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Kids today just don't understand

12:16 PM Mon, Oct 29, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The Red Sox and Patriots are generating a region of sunny optimists so different from their parents. For the second time in four years, the Red Sox won the World Series last night, led by 23-year-old pitcher Jon Lester, who......

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Gearing up for the winter classic

3:56 PM Tue, Oct 23, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

The Associated Press A light snow covers the field in Coors Field in Denver Sunday. If it's snowing, it must be baseball weather, right? The winter classic, featuring our own Boston Red Sox, begins later than usual this year,......

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Let's be more like Manny

4:02 PM Fri, Oct 19, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

AP photo Ramirez Everyone should be more like Manny. Stress sickens countless people every year, leading to weight gain, weight loss, hair loss, and worse -- if there is anything worse than hair loss. But don't expect Manny Ramirez......

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Maybe there really is someone, or something, for everyone

10:35 AM Wed, Oct 17, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

A researcher in the Netherlands is predicting that humans will some day be able to marry robots -- and (Stop reading now if you've got a weak stomach) consummate those vows. "My forecast is that around 2050, the state of......

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Would George Costanza shrink from the skinny dip challenge?

11:33 AM Wed, Oct 10, 2007 | | Write a comment
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Up in Maine, a restaurant owner has taken a big risk in offering a free meal to anyone who will skinny dip in a nearby lake. Leigh Turner, owner of The Black Frog restaurant in Greenville, risks losing money giving......

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Are you falling for a robot?

2:45 AM Wed, Oct 03, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

AP Photo The Roomba revs them up Robots are hot, maybe too hot for some people. The owners of some Roomba robotic vacuums have developed an unusual bond with their hard-working, disc-shaped housemates, The Associated Press says in reporting......

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