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'Pink Slime': Beleaguered Beef Purveyors Carve Out Stain

Behind the glass meat counter at Casey's Market in a Chicago suburb, the butchers pick up their blades and carry on a generations-old tradition. Piece by piece, the men use knives to cut meat and fat off beef carcasses, and grind them into mounds of hamburger.

California Budget Gap Widens To $16B From $9B [TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO]

California Governor Jerry Brown introduces his state budget proposal at the State Capitol in Sacramento January 5, 2012.
The estimate of California's budget deficit in its next fiscal year has ballooned to $16 billion from $9 billion, state Gov. Jerry Brown divulged in a YouTube video posted this weekend. Brown said the widening gap was caused by changing conditions on both the revenue and the cost sides of the ledger.
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John Travolta Massage Scandal Gets Weirder: 5 Things To Know About Plaintiff Lawyer Okorie Okorocha

The story around the highly publicized sexual assault lawsuits filed against John Travolta by two masseurs continues to raise eyebrows. Earlier this week two unnamed men filed lawsuits against the actor claiming that he sexually assaulted them during a massage. Yet TMZ released proofthat the actor has was in New York on January 16th when the first incident allegedly took place in Beverly Hills.
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Resume Embellishment? Yahoo?s CEO Not Alone

Rather than deal with business, directors of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, have been busy all week in the ?resume embellishment? scandal that forced one director to quit and put the CEO under a cloud.
"On the Road"

Cannes Film Festival 2012: Five Things To Know About 'On the Road'

On the Road is one of the most anticipated films in the Cannes Film Festival lineup this year. Based on Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel of the same name, the iconic story follows a young man's literal and figurative journey to self-discovery. Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) is a struggling writer who has just lost his father to cancer; he decides to embark on a road trip with the free spirited Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund).
Obama: Same Sex Marriage Should Be Legalized

Obama Ad Hits Romney On Gay Marriage

Less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama explicitly declared his support for same-sex marriage, becoming the first sitting American president to do so, his re-election campaign sought to capitalize with an Internet video drawing a contrast between the president and his likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
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Walt Disney 2Q Profit Up 21%, Tops Estimate

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), the world's largest entertainment company, reported Tuesday that its second-quarter profit rose 21 percent, topping analysts' forecasts as solid results from theme parks offset a disappointing performance from sci-fi film John Carter.
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The Science Of Coffee Spills: It's All In The Walk

Are you nursing a burn from coffee you spilled on yourself this morning as you rushed from the café to work? Do you have a burning to desire to know why coffee spills seem so unavoidable? Turns out you may have more control over your coffee than you think.
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Facebook IPO: Five Things To Consider Before You Buy Facebook Stock

As Mark Zuckerbeg and other top Facebook executives have hit the road in an effort to draw interest in what is estimated to be the largest intital public offering in internet history, the Co-Founder and CEO is betting that investors will Like Facebook. The Menlo Park, California-based Facebook will set its final price on the eve of May 18 -- the company's first day of trading.
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US Freezes Assets Of Sinaloa Drug Cartel Kingpin's Sons

The U.S. Department of the Treasury froze the assets of four key operatives of the feared Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel, including two sons of drug kingpin Joaquin Chapo Guzman Loera, in the fifth such designation directed against the Sinaloa Cartel's leadership.

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