Experts: Titanic sank due to 'weak rivets' - CNN.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low-grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book.

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Repo man takes truck with owner's kids inside

A Central Kentucky man has pleaded not guilty to unlawful imprisonment and not having an operator's license after he repossessed a truck with three children inside.

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Stuff White People Like

The study of white people is one that has often been neglected -- until now! A hilarious look at our culture.

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Fun at the Church of Scientology's

Last month, my cousin Pete came out to Los Angeles on a trip for work, and since then all he ever talks about is his visit to the Church of Scientology's "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum. Seriously, he won't shut up about the thing.

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The Abortion Doctor

hirty-five years after Roe v. Wade made abortion legal, it is the most common minor surgery in the United States, yet 87 percent of U.S. counties are without a provider.

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Is a cat worth $1,300?

This scene is played out every day in veterinary clinics across the country: vet quotes high figure; pet owner turns pale but finds some way to come up with the money. Part of it is that we love our animals; part of it is a lack of alternative.

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Fishermen beat rare dolphin to death -- and other bad headlines

In their craven pursuit of clicks, the editors at CNN.com, MSNBC.com, and Foxnews.com turn their sites into virtual tabloids by peppering their home pages with the most sordid and bizarre stories that can be culled from the world's news wires.

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Velocity Weekly - Louisville, Kentucky

First of all, just because someone is a feminist doesn't mean that s/he is pro-choice. You can believe that women are equal to men and still oppose abortion.

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N.H. Women Had Enough Insults by Froma Harrop on Creators.com - A Syndicate Of Talent

You could feel the swell of female angst. It wasn't even about Hillary Clinton. It was about what she was put through. It was about running while female.

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Judge throws out Louisville's smoking ban

Senior-status Judge Stephen Ryan threw out Louisville's smoking ban today, saying that the law would never have passed the Metro Council without an exemption for Churchill Downs.

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ESPN - Petrino's been down this road before … and likely will again - Columnist

The disingenuous drifter doesn't love you or any other fan base. He doesn't love any school or any NFL franchise. He loves himself, his playbook and his bank account. That's it. Don't expect it to change.

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The "best" blog "ever"

One of my annoyances as a copy editor is seeing random quotation marks everywhere. People seem to think they accent a word, when really they do the opposite. This blog is a great "time-waster."

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State must give man wife's e-mail

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A judge has ruled that the state must turn over e-mails to a man who wants to see messages between his wife and a male co-worker at a state office.

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Religious scholars mull Flying Spaghetti Monster - CNN.com

The appearance of the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the agenda of the American Academy of Religion's annual meeting gives a kind of scholarly imprimatur to a phenomenon that first emerged in 2005, during the debate in Kansas over whether intelligent design should be taught in publ …

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Victim says hoax incident cost her faith

And she said she decided to sue McDonald's "because nobody every came to me to say 'I'm sorry.'"

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Marry Our Daughter

Wow. This is horrifying.

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Girl's feet severed on ride at Kentucky Kingdom

A 13-year-old girl's feet were severed above her ankles yesterday while on a popular ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, a park official said. The accident happened around 4:45 p.m. on the Superman Tower of Power, said park spokeswoman Carolyn McLean.

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Educators: Creation Museum lacks scientific evidence

A Northern Kentucky museum where Adam and Eve share exhibit space with dinosaurs is drawing criticism from groups of science educators as it nears completion.

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A Fellow Mammal Leaves the Planet - New York Times

So sad. After a fruitless search on the Yangtze River, a scientist declared the baiji (a nearly blind dolphin) as functionally extinct. Nobody eats the baiji, but it died out because it was a bycatch of other fishing.

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ESPN.com - NCF - Fund for Clemson CB, brother raises nearly $50K

This story restores my faith in humanity and college football players.

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Octopus pulled from river was leftover from student's film project

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Octopus pulled from Ohio River

Apparently, some people think octopi can live in filthy, polluted fresh water rivers.

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