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Six undercover actors burst into song in a grocery (w/video)

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 7:00 PM EST ()

" For our latest mission, six undercover actors burst into song in a grocery store in Queens. Three minutes and lots of silly choreography later, they returned to their roles as shoppers and stock boys. The mission was filmed with hidden robotic, lipstick, and wearable cameras.

arts, music, video, humor, fun, theater, fruit, acting, lol, performance-art

Umami: Tubes of Taste No 5 set to revolutionise cooking with fifth taste

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 9:51 AM EST (the Mail online)

Seeded by cartooncat

Many an amateur chef has tasted a dish only to declare that something is missing. What follows is the inevitable excursion through the larder looking for that magic ingredient.

5th, odd-news, fifth, taste, umami

Study links soda, pancreatic cancer

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 9:50 AM EST (Raw Story)

Seeded by Michael Sautter

People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.

cancer, food, health, sugar, pop, nutrition, pancreatic-cancer, soda, hfcs, pancreatic

Beer can strengthen bones

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 2:31 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

Seeded by cartooncat

It may not be uppermost in the minds of pub goers eager to slake their thirst, but could aid negotiations on the domestic front. A regular pint, it turns out, helps strengthen the bones and prevent fractures in old age (so long as you don't drink too much of it and fall over).

health, beer, bones, old-age, silicon, strengthen, brittle

France mourns the twilight of the nation's traditional cheeses

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 12:36 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

Seeded by The Incredulous One

LA SAVINAZ, France - The milk that Paulette Marmottan uses in her cheese comes fresh from her cows and goats, so warm that on cold mornings, a cloud of steam goes up as she pours it into a cauldron.

france, natural, greece, world-news, cheese, processed

Beer May Be Good For Your Bones

Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 11:28 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Seeded by luckydog

If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health. But seriously, a new analysis of 100 commercial beers shows the hoppy beverage is a significant source of dietary silicon, a ke …

health, silicon, beer-good-for-bones, dietary-silicon

Monday Morning Marketing Quarterback: Which Superbowl Ads Scored On The Web?

Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 3:17 PM EST (TechCrunch)

Seeded by krishna-167929

"With the Super Bowl yesterday came the time-honored Super Bowl commercials, each costing $2.5 million for a 30-second spot. Even Google got in on the game with its first ever spot receiving rave reviews (although the commercial wasn't new).

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Two fizzy drinks per week 'can raise your chance of getting pancreatic cancer by 87%'

Seeded on Mon Feb 8, 2010 5:21 AM EST (the Mail online)

Seeded by cartooncat

People who have at least two sugary fizzy drinks each week may be putting themselves at risk of deadly pancreatic cancer, scientists say.

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What do I cook now???

Sun Feb 7, 2010 12:23 PM EST

By kjmatisz

OK here we are with 22 inches of snow and another 10 expected by the end of the week. Despite the fact that we expected it, the town is still fairly paralyzed. Got to the grocery store today (actually I got to a convenience store) and their shelves were fairly bare.

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