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Ben Affleck directs AND stars in "The Town," out in September, and he shows off a remarkable set of abs in the newest trailer, below.The movie also stars Blake Lively, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall and focuses on a longtime bank robber in Boston and the FBI agent on his trail.More...

'The Town' Trailer: Ben Affleck's Abs, John Hamm & More

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Police have released video showing an upstate New York police officer fatally shooting a 37-year-old man who had rammed his car into another officer last winter.The video of the chaotic encounter with parolee Howard Tucker was combined from two sources: a newly installed police car dashboard camera and a surveillance camera trained on a street where Tucker was pulled over by two Albany police officers on Feb. 16.More...

Howard Tucker Shooting Video Released: Police Release Footage Of Fatal Shooting Of Man Who Rammed Car Into Cop (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

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It's not just the absence of the incessant vuvuzela casting an eerie silence across South Africa.Instead it's the fading buzz of planes carrying about 300,000 tourists home. They've finished spending nearly $5,000 per person. Their departure marks the end of World Cup construction projects once producing 22,000 jobs.More...

Willing the Rich to Share in the World Cup Profits

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The realities explored in science and spirituality are often assumed to be unrelated to one another. Both find their basis in a spirit of inquiry. Modern science is objective analysis, while spirituality is subjective understanding. Science explores the outer world with a series of questions beginning with the basic query, "What is this? What is this world all about?" while spirituality begins with the question, "Who am I?"In the ancient world these two forms of knowledge were not in conflict but were understood to have a deep and subtle connection. Man's knowledge of himself complemented his understanding of the universe and formed the basis for a strong and healthy relationship to the creation in which he lived. It is the disconnect between these two types of knowledge that is causing many of the challenges that we face as a global community today.More...

Our Spiritual Connection to Nature

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JULIE PACE, Associated PressWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is taking aim at Senate Republicans, accusing them of playing politics with measures that would extend benefits to the unemployed and increase lending to small businesses.More...

Obama SLAMS Republicans For Obstructing Economic Progress In Weekly Address (VIDEO)

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For some university graduates across the pond, employment isn't just a worry anymore; it's a distinct possibility. Moving back in with Mom and Dad seems imminent for the Class of 2010 of two British universities.According to an article in the Daily Telegraph:More...

One In Four Grads From Some British Universities Find Employment

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To become something new, we must consciously do something different than we have been doing. That's why we have the Sabbath and rest and leisure.Two images surround the word Sabbath for me. The first memory lies buried in old poetry, the second in a rabbi whose name I cannot remember.More...

The Sabbath: Making Something New

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You don't need an Einstein IQ to figure it out. The facts speak for themselves. Bad news at the bottom line, sinking consumer sentiment, slowing retail sales, excessive debt, high unemployment, ballooning budget deficit  and skidding demand for new housing.It looks even worse if you tack on sharp cutbacks in bank lending, falling spending by well-heeled households (which represent about 40% of all consumer spending), global instability, the end of the stimulus and near certain political gridlock after the mid-term elections.More...

Enjoy Yourself, It's Later than You Think

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Vice-President Joseph Biden said on Sunday that the administration understood the need to pass a larger stimulus package upon entering office but chose to scale down their ambitions in order to win GOP votes.Appearing on ABC's "This Week," Biden endorsed the viewpoint held by Keynesian economists like New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (who he referenced by name), acknowledging that the stimulus passed was likely too small. But, he added, there would have been no package at all had it not been made smaller and, subsequently, more palatable to moderate Republicans.More...

Biden: White House Wanted Bigger Stimulus; Republicans Howl Immediately (VIDEO)

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The internet's at full capacity. Two memes have come together for one fantastic video, as Hitler reacts to the Double Rainbow. But as always, one question remains: What does it mean??? (via Tech Crunch)WATCH: More...

Hitler Reacts To The Double Rainbow, Internet Explodes (VIDEO)