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Will the Kindle Fire make the 7-inch tabled really take off?

Just a reminder:

Fevers. Chills. Aches and pains. They're all out there.

That's why health officials say now is the time get your flu shot.

Isn't it sad how we're so thrilled by such little things?

Oh, goody:

La Niña, a periodic weather phenomenon in which the central Pacific Ocean around the equator cools by at least 1 degree below normal, appears set to once again bring severe winter weather to the Midwest, including Indiana, as it did last winter, associate state climatologist Ken Scheeringa said Tuesday.

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Every couple of years, some members of Congress get a sudden urge to replace the dollar bill with a dollar coin. The whims usually just lead to a few days or weeks or protest that fades away when people realize again nothing will be done because, well, so many people would be against it. Every time they try to shove a dollar coin down our pockets, we resist. Americans are no more ready for that, um, change than they are the metric system.

Ah, how fondly I remember those innocent days when "Women suck at parking" was No. 1 on the "Men are sexist pigs who thoughtlessly spread horrible stereotypes about women" hit parade. But here comes the science:

Of the 170,000 women who failed their driving test in 2010 for mistakes in reversing or failing to use their mirrors, 55,000 failed on parking.

And so on and so on and scooby, dooby, doo-be:

Feel lucky to be alive? You should:

Probability of your existing at all: 1 in 10^2,685,000

As a comparison, the number of atoms in the body of an average male (80kg, 175 lb) is 10²⁷.  The number of atoms making up the earth is about 10⁵⁰.  The number of atoms in the known universe is estimated at 10⁸⁰.

A sex researcher at Indiana University reveals "five ways better sleep leads to better sex."

Members of the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild have lauched a "Save The Star" campaign complete with downdown billboard, an effort that can most charitably be called misguided:

Bemoaning years of job cuts and pay freezes, the guild is going public with its disdain for Gannett, which owns the Indianapolis Star and 80 other community newspapers, along with USA Today and other publishing businesses.

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