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Live From Fantasy Land

"Clueless", "hypocrite", "ridiculous", "stupid" and "living in a fantasy land". If you want to tick off your readers just advocate doing something radical to save the U.S. economy

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Pratesi’s New Look in Linens

Pratesi, the renowned Italian linen company established more than a century ago, reinvented its classic bedding with its new Pratesi 2.0 collection. It features 12 slightly more contemporary styles, including a wrinkle-free set called Infinito, made from 100 percent Italian linen ($1,200 for a queen-size set, $1,300 for a king-size ...

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Video: Exciting new anti-cancer drugs

Two new studies report dramatic progress in treating advanced melanoma and lung cancer. Both treatments use an approach that is creating a lot of excitement among doctors - tailoring drugs to the genetic make up of individual patients. Dr.

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Apple’s Putting Your Music, Documents, And Photos Into iCloud

"We're going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device," said Steve Jobs in his keynote address at Apple's WWDC conference today. "We're going to move your hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud." Apple revealed its long-awaited cloud sharing and sync service today, iCloud. Far more than a way to back up files to a distant server, iCloud is integrated across Apple desktops and mobile devices to ensure that all of your computers can synchronize contacts, calendars, email, apps, music, photos, and more

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Twitter’s Deep Integration With Apple’s iOS Revealed

Twitter is deeply integrated into the upcoming code refresh for iPhones and iPads, iOS 5, Apple announced today. One-touch tweeting is a handy kick for Apple's social networking plans, but potentially a massive strap-on rocket booster for Twitter . As part of the keynote address at WWDC 2011 Scott Forstall, head of iPhone software development and a potential successor to Steve Jobs himself, revealed 10 new features of the 5th generation operating system for iPhones and iPads

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Is Streaming Video Cannibalizing Amazon’s DVD Sales?

Over Memorial Day weekend, blockbuster sequels such as The Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides soared at the box office. Unsurprisingly, prequels to these films also earned a boost in sales at the home box office, thanks to consumers looking to "quickly catch up on missed movies," according to an Amazon spokesperson, who added that all three of the franchises showed up on Amazon.com's top 30 best-sellers list for Instant Video

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Human Exposure To Toxic BPA Is Worse Than Previously Thought

When you measure BPA levels based on a lifetime of daily exposure, it turns out our bodies are full of the poisonous stuff. BPA is practically inescapable--it's found in soup cans, water bottles, store receipts, dental linings, plastic-packaged foods, and any number of other products. Canada has already declared that BPA is a toxic substance, and the stuff has been banned in baby bottles in Europe, China, and Canada, but we're still exposed to BPA constantly.

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The Apple Land Grab: How The Free Cloud Will Help Grow A Nation

Prices so low, Apple must be INSANE! Or, more likely, they're hooking a whole new world of users with bargain basement prices on OS Lion and iCloud while planning to charge them later for add-ons and premium features. The most important thing Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday had nothing to do with new software features or services.

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