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20 most obscure team nicknames in pro sports
Most pro team nicknames make sense at some level. But there are a fair number of head-scratching nicknames. Here are 20 with explanations on their selection:
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The top 11 promposals in 2013
It's prom season. What's your prom proposal/promposal going to be?What? Wait wait wait, hold on. You're telling me you didn't write an original song, choreograph a routine for it, and present it flash mob-style to your dream high school prom date? Well, listen up rookie, you've got a lot to learn. Promposals these days are elaborately produced mating rituals — think of Planet Earth's Birds of Paradise and mash it up with your favorite episode of Glee. Then upload it to YouTube because this isn't about your exuberant manifestation of true love, it's about that special someone. Don't they deserve Internet fame? Sometimes done well enough to gain national attention – I'm looking at you Kate Upton fan – sometimes too cringeworthy to view, here are 11 promposals you need to consider before planning your own.
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Major League Baseball 2013: bobbleheads and fireworks galore for fans
Fans in the know are as likely to buy Major League Baseball tickets based on scheduled giveaways and promotions as on the opponent. Here then is a list to help introduce you to this aspect of game attendance.
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Fake identities: Manti Te'o scandal and 6 other Internet hoaxes
Believe it or not, the Manti Te'o scandal is not the first online identity hoax, nor the longest-standing. Here's a look at some of the biggest scams to surface on the Internet, from the lives and deaths of fictitious characters to the downfall of their makers.
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Evolution of the NFL: 16 ways the game has changed
Forty-seven years after the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles before a less-than-capacity crowd, let’s look back at some of the ways the NFL has changed.
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Let’s talk, with civility, about the stinker economy
How to fix it is a topic of rancorous debate. Some set out to improve the conversation.
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Detroit's auto troubles test brand loyalty
General Motors will drop four of its eight nameplates. What about service and warranties?
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Losing My Religion
The struggles of a religion reporter whose work begins to erode his faith.
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A different kind of Victory Garden
Victory Orchards sprout in hard-hit, low-income California communities.
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Horizon highlights – Low-tech/high-tech edition
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It wasn't pretty, but California extracts a budget deal
A political logjam broke Thursday, with a GOP senator's vote to swallow some tax hikes in return for support for election reform.
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Opinion: The value in Facebook's new craze
'25 Random Things About Me' might be just what we need right now.
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Should US take over weak banks?
Nationalizing troubled banks may end the credit crisis sooner, some experts argue. Others cite huge risks.
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The Music Teacher
A violinist with a stalled career tries to teach a gifted, troubled teen.
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Broadway leaps into spring
Some big-name actors return to the stage and stir up the classics.
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Is the time right for Slow Fashion?
A fashion movement asks consumers to think about the origin and materials of their clothes.
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3-D enthusiasm is anything but flat
Like high-def television before it, 3-D technology is ahead of its content, and consumers are hungry.
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My 15 minutes as a Jay Leno
The writer takes an eight-week comedy course and then performs at the Hollywood Improv, drawing laughs – then a blank – on stage.
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Associated Press wants money from Obama artist
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In L.A., a dog gets her own blog and entourage
In Los Angeles, everyone wants to be a star.
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EarthTalk: How to stay warm and solvent this winter
Tips on cutting your home-heating bill.
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Home price plunge spreads to stable cities
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Qualities you need to invest successfully in 2009
Two habits of the best investors: knowing your limits and cultivating curiosity.
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Scramble for solutions as foreclosures rise at record speed
Amid doubts about government efforts, Congress was expected to vote on reserving $50 billion in TARP funds to help with home losses.
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Obama's call to arts
The president-elect's proposed Artists Corps is one plank in his push to revitalize the arts in education.
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To judge by character, not race
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
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