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Tearjerker Alert: Deaf Woman Hears Herself for the First Time

Sloan Churman, 29, was born deaf and had never heard the sound of her own voice—until last week. Eight weeks ago, Churman underwent surgery for a hearing implant called The Esteem Implant by Envoy Medical. Though she’d been wearing hearing aids since the age of 2, she says they “only help so much.” She had

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The SEC wagged its finger at the ratings agency industry today, accusing each of the 10 registered companies of “apparent failures” in key areas, including how they manage conflicts of interest, reports Reuters . Alas, those looking for specifics against the likes of Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s are out…

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Lettuce Recall

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Lettuce Recall

Lettuce Recall Number HOLE in SPACE!!!! – Trending Game!!!!!! Paparazzi cover by DIETCOKEWITHCHERRY – Miley Cyrus Gives LAP DANCE to Adam Shankman! Oprah DisneyRoyLadies says: LETTUCE RECALL CA. WASH. IDAHO The recall covers product with a use by date of Sept. 29. The bag and box code is B256-46438-8.

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Windows Phone SDK 7.1 goes gold, seven new languages in tow

Mango developers across the globe now have reason to hunker down and bring their apps up to snuff for Windows Phone 7.5. Microsoft has released version 7.1 of its SDK, which means no more coding with beta tools . In addition to the handful of bug fixes and a final spit-shine to the tooling experience, coders will discover the software has been localized to support nine languages, which includes English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Traditional Chinese. Redmond is also taking the opportunity to remind programmers that now is an excellent time to check into the App Hub and cross-submit applications into any additional markets where you wish to sell their wares. You’ve got the tools, folks, now it’s time to make it rain. Windows Phone SDK 7.1 goes gold, seven new languages in tow originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Hot on the heels of its Kindle Fire announcement , Amazon may be about to make a big acquisition: The company is in talks to buy Palm, an insider tells VentureBeat . Palm is currently owned by HP, but the tech firm wants to dump it, and Amazon is first in line…

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Reading While Eating for September 30: Truth to Power

Friday’s links talk powerful spouses, legendary icons and just how to be remembered through history. Super Spouses: Sure, you’ve heard a lot about the GOP presidential candidates. But what about their better halves? Check out their political assets — and drawbacks. (The Atlantic Wire) Paltry Sum: India’s government says that people who spend more than

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Holly Madison, perhaps most famous for once dating Hugh Hefner, recently insured her breasts for $1 million because they’re her “primary money makers.” Celebuzz and the Frisky were both inspired to round up more celebs who’ve insured their body parts: Rihanna : Legs, $1 million. Mariah Carey : Legs, $1 billion. Yes,…

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While the US will see the death of Anwar al-Awlaki as a key victory against al-Qaeda, those in Yemen are more likely to shrug their shoulders at the news—and it’s “debatable” whether the killing will have much impact on al-Qaeda’s operations, writes Dan Murphy in the Christian Science Monitor….

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William Shatner Recording Vocals For Cover of Iron Man

William Shatner in the studio recording the vocals for his cover of the Black Sabbath song Iron Man for his upcoming album Seeking Major Tom. via Viral Viral Videos Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Laughing Squid Discovery Date : 27/09/2011 21:00 Number of articles : 4

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Terror Blow: American Al-Qaida Cleric Killed

The US has dealt al-Qaida its biggest blow since Osama bin Laden’s death, by killing an American-born cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki who is accused of playing a role in several attempted attacks. (Sept. 30)

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