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Mars rover Curiosity lands on surface of Red Planet

The Mars science rover Curiosity landed on the Martian surface shortly after 10:30 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday (1:30 a.m. EDT Monday/0530 GMT) to begin a two-year mission seeking evidence the Red Planet once hosted ingredients for life, NASA said.
| by YAHOO | 2012 |

Mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles burst into applause and cheered as they received signals

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Lifestyle

(PHOTOS) Locked in combat: Mother lion takes on deadly crocodile to give cubs safe swim across river

Struggle: The power and strength of the mighty lioness is clear to see, but the crocodile fights back, clamping its teeth around the big cat’s nose
Scanning the surface of the water, her amber eyes alight upon a threat to her pride – a deadly crocodile lurking in the river that the family of lions must cross.
| by Daily | 2012 |

The fiercely protective lioness did not hesitate, leaping into the water and grappling with the reptile to allow the rest of the pride to cross the river in safety.

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Shy Express

Startup dumps Facebook: ‘80% of ad clicks came from bots’

New York-based online music startup Limited Run has ditched Facebook after its research revealed an alleged advertising scam.
| by RT | 2012 |

The company claims that 80 percent of its online ad clicks on Facebook were generated from automated ‘bots,’ not humans.

While testing Facebook’s advertising system, Limited Run said it could only verify that around 20 percent of the clicks were coming from users visiting its website.

Limited Run discovered that most of the users clicking on its Facebook ads had JavaScript disabled, making them almost impossible to track with regular analytics software. The company coded a custom-built page logger, and claims it found that 80 percent of the Facebook clicks it was paying for came from bots.

Facebook’s advertising rates are based on the number of clicks a company’s ads receive. Limited Run alleges that the ads were not clicked by real individuals, but rather by automated bots – internet software applications programmed to repeat automated tasks.

“80% of the clicks we were paying for were from bots,” the company said in a post on its Facebook page. “That’s correct. Bots were loading pages and driving up our advertising costs. So we tried contacting Facebook about this. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t reply. Do we know who the bots belong to? No. Are we accusing Facebook of using bots to drive up advertising revenue. No. Is it strange? Yes.”

The company, formerly known as Limited Pressing, also claimed that the social media giant would not allow it to change the name of its Facebook page unless it committed to buy $2,000 of monthly advertising. “Facebook was holding our name hostage,” the post said.

Facebook responded to the accusations: “We’re currently investigating their claims. For their issue with the page name change, there seems to be some sort of miscommunication. We do not charge pages to have their names changed. Our team is reaching out about this now,” Talking Points Memo reported.

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Beauty

Laetitia Casta for Dolce & Gabbana Fragrances

Dolce & Gabbana Fragrances unveils its newest face: the French model and actress, Laetitia Casta.
| by ALEX CARTER | 2012 |

Laetitia’s unparalleled beauty, sensuality and femininity brought her to the attention of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana who chose her to embody the Dolce&Gabbana

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Health & fitness

Michael Phelps Qualifies for 400 Individual Medley Final

After a shaky start to his Olympics trip on Saturday (July 28), Michael Phelps qualified for the eighth and final spot in the 400 individual medley.
| by Celebuzz | 2012 |

As final, which takes place later tonight.

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Sex & Love

7 Signs You’re in An Emotionally Abusive Relationship

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Picking up on the signs you’re in an emotionally abusive relationship can be difficult.
| by Merarri |

Chances are you have your rose-colored glasses on when you are in a relationship so you may excuse, overlook and deny your boyfriend’s emotionally abusive behavior. That’s the worst mistake you could make ladies.

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Beauty

Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle Perfume

Mischievous, independent, and fascinating — Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel is as seductive as ever.
| by pursuitist | 2012 |

The new parfum format gives us an intimate and private glimpse of Coco Chanel whose expensive simplicity and sensibility made her an influential figure in 20th-century fashion.

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Shy Express

Usher’s 11-year-old stepson Kyle Glover ‘dies after being taken off life support following severe jet ski accident’

Tragic: Usher’s 11-year-old stepson Kyle Glover, pictured here with the R&B star and his former wife Tameka Foster, has died today following a severe jet ski accident earlier this month
Two weeks after a horrible Jet Ski accident left him brain dead, Usher’s stepson Kile Glover died on Saturday (July 20).
| by Celebuzz | 2012 |

The 11-year-old boy was removed from life support while in a Georgia hospital with his mother Tameka Foster.

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Sylvester Stallone’s son dies at 36

Sage Stallone, the 36-year-old son of actor Sylvester Stallone, died Friday, his lawyer said during a phone interview with Los Angeles TV station KNBC.
| by CNN | 2012 |

Sylvester Stallone is devastated and grief-stricken over the sudden loss of his son Sage Stallone,” his representative said in a statement.