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Quidi Vidi's lager is brewed with 25,000-year-old water harvested from Newfoundland's icebergs. Courtesy of Quidi Vidi hide caption

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Newfoundland Gives Whole New Meaning To Ice Cold Beer

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying before a House committee Wednesday about what the Federal Reserve has done to help the economy. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Record Low Interest Rates Raise Inflation Concerns

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A visit to the Pinterest home page reveals images of what some say are stereotypically female interests, from women's fashions to recipes. Pinterest hide caption

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Nailing Down The Appeal Of Pinterest

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Kid Rock performs during a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Michigan Monday night. Romney asked for, and was given, permission to use the Detroit rocker's song "Born Free" in his campaign. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Music In Political Campaigns 101

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A man reads a copy of the satirical newspaper La Bougie du Sapeur (The Sapper's Candle), published every leap day, in a Parisian cafe on Feb. 29, 2008. The paper's tagline is "without reproach." Patrick Hertzog/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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For Leap Day Only, A Rare Newspaper Goes To Print

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Fake business listings and other forms of business identity theft are a growing concern, causing real business owners to worry about protecting reputations and losing customers. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Identity Theft A Growing Concern For Businesses

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Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors poses in the dressing room after he scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers on March 2, 1962. Paul Vathis/AP hide caption

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100 Points, One Game: A Basketball Record Turns 50

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