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Crystal Cathedral At first the lenses were made of any transparent stone: rock crystal Credit for the perfection of glass lenses to aid sight is given to America. Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals in 1784, and since that day the sci...

STAGE DECORATION FOR "CLONING MARY SHELLEY" The Top 10 Most Famous Women with the First Name of Mary For the past year I've been compiling famous names to list on my name numerology website.  These are all noted individuals, but who a...

New York Times (blog)Free phone calls via Gmail cross 1 million mark in first 24 hours: GoogleInternational Business TimesIn less than two days of introduction of Voice in Gmail or Google's new internet-based phone service saw an exponential surge in ...

CBC.caEgg recall not first problem for DeCoster operationsLos Angeles TimesAustin "Jack" DeCoster's business has faced civil rights lawsuits, environmental fines, child safety issues and egg bans over the years. Local governments reaped econ...

ABC NewsFirst went the markets, then jobs. Now babiesGlobe and MailThe birth rate in the United States has tumbled to its lowest level in a century, and experts lay the blame squarely at the feet of the Great Recession. It's the second straight year o...

TopNews United Kingdom (blog)Boston woman diagnosed with West Nile, first case this summerBoston GlobeA 46-year-old Boston woman has been diagnosed with West Nile virus, the first human case of the mosquito-borne virus in Massachusetts this summer, public...

Sydney Morning HeraldFirst Impressions: Making Phone Calls From GmailInformationWeekInformationWeek takes Gmail's new calling feature for a spin. Is it worth skipping Skype, or does it still need more time to bake? By Eric Zeman On Wednesday, Google i...

Globe and MailTiger Woods ties Vaughn Taylor for Barclays lead after first round with 6 ...New York Daily NewsTiger Woods had the round of his second life Thursday, that is, if his divorce is to be the demarcation line of his golf career. If Woods is to t...

Us MagazineLindsay Lohan Tweets For First Time Since RehabMTV.comAfter a fairly rough summer, Lindsay Lohan is getting back into the swing of things. The actress, who left rehab Tuesday after spending 23 days in court-ordered treatment, has returned to Tw...

Moneycontrol.comGoogle: 1 million Gmail calls on first dayCNNGoogle's new service, which lets Gmail users make free or cheap calls via their computers, appears to be a hit. "Over 1000000 calls placed from Gmail in just 24 hours!" Google twee...