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Is Tranporter 3 any different from Transporter 2?

movie-moron.com — Transporter 3 new trailer: If you’re a young man who enjoyed an oiled up Jason Statham with his shirt off whipping people with a long hose in Transporter 2, you’re in luck, , because this time he’s beating them with his shirt. Statham has really gone out on a limb here with his characterization. More… (Movies)

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Linux Summit will preview new advanced file system

searchenterpriselinux.techtarg… — Although computers get bigger, run faster and accomplish more amazing feats all the time, they still store data in a 1970s-era file system. But that may be about to change. Ted Ts'o, a Linux Foundation fellow, and Chris Mason, Oracle's director of kernel engineering, will provide a sneak peak of the file systems of the futureMore… (Linux/Unix)

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House Uses Hydrogen For Power

cleantechnica.com — Hydrogen power is usually associated with vehicles, but a house in the UK is showing that there are a multitude of uses for fuel cells. The grid-connected West Midlands home is powered by hydrogen as part of a £2 million University of Birmingham and Black County Housing Group (BCHG) project.More… (Environment)

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AT&T to sell U-verse at Wal-Mart, Circuit City

reuters.com — AT&T Inc plans to sell its U-verse high-speed Internet and video service at Wal-Mart and Circuit City stores starting this month, stepping up competition against cable service providers.More… (Business & Finance)

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Are Our Cushy, Tech-Filled Lifestyles Halting Evolution?

gizmodo.com — That means it's no longer survivor of the fittest, instead just survival of everyone.More… (Health)

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900-Pound Giant Squid Joins Cast Of 'The View

theonion.com — The View, a daytime talk show featuring a panel of women who discuss current events and topical issues, has found its newest cohost—a 53-foot-long giant squid.More… (Television)

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$900 MacBook Would Grow Apple's Addressable Market by 67%

appleinsider.com — Shares of Apple are on the rise after Bernstein Research upgraded the Mac maker and said a new MacBook priced at $900 would broaden the company's potential notebook customer base by 50 percent in terms of both units and revenue.More… (Apple)

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Globalization Theories Win American Nobel Prize

npr.org — Paul Krugman has won the Nobel Prize in economics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says the Princeton economist won "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity." Krugman is also a columnist for The New York Times.. Reporter Curt Nickisch talks with Renee Montagne about Krugman's work.More… (World News)

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Barack Obama & Joe Biden's Rescue Plan for the Middle Class

scribd.com — Barack Obama: We can’t wait to help workers and families and communities who are struggling right now – who don’t know if their job or their retirement will be there tomorrow; who don’t know if next week’s paycheck will cover this month’s bills. We need to pass an economic rescue plan for the middle-class and we need to do it now. More… (US Elections 2008)

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An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief by Michael Pollan

nytimes.com — A letter written to the next President from one of the nation's preeminent farmer-scholars.More… (Food & Drink)

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Is It Ever Acceptable Not To Tip At A Restaurant?

consumerist.com — Society has determined that service a restaurant is worth between - of the final bill but is it ever acceptable?More… (Food & Drink)

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Deserts in the Ocean

popsci.com — So-called "ocean deserts" or "dead zones" are oxygen-starved (or "hypoxic") areas of the ocean. They can occur naturally, or be caused by an excess of nitrogen from agricultural fertilizers, sewage effluent and/or emissions from factories, trucks and automobiles. The nitrogen acts as a nutrient that triggers an explosion of algae or plankton.More… (Environment)

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The Grace of Rachel Maddow watch!

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U.S. Army Wants Nanobots and Exoskeletons To Win Futurewar

io9.com — Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology Thomas Killian has one word for you: "nanobot." He's thinking about how to sell that idea - along with many other potential methods of futurewar - to futurearmies, and the answer may be at Army Experience Centers, where yesterday's superhero movie becomes the soldier of tomorrow.More… (General Sciences)

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Pectin Power: Fruits & Vegetables May Protect Against Cancer

sciencedaily.com — People who eat more fruit and vegetables may gain protection against the spread of cancers. Scientists have shown that a fragment released from pectin, found in all fruits and vegetables, binds to and is believed to inhibit galectin 3 (Gal3), a protein that plays a role in all stages of cancer progression.More… (Health)

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