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Say a prayer to Joe Pesci in his memory.
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"Surely Defendant's corporate representative, a resident of Arkansas, would feel great humiliation by being forced to enter the home state of the University of Texas, where the legendary Texas Longhorns have wrought havoc on the Arkansas Razorbacks with
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A new science "magazine" show, premiering Wednesday at 9.
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NOVA scienceNOW has been a pretty decent science podcast for a while now. I wonder if it's popularity sparked the attempt at a tv series - not that I have any idea how popular it is. NdGT is an excellent public face for science though and really entertaining to watch, I'll definitely check it out for the first few episodes.