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• Aug 31, 2011

  On the Verge of Suicide, Innocent Man Convicted of Murder Finds Hope

  A man who had spent 17 years behind bars for a double murder he claims he did not commit was on the verge of suicide. He got on his knees and prayed for God to show him a sign that he would not spend the rest of his life in prison. The next day, he got one.

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  Aug 31, 2011

  HP TouchPad $99 Sale to be Copied by Other Tablet Brands?

  Hewlett-Packard is losing money with their $99 TouchPad, but that’s ok because it’s all a part of a plan to battle with Apple, says Jonny Evans of ComputerWorld magazine, which will soon be emulated by other tablet manufacturers.

• Aug 30, 2011

  HP Touchpad: One Last Run at Apple iPad

  Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will release a limited number of TouchPads, due to increased demand since prices were dropped to $99.

• Aug 30, 2011

  'Jack the Cat' Missing at JFK Airport; Facebook Users Condemn American Airlines

  It’s not uncommon for American Airlines to lose a bag, but it is uncommon for them to lose a cat. Now the airline is on the hunt for a missing cat as Facebook users are taking them to task.

• Aug 30, 2011

  Ed O'Neill, 'Modern Family' Actor Gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

  Ed O’Neill, the star of “Modern Family” will be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today even if he used to think it was “kind of weird.”

• Aug 30, 2011

  Qantas Causes 'Blackface' Outrage on Twitter, Some Say Reaction is 'Silly'

  Australian airline Qantas has apologized to its followers on Twitter after posting a picture of two men in blackface as part of a marketing gimmick.

• Aug 30, 2011

  'Dancing With The Stars' Adds Chaz Bono to Controversial Line Up

  Chaz Bono, the transgendered son of Sonny Bono and Cher, will be on the new cast of “Dancing with the Stars” and dance with a woman.

• Aug 29, 2011

  William Stetson Kennedy, Man Who Unmasked the KKK, Dies at 94

  William Stetson Kennedy, a pioneering figure of the civil rights movement for his work on exposing the Ku Klux Klan, died on Saturday in Florida at the age of 94.

• Aug 29, 2011

  Lockerbie Bomber 'Near Death,' Controversy Surrounding Release Still Alive

  The man convicted of the “Lockerbie bombing” that killed 270 people aboard Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 is near death, reports say, two years after he was controversially released from a Scottish prison on “humanitarian grounds.”

• Aug 29, 2011

  U.S. Investigated 'Love Jihad' Rumors in India, Wikileaks Claims

  Rumors in India of a “Love Jihad” where Muslim men would “coerce” non-Muslim women into marrying them caused such uproar among Indian Christians and Hindus that U.S. government personnel decided to investigate it, according to a cable released by Wikileaks.