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• Sep 12, 2011

  Amazon to Create First 'Netflix-Style' E-Book Rental Service?

  Amazon is considering a Netflix-style service for books, which would potentially make it the first e-book rental service offering premium best-sellers.

• Sep 9, 2011

  Execution Set for Troy Davis; Family Relies on Hope and God

  On September 21, the state of Georgia is set to execute a convicted cop killer. However, there are fears that an innocent man could be killed, and his family, with the help of advocacy groups, are still hoping to prove his innocence in time.

• Sep 8, 2011

  Rabbi Creates 'Baby-Making' Dating Service With Gays and Lesbians

  A gay, Orthodox Jewish man, Rabbi Arele Harel, has stunned religious communities by creating a dating service that sets up gay, Orthodox Jewish men with gay, Orthodox Jewish women.

• Sep 8, 2011

  Crazy, Cell Phone, Love: Dutch Woman Calls Man 65k Times

  Next time you feel like your significant other is being annoying, be grateful he or she hasn’t called you 65,000 times.

• Sep 8, 2011

  Challenge to 'Obamacare' Struck Down in Virginia

  In what may legal experts say is just a hiccup en route to a Supreme Court fight, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has said that the state of Virginia does not have the legal right to sue the federal government over the Obama administration’s 2010 health care law which requires Americans to purchase health insurance.

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  Sep 8, 2011

  Rick Perry 'Not Worried' About Executing Innocent People

  Texas governor Rick Perry has executed 234 people as governor of Texas. But despite the governor's faith in the Texas judicial system, serious mistakes have been made and many innocent people have served time in prison because of them.

• Sep 8, 2011

  Christian Rapper Lil' Wayne's 'Carter IV' Outperforms Jay-Z, Kanye West 2-to-1

  Lil’ Wayne has topped the charts once again with his new album, “Carter IV,” which currently sits atop the Billboard charts with 964,000 copies sold in its first week. It is the second biggest first week opening for an album this year, behind only Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” which debuted at 1.1 million its first week.

• Sep 7, 2011

  'Tea Party Zombies Must Die!' Video Game Just a Joke or Just Too Far?

  If your political views don’t exactly align with the “Tea Party” and you also like to shoot zombies, then you might like the new video game, “Tea Party Zombies Must Die.”

• Sep 7, 2011

  Russian Jet Crashes: Hockey World Mourns Pavol Demitra, Among 43 Killed

  Former NHL player, Pavol Demitra, was among the 43 killed today in the Russian plane crash carrying the KHL hockey team, Locomotiv and the hockey world is expressing their shock and sadness over news over his death.

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  Sep 7, 2011

  IHOP Shooting: Killer Described as 'Gentle, Kind' Before Rampage

  He drove up to the IHOP with a “Support Our Troops” bumper sticker on his minivan. After parking, he took out his loaded AK-47 and shot a motorcyclist before walking into the IHOP and gunning down in cold blood three National Guardsmen and one civilian before killing himself. His name was Eduardo Sencion.