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Sorry Drivers, Hands-Free Devices Aren’t Safer Options to Cell Phones
In response to the National Transportation Safety Board-proposed ban on cellphones while driving, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers tried to defend hands-free devices. They’re “designed to be used in a way that helps drivers keep their eyes on the road,” they said, but now it looks like this defense doesn’t hold water.
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It’s Double the Fun As Russell Brand Lands Two Wildly Different TV Deals with Fox
Russell Brand has two new reasons to celebrate his growing success in America, courtesy of two TV deals he’s got in the works.
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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore Round Out the Top 10 Biggest Celebrity Breakups of 2011
Doesn’t it seem like most celebrity marriages don’t stand a chance? The Centers for Disease Control reported a staggeringly low rate of divorce rates in 2010 in at least 44 states, but that doesn’t really matter if you’re a celebrity. The CDC might slacked on the statistics involving this sect of relationships, but t
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Watch 25,000 Christmas Lights Tuned to the ‘Angry Birds’ Theme [VIDEO]
A family in Austin, Texas turned their Christmas light display into the brightest ever tribute to the popular ‘Angry Birds’ game. Pigs beware!
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Holiday Grinches Steal Neighbor’s Christmas Ornaments and Put Them Up in Their Own Yard [VIDEO]
Thanks to security cameras and good ol’ fashioned stupidity, a pair of not-so-nice neighbors could be facing charges for allegedly stealing some decorations out of a Florida resident’s front yard and using them for a holiday display of their own.
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Does ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ Promote Bullying? [VIDEO]
A Long Island University doctoral professor claims that Rankin/Bass’ Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” inspires children to bully their peers. And here we thought it just raised awareness for misfit toys.
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‘Words with Friends’ Addiction Gets Alec Baldwin Kicked Off Plane [PHOTO]
30 Rock star Alec Baldwin lost his seat on an American Airlines flight for refusing to turn off his cell phone so he could play the popular word game ‘Words with Friends.’ Imagine what would have happened if they had asked him to shut off ‘Angry Birds.’
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Thanksgiving
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This Thanksgiving, millions of Americans will sit down at the table and gawk over all the goodies they are planning to cram in their gullet. The holiday might seem as familiar as singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the “Seventh Inning Stretch” or packing a finger in ice that was blown off by a firework on the Fourth of July. However, like all traditi
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10 Things We Wish We Could Opt Out of on Facebook
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Facebook may have changed the way we communicate, keep up with long lost friends and pretend that we're doing actual work in the office, but it has come at a great cost to privacy. Now t
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How to Make a Honey Badger Costume for Halloween
Halloween is just a few days away and since this annual holiday falls on a Monday, parties are bound to pop up during the weekend to accommodate those who have to go to work without hangovers on (though that probably won’t stop people from having too many candy corn martinis).
The only problem is that you don’t have a costume. You could throw on a dirty old bedsheet, cut a few holes in it and tell people you’re a beige ghost. Or you could actually be clever and in-tune with what’s happening and hip (as the kids say) by going as viral video star the honey badger.
Sure putting together a costume of such a fearsome sounding creature sounds like you’ll be sitting at a sewing machine all night trying to un-sew the sleeve of your shirt out of your costume, but it’s actually one of the simpler clever costumes you can put together for 2011. After the jump, we’ll show you how.
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World’s Largest Pumpkin Turned Into World’s Largest Pumpkin Zombie Carving [PHOTO]
A 1,818.5 pound pumpkin that currently holds the world record for the largest pumpkin is being carved into a macabre spectacle of flesh-hungry zombies.
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Florida Mom Leaves Kids in the Car to Go Shoplifting
A woman from Kissimmee, FL is facing both theft and child neglect charges for allegedly leaving two children in a car in the parking lot of a store where she was shoplifting.