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I welcome this: > Scientists are developing an "emotion sensor" to show if someone is finding your conversation interesting or not [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4856050.stm]. I don't know what it is, but forty-somethings seem to have a large percentage of

> Are we living in an Age of Profanity [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060329/D8GKU61G0.html]? > Nearly three-quarters of Americans questioned last week - 74 percent - said they encounter profanity in public frequently or occasionally, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll. Two-thirds said they think people swear

Of course, if we're aggressive, there'll be no one left to enjoy the environment: > A new type of explosive may make blowing things up a little more environmentally friendly, according to a new study. > US researchers say they have developed "green" chemicals

Episode 1,332,901: > A tumbling coach who worked with cheerleaders at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Breese has been banned from the campus because principal Dennis Litteken learned the 22-year-old gymnast had starred in gay porn videos [http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4682686&

By Marcus Aurelius: > Are you angry with him whose armpits stink? Are you angry with him whose mouth smells foul? What good will this anger do you? He has such a mouth, he has such armpits: it is necessary that such an emanation must come from such things--but the

A restaurant that caters to twins and hires only twins [http://www.twinsworld.com/restaurant.html].

In honor of today's honor: > I traveled to the Elvis Fan Dome by an odd route. > In college, a friend went to a mega-flea market and bought an Elvis clock: a heavily-varnished piece of wood with a serious black-n-white Elvis picture on the front. We were

Elvis gets his due [http://kdka.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_086072935.html]! > Elvis fans already consider Graceland a national treasure. > Interior Secretary Gale Norton will arrive in Memphis on Monday for ceremonies to make the designation official. > The home of Elvis Presley, which hosts more than 600,

> A Greek court allowed association of worshippers of ancient Greek deities to be set up, Radio Svoboda informs. > At the moment Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Athens, Hermes, etc. are being worshipped by 100,000 Greeks. > Until now Ministry of Culture banned them from conducting public worship at