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Europe from its Origins An email from Joe Hogarty, the creator of the great podcast Europe from its Origins [http://www.ahistoryofeurope.eu/A_History_of_Europe/A_History_of_Europe.html] to me. Reproduced with permission: "Thank you for your appreciation of the podcast series Europe from its

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ABC is working on a new show inspired by Justin Bieber's life before he got famous. It makes sense – I mean, there's just so much we don't know about that week. Jimmy Fallon

A woman in Spain was arrested for stashing three pounds of cocaine in her breast implants. I thought, "That's quite a bust." Craig Ferguson

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