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1. United Airlines travelers and crew got physical during 3-day delay in Shanghai
(U.S./Nation)

... according to the New York Daily News. United Flight 87 touched down at Newark Airport Saturday morning, 72 hours after they were supposed to arrive. Rahsaan Johnson, a spokesman for the airline said ...

2. Put down that soda: 4 reasons to avoid soft drinks
(Health/Healthquest)

... and skeletal fat, according to researchers in Denmark. Cholesterol level also increased in the study 11percent in soda-consumers compared to those who drank milk, water, or diet soda daily for 6 months. ...

3. Rush Limbaugh says Obama 'hates' America: Opinion is not rant
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in education, infrastructure and law enforcement help contribute to corporate profits, according to the NY Daily News. And as the Huffington Post reports today, it’s not the first time Limbaugh has taken ...

4. Sorry, Mayor Bloomberg: 9/11 memorial ceremony to exclude politicians
(U.S./Nation)

... According to The Daily, Vice-President Joe Biden said in 2008 that former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's vocabulary consisted solely of "a noun, a verb and 9/11."  ...

5. Need to lose weight? 643 pound Pauline Potter found that sex helps
(Life/Style)

... columnist and founder of Sexuality Source Inc., said. While Potter's sexercises helped her drop nearly 100 lbs, she has also decreased her daily 10,000 calorie intake.  ...

6. FBI report: Sandusky covered up for years by Joe Paterno, Penn State
(U.S./Nation)

... locker room shower. “They showed no concern about that victim,'' the report said, according to livingstondaily.com. "The evidence shows that Paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation of Sandusky, ...

7. Study finds a drink a day could keep osteoporosis away
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to CBS Philly. But after they returned to moderate drinking, the bone density levels returned to a normal rate. According to Science Daily, earlier studies have shown that moderate drinkers have a higher ...

8. Excedrin Migraine users pay hundreds for medicine after recall
(Health/Healthquest)

... and to be able to function daily,” said Paula Horn of the Allegheny General Hospital pharmacy, reports CBS. However, Horn does not recommend this because the condition and quality of the medicine cannot ...

9. GW Bridge commuters can thank construction for major delays starting soon
(N.J./State)

... if you’re a commuter, here’s another little challenge you may enjoy: how about a daily, 5-mile backup at the George Washington Bridge each morning for the next three months? Starting Saturday, according ...

10. Eating a Big Mac no longer requires McDonald’s
(Life/Style)

...  In what the Daily Mail referred to as a “warm and fuzzy PR stunt,” Coudreaut removes his white chef’s jacket and announces that he is going to “be a little less formal” because “we’re just gonna have ...

11. Gallup poll shows next to no confidence in TV media
(U.S./Nation)

... of “The Daily Show.” But the results of a Gallup poll are showing that confidence in TV news by American viewers is at an all-time low. According to POLITICO.com, of 1,004 adults polled in the survey, ...

12. Thanks to Viacom, DirecTV users won’t have to fight over the remote
(U.S./Nation)

... videos that no Viacom means no Jersey Shore, no Daily Show, and no Colbert Report. Daily Show host Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are both New Jersey natives. Both are currently in repeats, but return ...

13. Trucker gets 10 years for moving over 200 lbs. of marijuana
(U.S./Nation)

... on Route 80 in Mount Olive stopped J. Arturo Vegara in Sept. 2010, where he conducted a search after the driver seemed nervous and suspicious throughout the police stop, according to the Daily Record. ...

14. Researchers: Respect, not money, determines a person's happiness
(Money/Economy)

... are happier when they’re being generous. According to the New York Daily News, research showed that individuals were happier and gained greater satisfaction by spending money on charitable gifts for others ...

15. Two Indianapolis infants left in car during heat wave leads to one death
(U.S./Nation)

... evening at the Hancock County Jail on a preliminary charge of neglect of a dependent, resulting in death. Meanwhile, the New York Daily News reports that police outside Indianapolis rescued a 16-month ...

16. Afghan woman executed in public by suspected Taliban member
(World/International)

... believed to be named Najibia, was married to one Taliban commander and had an affair with another. The New York Daily News reported that Basir Salangi, the governor of Parwan province where the shooting ...

17. Ex-Yankee Reggie Jackson swings at Alex Rodriguez, Gary Carter...and misses
(Sports/Professional)

... said. “I’m glad that he’s in, so I’ll disagree with Reggie and keep it at that.” Rodriguez, meanwhile, told the New York Daily News that, regarding his post-article conversation with Jackson, “We’ll ...

18. Jersey shore getting boring? Zombies may do the trick
(N.J./State)

... areas of Detroit into a zombie theme park, according to TG Daily. Siwak cites his choice of location as a "perfect opportunity" for theme park visitors to be chased by "zombies" — the many abandoned ...

19. Experts say teen prescription drug abuse gateway to heroin addiction
(Health/Healthquest)

... then sell to the kids once they become hooked, according to the New York Daily News. Mexico has seen a huge increase in heroin production to meet the demand - from 7 metric tons in 2002, to 50 metric ...

20. Yes, Brad Pitt's mother wrote an anti-gay, anti-Obama letter
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Brad tries to dodge political questions on the red carpet at the premiere of Angelina’s film, “In the Land of Blood and Honey” in Washington, but he does tell the Daily Caller” that he still supports ...