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Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009
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Childbirth Becomes an Interactive Experience
Over the summer, Sara Morishige Williams, the wife of the CEO of Twitter, Tweeted while giving birth. A Minnesota woman named Lynsee has taken the natal overshare to the next level: she broadcast video of herself giving birth on a local social networking site called MomsLikeMe , and interacted Read More -
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Experience tells us that when a candidate enters a contest's final weekend with both a lead and as much apparent momentum as Hoffman, they almost always win. By the end of a long campaign, voters have spent weeks or months acquiring information and pondering their choice, and most have made up their minds by the final weekend. Read More -
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Could James Cameron's Avatar kill 20 th Century Fox? According to today's New York Times , probably not. Michael Cieply reports that Fox has brought in outside investors to minimize the company's risk in the event that the $500 million Blue Man Group-in-outer space flick turns out to be a Read More -
Human Nature:
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Women, Combat, and Fort Hood
Fort Hood, Texas, hosts tens of thousands of men who are trained to fight for their country. But none of them stopped Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as he blew away 13 of their colleagues Thursday afternoon. It was a civilian police officer, Sgt. Kimberly Munley, who confronted and shot him in an exchange of gunfire. For her trouble, Munley took bullets in both legs and an arm. Maybe the president will pin a medal on her. Read More -
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