’t say so on stage during the pre-Tokyo Game Show 3DS press conference tonight, but it really is shipping that odd-looking circle pad add-on . The “extended slide pad” is up on the gaming company’s Japanese home page right now, with a shipping date of December 10th and a price of

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IUD for Birth Control May Cut Cervical Cancer Risk

Women who use intrauterine devices (IUDs) for birth control, even for a short time, have a lower cervical cancer risk than those with no history of IUD use, new research suggests.

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Who’s the unhappiest white collar worker in the land? Apparently it’s a woman, 42, unmarried, earning less than $100,000, and in a professional position like doctor or lawyer—or so says a new survey, Jezebel reports. The happiest? Male, 39, married, earning $150,000-$200,000, in senior management, with…

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Spongebob Bad For Kids

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Spongebob Bad For Kids

Study: “SpongeBob Squarepants” is Bad for Kids Why do some parents think Spongebob is bad for kids? MandaVPanda says: RT @ Agentroxs : Spongebob bad for kids ? FUCK NO! Spongebob is the BEST!

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Donald Rumsfeld is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore—so he’s canceled his subscription to the New York Times . “After reading Krugman’s repugnant piece on 9/11, I cancelled my subscription to the New York Times this AM,” the former defense secretary tweeted today. In the…

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Kate Plus 8 Finale

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Kate Plus 8 Finale

Adam Lambert AMA Show and Jon and Kate Finale – The Toast How we say Goodbye // Jon and Kate plus 8 Season Finale jon and kate plus 8 final episode bornamanniquin says: Dinner was great & now watching Kate plus 8 ! Finale tonight ! I love those kids !

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Explosion rocks French nuclear plant, one dead

AT least one person was killed and four injured in a blast at a nuclear site in the south of France as the Government sought to play down fears of a radioactive leak. France’s state nuclear regulator had said earlier there was a risk of a leak after the blast at Codolet in the Rhone Valley near the southern city of Nimes. Despite killing one person and wounding at least four more, the blast “did not cause any radioactive leak”, a spokesman at the energy ministry said. National electricity provider EDF confirmed the initial death toll following the explosion in an oven…

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Nikon announces that it has announced nothing

Actual report : “Nikon understands that some article appeared in the media regarding Nikon’s imaging product. Please note that Nikon has made no announcement in this regards.” Translation : “We don’t always reject rumors. But when we do, we reject ones you’ve never heard of.” The exhaustive press release can be found in its entirety after the break. [Thanks, PJ] Continue reading Nikon announces that it has announced nothing Nikon announces that it has announced nothing originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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A disgruntled 290-pound White Castle fan is taking his pain to court, Fox News reports. Stockbroker Martin Kessman, 64, is suing the fast food chain for not expanding its booths for his meaty girth. He complained two years ago after banging a knee against a table support at his local…

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