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Jan
25 |
 A grand piano has mysteriously appeared on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay. According to local news sources, whoever put it there placed it at the highest point of the sandbar so that it's not underwater during high tide.
Grand pianos in and of themselves, aren't mysterious, but this one is. Locals aren't sure if the beat-up grand might be a prank, or if it's someone too lazy to properly dispose of an old piano. Either way, it's got people talking.
Given the size of your typical grand piano, about 650lbs if you're lucky, it isn't going anywhere. "We are not responsible for removing such items," Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino told local reporters. "Even a car can become a habitat for wildlife. Unless the item becomes a navigational hazard, the Coast Guard would not get involved."
If the instrument's placement is indeed a prank, somebody went to a lot of trouble to pull it off. Either way, this is the coolest piano story we've seen since colorful, less-grand pianos were placed throughout the streets of New York, begging for us busy New Yorkers to sit a while and tickle some ivory.
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Jan
15 |
 Cars won't be the only thing flying in the near future; airplanes will still be up there and according to NASA, they're gonna be a lot cooler looking than they are now.
The space agency has unveiled three major designs for more energy efficient and quiet aircraft coming out of a join design venture with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the Boeing Company. Each company won a NASA contract in 2010 to research and test concept aircraft in 2011.
NASA's apparent aim is devloping a line of super planes which fly faster, are larger and more quiet than the world's current fleet. Fuel efficiency is also at the top of the requirements for the new designs.
How soon could we see the futuristic birds? One industry observer has speculated all three designs could be in the early stages of development now. Translation: Only about another decade. See all three designs here.
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Jan
14 |
 Vice President Joe Biden is taking a play (or is it marching orders?) from the boss' playbook by appointing a former Clinton aide as his new Chief of Staff. Bruce Reed, who most recently headed President Obama's Deficit Commission was a top domestic policy advisor during the Clinton years. Reed is a native of Idaho and former director of the Democratic Leadership Council. Still, we have to ask, what's with all the Clinton replacements filling the spots of those jumping the Obama ship lately? A sign of a bigger, more dramatic shift perhaps? ("Vice President Hillary Clinton"?) or just dredging the tank for those who last worked for a two-term Democratic president? Time will tell...
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Jan
14 |
 Polaroid, the sleeping photo giant is aiming to regain its influence and market share with a little help from new innovation and Lady Gaga.
The pop diva helped the company unveil three new products at last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas along with Polaroid board chairman Bobby Sager.
Sager appeared on stage with the performer sporting some fly sneakers and a scarf with black jacket and pants. Edgy, right? Sager's personal appearance was meant to help reintroduce Polaroid as a global brand, not an impossible task for the man credited with making small jewelry liquidator Gordon Brothers Group into a diversified international financial advisory firm. He's also not new to listing A-list well knowns having worked with the likes of the Dalai Lama, Sting and others.
Sager says he wants to reposition his company as the "next Apple" by introducing new innovative electronics with a high design aspect. Read more on Polaroid's resurgence here.
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Jan
14 |
 Pope John Paull II moved even closer to scoring the Catholic Church's highest honor Thursday when his successor approved a decree attributing a miracle to him.
The decree by Pope Benedict means that John Paul. who died in 2005, will be beatified. Beatification is the final step before sainthood. The ceremony will take place in Vatican City on May 1.
John Paul is now officially attributed with the miracle of curing a French nun diagnosed with Parkinson's disease who prayed for the late Pope's intercession. Read more on Pope John Paul's beatification here.
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Jan
13 |
 CitiGroup, the nation's third largest bank by assets was on the verge of collapse according to a new government report posted on the Huffington Post Thursday.
According to HuffPo, the giant bank was on the verge of being shuttered by Federal regulators the week of November 24, 2008 as depositors rapidly withdrew money and the bank's counterparties declined to provide it credit.
Those findings shed new light on the degree to which Citigroup, a financial services behemoth with a long history of finding itself in trouble and receiving government support, was actually in danger of failing during the fall of 2008 according to the website. Until now, very few were apparently aware of how close the bank came to failure. Read the full story here.
