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Filed under: Weird, Science, Nature Some of our closest evolutionary cousins have taken one step closer to overthrowing the human dominance of planet Earth today, after scientists announced they have successfully modified the genes of marmosets so they ca
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Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal....
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The crown of the famed New York Statue of Liberty will reopen tomorrow for the first time since September 11th, 2001, and what better day than the celebration of...
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American nuns could be said to have their habits in a twist in the face of two investigations by the Vatican into whether they have come to espouse lifestyles and views...
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The Jackson family has decided to hold a memorial for their late son at Los Angeles’ Staple Center. Jackson died last week from what was probably a strong...
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Alaska Governor and former Republican 2008 vice-president nominee Sarah Palin has decided to resign from her governorship.
The resignation will come at the end of the...
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A Philadelphia man’s accused of using Tarot cards and mysticism to lure three teenage girls into having sex with him.
“He was reading my cards and told me...
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Brad Pitt surely deserves to be there in the green celebs’ list. Well, you may or may not agree to it. Still his foundation, Make It Right, makes him proud in...
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While the onslaught of miserable June weather played havoc with people’s plans and psyches, it has also provided a quiet benefit to many city neighborhoods. Fatal and...
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Amidst the fireworks, the beer and the cookouts associated with the celebration of the 4th of July Independence holiday, it is common to forget why the founders of the...
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Despite about two trillion dollars pumped into banks and the general economy from the government, the United States’ economy continues to shed jobs.
The U.S....
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Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, has an emergency button under his desk that was installed 30 years ago after former City Supervisor Dan White entered City...
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The King of Pop still had it.
In defiance of all the critics who called him Wacko Jacko and a has-been, Michael Jackson still put on a show that eluded most artists....
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California, one of the world’s largest economies, has reached the brink. It is a sad day for America for California always promised the “Golden Road”...
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President Obama promised a break from the old Washington ways of permanent campaigning and a president unaccountable to the people. Put aside the lack of...
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With respect to Gov. Mark Sanford, it’s probably always a mistake for a Puritan to visit Latin America. A handsome cardiologist’s son, he married money,...
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It has long been known that Michael Jackson had an inconsiderate stage-dad. Joe Jackson reportedly pushed his son excessively as a young star.
Jackson has long stated...
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For the first time since 1968, a party will command a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
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Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a...
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Dreaming of a house that is remarkably awesome? Designed by Touzet studio, the amazing North Bay Road Residence located in Miami Beach, Florida is one such example. The...
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As Iran stumbles deeper into political crisis, with scores of protestors murdered and likely more deaths coming after Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami declared them...
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AP, Sao Paulo
The monkey business is about to end for some Brazilian primates.
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AP, San Juan
Puerto Rico has found an unlikely solution to ease its surplus of pesky wild monkeys: ship them to Iraq.
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AP, San Juan
Puerto Rico has found an unlikely solution to lessen its surplus of wild monkeys: ship them to Iraq. About a dozen patas monkeys that had pillaged farms in the...
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AP, Chicago
Monkeys perform mental math, pigeons can select the picture that doesn’t belong. Humans may not be the only animals that plan for the future, say researchers...
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AP, Chicago
Monkeys perform mental math, pigeons can select the picture that doesn’t belong. Humans may not be the only animals that plan for the future, say researchers...
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AP, New York
Monkeys taught to play a computer game were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and...
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While all the other little piggies will be going to market, this little piggy from China will stay at home – for fear that nobody will buy a walking bacon sandwich...
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I don’t know if it’s some kind of a backhanded joke on the way fashion is seen these days or just another one of those wacky ideas under the garb of...
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Scientists have created monkeys genetically modified to have Huntington’s disease in an effort to gain a deeper understanding of the fatal ailment and uncover...
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AP, Lakeland
Wildlife officials say 15 monkeys are on the loose after escaping a facility in Lakeland, Fla.Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Gary Morse...
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Having a lower social standing increases the likelihood that a monkey faced with a stressful situation will choose cocaine over food, according to a study at Wake...
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AP, Durham
Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated that monkeys have the ability to perform mental addition, and that they performed about as well as college students...
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If you remember, the University of Pittsburgh had successfully created a robot arm and hand that can be controlled by a monkey’s thought alone. That was a good...
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Cruelty to the animals crossed its heights at the Animal Olympics in China where Kangaroos were found boxing humans, Chimpanzees lifted heavy weights, monkeys were tied...
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Aren’t the above pics cute? Well I can go on using adjectives. But what my friend, Shailja ,told me when she saw the photos was simply touching. She said that...
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In this undated image released Thursday, March 12, 2009 by Prof. Nobuo Masataka of Kyoto University Primate Research Institute of Japan, a crab-eating macaque baby looks at its mother flossing to clean teeth by using human hairs in Lopburi, north of...
