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Verizon Wireless Abandons Plan for $2 Monthly Fee After Customer Uproar
In a head-snapping about-face, Verizon Wireless has dropped the $2 monthly fee it planned to impose on some of its customers.
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10 Tried-and-True Ways to Lose Weight
If you're like most people, you've probably made a New Years resolution to lose weight. Unfortunately, most people – 80 percent – tap out before they really get started. To help you maintain your goal through 2012 and for years to come, we've compiled a list of tips the experts want you to know to get on the right track to weight loss.
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Michael Jordan Engaged — Who’s the Lucky Lady?
Looks like Michael Jordan will have to move one of those NBA championship rings to make room for a different kind of a ring — a wedding ring.
The basketball legend, 48, is engaged to his girlfriend of three years, 32-year-old Cuban model Yvette Prieto.
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10 Tips to Get Fit With Your Kids in 2012
Want to help your kids get in shape this year? It could be easier — and a lot more fun — than you think.
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Remember This…? 10 Celebrity Stories That Had Everyone Talking in 2011
This year, magazines used a lot of ink writing about who got married and who broke up. But all that aside, there were still plenty of celebrity news stories to go around. Here's a look at 10 that had everyone buzzing.
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US Population Growth Finally Slowing Down, But By How Much?
If you think you’re seeing fewer babies now, it’s not your imagination — the US Census Bureau says the US population is growing at its slowest rate in more than 70 years, possibly caused by fewer births and less immigration as a result of the recession.
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It’s a Generation Y Takeover! Younger Employees Are Changing the Work Place
The standard 9-5 workday has been customary for decades, but it looks like all that could soon change thanks to the demands of a whole new generation of younger workers. And that’s not all they want.
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The 9 Silliest Movie Sequel Titles Ever [VIDEOS]
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The new movies coming out between now and the end of the year are like a sequel-palooza — 'Sherlock Holmes,' 'Mission Impossible' and even 'The Chipmunks' are all getting another go-round in theaters. While it's generally-accepted w
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New Movie Releases — ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’ and ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’
Whether your thing is singing rodents or sleuthing Englishmen, you’ll want to start heading to the theater.
In ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,’ the squeaky trio of Alvin, Simon and Theodore find themselves marooned on a tropical island after they go overboard from their cruise ship.
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Put Down the Raw Cookie Dough and You Won’t Get E. Coli — Health Check
Arguably the best part about making cookies during the holidays is getting a sneak spoonful of the raw dough before it goes in the oven. Like with tons of other great-tasting grub, however, it’s so not good for us. In fact, two years ago, 77 people in 30 states became ill from doing just that.
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Yes, Virginia, Women Really Are Catty with Each Other
Well here’s a whopping non-surprise: a new study reveals women aren’t always very nice to one other, primarily when other women are attractive.
Women recruited for a phony study by University of Ottowa professor Tracy Vaillancourt were interrupted by another woman walking into the room during the session — and that’s when the real research began.
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Put Down the Controller ‘Cause That Video Game Might Literally Be Making You Violent
Question for you guys — when you played video games as young men, did you ever get so frustrated that you threw the controller across the room and suffered through a screaming, clawing tantrum? Well, it may not be entirely your fault.
Adding to the growing evidence suggesting violent video games may make people more aggressive, a new study shows young men who play them had decreased activity in the brain areas associated with inhibition, attention and decision-making. FYI, less inhibition can mean more aggression.