Somebody Smack Time Warner

Before I get into it…If you have Time Warner cable you’re about to lose Comedy Central, CMT: Pure Country, Logo, Palladia, MTV, MTV 2, MTV Hits, MTV Jams, MTV Tr3s, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Nick 2, Nicktoons, Spike, The N, TV Land, VH1, VH1 Classic, and VH1 Soul. This means no more "SpongeBob SquarePants," no more of "The Daily Show" and none of "The Colbert Report." You ask, “How is this happening?” The scrooges over at Time Warner, the nation's second-largest cable operator, are refusing to pay Viacom increased carriage fees. How can this be justified by Time Warner when “Americans spend a fifth of their TV time watching Viacom shows but its fees make up less than 2.5 percent of the Time Warner cable bill.” I’m not a math whiz but this one seems pretty simple.
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The Grinch Almost Stole Christmas

Unfortunately this is not a Dr. Seuss tale. Real life Grinches almost got away with stealing one family’s Christmas. “Prosecutors say two men posed as police officers and robbed a couple's home of their holiday presents on Christmas Eve. The men wore bulletproof vests bearing the New York Police Department logo and claimed to have a warrant, the Queens district attorney's office said. They tied up Robert Kapovic and his wife and ransacked their home for nearly four hours, prosecutors said.”
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Diet Tricks

What could you learn from the opposite sex? Many of us don’t think it’s possible to learn anything, but it turns out we may be wrong. Amazingly, the opposite sex may actually help you with dieting. This is because of the different eating styles and perceptions of food that men and women have.
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An Impossible Decision

How could you choose to lose your legs? One brave young man had to make such a decision. Young Nick Nelson made the decision to have his legs amputated and to switch to carbon fiber “J” legs. “Nick was born with a rare birth defect called popliteal pterygium syndrome. Caused by one defective gene, the syndrome expressed itself as winglike webs of tissue growing behind his knees that prevented him from being able to extend his legs.”
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Scientifically Delay Aging

Wouldn’t you use science to delay aging? Through a yeast model scientists have “identified five groups of novel anti-aging small molecules that significantly delayed aging.” These types of breakthroughs have multiple benefits other then just changing how we can look. “These small molecules can be used as research tools to investigate the mechanisms of longevity, says Titorenko, and as possible pharmaceutical agents for age-related disorders that affect lipid metabolism such as heart disease, chronic inflammation, and Type 2 diabetes.”
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It’s Just a Stretch

Can you touch your toes? Should you touch your toes? The age long query: “to stretch or not to stretch…that’s the question.” So what should you do? “Official recommendations from the American College of Sports Medicine are to perform stretches for the major muscles and/or tendon groups at least two to three days a week.” However, “there is some concern that being hyper-flexible may make your joints unstable and more susceptible to twists, sprains and strains.” I think I need a second opinion.
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2009 Will Be Crazy

If this is what happened in 2008, what will 2009 be like? Stealing beer, dog mouth-to-mouth and a security sex tape are just a few of the crazy things that happened at work over the last year. Check out the Worst (and Weirdest) Work Stories of 2008.
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Health Food Posers

These are the worst types of food. They act like they’re your friend, say nice things to you and even promise they’re good for you. All this until the truth finally comes out. Liar! You said you were calorie free. Liar! You promised me you were low fat. I can’t believe after all we’ve been through you would trick me like this. I loved you and now look at what you’ve done to me. I hate you.
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Stop Aging

Could there really be a fountain of youth? Better yet, a pill. Researchers at the Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging at the University of California are tinkering with genes that could drastically increase the length of a human life. In tests performed on roundworms, a worm that is usually dead in 20 days have lived up to 144 days.
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Blogs You Need To Be Reading

The web is filled with millions of blogs. They’re no longer hard to build with websites like blogger and wordpress so now every mom, kid, great grandmother and dog has their very own blog. This makes it impossible to weed through them all, but there are five blogs that you should read to benefit your career.
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Sneaky Mom Goes Undercover

Parenting instincts are strong. This is especially true in females, but how far would you go to protect your offspring? One mom decided to take it to another level when her son was convicted of murder. Instead of trying the conventional route, Doreen Giuliano chose to take the road less traveled and gave herself an “extreme makeover — blonde dye job, fake tan, sexy wardrobe, phony name — and began spying on jurors.” After finding her target she stayed undercover for nearly eight months as they “drank at bars, smoked marijuana and shared meals in her tiny Brooklyn hideaway.”
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Never Look Tired Again

Up too late last night? Are you wishing you would've gotten those extra hours of shuteye instead of staying out with your friends? Now it won't matter because you'll never look tired again. This is not to suggest that you shouldn't get sleep, it's just how to always look beautiful when you don't have enough.
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Are You Sexy Enough?

Obviously men’s and women’s idea of “sexy” is different, but how sexy do you have to be to stay in the game? Everyone gets older. The real question is whether you can take care of yourself and stay in shape. Often it’s women that are worrying and talking about this. That’s why it’s so refreshing to get a male’s perspective on aging and lack of sexiness. Read how one man felt when it seemed like he became invisible to women.
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Ashamed to Spend

With wars still ongoing, the stock market dropping and multi-billion dollar companies folding it only seems appropriate that even the wealthiest are starting to cut back. However, these elitists aren’t slowing their spending out of necessity. These present day scrooges are just guilty about buying their high priced toys and vacations while the rest of the country is struggling to keep afloat.
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Men Will Never Get Beauty

There are a lot of things men will never understand. Glamour magazine has compiled “7 Things Men Will Never Get About Beauty.” These include beauty topics such as high-tech hair removal, nail polish maintenance, and disguising beauty marks.
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