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LOST FINALE ODDS
In the pilot episode, Oceanic Flight 815 crashes on a mysterious island. The odds an airplane passenger will be involved in a plane crash in a year are 1 in 10,790,000.
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: SHOW US THE FUNNY (WOMEN)
When 88-year-old Betty White hosts Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2010, it won’t be because the producers had the bright idea to invite the veteran comedienne.
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STUDY: VIDEO GAMES HURT ACADEMICS IN BOYS
New research on young boys, published in Psychological Science in March 2010, suggests playing video games may retard the academic progress of young boys.
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CONSTRUCTING A LANGUAGE: A LOOK AT INVENTED TONGUES
Today, constructed languages exist all over the world, most of them spoken by small but highly active populations of hobbyists, linguists, and occasionally native speakers.
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HERE'S A SHOCKER: PEOPLE LIE ON THEIR ONLINE DATING PROFILES
The anonymous nature of a profile on a dating site makes it easy to perfect that sharper image. But who lies more on the web, men or women?
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DANCING WITH THE ODDS
If you want to win a bet on who is going to take the prize on Dancing with the Stars, we can help, with a non-scientific but fun look at past results.
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THINGS LIKELIER THAN BEING A MOVIE STAR
In 2007, Gabourey Sidibe was studying for a nursing exam in Dobbs Ferry, NY, when her phone rang. Ms. Sidibe had been chosen out of hundreds of young women to play the leading role in a movie called Precious. She'd never acted on film before. Today, she is up for an Academy Award.
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ALL IN THE FAMILY: NEPOTISM IN HOLLYWOOD
Nepotism. In politics it’s a dirty word, cousin to cronyism. In business it’s often tolerated, but kept on the quiet side, as if there were something slightly shameful about giving a job to a relative. But Hollywood is another story.
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OSCAR: THE STORY BEHIND THE STATUETTE
In 1928, Emilio Fernández Romo, a former Huertista rebel who'd been exiled to Los Angeles, was asked for an odd favor. Could he pose for a sketch, in the nude, holding a sword?
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THE HOLLYWOOD NAME GAME
Including this year's nominees, 411 different men and women have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor or Actress since 1927—and 118 of them have changed their last name on the way to the red carpet.
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