Donna Summer dead: Her voice soared through disco and beyond

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Donna Summer died Thursday after a battle with cancer. The 63-year-old Summer was known for her soaring voice and sensual purrs that made her a queen of disco when the genre was in its heyday in the ,. And it was a title she held well beyond those years.

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R.I.P. DONNA SUMMER

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VIDEO: Classic Donna Summer

PHOTOS: Donna Summer | 1948 – 2012

PHOTOS: Celebrities react to her death on Twitter

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Venture capitalist: the middle class are the job creators

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THE TRUTH ALWAYS COMES OUT.

In an exclusive interview with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, Amazon investor and multi-millionaire Nick Hanauer argues that middle-class consumers do more to create jobs than the super-rich.

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Whose telling the truth? Mitt Romney and D. Trump or Nick Hanauer

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Ashleigh and Pudsey – Britain’s Got Talent 2012 audition – UK version

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IF YOU ARE A DOG LOVER YOU WILL LOVE THIS.

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Watch Ashleigh and top dog Pudsey’s super cute Britain’s Got Talent audition. Dancing together to BC-52 tune The Flintstones, can the adorable pair melt the hearts of the nation?

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City Creek, Mormon Shopping Mall, Boasts Flame-Shooting Fountains, Biblical Splendor (Photos)

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On Thursday morning, City Creek Center, the first indoor mall built in nearly three years, opened its doors to the public. Its owner is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which hopes that the $1.5 billion temple of consumption will redeem Salt Lake City’s blighted downtown, where the Church is also headquartered.

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10 Poisonous Foods We Like to Eat

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Think apples are healthy? Think again. Presenting 10 common foods that are actually poisonous.

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Make Arthritis Pain Control a Habit

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From gaining weight to forgetting to take your fish oil, certain lifestyle habits may be adding to the pain of your aching knees and other joints. Practice arthritis pain control with these simple strategies you can easily incorporate into your day.

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The Global Centre of Future Energy

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One of the most sustainable communities on the planet, Masdar City is an emerging cleantech cluster that offers a creative and entrepreneurial atmosphere where businesses can thrive and innovation can flourish, in part because the city itself serves as a model of what green urban development can be. This is especially the case because Masdar City is being designed and operated to provide the highest quality of life with the lowest environmental footprint – all in a manner that is commercially viable.

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View of Masdar City from air.

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Some skeptics are concerned that the city will be only symbolic for Abu Dhabi, and that it may become just a luxury development for the wealthy.   Nicolai Ouroussoff calls it the ultimate gated community, “the crystallization of another global phenomenon: the growing division of the world into refined, high-end enclaves and vast formless ghettos where issues like sustainability have little immediate relevance.”

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Evacuated Tube Transport could take you to China in two hours

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Ever look at a pneumatic tube at a bank and think, “Why couldn’t I travel like that?” A new form of high-tech transportation called Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) could take passengers in car-sized capsules traveling through tubes so fast that you could make it from New York to Beijing in two hours. Unlike pneumatic tubes that work with air and suction, the ETT works via magnetic levitation and frictionless tubes.

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Millions of Dead People Get Identities Stolen

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Just because you’re dead doesn’t mean you can’t be robbed.

Identity thieves steal the personal information of about 2.4 million deceased Americans each year, according to a new report from fraud prevention firm ID Analytics. That amounts to a rate of more than 2,000 thefts per day.

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Saving on Snow Removal

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Snow is beautiful to look at, but not fun to keep off your driveway. Thankfully, his winter hasn’t been too harsh, but you never know what’s lurking around the corner when it comes to Mother Nature. In the event of major snowflake accumulation, what will help you do the trick for the least amount of money and effort?

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