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The wave of consolidation that swept the U.S. airline industry has markedly reduced competition at many of the nation's major airports, and passengers appear to be paying the price in higher fares and fees, an Associated Press analysis has found. Over the past decade, mega-mergers reduced...

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Since doga — doing yoga with your dog — is still a novelty, some dog owners have responded with positive and some with negative remarks when I mention that I’m a doga teacher. I often hear, “But surely dogs would rather fetch a stick or chase squirrels then do bloody...

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A Russian man has surprised the medical community by claiming that a liver transplant from an African-American donor has made his skin darker! It all started when 65-year-old Semen Gendler, an inventor from Krasnodar, was diagnosed with hepatitis C and cancer. He was told that his only hope of...

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James Harrison has been dubbed ‘the man with the golden arm’. When doctors discovered his blood contained special antibodies that can fight the deadly Rhesus disease, James immediately offered to donate his life-saving blood. That was 60 years ago. Over 1,100 donations later,...

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David Beckham. George Best. James Bond. Dwarfs. The Harry Potter series. The days of the week. Colours of the rainbow. There are some pretty magnificent seven’s. Of course, there’s even the Magnificent Seven. It’s a number which is seemingly favoured by most. Since the dawn of...

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A New Zealand man has built a church out of trees because he likes trees and churches. Barry Cox constructed the unique natural building in Waikato out of five types of trees, which were moved from various locations using a tree space - a machine that can scoop the entire tree, including the...

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Icelandic artist Snorri Asmundsson recently made news headlines for a very bizarre request – he’s asking dying people to donate their corpses for his latest art project. He apparently plans to use corpses in a dance video, promising to return them to their families once he’s...

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Nude-colored bras are a staple in a lot of women’s closets. Yet more often than not, "nude" has come to represent exclusively light shades in the human body's wide spectrum of skin tones. Nubian Skin, a lingerie company, has set out to fix this problem, by creating a line...

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Pamela Jacobs, a dusky beauty from the UK, doesn’t look a day over 25. But you’ll be shocked to learn that the woman is actually 52, and has a 21 year old son! In fact, she appears so young that she is often offered student rail fares and no one believes her when she reveals her real...

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UK mother Sarah Ivermee is a definite contender for supermom status. Ivermee's son Freddie suffers from hearing loss in one ear and deafness in the other. To help him hear throughout the day, he wears a cochlear implant, an electronic device that sends sound signals to the brain. Wearing...

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Some people go to aquariums to see sharks. Some are brave enough to watch them in their natural habitat from behind the bars of a protective cage. Others go the extra mile and forego all protection to open-water dive with the ocean's top predator Sharks seem to be generally uninterested in...

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Looking around at a 20th high school reunion, you might notice something puzzling about your classmates. Although they were all born within months of each other, these 38-year-olds appear to be aging at different rates. Indeed they are, say the leaders of a large long-term human health study in...

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Whether you are single and serially first-dating, or you are struggling with a distant boyfriend who you want to open up to you, or you want to get that ex boyfriend back – Alex Carter has got a technique for you! Alex Carter is a well-known relationship expert and dating coach. He has...

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Summertime for kids is full of chasing bugs, catching bugs and occasionally getting bitten by bugs. As a parent it can be hard to differentiate between a simple mosquito bite and a bite that might require a little more medical attention. Karen McGregor was scrolling through her Facebook feed...

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Li Rongjun, an aspiring architect from China, has built himself an spectacular office. In a bid to showcase his mad construction skills, he’s used 8,500 beer bottles to make the entire upper floor of a two-storey building! The 300-square foot office, located in Chongqing city, consists of...