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TV's 'Beautiful Life' finds new life on YouTube

It was the first new series to be canceled this fall, but now "The Beautiful Life" has found a new life online.

Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony

Netbooks have been a hit among laptop buyers because they're cheap and they're easy to carry. Now there's the option to pay a lot more and get a lot less — a lot less weight, that is.

A year later, kidnapped grandma ‘feeling fine’

If you called central casting and asked for the quintessential American grandmother, they’d send you 76-year-old Sandy Vinge. Glowing with life, she is sweeter than a Christmas cookie.

Mo. gov in St. Louis, KC to outline jobs plan

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon plans stops in St. Louis and Kansas City on Wednesday to outline his proposal to create jobs in the life- and plant-science industries.

NC Supreme Court halts release of 2 murderers

North Carolina's Supreme Court has temporarily halted the release of two convicted murderers under life sentences.

When officials reject stimulus, sparks fly

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was supposed to create jobs by the millions, but Debra Morgan of North Platte, Neb., says it got her fired.

Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess

The e-book reading device is the gadget gift of the season. Both Sony and Barnes & Noble have sold out of their new models, and new buyers will have to wait until January for delivery. So why are e-book readers still such clumsy, annoying devices?

Hiker who cut off arm: My future son saved me

It’s been a long time coming, but Aron Ralston can’t wait to meet the little boy he says saved his life. Trouble is, he isn’t expected to be born for nine weeks.

Are you having an affair ... with your baby?

If parenthood has taught me one thing it’s that, irrespective of my public persona as a relationship expert, I am far from being an expert in my own relationship. Like many a new father, life after baby No. 1 left me confused and conflicted, not to mention sleepless, sexless and hard up. And just when I thought life couldn’t get any more hard up, along came baby No. 2 to take my randiness to new dimensions of dementia.

Review: Two new 3-D laptops still feel shallow

In its search for another technology to excite us, the consumer electronics industry is reaching deep — into the third dimension. The big push for 3-D TV won't happen until next year, but already we can get a taste of 3-D in the home — on laptops.

Scoop: Third woman emerges in Woods scandal

The Tiger Woods case might be closed in the opinion of the Florida Highway Patrol, but not according to some of the women who reportedly have had relationships with the pro golfer.

Tidbits: Reese-Jake rumors persist

The breakup rumors swirling around Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are still going strong despite a matching set of denials from the couple’s camps.

More blood is shed on ‘Desperate Housewives’

Katherine continues to head down the path to insanity, but this time, she tried to use Mike and Susan's young son, M.J., as a pawn. First, she fills the young boy's head with her woes and blames his mother. Then, she picks him up from a party without telling his parents. A furious Mike confronts her and ends up spitting out that he never loved her and thought of Susan every time he held or kissed Katherine. When he leaves, Katherine picks up a knife, calls for an ambulance, and then apparently cuts herself offscreen. Viewers hear a gasp and see the bloody knife, but not how serious the injury was. That was kind of a lot of blood on the blade, though.

Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar

New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same.

‘Recession gave me a new opportunity’

The recession has hit Terry Zimmerman hard. He is out of work, on the verge of being homeless and barely has money for food.

Subway carries 3-year-old boy’s dad away

The surveillance video needs no narration to convey the panic. A subway train stops at a platform. A little boy with a backpack gets off, holding the hand of a man behind him. But before the man can exit the train, the door closes.

Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish

Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi.

Tiny tattoos could help diabetics ditch needles

Eight-year-old Julia Balobeck needs to prick her fingers so many times each day that the tips of her digits have started to turn numb and black. Even at her age, she understands that the needle sticks are crucial to keep track of her blood sugar levels and manage her Type 1 diabetes, but she’d really like someone to find a better way.

Review: New BlackBerry Storm improves on original

The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use.

Of bats and billions: Following stimulus funds

Halloween has come and gone, but your U.S. government is focusing some attention and a bit of money provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on bats. Not the baseball kind, but the furry, flying, cave-dwelling creatures more often associated with trick-or-treating than federal spending.

Local stimulus projects stirring debate?

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Fitch downgrades Phoenix life insurance

The life insurance subsidiaries of The Phoenix Companies Inc. received a ratings downgrade on Monday by Fitch Ratings.

Review: Motorola's Droid is a serious smart phone

Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple's iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications.

Police: Florida wife faked her own abduction

It sounds like the sort of romantic-mystery potboiler that keeps readers on the edge of their summer beach chairs: A strikingly pretty Florida housewife with a handsome husband and two beautiful young daughters is kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and held for $50,000 ransom.

‘Biggest Loser’s’ Abby: ‘Happiness is a choice’

On the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, my husband was taking my daughter to a gymnastics class for the evening. I was not with them, but my infant son was.

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Centenarian voter lauded by Obama dies
Source: msnbc.com

Ann Nixon Cooper, the Atlanta centenarian lauded by President Barack Obama in his election night speech last year, has died. She was 107.

After snow, a race to get gifts - or just get home
Source: msnbc.com

Many along the East Coast set out on slick sidewalks and roads to do storm-delayed holiday shopping, while others battled airport lines in frantic bids to get to their destinations for Christmas.

