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When you’re out in the bright sun, and you want to have some fun without squinting for hours on end, you need a pair of sunglasses to shield your eyes.

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Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce made headlines the other night.  Usually, if an umpire makes headlines, it's not a good thing.  Tiger fans remember Joyce as the umpire that blew the call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game in 2010.  This time around, Joyce was the hero.

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Want an easy way to shave $2,300 off your annual budget? Stop throwing away so much food.

According to a new study, almost half of the food Americans buy every year winds up in the trash — a 50 percent increase since the 1970s.

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This summer has been extremely hot and dry across the country with numerous record-breaking temperatures. You might find yourself wishing that we saved some of that heat if weather forecasters are right.  We are being warned to brace for a harsh winter.

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Scrabble was rocked by a cheating controversy this week when a young competitor was caught hiding blank letter tiles during a national tournament match.

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In the 16 days of Olympic competition, the world celebrated tremendous victories and experienced devastating defeats. But more importantly, we saw the sorts of qualities that embody the true spirit of the Olympic games; perseverance, bravery, and dedication. N

While trying to avoid the forced socializing that sometimes comes when traveling with strangers might not seem like a difficult task, new research reveals that it actually takes a lot of work to be anti-social.

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What's the first thing  you do when you walk into your hotel room? Check out the bathroom, test the bed and turn on the television, right? Would you expect to see a racial slur flashed across the screen? Joseph Ross, from Dayton, Ohio says that's what happened when he checked in to a Motel 6 recently. Hit read more for the story.

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The current state of American honor and respect is in question today, as two teenage boys and a man have been arrested in Chicago for allegedly ambushing an elderly World War II veteran, severely beating him and then robbing him of his money.

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Kelly Clarkson can cross another item off of her long list of accomplishments. Arguably the most famous ‘American Idol‘ alumna, Clarkson’s single ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’ off her album ‘Stronger’ became the best-selling ‘Idol’ single of all time, even knocking fellow ‘Idol’ winner Carrie Underwood back to second place. Underwood held the title when her single ‘Before He Cheats’ was released.

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The strike between blood services workers and the American Red Cross has been suspended, with the staff returning to work without a contract. Negotiations will continue between the union and the Red Cross to resolve the issues that led to the strike and a stoppage of blood collections for several weeks.

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There has been a bit of controversy about a brutally-honest graduation speech with the theme 'You're Not Special' which was delivered in Boston recently. The commencement address, given by David McCullough, an English teacher at Wellesley High School, tells it like it is.

Some are critical of the speech because it's not 'positive'. I say, "Bravo, Mr. McCullough, bravo!"

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