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You've heard why Shatner's Kirk wasn't included in Star Trek. (He was dead, for one thing.) But Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman tried to write him in, and they walked us through their Shatner scene. (Read More)
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IT'S probably the most famous greeting in the universe, but the simple Vulcan salute left makers of the new Star Trek film with a galactic-sized headache.Mr Spock just couldn't do it.After much head-scratching, experts on the $150 million special effects blockbuster hit upon a low-tech but logical solution - gluing actor Za (Read More)
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Digg / Political News
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is desperate to "Set the Record Straight" now that various classified memos on torture have been released - and might even Testify before Congress. I think Congress should say - "Bring IT!!!" . (Read More)
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Submitted by Timedalkat
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When you get a bunch of pundits in a room together, it's tough to come to any kind of consensus. But once in a while, you'll find them in perfect concert. Thus, here are the best reviewed movies of all time, a compendium of films that have achieved the height of critical blessing. (Read More)
indieWIRE
As the film opened, NPR trimmed its review of the film, cutting mentions of the American political figures depicted in the movie. Critic Nathan Lee subsequently removed his byline from the article in protest and lodged a comment on the NPR site, which was also quickly removed by NPR executives. (Read More)
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CleanTechnica
Two phrases that are often repeated in the solar industry are “Grid Parity” and “Cost Roadmap”. Grid parity is generally considered to be a key goal of the solar industry. Grid parity will be achieved in the U.S. when customers are motivated to buy solar because the investment has a sufficient return (Read More)
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A federal grand jury in Houston returned a two-count indictment today charging Laura Pendergest-Holt, the chief investment officer of Stanford Financial Group with conspiring to obstruct an SEC proceeding investigating Stanford's massive ponzi scheme. . (Read More)
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Texas governors, including then-George W. Bush, took major donations from people and then appointed them to state boards and commissions. That comes from an article in the Houston Chronicle, spotlighting a common political practice that landed former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman in federal prison--under the Bush Justice Dept. (Read More)
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Americans have learned a hard lesson in this recession and are trying to save more money. And economists are watching closely to see if that behavior changes after the recession lifts. Will penny-pinching become a permanent mind-set?
Some economists expect it will. (Read More)
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At two of the most powerful business lobbies in America, the men in charge must be watching too many Tarantino movies. To kill her Bill, Thurman used a mysterious martial art called the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart technique; to kill theirs, Engler and Donohue are trying to use hyperbole masquerading as analysis, and the (Read More)
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An isolated group of dinosaurs somehow survived the catastrophic event that wiped out most of their kind some 65.5 million years ago, a new study suggests. (Read More)
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Eyes On Obama Blog
What a surprise - grumpy ol' former VP Cheney says he'd side with Rush Limbaugh over former Sec'y of State Colin Powell (as a "true" Republican). Hey - it's a feud! Well, OK - let the battle begin! But a quick look at the basic comparisons between Cheney and Powell should make it pretty easy for all but the most strident ri (Read More)
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Livescience.com
Moms today are strongly encouraged to nurse their babies. Mother's milk is more nourishing than formula and provides infants with some immune protection.
This makes intuitive sense. Mammals and milk go together — it is produced by all species in this group and apparently has been for at least 160 million years. (Read More)
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Telegraph World News
Doctors are trying to unravel the mystery of an Indian village boasting 250 sets of twins born to just 2,000 families. (Read More)
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A recent edition of the U.S. Army’s suicide prevention manual advises military chaplains to promote “religiosity,” specifically Christianity, as a way to deter distraught soldiers from taking their own lives, which in recent months, according to one veterans advocacy group, has reached epidemic proportions. (Read More)
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