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LinkedIn IPO May Spark Another Tech Bubble

Shares of LinkedIn soared as high as $122 on its first day of trading on New York Stock Exchange, bringing back memories of tech bubble in late 1990s when investors lapped up internet firms.

End of The World 2011: Harold Camping will ‘watch’ it on TV; Atheists begin to party

Doomsday soothsayer Harold Camping insists that the world will end in a few hours from now, with a destructive earthquake pulverizing each region of the world at 6 P.M. local time. The vast majority see the end of the world prediction as farcical and hallucinatory talk of someone who thinks so highly about himself that he can't imagine a world that outlives him. However there is a minority who get jitters as the appointed time of the apocalypse nears.
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Sagan blows by Team Sky for stage victory

Liquigas-Cannondale's Peter Sagan was just biding his time. Sagan's incredible draft off the side of Team Sky's Ben Swift and HTC's Leigh Howard powered him to victory on Stage 5 of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California, after a long day that pushed all the riders to their limit.

Lower the Voting Age to 16: Pros and Cons

The German city-state of Bremen has just lowered the voting age to 16. Austria, Nicaragua, Brazil, Eduardo, Hungary, Slovenia, and Norway already allow 16-year-olds to vote in certain circumstances.

RadioShack's Ride through Tour of California [Slideshow]

Though Team RadioShack's legendary star Lance Armstrong went into retirement earlier this year, the team has still been a strong presence halfway through the 2011 Amgen Tour of California. Team co-leaders Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer, a Bay Area resident, are 1-2 in the general classification standings.

RadioShack's Ride through Tour of California [Slideshow]

Though Team RadioShack's legendary star Lance Armstrong went into retirement earlier this year, the team has still been a strong presence halfway through the 2011 Amgen Tour of California. Team co-leaders Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer, a Bay Area resident, are 1-2 in the general classification standings.

Former “Taxi” Star Hospitalized In Coma

Jeff Conaway, the former star of the widely acclaimed TV series “Taxi” and the popular film “Grease” is in a coma in a hospital following a drug overdose, according to his manager.

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