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Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News: Beef over female rocket scientist’s obit prompts Times to change it Oops: Macy’s marks down $1,500 necklace to $47 Mark Kelly: Mental health background check could’ve prevented Tucson Pranksters, your day is near

Beef over female rocket scientist’s obit prompts Times to change it  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 11:48 AM PDT Yvonne Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system for satellites in the early 1970s and received a National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2011. Yet her New York Times obituary, published in the newspaper on Sunday, begins like this: She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job [...] Full Story	Top
Oops: Macy’s marks down $1,500 necklace to $47  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 10:02 AM PDT Attention, unemployed copyeditors: Macy's may soon have a job opening for you. The department store giant mailed a catalog to customers earlier this month which mistakenly offered a $1,500 sterling silver and 14-karat gold necklace for just $47. The heading: "SUPER BUY." The actual sale price was supposed to be $479, but Macy's printed the [...] Full Story	Top
Mark Kelly: Mental health background check could’ve prevented Tucson  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 09:12 AM PDT Mark Kelly, retired astronaut and husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, told "Fox News Sunday" that gun control legislation currently being discussed in Congress needs to include a background check that carries better mental health screening. Kelly argued that a recent poll showing 90 percent of Americans support a universal background check should be [...] Full Story	Top
Pranksters, your day is near  Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 02:42 AM PDT Are you a compulsive liar who delights in telling tall tales to loved ones? Good news! Your behavior is about to become socially acceptable for 24 hours. April Fools' Day (that's this Monday), a day where people trick each other with elaborate pranks or simple jokes, has a colorful history. And while it may seem [...] Full Story	Top

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