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Talking Points: Stolen spiders, Arlington National Cemetery cuts, terroristic car name
Talking Points
Published: Tue, Mar 5, 2013
Why would anyone want to steal a tarantula? Some people keep tarantulas as pets, and certain species are quite rare and expensive. Deion T. Dickens, 20, of Richmond, is charged with stealing a particularly valuable pair of king baboon tarantula spiders from the Beasts and Bugs shop in...
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Talking Points: Common languages in Maryland, pipe organ stolen from church, digital health records
Talking Points
Published: Mon, Mar 4, 2013
What are the most commonly spoken languages in Maryland? According to the U.S. census, nearly 300,000 Marylanders speak Spanish, which is by far the most common language after English. Roughly 55,000 to 56,000 speak Chinese or either French or Creole French, and nearly 40,000 speak Korean. The...
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Talking Points: Stealthy meteor, sequestration's impact on Metro, cardinal admission
Liz Essley
Published: Sun, Mar 3, 2013
Where did that Russian meteor come from? New data from NASA shows that the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Feb. 15 has been crossing the Earth's orbit for thousands of years. But scientists couldn't see it coming with ground-based telescopes, mostly because it was hidden in...
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Talking Points: The 'Fresh Prince' theme shuts down school, Miss Delaware Teen dethroned, LinkedIn No. 1
Kate Jacobson
Updated: Sat, Mar 2, 2013
Did the 'Fresh Prince' theme song shut down a school? A student's outgoing voice mail message quoting the theme song to the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" led to a lockdown at a high school in Pennsylvania. A receptionist from a doctor's office called student Travis Clawson to remind him of a...
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Talking Points: Poker skills, theaters and the Civil War, the White House on Bob Woodward
Michael Hedges
Published: Thu, Feb 28, 2013
Does playing poker require skill or luck? The Poker Palace in Portsmouth, Va., says it's skill. Therefore, its Texas Hold 'em game for charity didn't violate a state ban on gambling. A lower court, however, declared it a game of luck because the outcome of each hand is uncertain. The state...
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Talking Points: Gloves and texting, online gambling in New Jersey, China's nitrogen pollution
Talking Points
Published: Wed, Feb 27, 2013
Can you damage your fingers from texting? Half-gloves or fingerless gloves may leave fingers uncovered for texting, but they can also lead to permanent finger loss due to the cold, a U.S. expert says. Fingers are one of the first body parts to feel the effects of the cold and damp and, along...
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Talking Points: New Titanic, smartphones in the Pentagon, student loan burden
Talking Points
Published: Tue, Feb 26, 2013
Where can I go to see the Titanic? Though the original ship remains on the bottom of the Atlantic after sinking in 1912, a replica is being constructed by billionaire Clive Palmer. The new vessel will have copies of the rooms and even the smokestacks from the original design but will sport...
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Talking Points: New heart study, dead defendant, jellyfish invasion
Talking Points
Published: Mon, Feb 25, 2013
How can you lower your heart attack risk without losing weight? A new and very rigorous study shows that a Mediterranean diet full of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, fish and olive oil can lower the risk of stroke and other serious heart trouble by 30 percent. The improvement was not linked...
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Talking Points: Washington's library; interview with Mitt Romney; censured essayist
Naomi Jagoda
Updated: Sun, Feb 24, 2013
What libido-boosting treatment may help prevent diabetes? Scientists in Australia are studying whether testosterone, which is known to increase men's sex drive and musculature, can help prevent a form of diabetes that tends to strike later in life and afflicts more than 330 million people...
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Talking Points: Most miserable U.S. city, cuter than the Oscars, woman tries out for NFL
Kate Jacobson
Published: Sat, Feb 23, 2013
What's the most miserable city in the U.S.? That would be Detroit. In a new list released by Forbes, the Motor City nabbed the top spot of the worst cities in the United States. The second metro area on that list is also in Michigan, the city of Flint just an hour north of Detroit. Forbes...
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