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Vowing 'not to screw it up,' Yahoo buys Tumblr
Mon May 20, 2013
- I just love how the best defense a lot of people can come up with for someone is, "You're just jealous." How about grow up just a little bit and realize the utter failures Yahoo! has had in the past is simply affecting what people are wondering now. I've been using the internet for a long time and Y …
Farm waste may demand return of biofuels
Sun May 19, 2013
- In reply to: Byron Raum #2.4 Monsanto doesn't care as long as it's making money. I'd imagine they're already working on a replacement for Roundup as we now have Roundup-ready weeds growing in the fields. The farmers around here are hung up on Monsanto and their garbage beyond belief.
Don't want to be tracked? Turn cellphone off, says magistrate
Fri May 17, 2013
- Were you logged into your Google account when you did that search? I never search or use Maps or YouTube if I'm logged into my main Google account. I will get a spot on the map when I start it up based on where my IP address is located but that's about it. For apps for my tablet I check what permiss …
Ax hovers over food stamp program as costs grow
Sun May 19, 2013
- D-614704, you do note how Congress never wants to cut any of their pet programs, instead they want to cut aid to the poor. They could cut the retirement pensions from former Congress people. Sure, it'd be a drop in the bucket but dad gum, if you're going to cut what other people get you set a good e …
'Robin Hoods' who feed parking meters are hit with lawsuit in New Hampshire
Wed May 15, 2013
- Hearing something like “Linda, guess what you’re not going to do today — write tickets.” has to be completely traumatizing! Those poor "meter maids"! /s Seriously, the people feeding the meters should be polite and not taunt the police but are they really taunting them? A lon …
Restaurants sales at all-time high as recession fades
Wed May 15, 2013
- In reply to: JoeHH #11.1 Do you think stores aren't given real money for the food stamp equivalent they took in? Yes, our taxes support the food stamp program but food stamps don't mean free food, it just means someone else is paying for it. The stores and suppliers get their money.
Report questioning salt guidelines riles heart experts
Tue May 14, 2013
- I agree, it's way too confusing just saying salt. We eat some pre-processed foods like ham and occasionally some chips. Mostly, though, we cook from base ingredients. We also live the kind of lifestyle that sometimes flat-out requires what seems like ridiculous amounts of just good old table salt be …
Federal government creates more low-wage jobs than Wal-Mart
Tue May 14, 2013
- I know where I live the cost of living is below average (and as such wages are cheaper than elsewhere in the country) and even here a single person can barely survive on $12 an hour. In fact, one person I know who is closing in on middle age works in a factory for slightly above that. My own husband …
More brands find it's not a stretch to offer plus-size yoga attire
Mon May 13, 2013
- I'm wondering what happened to a pair of old-fashioned sweat pants and a t-shirt. It's not like a person needs much in the way of special apparel to exercise.
Has your favorite show been canceled?
Sun May 12, 2013
- In reply to: Barry-NJ #23.1 I love SG-1, one of my all-time favorite shows. To my mind "Atlantis" was ruined by Torrey Higginson. Once she was gone it started to get good and I was surprised when Robert Picardo's character was sent to Atlantis and did a good job! I did not like "Universe" ev …

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Costume chaos: Indecisive children haunt Halloween stores, give parents nightmares
No; they locked in early and haven't looked back.
- We always had a box full of old clothes, jewelry, and make-up that we hit up for our costumes. I made my kids' costumes when they were little and when they got older they either bought stuff at thrift shops or made them on their own. One year my son decided to be a football fish and made a paper mac …

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