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iPhone 5 Stalls Mobile Market Growth
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 11:25 PM EDT (Forbes)
Worldwide sales of cellphone have fallen for the first time since 2009, as consumers choose to wait for Apple‘s next iPhone before upgrading, according to analyst firm Gartner.
How to Recover From a Broken Heart
Wed May 16, 2012 8:58 AM EDT
Broken hearts are mainly caused by unfulfilment of our expectations coupled with low self-esteem. Often we think so low of ourself, we put our whole life in the hands of one person to get 'happiness' and then when that happiness is withdrawn, the pain of losing it i …
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Have you ever been 'dumped'? And is there really such a thing?
Wed May 16, 2012 8:54 AM EDT
How often have you heard the sad statement, "I've been dumped" by so and so, or you've used it to bemoan the loss of a valued partner? It is a common term used to express regret and perhaps resentment at not being the right person for someone else. But is there such a thing as be …
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Mr. Boehner and the Debt: Speaker John Boehner pushed the country to the brink of default last year and now wants to do it all over again.
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:18 AM EDT (The New York Times)
It clearly does not bother Speaker John Boehner that he pushed the United States to the brink of default last year. It does not matter that the deep spending cuts in the resolution he demanded to end that crisis will hurt economic growth. It does not even matter that the House …
Alabama's Disgrace: Alabama still has a chance to undo the malignant anti-immigrant law
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:14 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Alabamians should see on Wednesday, the last day of the legislative session, just how badly the Republicans who control the Statehouse want to continue down the path of anti-immigrant extremism. The lawmakers’ challenge was to fix last year’s terrible immigration l …
The Third Party Fantasy
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:09 AM EDT (The New York Times)
“Third parties are like bees,” the intellectual historian Richard Hofstadter wrote in 1955. “Once they have stung, they die.” It’s an aphorism that aptly describes the anti-slavery and anti-immigrant parties of the mid-nineteenth century, the Popul …
Gay Donor Dumps Romney, Donates To Obama Over Gay Marriage
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:00 AM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)
Mitt Romney just found out that sometimes bigotry just doesn’t pay off. Bill White, a registered Independent and head of a consulting firm in NY has asked for his donation back so he can give it to President Obama’s reelection campaign instead. Bill White is openly …
Kate's adoptive family scrimped to give her idyllic childhood... yet she was still desperate to find the parents who gave her up - no matter who it hurt
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:54 AM EDT (the Mail online)
When I was 18, I changed my name. Crucially, I gave myself a new middle name — Justine. Actually, it wasn’t new at all. It was the name my birth mother gave me before I was adopted. I can still remember the horror my teenage self felt when I saw my bir …
Diet tips: Cut out 300 calories for good or you'll pile the pounds straight back on
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:46 AM EDT (the Mail online)
As every slimmer knows, it is when the diet ends that the hard work really begins. Despite the best of intentions, only a few lucky ones manage to avoid piling the pounds straight back on. Now experts think they know why – and it’s nothing to do with a lack of wil …
Thomas Williams love child: Priest who preaches morality on TV confesses to scandal
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:42 AM EDT (the Mail online)
The Legion of Christ religious order, still reeling from revelations that its late founder was a paedophile, has been hit by another scandal after their most famous priest confessed to fathering a child several years ago. Rev. Thomas Williams, a moral theologian, lecturer and …
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