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The character’s main series, The Amazing Spider-Man, was extremely successful, and Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to launch a short-lived magazine, the first to bear the Spectacular name. In 1972, Marvel more successfully launched a second Spider-Man ongoing series, Marvel Team-Up, in which he […]

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The smoking ban, passed by the Legislature last year, allows actors to light up in character during theatrical performances as long as patrons are notified in advance.About 30 bars in Minnesota have been exploiting the loophole by staging the faux theater productions and pronouncing cigarettes props, according to an anti-smoking group.”It’s too bad they didn’t […]

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NEW YORK - The number of sex abuse claims against Roman Catholic clergy dropped for the third consecutive year, but total payouts to victims nearly doubled to reach their highest level ever, according to a new report for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.Dioceses and religious orders received 691 new allegations last year, compared with […]

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HONOLULU - Some investigative work by a New York couple has led to return of a McKinley High School ring 33 years after it was lost on Waikiki. McKinley alumnus Bernard Yuen had given his 1973 class ring to a girlfriend in 1975.The girl had left the black onyx ring on a beach towel, but […]

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The Highlanders, still searching for their first win of the competition, open round four of the Super 14 against the Hurricanes in Dunedin on Friday.The Chiefs host the Cheetahs on Saturday the Blues are away to fellow unbeaten side the Sharks on Sunday morning (NZT).The Crusaders and the Force round off the week’s action in […]

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Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) also known as fish odor syndrome or fish malodor syndrome, is a genetic condition that affects the production of the enzyme Flavin (FMO3).When FMO3 is not working, the body has trouble breaking down Trimethylamine, a product of the decomposition of plant and animal matter.Trimethylamine is ingested as part of the diet, and is […]

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The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, conducted Sunday, finds Barack Obama with a statistically insignificant one-point lead over Hillary Clinton. It’s Obama 48% Clinton 47%. Five percent (5%) are undecided and 6% say they could still change their mind.
These results show the race has gotten a bit closer in the past few days. Last week, […]

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a children’s book by Jeff Kinney. The story is about a boy named Greg Heffley and his life in the middle school grades. The novel, which switches between handwritten text and comic book-style illustration, received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal upon its release.grade, from picking […]

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Electric cars are something that show up in the news all the time. There are several reasons for the continuing interest in these vehicles:
Electric cars create less pollution than gasoline-powered cars, so they are an environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles (especially in cities).
Any news story about hybrid cars usually talks about electric cars as […]

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A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images on a light-sensitive sensor.Many compact digital still cameras can record sound and moving video as well as still photographs. In the Western market, digital cameras outsell their 35 mm film counterparts.Digital cameras can include features that are […]

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