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New York Is Officially the Nation’s Rudest City

According to a ‘Travel + Leisure’ survey of their well-trodden readership, New York City, true to its reputation, is the rudest city in the nation.

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The Pope Gives Facebook and Twitter a ‘Like’

No one can accuse Pope Benedict XVI of being old-fashioned, even if his beliefs on doctrine are strictly traditionalist. The Pontiff proved he holds his traditional views in a very modern social landscape by praising the usefulness of social media communication.

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Scosche Industries
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Like Using Your Cell Phone In the Car? A New Device Will Stop You

Statistics are showing more and more that cell phone use in cars is a leading cause of accidents. In fact, some research has shown that driving while distracted causes more deaths than driving while under the influence. But, would you buy a new device that prevents you from ever using your cell phone in your car?

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6 of the Worst Tech Predictions of All Time

Predictions about technology are notoriously tough to make. Still, the experts and visionaries often get it right — but when they don’t, they get it colossally wrong. Here are some of history’s most famously bungled insights made by tech giants and industry bigwigs, as rounded-up by Scientific American.

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D Dipasupil, Getty Images
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Mark Wahlberg Claims He Would’ve Been a 9/11 Action Hero

After a new interview with Men’s Journal, Mark Wahlberg is under fire for perhaps taking his own image as an action star a bit too seriously.

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Need an Excuse to Ditch Your New Year’s Resolution? Here’s How to Break Them

It’s only been a couple of weeks since we began the new year and you made all those life improving resolutions, but relief is in sight. January 17 is Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day.

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Indiana Lawmaker Seeks Daily Prayer in Public Schools

An Indiana lawmaker wants to make daily prayer a part of the public educational system.

According to recent reports, Republican Senator Dennis Kruse filed a bill earlier this week that would require all Indiana school districts to make reciting the Lord’s Prayer a mandatory, daily activity. Students not wanting to participate in the prayer would have the freedom to decline.

However, critics of this proposed legisl

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What Do We Buy Most in Warehouse Stores?

Question: According to a national survey, what is the best-selling item at warehouse club stores?

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Massachusetts Woman Wins $7 Million Lottery — And Doesn’t Tell Anyone

If you ever have a secret you’re dying to spill but you want it to stay safe, we suggest telling Kathleen Crewe. She can probably be trusted with it — after all, she won a $7 million lottery and kept it to herself for days.

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Dane County Sheriff's Office
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Man Arrested on Drug Charges Has the Weirdest Name Ever — Guess What It Is

Normally the news of a random guy being arrested on a litany of drug charges wouldn’t necessarily make national headlines, but when that guy is named Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop (you definitely read that right), people take notice.

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