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Instagram beauty contests worry parents, child privacy advocates
The photo-sharing site Instagram has become wildly popular as a way to trade pictures of pets and friends. But a new trend on the site is making parents cringe: beauty pageants, in which thousands of young girls — many appearing no older than 12 or 13 — submit photographs of themselves for others to judge.
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4 free ambient noise websites to help you work
These four free websites promise to provide enough noise to help you tune out the world and work.
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Teaching robot a hit with autistic students
NAO is “a fully interactive, versatile, fun and continuously evolving humanoid robot able to host educative, entertaining and daily-life assistance applications.”
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Slate: Google invents spam filter for your phone
The Federal Trade Commission's "Robocall challenge," a call to the public to come up with technological solutions to the ongoing phone-spam problem, was met with a creative entry from Google.
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Asparagus and the grill, a match made for spring
My asparagus convalescence - from a childhood spent eating the mushy, canned stuff - began late in my adolescence, when my mother boiled fresh spears, then napped them with homemade hollandaise.
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Bones from time of Christ reveal a brutal history
Scattered archaeological evidence has long suggested that the warriors of ancient Germania were not kind-hearted in victory. But new evidence suggests just how grisly things were at about the time of Christ.
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Tea grows a reputation for healthfulness
A growing body of research suggests that tea, the world's second-most-consumed beverage — only water is more popular — helps prevent cardiovascular disease, burn calories and ward off some types of cancer.
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Home energy-saving tips for the spring
Switching energy use with each changing season can be confusing. Here are some energy-saving, and money-saving, tips for spring.
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Paris traveler: I know about the must-sees, but what are the must-eat
By some people's definition, I've never been to Paris, even though I've traveled there a half-dozen times.
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An app that reminds you when you're due a discount
There are plenty of electronic coupon sites these days, but Larky is a new, free app that lets you know when you can save money without a coupon -- simply because you have a membership perk.
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