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A pregnant pit bull, due to have puppies within the next two weeks, has survived unimaginable cruelty in Monee, Ill., reported Friday's CBS Chicago.The dog, today known as "Petunia," was found on the side of...
examiner.com (1 month and 24 days ago)

Sometimes it takes a couple of tries before you get something right. And so it was for this pit bull, who had to learn the laws of physics the hard way. Click over to 00:38 for the most hilarious expression of doggy chagrin. Poor fella. H/T: The Chive
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 6 days ago)

When I was growing up, my parents would tell me about all the ancient technologies they had to use in their youth. Whether it was a car with a manual choke, a phone that required you to ask an operator to connect you, or a record player with a hand crank, mom and dad experienced a ton of tech frustrations I would never know. More »
gizmodo.com (30 days ago)
GOP bull’s-eye Published Apr 25, 2013 01:01AM MDT The recent Republican vote in the Senate on expanded background checks for gun purchases was a prime example of why we need public funding of elections. Rather than vote the desires of 90 percent of Americans, most Republican senators voted the wishes of the National Rifle Association. In essence, the NRA bought the vote....
sltrib.com (29 days ago)

A SMALL group of tech billionaires who made their money through youthful thinking are facing their mortality and setting out to conquer it.
news.com.au (2 months and 29 days ago)
What do tech companies and illegal immigrants have to do with each other? When it comes to overhauling the nation’s immigration laws, the answer is everything. The NYT reports.
cnbc.com (3 months and 9 days ago)
The husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and a surviving victim of the Virginia Tech massacre discussed the need for smarter gun laws Wednesday.
philly.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
Illinois’ cattle industry has no “lonesome cowboy” who can size up beef on the hoof with just a knowing eye. Instead, armed with pages of statistics and scientific data, several hundred commercial cowmen converged on the Livestock Center at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Thursday for the 45th Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale.
sj-r.com (3 months and 1 day ago)
“Our software is terrible!” “Our systems are out of date!” “We need something that’s
forbes.com (10 days ago)
Groupon Fires CEO Andrew Mason: The Rise and Fall of Tech's Enfant Terrible
time.com (2 months and 24 days ago)
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