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Jan
13 |
 Martha Stewart likes it ruff. The doyenne of all things tasteful and expensive was sent to the emergency room Tuesday night after a headbutt with one of her dogs left her dazed and with a cut on the face according to Access Hollywood and MSNBC.com.
"I must have startled her, because she bolted upright with such force that she hit me in the face like a boxing glove hitting an opponent's face," Stewart blogged after returning home. "I was entirely startled and my neck snapped back," Stewart continued. "I felt a bit of whiplash as blood gushed forth from my split lip."
Stewart was taken to the hospital during Connecticut's Tuesday snowfall and noted that she enlisted daughter Alexis to summon a plastic surgeon. On her website, the television show host and billionaire business woman posted photos of a large gash on her lip and medical staff stitching her up. Now THAT'S a good thing!
Stewart has released the gory details via a series of photos you can see by clicking HERE.
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Jan
13 |
 The days of eagerly using my gigantic kitchen for dinner are gone but not forgotten. Dinner tonight came courtesy of Subway sandwich shop and may have been even more bland had Doug not gone to the gym, thus giving us the excuse to indulge in the food of bachelors and lazy dinner slobs everywhere. Long gone are the days I'd lay on the sofa, half watching bad TV, half watching mom hunched over the sink peeling potatoes, washing chicken, reading the Hamburger Helper box and wondering why she always wears those particular shoes at this time of day. I didn't have to wonder about dinner, it was a no brainer. She cooked it, I ate it, usually. Sometimes I'd even be polled on my preferences, but no choosing corn and mashed 'taters simultaneously. "That's pig food" she'd say. I miss that, and I miss mom. As for our Subway supper, it could be worse. It could be Pizza Hut.
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Jan
13 |
 In the wake, and perhaps the spirit of Saturday's massacre in Tucson, First Lady Michelle Obama has posted an open letter to American parents on the 'valuable lessons' about the "character of our country" and about finding hope at a time when hope seems so far away.
No doubt the First Lady is building on the tradition of predecessors like Laura Bush who worked to comfort America's parents and children in the days and weeks following September 11, 2001. Read Mrs. Obama's letter in its entirety here.
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Jan
13 |
 Former NFL linebacker and 'Dancing With the Stars' alum Lawrence Taylor will not be going to jail after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors in New York today.
Taylor, 51, pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute stemming from his May, 2010 arrest in a suburban New York hotel room with a 16-year-old Bronx runaway. The girl was five days short of her 17th birthday, the age of consent in New York State but had represented herself of legal age at the time of meeting Taylor.
The former New York Giants star avoided jail with the misdemeanor charges but will be required to register as a sex offender and serve a 6 year probationary term, reports the Associated Pres.
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Jan
13 |
 It's that time again, when Madison Avenue and other titans of TV advertising begin rolling out their entries for best Super Bowl ad spot. The folks who make Doritos and Pepsi have posted some of their best and brightest online and are asking for your, that's right, YOUR vote who who makes the cut for bowl, which sadly will not include our New Orleans Saints.
For the record, here's our favorite.. A careless boyfriend who decides to taunt his girlfriend's pug with a bag of nacho cheese Doritos deliciousness. CLICK HERE to see the spot and, if you love pugs, vote YES!
To see all the spots up for consideration, click here!
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Jan
13 |
 Crazy Jack Jordan, (we added the 'crazy' part cause that's not REALLY part of his name.),Uma Thurman's stalker, believes his half-million dollar bail is way too high. Why's that? Because according to his lawyer, Uma's famous. Well, DUH! "Ms. Thurman is not a vulnerable victim," Jordan's counselor said in court yesterday, "especially in light of the fact no threats have been made." Okay, sure, except Jordan was busted just last year for calling Thurman at least twice. You know, just 'cause Jordan's already been convicted of stalking the Kill Bill star for six-years, that doesn't make him a stalker. Right? Yeah, right.
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