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IOC upset with fastest man in the World

sports.aol.com — Usain Bolt is criticizedMore… (Olympics)

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Digg Sponsors Democratic Convention Blogger Big Tent

pbs.org — Hosted by Daily Kos, Progress Now, and the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, the Big Tent will be a 9,000-square foot, two-story erected structure a few blocks away from the Pepsi Center where the convention will be held. It will be specifically geared toward new media — bloggers, podcasters, vloggers— and its sponsors include both Google and DiggMore… (US Elections 2008)

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Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World

theonion.com — Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist and SeaWorld main attraction Michael Phelps returned to his seven-million-gallon water tank Wednesday to resume his normal schedule of performing in six shows a day for marine park crowds every day of the week.More… (Comedy)

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Solazyme Hopes to Mass-Produce Algae Biodiesel in Three Year

cleantechnica.com — Solazyme is the first company to produce algae diesel that meets US standards, but until today their production timeline was unknown.More… (Environment)

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FTC Listens To Your Complaints, Bans Telemarketer Robocalls

consumerist.com — After reviewing the more than 14,000 comments left by living human beings, the FTC yesterday amended its Telemarketing Sales Rule to ban most types of robotic telemarketing calls. By this December, any recorded calls will have to lead off with an automated opt-out option; by September 2009, telemarketers will need written permission to contact you.More… (Tech Industry News)

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Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use'

blog.wired.com — In the nation's first such ruling, a federal judge on Wednesday said copyright owners must consider fair use of their works before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites. TheMore… (Tech Industry News)

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Mario Bros 3 Gets Beaten in 11 Min watch!

VIDEOwegame.com — (Nintendo) made popular 5 hr 24 min ago

Mom vs. Steroids

rd.com — Bryan, a lanky QB on the JV team walked into his family room to see his mom waiting for him with a vial and syringes. "Why are you taking steroids?" she demanded. "Mom," he said, "coaches tell us to get bigger, stronger, faster. They don't tell us how. They just tell us to do it." That's when she knew she had to take on the local football teams...More… (American & Canadian Football)

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Researchers Question Wide Use of HPV Vaccines

nytimes.com — Two vaccines against cervical cancer are being widely used without sufficient evidence about whether they are worth their high cost or even whether they will effectively stop women from getting the disease.More… (Health)

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BREAKING: Eight American Bloggers Detained in Beijing

reuters.com — At least eight American blogger-activists and several other foreigners have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch.More… (World News)

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Fighting for the Right to Clone

discovermagazine.com — Today a world force in the field of regenerative medicine, he’s close to delivering cellular therapies that might reseed the immune system, heal damaged hearts, even save limbs. Yet for almost 20 years government policy has kept his innovations literally on ice. More… (General Sciences)

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The 50 Hottest Female Olympians Of The 2008 Summer Olympics

sports.popcrunch.com — Hope you enjoy, we certainly had a great time putting it together.More… (Olympics)

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Rush: No one had guts to stand up and say no to a black guy

thinkprogress.org — Yesterday on his radio show, right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh said it’s “striking how unqualified Obama is and how this whole thing came about within the Democrat Party. I think it really goes back to the fact that nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy.”More… (Political Opinion)

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