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Who needs sit-ups?

Health & Fitness – You can't dead lift 600 pounds if your abs aren't strong, but you will never see a 600-pound dead-lifter doing crunches and sit-ups. Both exercises have a long history in our military, but dead-lifters know something most in the military do not: Isolation exercises are the wrong way to develop abdominal muscles.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 06, 2007 10:38am

Bodies Found In Iraq On Rise
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Bodies Found In Iraq On Rise

News – Number of unidentified corpses found on street rises sharply

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Voted for on July 06, 2007 09:40am

Child Bitten In 'One Of Worst Abuse Cases'
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Child Bitten In 'One Of Worst Abuse Cases'

Do No Evil – The suspects in what police are calling one of the worst cases of child abuse they've ever seen will face a judge Thursday.

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Who needs fancy feathers when you've got muscles.

Health & Fitness – Hot off the psychology presses: Men work out at gyms because women are sexually attracted to muscular men. That's the conclusion, after a careful four-year study, of two UCLA researchers.

View Story Discuss (0) (latimes.com) 16 hours ago by GregD

Submitted and Voted for on July 06, 2007 08:34am

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Weapon of choice for children, rebels and soldiers..

Books – Michael Hodges's breezy history describes how a Soviet antique became the world's favourite gun. The A stands for "automatic", the K for "Kalashnikov", and the 47 for the year of its invention.

View Story Discuss (0) (telegraph.co.uk) 16 hours ago by GregD

Submitted and Voted for on July 06, 2007 08:33am

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Iraq draws up plans for privatisation gold rush

News – The Iraqi government has begun preparing the groundwork for what could be one of the biggest privatisations of state-owned assets. The Sunday Telegraph has learned that officials from the government have recently held talks with banking and legal advisers in London.

View Story Discuss (1) (telegraph.co.uk) 3 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on July 06, 2007 12:47am

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Amazing Chain Reaction - The Way Things Go

Popular Videos – In 1987 Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss built a enormous, precarious structure 100 feet long out of common items. Using fire, water, gravity, and chemistry they create a mind-blowing chain reaction of physical and chemical interactions and precisely crafted chaos.

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Voted for on July 06, 2007 12:02am Commented on 1 time: 1

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10 Things Your Grocery Store Doesn't Want You to Know

Shopping – "Grocery shopping seems like a harmless enough activity. It's a chore, but it's one that most of us do at least once a week, without giving much thought to what's going on behind the scenes at the supermarket. ... So to make yourself a smarter shopper, learn about the top tricks and other secrets lurking at the supermarket."

View Story Discuss (1) (health.msn.com) 3 days ago by Jordan

Voted for on July 05, 2007 11:55pm Commented on 1 time: 1

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Gore: I've 'Fallen Out Of Love With Politics'

Politics – Former Vice President Al Gore said he has "fallen out of love with politics" and has no intentions of running for office again.

View Story Discuss (10) (cnn.com) 1 day ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on July 05, 2007 11:53pm

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Black, White Women Differ on Dieting

Women – Overweight or obese white American women are more likely than their black peers to ask for dieting assistance, such as counseling from a medical professional, a doctor's prescription, membership in a weight-loss group, or advice from a trainer, a new study finds.

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Voted for on July 05, 2007 11:52pm

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Jailed conscientious objector hits out against Libby clemency

Do No Evil – A veteran who spent 14 months in prison 3,000 miles from home for filing a conscientious objector application against redeployment to Iraq has spoken out against the commutation of Libby's sentence by the president. [via reddit]

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Voted for on July 05, 2007 11:52pm

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Wil Wheaton's Captain Kirk Impression

Television – The Star Trek: Kirk vs. Picard contest is going strong, and to inspire and entertain the writers who are participating, I, uh . . . performed . . . some Kirk and Picard dialog from the first round finalists' submissions.

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Voted for on July 05, 2007 11:36pm

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The Woman Who Wouldn't Cover Paris: Mika Brzezinski - News Bloggers

Television – Mika Brzezinski reacts to the media frenzy her Paris Hilton protest has caused.

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Voted for on July 05, 2007 11:36pm

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Freedom to Wait for Your Information Act

Do No Evil – FOIA requests take years to get answered

View Story Discuss (0) (cjr.org) 1 day ago by Digidave

Voted for on July 05, 2007 11:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 43 votes / 3 sinks

News Flash! They Don't Hate Us for Our Freedom.

Politics – You know, if you don't read Glenn Greenwald every day, you should.

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Voted for on July 05, 2007 11:35pm Commented on 1 time: 1

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