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Monday, November 28, 2011

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Making More Space (and Money): Selling Your Used Books Quiz
10 Venomous Creatures in Your Backyard
Future Weapons: Navy SEAL Training
Top 10 Public Enemies
How Mars Works

Making More Space (and Money): Selling Your Used Books Quiz

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Although you might like to show off your impressive book collection, it can become too much of a hassle to maintain as time goes by. To make more space in your life (and some money in the process), consider selling your used books. How much do you know about selling used books?

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10 Venomous Creatures in Your Backyard

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You don't have to live in some exotic tropical environment to find a venomous critter. They live all over the world, and some may be closer than you think.

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Future Weapons: Navy SEAL Training

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Mack gives the inside view of what it takes to become one of the finest.

Top 10 Public Enemies

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Bank robber Baby Face Nelson, an associate of gangster John Dillinger, met his end on this day in 1934 in a dramatic street shoot-out with the FBI. Who are the world's most notorious public enemies?

How Mars Works

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The first man-made object destined for the surface of Mars reached the Red Planet forty years ago today. Unfortunately, it was a crash landing for the Soviet Mars 2 descent module. What have we learned about our planetary neighbor since these early efforts?

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

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5 Budget Tips for Movie Buffs
Uranium on the Cranium: The Uranium Mining Quiz
Finding Bigfoot: A Howl In the Woods
How Web Comics Work
Was there really a curse on King Tutankhamen's tomb?

5 Budget Tips for Movie Buffs

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Whether they're quoting "Reservoir Dogs" or "The Princess Bride," movie buffs know the dialogue of their favorite movies by heart. But with theater prices so steep these days, what's a film junkie to do? Check out this article, that's what.

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Uranium on the Cranium: The Uranium Mining Quiz

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Uranium -- the stuff of futuristic energy and atomic weapons. Mining for this valuable element is anything but dull. Think you know how uranium mining works? Take this quiz to find out.

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Finding Bigfoot: A Howl In the Woods

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The bigfoot team descends on a Georgia forest with night vision and thermal imaging cameras. They take turns "calling out," but when something seems to call back, they are stunned.

How Web Comics Work

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Happy birthday to Charles Schulz, known for cartooning his "Peanuts" comic strip for nearly 50 years. Read how today's Internet cartoonists create their successors to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and Lucy.

Was there really a curse on King Tutankhamen's tomb?

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Eighty-nine years ago today, Howard Carter rediscovered King Tut's tomb in Egypt. Just a few months later, the tomb was unsealed. Was that a bad idea?