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December 3, 2012 Gotcha! An underwater camera caught large Maine lobsters gobbling up their younger brethren along the coastline. Biologists think this turn to cannibalism may be due to a recent spike in the Maine's lobster population, combined with a decrease in the numbers of their natural predators.

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November 20, 2012 No one really wants to think about what goes down the drain when you flush. But sometimes, you've got to look to see what your bowels are telling you about your health. Doctors have been decoding our pee and poo since medieval times. They've even developed handy visual guides.

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November 18, 2012 Insert $2 into the Biblio-Mat, and customers get a mystery, a biography, historical fiction — or a dud. The owner of a bookstore in Toronto came up with the machine as a way to clear his shelves of more ill-favored reads.

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November 10, 2012 Bobby McDonald's wife, a nursing student who works at a hospital, fell asleep after a long shift. McDonald thought he had a good shot at winning a seat on the Walton, Ky., city council, so he didn't wake her up to vote.

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November 5, 2012 Photographer Ryan Donnell visits bakeries, bars and barber shops to find the strangest places Americans vote.

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