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Successful Skydive Aids in Developing a Future Spacesuit Design

Ever wondered how it feels to skydive from 24 miles above Earth and landing safely on your own two feet? Well, that is exactly what happened to a Hungarian skydiver, Felix Baumgartner. On Sunday, news was spreading out like wildfire …

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President Obama Promises a Better Peformance for Presidential Debate No. 2

On October 3, 2012 at approximately 9pm, millions of Americans across the nation tuned in to what would be the first of four Presidential Debates.  There were the issues of taxation, medicare/healthcare, and education among others that were discussed and …

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Woman Behind False Pop-Up Ads is Fined $163 Million Dollars

One of the most common characteristics of websites such as YouTube, yahoo and the like are pop-ups. Even for music service websites such as Pandora, iTunes and Spotify are known for them as well. However, have you ever seen a …

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Cellphones Hindering the Budgets of Families

Are cellphone companies such at AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T Mobile and the like slowly eating away at the family budget? According to research, the numbers show it to be very true yet, appalling.  Before the launch of these smartphones, it …

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A Philadelphia Business Owner Faces Lawsuit for paying $20,000 to clean a Trashed Lot

Have you ever passed by a corporate area or neighborhood with a trashed vacant lot? What if you happened to be an business owner or homeowner that happens to live next to the trashed lot? Would you let it be …

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Baltimore Woman finds a Renoir Painting at a Flea Market

Have you ever gone thrift shopping for a random find? Did you find something that you thought to be average but got it anyway not thinking anything? Well, just imagine that one of the things you purchased during your trip …

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8-Year-Old Girl Gets Rewarded for Doing the Right Thing

Imagine you just came out of a major store such as a Target or Wal-Mart where much to your amazement, you find a hefty envelope. The envelope appears to be a modern-day pot of gold containing $4,000 in cash among …

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Gas Prices Rise as a Result of Hurricane Isaac

From last week, into the weekend and onto the beginning of this week, all eyes were on Hurricane Isaac. As far a early last week, Isaac made its way through the Caribbean Islands and Hispaniola bringing devastation to the Dominican …

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Outdoor Playtime Essential For Children

This week’s article talked about an issue that has been brought to our attention time and time again, yet, somehow we have not had any regard for it. There has been a long-term U.S. study that has found through their …

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Can Sugar Be Toxic to Your Health?

Do you ever wonder how much sugar is consumed by the average American in a year? Even as you try to cut out sugar from your diet, are some of the ways we consume it not as obvious as others? …

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