| MISCELLANEOUS |
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 Cornell
Returns Ancient Cuneiform
Tablet to Iraq, Record of Sumerian
Princess Who Hired Women Supervisors,
Paid Them Equally to Men
One tablet reads: “A Sumerian woman
without a man is like a Sumerian fish
without a bicycle.” |
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| LINGUISTICS |
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Researchers Discover Word Common to All Languages is “Huh?”
Critics reply, “Duh.” |
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| TRENDS |
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Survey: Fewer Men Paying for Sex
Prostitutes forced into investment banking. |
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| CONSUMER NEWS |
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Bad News: Chrysler Recalls 1.2 Million
Ram Trucks for Defect That Can Cause
Steering Loss
Good news: brakes still work. |
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Dell Will Replace Palm Rest Which
Causes Computers to Smell Like Cat
Urine
Will also discontinue allowing employees
to bring their cats to work. |
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| DEMOGRAPHICS |
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Personality Map of U.S. Shows “Friendly
and Conventional” South, Great Plains;
“Relaxed and Creative” Mountain
West, West Coast; “Temperamental and
Uninhibited” East Coast, New England
“Armed and Dangerous” Texas, Oklahoma. |
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| INTERNET |
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Singapore Authorities Ban Local Launch of
Adultery Website AshleyMadison.com
One million outraged adulterers expected at
Monday's protest march. |
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| ODDS 'N' ENDS |
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 Polish Coffin Maker's
2014 Calendar Causing Stir
It has thirty-one days in November. |
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