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It's Christmas Eve and I'm having Tea and Cookies on the Vine.

For the last half hour I've been browsing the seeds with an occasional pause to drop a comment here and there.

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Man Impaled With Knife Orders Coffee - ClickonDetroit.com- msnbc.com

Man walks into a diner with a knife in his chest and orders coffee...

21-year-old raises money for her funeral

Just days before Christmas, Sierra Cooper, 21, a young woman with muscular dystrophy is planning her own funeral, so she won't leave the burden behind for her family.

Would You Adopt Man-Eating Pugs? - Asylum.com

Left to fend for themselves, the so-named Harry and Sally, two cute little pugs, apparently feasted on their deceased owner for survival.

Hulu - Cosmic Journeys: The Horizons of Deep Time - Watch the full episode now.

A very informative 21 minute video about time, the universe, and attempts to discover through experiments with the hadron collider, the ultimate fate of the universe.

Costco Protects Palin From Tomatoes By Taking Them Off Shelves

Potatoes, carrots, broccoli, green beans, onions, apples... They each have a fairly aerodynamic shape and will serve nicely as a substitute for tomatoes. Heck, even a watermelon will do if you have the arm for it.

Best Man Rigs Newlyweds' Bed To Tweet During Sex. Not Kidding. - washingtonpost.com

For all you Tweeps with voyeuristc tendencies, here's one to follow:

The Flex-Seat offers even Economy Class fliers the chance of a good night's sleep

Jacob Innovations has developed the conceptual Flex-Seat, which can be configured in a number of ways to make the most of the vertical space often wasted inside airline cabins and putting the possibility of a good night's sleep (or rest) within reach of most fliers.

At least 97 dead in string of Baghdad bomb attacks - washingtonpost.com

"The election is close," said Jamal Mutar. "The politicians are killing each other."

Vitamin D campaign: Move to raise awareness of link to multiple sclerosis

The NHS in Scotland is to launch an awareness campaign about the links between vitamin D deficiency and multiple sclerosis after being spurred into acting by Glasgow teenager Ryan McLaughlin.

Zakaria: Obama the Realist | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com

If you take just one sentence out, Barack Obama's speech on Afghanistan last week was all about focusing and limiting the scope of America's mission in that country.

Too Many Chiefs and Not Enough Indians | Slow Leadership

Top heavy organizations are often described as being 'all chiefs and no indians'. Such a pattern has now become the norm throughout much of the Western world and it is probably why we have stumbled into our current mess. Our whole management system is broken.

Recession spurs growth in self-employment - Small business- msnbc.com

We're seeing the beginnings of the entrepreneurial economy, a system built on nimble, low-overhead, oftentimes small companies with fluid workforces, rather than the massive conglomerates that have upheld the economy for decades.

CTV News | W5 - Liberation Treatment Q and A

A Q&A; on the treatment that may CURE multiple sclerosis. NOTE: Also included is information on taking part in upcoming studies on "Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency" or CCSVI.

Italian doctor may have found surprisingly simple cure for Multiple Sclerosis

An Italian doctor has been getting dramatic results with a new type of treatment for Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, which affects up to 2.5 million people worldwide.

Take a stroll through virtual reality on the CyberWalk omni-directional treadmill

Jogging on the spot has gone high tech thanks to an omni-directional treadmill that allows you to walk in any direction while staying centered on the treadmill.

msnbc.com:6-year-old's love notes live on after her

This is the true story of a six-year-old girl named Elena and her battle against cancer. In her last days she showed a community how to love and how to live.

Shiloh Pepin, also known as "Mermaid Girl" dies (video)

Shiloh Pepin, the girl born with a condition known as 'mermaid syndrome,' has died at the age of 10. She had been hospitalized in critical condition for almost a week prior to her death on Friday.

Mobile print reader makes D.C. area crime-solving a snap - washingtonpost.com

The ability to quickly identify any person on the street is a useful tool which, without proper restrictions, could bring us one step closer to the Orwellian vision.

Sicilian prefers prison to house arrest with wife | Oddly Enough | Reuters

A fate worse than death, or at least worse than incarceration...

Made in China

The cost of doing business in China is very low. Labor is cheap and regulatory controls are practically non-existent. The CEOs of American companies love China.

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China: Hundreds more kids poisoned by lead - World environment- msnbc.com

BEIJING - Nearly 1,000 children in a central Chinese province have tested positive for excessive lead in their blood, state media reported Tuesday, the latest of several lead poisoning cases involving thousands of children across the country.

Energy hub to tap supconductor cables for solar and wind | Green Tech - CNET News

A project scheduled to be disclosed on Tuesday will propose using superconducting cables to transport renewable energy from the middle of the country to different corners of the U.S.

Raw Fish Spread Liver Cancer: Discovery News

The human liver fluke, a freshwater parasite endemic to areas of Thailand, Japan, and Siberia, triggers human liver cancer by creating harmful cell mutations, encouraging tumor growth, and stopping normal cell death, according to a study released yesterday in the journal PLoS Pat …

EPA to review health impact of weed killer | Green Business | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it is reviewing the health impacts of an herbicide known as atrazine, a widely used weed killer that recent studies have tied to birth defects, low birth weight and premature babies.

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