Jeremy Taylor
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Student Expelled for Refusing to Wear Tracking Device
Big Brother is watching the students of John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas. They have all been given RFID badges so the administration will "always know where they are in the building."
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Non-Existent Island Pops Up On Google Maps
There are hundreds of thousands of uninhabited islands on our planet. The South Pacific island of Sandy isn't one of them...
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Will You Be Traveling This Thanksgiving? — Survey of the Day
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Priest Bites Off Fellow Priest’s Ear in Fight Over Parking Space
The last time we heard about somebody having his ear bitten off during a fight, the unfortunate victim was boxer Evander Holyfield. This time both the suddenly ear-less man and the flesh-chomping perpetrator are holy men.
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School Forbids 13-Year Old Boy From Growing Mustache For Movember
Gus Hooker of Bedforshire, England has a couple really good reasons to take part in "Movember," the month-long initiative to raise awareness and funds for men's cancer research.
The first is that the 13-year old's grandfather is currently recovery from cancer. The second is that Hooker is the rare 13-year-old who can grow a solid mustache.
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Study Links Flu During Pregnancy to Autism
What exactly causes autism is still uncertain, but researchers are investigating the possibility that a mother having the flu while she is pregnant may increase the likelihood of her child being born with the condition.
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Nine-Year-Old’s Dying Wish Granted Thanks to Facebook
There is nothing worse than a story about a nine-year-old dying of cancer. The best we can hope for out of one is something like this -- overwhelming humanity from strangers in the face of tragedy.
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Have You Ever Streamed a TV Show Over the Internet? — Survey of the Day
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See The Cast Of ‘Say Anything’ Then and Now
When one thinks of ‘Say Anything...,’ John Cusak, holding a boom box above his head and serenading Ione Skye with the Peter Gabriel song ’In Your Eyes' likely comes to mind.
But beyond that iconic scene, Cameron Crowe’s directorial debut is perhaps one of the most well-crafted and nuanced teen romantic comedies of all time.
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See the Cast of ‘Can’t Hardly Wait’ Then and Now
In 'Can't Hardly Wait,' graduating high school seniors get drunk, hook up and enter into romantic entanglements during a raucous house party.
The 1998 comedy features quite a few familiar faces -- although some weren't so familiar at the time. See what the stars of 'Can't Hardly Wait' are up to these days.
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Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal? — Survey of the Day
One of the biggest stories out of last week's election was that voters in Colorado and Washington State chose to legalize marijuana. States like California had previously approved medical marijuana, but Colorado and Washington are the first to also approve cannabis for recreational use.
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Facebook Game Leads to Life-Saving Kidney Donation
You can waste a good chunk of your life playing Facebook games such as FarmTown, FarmVille and FarmFarm (okay, we made that last one up). However, in the case of an Idaho woman in need of a new kidney, FarmTown ended up saving her life.