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What is the Miracle Berry?

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Boston University's Mind and Brain Society encouraged students to join a taste-testing experiment on Oct. 26 to see first-hand the effects of the notorious miracle berry. While lemons and shots of hot sauce might not be standard party-fare, the students tasted sour, spicy and salty foods after eating a miracle berry and found that the foods tasted quite different than they normally would.
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Herman Cain's Gender Gap: Poll Shows Women Abandoning Campaign [VIDEO]

Two new polls reveal Cain's slip in support since POLITICO and Bialek is driven by women voters, once the majority of those who supported him. A new video showing the GOP presidential hopeful making fun of Anita Hill (video enclosed) is sure to widen that gender gap, as prominent conservatives condemn Cain's reaction to the sexual harassment charges.
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Brookfield Asset Management Doubles Net Income in 3Q

Brookfield Asset Management, the Canadian investment firm with around $150 billion in real estate, infrastructure and energy holdings, reported net income of $716 million in the third quarter, more than doubling its income of $342 million in the same period of 2010.
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Wall Street Soars 2 Percent on Italy Vote

Stocks rose about 2 percent on Friday, with major indexes on track to end the week higher as Italy's Senate approved economic reforms, easing investor concerns about the euro zone's debt crisis.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard Opens to Public After 200 Years with New Visitors Center

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg led the festivities at the grand opening celebration of the new $25 million facility, educating attendees about the rich history of the Navy Yard along the way. The event was also a chance for the mayor to showcase the launch of a new employment center there that will help place 300 local residents, veterans and other workers in industrial and tech jobs at the yard.
Private equity takes two approaches to Yahoo: sources

Private equity takes two approaches to Yahoo: sources

Private equity firms including KKR and TPG Capital are looking to potentially buy minority stakes of up to 20 percent in Yahoo Inc with an eye to eventually taking over the whole company, people with knowledge of the situation said.
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FBI: Major Internet Fraud Gang is Busted

Following a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and law enforcement agencies in Estonia and the Netherlands, an international gang who stole $14 million after hacking into at least 4 million computers in an online advertising scam has been arrested
Lisa Irwin and Unrelated Stabbing Incident

Missing Baby Lisa Irwin's Half-Brothers Interviewed a Day Before Her 1st Birthday

Over one month has passed since parents Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin reported their daughter, baby Lisa Irwin, missing from her crib in the middle of the night on Oct. 4. The missing 11-month-old will celebrate her first birthday Friday, but she is still nowhere to be found. Bradley and Irwin allowed missing baby Lisa's half-brothers to be interviewed Thursday afternoon for the first time since an initial conversation occurred with police the day after Lisa went missing f...

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