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2:42 pm
Fri January 27, 2012

Movie Titles That Might Have Been

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'Tonight' Show: Playing an alcoholic, unpopular superhero, Will Smith rouses himself from a park bench pass-out to stare down a curious kid in 2008's Hancock — a movie almost titled Tonight, He Comes.
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'Sheep,' Shorn: Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, released in 1982, was based on the Philip K. Dick story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
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Originally published on Fri January 27, 2012 5:19 pm

Shrek, Hitch, Gattaca: What's in a name? Shakespeare said a rose by any other name would smell as sweet — but for Hollywood the question is more like, "Would that rose, by any other name, sell as many tickets?"

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Shots - Health Blog
2:25 pm
Fri January 27, 2012

Scratching An Ankle Is Hard To Beat

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Now that feels good.
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There are few more sybaritic pleasures than scratching an itch.

But according to a study just out in the British Journal of Dermatology, the intensity of the scratching delight varies with the location of the itch.

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Winter Songs
2:19 pm
Fri January 27, 2012

Shredding To Metallica, Dancing To 'Jump'

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Daron Rahlves of the U.S. competes during the Men's Freestyle Ski Cross qualification at Cypress Mountain during the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
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It's All Politics
2:18 pm
Fri January 27, 2012

Obama Vs. Gingrich? More Reasons GOP Fears The Matchup

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Pundits say former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had a mediocre performance in the Jacksonville, Fla., debate on Thursday.
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It's not that the panicked Republican establishment needed more fodder for its attack on GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich as the wrong man to take on President Obama this fall.

They've managed quite nicely themselves over the past few days, piling on the pugnacious former House speaker, circa mid-1990s, in direct proportion to Gingrich's rise in the polls in Florida and nationwide.

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The Two-Way
2:15 pm
Fri January 27, 2012

Facebook's IPO Filing Could Come Next Week, 'Wall Street Journal' Says

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Originally published on Fri January 27, 2012 2:17 pm

We've been hearing it would happen for quite a while, so keep that in mind when you read this scoop. The Wall Street Journal says:

"Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is currently looking at a deal that would value the social network between $75 billion to $100 billion, said people familiar with the matter."

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