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Automotive

Car Rental Company Avis To Buy ZipCar For $500 Million

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXIA TSOTSIS Car rental company Avis has announced its intent to scoop up ridesharing company Zipcar for $500 million, with the acquisition expecting to close in the Spring of 2013 according to a press release. Zipcar went public in April of 2011. “By combining with Zipcar, we will significantly increase our growth potential, both in the United States and internationally, and will position our Company to better serve a greater variety of consumer and commercial transportation needs,”…

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Entertainment

Charter lands deal for Disney’s full streaming, TV services in the first half of 2013 HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Charter viewers won’t have any shortage of TV choices this year — at least, as long as they like Disney-owned channels. The House of Mouse has signed a deal with Charter to bring its full deck of channels and services to the cable provider in the first half of 2013. The mix includes all national ABC, Disney and ESPN channels as well as their on-demand and authenticated streaming equivalents, such as WatchESPN.…

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GigaOM: Intel Media TV service won’t launch at CES, but it is coming soon HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Zach Honig We’ve seen several reports over the last week about Intel’s set-top box efforts, and animpending CES launch. According to GigaOM, some of those rumors simply aren’t true. The site has confirmed with several sources at Intel that a set-top box (and a whole lot more) is in the works, but a CES announcement has not been planned. Instead, Media, the mysterious Intel division, which is run like a startup with staffers hired…

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WatchESPN sports streaming reaches Amazon Kindle Fire tablets HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Although WatchESPN viewing has been an option for Android viewers since 2011, those with Amazon tablets haven’t had the same luxury — they’ve sometimes had to watch on an old-fashioned TV. Thankfully, ESPN is giving them a better start to the new year by bringing its app to the Amazon Appstore. Anyone with a regular Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD or Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now has access to live games and news as long as they have…

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Culture

The 21 Craziest Things The TSA Found In Travelers’ Luggage This Year

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Alex Davies TSA Every day, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screens about 1.8 million passengers, along with all of their luggage.  Those searches produce a lot of interesting results. Every week, dozens of firearms are found, along with inert grenades, cleverly-concealed knives, exotic animals, throwing stars, and a surprising number of swords hidden in canes. The TSA blog posts a weekly roundup of various and interesting prohibited items its agents discover. From…

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High School Student Suspended For Saying She ‘Understands’ Adam Lanza’s Rampage

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Abby Rogers   A 17-year-old student at California’s Life Learning Academy has been suspended for writing in a personal notebook that she understands the elementary school massacre Newtown, Conn. I understand the killings in Connecticut,” Courtni Webb wrote in a personal notebook, The Daily Mail reported Monday. “I know why he pulled the trigger. Why are we oppressed by a dysfunctional community of haters and blamers?” Adam Lanza killed 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook…

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Government Politics

China’s Newest And Deadly Warship Has Entered The South China Sea

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Robert Johnson Jeff Head via PLA Type 054A warship As five other countries claim ownership of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, and its supposed billions in oil and gas deposits, China’s backing its claim by sending the newest warship it has to the region.  The Taiwan-owned China Times reports the Liuzhou Type 054A warship entered the South China Sea Fleet of China’s PLA Navy, making it the sixth 054 warship in the…

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Story

How to Learn to Love Healthy Food (Even If You’re a Picky Eater)

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As reported on LifeHacker. by  Melanie Pinola One of the most common goals many of us have (beginning of the new year or not) is to start “eating healthy.” That’s easier said than done for those of us who don’t enjoy the usual healthy foods or are simply picky eaters. Whether you have the taste palate of a toddler or are bored to tears by health food, a few simple tricks could help get started eating better.…

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12 Tech Moments of 2012 That Made You Say ‘WTF?’

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As reported on Wired. BY ROBERT MCMILLAN The tech world never ceases to amaze. Sometimes, people build amazing things. And sometimes, the people who build amazing things do other stuff that leaves your jaw on the floor. Some of it’s good. Some of it is oh so very bad. And some of it is just plain weird. Here, we give you our 12 most amazing tech moments of 2012. (Click on the images above.) Yes, you’ll…

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Monstrous Mechanical Marvels: 9 Enormous Gadgets

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As reported on Wired. BY BRIAN X. CHEN When it comes to phones, notebooks and portable game consoles, smaller is nearly always better. But sometimes a gadget just needs to be really, really huge. True to their size, gigantic contraptions accomplish tasks enormously useful to our everyday lives. Take for example the Bagger 293 (above), a 31.3-million-pound bucket-wheel excavator capable of mining 220,000 tons of brown coal in a day. And if the only cost-effective way…

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