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Oil Platform Explodes In The Gulf Of Mexico Off The Louisiana Coast
NEW ORLEANS, La. An oil platform exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water in their protective "Gumby suits."It was the second .
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Pat Caddells Devastating Critique
In a fascinating interview with Robert Costa, Democratic pollster and analyst Pat Caddell zeroes in on the Democrats impending doom (the general outcome is baked)and on Obamas failure to live up to expectations (The killer in American po
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Why traveling birds need army ants
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US)The health of some migratory birds in the United States may depend in part on colonies of army ants that inhabit the foothills near Monteverde, Costa Rica.This is one of the conclusions of a study recently published in the
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Vanessa Hudgens Causes Car Accident
DOZY Vanessa Hudgens was involved in a minor car accident Wednesday afternoon.The actress whos currently dating her former High School Musical costar Zac Efron was backing out of a CVS parking lot in Studio City, California when her black Audi
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3 Seyfarth Partners Form New Suburban Firm to Offer Lower Cost Alternative
In the latest example of a snowballing trend among BigLaw attorneys, three partners at Seyfarth Shaw have left the well-known Chicago-based firm to establish a smaller suburban firm that will, they say, offer clients quality corporate legal services ...
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Chiquita Goes for Greener Fruit
Filed under: Eco-FriendlyPhoto: Jeremy Brooks, FlickrWhat do you get when you process more than 320 million pounds of fruit a year? Lots of scraps.Chiquita may be best known for its bananas, but at its plant in Guapiles, Costa Rica, it slices and ...
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Best of the Web Today: The Summer of George
The economy is dismal, but one man is enjoying a recovery.
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RHONY Star Alex McCord Gets A Real Model Makeover
Mark Wimberly; Rick Day Last season on The Real Housewives of New York City, fans cringed while Alex McCord subjected herself to a beach photo shoot by costar Kelly Bensimon, who came unhinged during a getaway to Scary Island. That photo shoot was
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Molinari brothers want inspirational Rocca at Ryder Cup
Reuters - CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Costantino Rocca was the Ryder Cup inspiration for Edoardo and Francesco Molinari and the brothers want their fellow Italian with them when they make their debuts in the team event next month.
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Eco-Friendly Fertilizers - The Chiquita Biodigester Harnesses Energy from Fruit (GALLERY)
The Chiquita Biodigester will debut in Costa Rica and is said to "improve fertilizer, reduce energy consumption, and provide a sustainable energy source for its operations," making it an environmentally
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Man killed by propeller at airport
A 30-year-old flight instructor was killed Friday afternoon at a small airport in Boston after he was struck by the propeller of his own plane.
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Chiquita Launches BioEnergy Initiative in Costa Rica
Chiquita has invested in biodigester technology (also called anaerobic digestion) that will tackle Chiquita's organic waste problem at its Costa Rica food processing plant.
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Psychedelic drugs back as treatment
New research confirms that psychedelic drugs are promising treatments for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia Moheb Costandi writes the Neurophilosophy blog Long before hippie poster boy Timothy Leary invited the world to ...
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Costar: Sofia Vergara Finds Strength to Cope with Boyfriend's Accident
"Nothing's going to bring her down," Modern Family costar Sarah Hyland tells PEOPLE
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Video: Jessica Alba's Awkward Interview, Behind the Scenes of LL's VF Shoot, and Sandra on Baby Louis!
Sandra Bullock chats about baby Louis in her first postdivorce TV interview, Lindsay Lohan says she has never been addicted to prescription drugs, and David Letterman puts Jessica Alba in an uncomfortable position over her Machete costar. Plus, watch ...
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POLL: Which Dancing Contestant Will Go Home First?
Tell us if Audrina, The Hoff or one of their new costars will be the first to go on season 11 of DWTS
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Jamie Lee Curtis Has 'Compassion' For Former Costar Lindsanity, But That's About It!
Lindsanity LOLhan 's co-star from way back when she WASN'T a trainwreck, Jamie Lee Curtis , was recently asked to comment on the hard-pAArtying wacktress, and this is the HIGHlarious little quotable she spit out!She said:"I just have compassion. I ...
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Same Index, Different Return
IndexUniverse Europe submits: By Paul Amery In a study published this past week (The Changing Face of Beta Investing: ETFs, Futures and Total Return Swaps), Christos Costandinides and Deutsche Banks equity index and ETF research team highlighted t
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A space opera that's an actual opera [K'ai Death Of Dreams]
Portland, Maine composer Richard DeCosta has created an actual space opera, with singing aliens and a heroic saga of aliens escaping from slavery. And he needs your help to make it a reality. (Especially if you're a grantwriter.)More
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Reading, Writing, and RFID Chips: A Scary Back-to-School Future in California
Scary news from California's Contra Costa County school officials there have reportedly decided to track some preschoolers with RFID chips , thanks to a federal grant supplying the funding.According to a story from the Associated Press, the students .
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Chiquita Goes Carbon Neutral, Harnesses Fruit Power With New Biodigester
The fruit giant innovates for a better planet.Chiquita has announced the release of an innovative biodigester in Costa Rica that will improve fertilizer, reduce energy consumption, and provide a sustainable energy source for its operations. The ...
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Martin Short's Friends & Costars Celebrate Him at the Emmys
Glenn Close and Catherine O'Hara remark on the grieving actor's talent and love
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First semi-train roams Gaza streets, delights children
by Emad Drimly, Saud Abu Ramadan Maysara al-Helou, a 30-year-old Palestinian, surprised the Gazan residents when he drove a small semi-train with joyful colors on narrow streets of the city. The small attractive Gaza tourist train, which ...
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How Costa Rica is battling for gay rights
Costa Rica's gay rights activists have sought a different path than those in the US. read more
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Costa Rica: University Students Protest Budget Agreements
Some University of Costa Rica students took hold of the social sciences building in protest of the budgetary agreement that was reached between the government and university officials where a 7% budget increase was agreed upon after negotiating the ...
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California students get tracking devices
ShareThis Hack early, hack often: California students get tracking devices --System cost$50,000, funded byfederal grant 18 Aug 2010 California officials are outfitting preschoolers in Contra Costa County with tracking devices... When at the school, ...
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When Politics Means the End of the World (as we know it)
The Christian Right has often sought to stay the hand of God, angry with our failings as a nation, by...
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'Machete's' Danny Trejo will kill again
The actor will reunite with "Machete" costar Michelle Rodriguez in a new indie called "Skinny Dip."
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Carpet Quotes! Best Bites From the Emmy Awards
No surprise, Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic have the red carpet covered today at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. So what will be surprising? Probably something said by one of the stars from...
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Thomas outplays Costa in final Oregon scrimmage
Or maybe Oregon's quarterback will be sophomore Darron Thomas? Thomas outplayed senior Nate Costa statistically in the Ducks closed scrimmage Thursda...
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