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1. I first mentioned this years ago, but The Edge lost a big vote in his efforts to build a big compound in Malibu. 2. Ann Althouse: "A middle-aged politician sitting at home masturbating because young women thought he was cool when he yelled at that guy that one time is not macho."3. Member of Canada's national water polo team (and possible Olympian) identified as Vancouver rioter.

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1. It's not so much the sexting, but the shocking arrogance in who the congressman was following on Twitter that's surprising. I bet any enterprising journalist could have a field day looking at who star athletes follow on Twitter.2. I love the Ned Stark is stupid meme. Seems like I've been waiting for that feeling to become popularized for years and years.3. It's all about knowing which rules you can get away with breaking (and be willing to break).

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1. "Is the Downfall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Also the Downfall of the Euro?"2. Gawker:

In 2009, the Cerdas, a Las Vegas family whose two daughters suffered from immune deficiency disorders, appeared on the reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Their old, moldy house was torn down, and new one, designed to protect the young girls, was built in its place. But as it turns out, the Cerda girls may not have been sick at all.Six doctors in Oregon testified that neither Molly, age 10, or Maggie, 8, suffer from an immune deficiency disease. Rather, their mother Terri may suffer from Munchhausen by proxy syndrome, a psychological disorder that leads caregivers to invent or exaggerate health problems in others for attention or sympathy.

3. In a pinch, you can use tinfoil to more easily move heavy furniture.

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1. "Infographic: Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus."2. "In China, where a growing demand for organ transplants coupled with a dramatic shortage of donors has fuelled a rampant black market trade, selling your organs for cash is a mouse click away." Via.3. Guidance (but not instructions) on how to knit the Companion Cube sweater that was featured on various sites last week.

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1. Top 50 scifi and fantasy novels. (Not sure why I Am Legend is classified as fantasy.)2. Supposedly, criminals in Turkey are knocking on doors, dressed as doctors, giving people "medicine" that turns out to be sedatives, and then ransacking their homes while they sleep. Via.3. Washed up celebrity chefs trying to make a comeback. David Rosengarten "recently produced a YouTube pilot for a show called Hava Lasagna!" Via.