Deadly Coast Guard, boat collision investigated
Source: msnbc.com

A Coast Guard vessel was traveling "very fast" moments before slamming into his watercraft, killing his 8-year-old son and seriously injuring five other people, a man says.

Wonders of the deep: Stunning pictures of Antarctic sea life
Source: the Mail online

Amazing pictures of Southern Ocean marine life captured by scientists working in the Antarctic were released today. The inhabitants of the continent's seas were captured as part of a study on biodiversity carried out by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing method developed
Source: PhysOrg.com

Boston University biomedical engineers have devised a method for making future genome sequencing faster and cheaper by dramatically reducing the amount of DNA required, thus eliminating the expensive, time-consuming and error-prone step of DNA amplification.

2010 preview: Is this the year that we create life?
Source: newscientist.com

Waiting for Synthia - that has been the script for enthusiasts of synthetic life for the past two years, ever since genomics pioneer Craig Venter promised to unveil a living bacterial cell carrying a genome made from scratch in the lab. 2010 is the year for him to deliver.

Coast Guard craft collides with boat; 6 hurt
Source: msnbc.com

A Coast Guard patrol boat collides with a recreational boat in San Diego Bay, seriously injuring six people, authorities say.

India-flagged cargo ship adrift in North Pacific
Source: msnbc.com

An India-flagged bulk cargo freighter with a failed engine is adrift in the North Pacific, being tossed about by stormy seas and fierce winds, the Coast Guard said.

Understanding Oneself Might Take Some a Lifetime to Comprehend, but...

When you know who you are and understand what another has being like in front of you, not realizing it and struggled so long to understand, and finally in a flash you are caught by surprised when you learn their way, every day should be as such.

4-year-old girl falls from Utah ski chairlift
Source: msnbc.com

Authorities in Utah say a 4-year-old girl has been hospitalized after falling 30 feet to 40 feet from a chairlift at a ski area.

Zoo reopens 9 days after fatal tiger attack
Source: msnbc.com

Nine days after a tiger mauled three visitors, the San Francisco Zoo reopened Thursday amid heightened scrutiny of its security procedures and a flurry of questions over the events that led to a teenager's death.

Require beacons? Hood tragedy renews debate
Source: msnbc.com

The latest climbing tragedy on Mount Hood reinvigorates a debate about whether people who go up on Oregon\'s highest peak should be required to carry a locator.

Death is a debt, we all must pay

We all live, some better than others, but it is life. I am thankful to be born in a place that I am able to have family, friends, and pets that love me. Most of the time, I take it for granted and do not even realize it.

Gun Owning Paraplegic Fataly Shoots Home Invader
Source: Local News from Star-Banner

Late Monday, Kenney and another man reportedly tried to commit a home invasion robbery at the residence of a disabled man with whom Kenney was acquainted. What they probably didn't expect was that the homeowner, Gary Wroblewski, would be armed and fight back.

Baltimore streets again flooded by main break
Source: msnbc.com

Officials are asking 1.8 million people in the Baltimore area to conserve water after a 42-inch pipe burst and flooded streets in the latest in a series of such problems.

Cremated remains of 96 found in storage unit
Source: msnbc.com

A legal team that was seeking a bankrupt funeral home's financial records instead made a macabre discovery: nearly 100 boxes of cremated remains in a suburban storage unit.

Storm-hit cliff crumbles, forcing evacuations
Source: msnbc.com

A crumbling cliff forced residents to grab what they could and flee an apartment building atop a Northern California coastal bluff over fears it could slide into the Pacific.

Hard-hit cities roll up pavement, lay gravel
Source: msnbc.com

Some cash-strapped towns and counties find pavement is too expensive and are tearing up battered roads and putting down gravel.

The Romance of the Old West
Source: Roswell Daily Record

Bernice Ende arrived in Roswell at about 1 p.m. Wednesday with two horses and her dog, part of a 7,000-mile journey which will take her to just about every corner of the U.S. and parts of Canada.

New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars
Source: PhysOrg.com

Scientists estimate that the meteorite, called Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001), formed on Mars about 4.5 billion years ago, making it one of the oldest known objects in the solar system.

Are your emotions ever the "Boss" of you???
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Again all let's try to be mindful that we are in charge of our emotions not vice/versa. Life is entirely too short & Mother nature needs no assistance in speeding up the process of it's termination. Have an Awesomely blessed Holiday Season ~LuvUMuch Neciaisms

Police say 2 dogs fed on Nebraska owner's body
Source: msnbc.com

The Nebraska Humane Society is seeking a new home for two small dogs that police say fed on their owner's body after he killed himself.

Cops: N.C. woman lay dead in bed for 8 months
Source: msnbc.com

North Carolina sheriff's deputies say the body of an 87-year-old woman remained in her bed for up to eight months even though caretakers paid daily visits to her house and kept it tidy.

Energy-saving traffic lights blamed in crashes
Source: msnbc.com

Cities around the country discover energy-efficient traffic lights don't burn hot enough to melt snow covering them - a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death.

Miracles and Other Drugs

There is a new drug available to anyone willing to purchase it. This drug is a miracle drug. It is changing the world and healing people from all types of sickness. From lung cancer, to brain tumors to even Bi-Polar Disorder.

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