Scout Deidre

Writer, omnivorous reader, gadabout, spendy, brainy and rarely bored. I am the Scout for the real estate channel and am totally obsessed with the fluctuations of the housing market and love reading the stories from around the world that people submit. My personal blog is http://www.thefictive.com

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Gray hair is no fun, especially at age 25

Health & Fitness – A few months ago, I made a dreadful discovery when I looked in the mirror.It was a goodbye to my youth. It was a herald of old age, an I'm-older-but-not-wiser milestone staring at me from just above my forehead.My first gray hair.Did I mention I'm only 25?After finding the rogue hair, I thought I would dye (ha ha), and I did but not right away...

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 11:41pm

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More young diabetics being hospitalized

Health & Fitness – The number of young adults hospitalized with diabetes-related conditions in the United States has risen significantly over the last decade, a new study says.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 11:41pm

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WHO confirms human-to-human bird flu case

Health & Fitness – The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Thursday a single case of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus in a family in Pakistan but said there was no apparent risk of it spreading wider.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 11:41pm

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Why Wasn't This the Year of Lance Bass?

Gay & Lesbian – He should be the out celebrity gays continually clamor for. At just 28, Lance Bass already has an impressive and varied list of accomplishments: a record-shattering stint with the band 'N Sync, a memoir on The New York Times best-seller list, a role singing and dancing on Broadway, and a Human Rights Campaign award.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 11:36pm

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The city of blinding lights is starting to see 'green'

Gadgets & Tech – It draws busloads of Sin City tourists, it's got more mirrors than the Trump Towers, and sometimes the lights are practically blinding. But this latest marvel isn't a hotel casino. It's a solar thermal plant that provides peak power to nearby Las Vegas, one of the most unlikely places on the planet to be showing signs of environmental fervor.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 11:24pm

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Forecasts: 1989 predictions that won't come true in 2008, either

Gadgets & Tech – Fimoculous blogger Rex Sorgatz dug up a 2007 audit on the 1989 book, Future Stuff. The book describes 250-some consumer products that "should be in your supermarket, hardware store, pharmacy, department store, or otherwise available by the year 2000." It gets a few things right, like Viagra and flat-screen TVs. But mostly it's wrong.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 11:24pm

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Antarctic base staff evacuated after Christmas brawl

Do No Evil – Two men, one with a suspected broken jaw, have been airlifted from the Antarctic's most remote research facility after an incident described as a "drunken Christmas punch-up".

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 08:11pm

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Campus tragedy drives change in 2007

Do No Evil – The shooting rampage April 16 that killed 33 people and wounded 17 at Virginia Tech left a lasting mark on higher education. USA TODAY examines how the tragedy forced school officials to re-evaluate business as usual and recaps other top stories of 2007.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 08:11pm

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2 arrested in deaths of 6 in rural Wash. - Yahoo! News

Do No Evil – CARNATION, Wash. - A man and a woman have been arrested in the deaths of six people, likely family members and including two young children, at a rural property east of Seattle, authorities said Wednesday.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 08:11pm

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Bhutto Took On Risks In Life

Do No Evil – Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated Thursday in Rawalpindi, was the first female prime minister of Pakistan and of any Islamic nation. She led Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 08:11pm

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Thousands of teachers 'leave job'

Careers & Jobs – More than 250,000 qualified teachers no longer work in schools, according to research by the Conservatives.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 05:06pm

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Jonathan Lethem Fuels His Writing With 'White Trash' Sandwiches - Grub Street - New York Magazine

Books – Boerum Hill resident and author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude Jonathan Lethem is at work on a still untitled novel that's set on the Upper East Side and features a character that's always seen eating either an H&H; bagel or a burger deluxe from Jackson Hole.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 04:54pm

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The Year in Book Publishing

Books – For the publishing industry, 2007 was filled with not only the excitement of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but also with the sadness over several big-name independent bookstores closing, the worry about the influence of the digital world, and anxiety over the decline of book review sections in newspapers, the Los Angeles Times reported in i

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 04:54pm

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Alice Walker's papers going to Emory | ajc.com

Books – From journals and notebooks of poetry written when she was growing up in Eatonton, Ga., to drafts of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Color Purple," Alice Walker saved every scrap along her journey to becoming one of the leading literary figures of the 20th Century.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 04:54pm

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Book Review: The Fall of the House of Bush

Books – In The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future, Craig Unger turns his attention to neoconservative officials and theorists, and exposes their influence in the Bush White House.

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Voted for on December 27, 2007 04:54pm

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