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Nothing Focuses The Mind Like The Ultimate Deadline: Death

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Nothing Focuses The Mind Like The Ultimate Deadline: Death

A Swedish inventor created a watch that counts down the seconds left in your life. He calls it "the happiness watch" because he thinks living with the reality of one's mortality can enhance our lives.

Despite The Headlines, Chicago's Crime Rate Fell In 2013

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Despite The Headlines, Chicago's Crime Rate Fell In 2013

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Despite The Headlines, Chicago's Crime Rate Fell In 2013

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New England Town Budgets Feel The Force Of 3 Major Storms

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New England Town Budgets Feel The Force Of 3 Major Storms

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Vorp Pete Robbins

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Too High Pete Robbins

Pharrell Williams On Juxtaposition And Seeing Sounds

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Pharrell Williams On Juxtaposition And Seeing Sounds

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Pharrell Williams On Juxtaposition And Seeing Sounds

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Happy Pharrell Williams

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Drop It Likes It's Hot [Instrumental] Snoop Dogg

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Would-Be Robber Rejects Victim's Flip Phone

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Sports

Kiwi Gardner Gets A Break, Told To 'Go At The Rim'

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Kiwi Gardner Gets A Break, Told To 'Go At The Rim'

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Hollywood Viscount Marc Antoine

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Paris Jam Marc Antoine

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Nothing Focuses The Mind Like The Ultimate Deadline: Death

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Nothing Focuses The Mind Like The Ultimate Deadline: Death

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Real Clock vs. Body Clock = Jet Lag Hiromi

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Time and Space Hiromi

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Business

Electricity Use Drops In U.S. For 3rd Year In A Row

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Business

Commercial Drone Testing Sites Chosen By FAA

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Commercial Drone Testing Sites Chosen By FAA

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Connecticut Plagued By Soaring Foreclosure Rate

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Connecticut Plagued By Soaring Foreclosure Rate

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Local Brewery Has Starbucks Frothing Over Stout's Name

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Grindin Coffee Bobby Peterson Trio

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New Shoes Bobby Peterson Trio

Middle East

Syria To Miss Deadline To Remove Chemical Weapons Stockpile

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What Israel's Release Of Palestinian Prisoners Means For Peace

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What Israel's Release Of Palestinian Prisoners Means For Peace

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What Israel's Release Of Palestinian Prisoners Means For Peace

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Inner Sounds, Pt. 1 Steve Treseler

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Inner Sounds, Pt. 2 Steve Treseler

Bon Voyage, Voyager: Old Friends Take Stock

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Space

Bon Voyage, Voyager: Old Friends Take Stock

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Bon Voyage, Voyager: Old Friends Take Stock

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Blessed Feathers: Nomadic And Loving It

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Real Song For Emily Blessed Feathers

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From the End of August till the Start of May Blessed Feathers

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Giant Peach, Cheese Wedge To Ring In New Year

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In Memoriam: 2013

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In Memoriam: 2013

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Long Ago (And Far Away) Marian McPartland

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It Might as Well Be Spring Marian McPartland

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Television

'Big Bang Theory' Owes Its Success To Classic TV

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'Big Bang Theory' Owes Its Success To Classic TV

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Number Of The Year

10,000 Year Clock Challenges Approach To Time

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Clock Song Shawn Lee

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Capricorn Shawn Lee & Lee, Shawn

Pop Culture

American Dialect Society To Vote On Word Of The Year

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68 Of 2013's Biggest Pop Songs In 5 Minutes

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68 Of 2013's Biggest Pop Songs In 5 Minutes

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Here Are 68 Of 2013's Biggest Songs In 5 1/2 Minutes

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Pop Danthology 2013 Daniel Kim

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Wrecking Ball [Instrumental] Miley Cyrus

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