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    Energy drink ban: College links beverages to alcohol abuse, high-risk sex

    Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar and brands of sugary energy drinks will stop being sold on the campus of Vermont's Middlebury College based on its announcement last week. Its ban will start on March 7, Monday. The new policy is based on one student who argued that the caffeinated drinks encourage a culture of stress and bad study habits, while the school's officials have argued the high-caffeine drinks have been linked to alcohol abuse and high-risk sex.

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    Viral videos of knife-wielding crab, salt-licking clam are fake, cruel: Experts

    A viral crab video featuring the sea creature holding a knife has been proven to be a hoax and there is nothing unusual about its behavior besides that it is holding a cutting tool. A marine biology expert also points out that the knife-stabbing crustacean seems very upset.

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    Butt implants, lifts are fastest-growing plastic surgery procedures in US: Report

    Plastic surgery has been a popular medical procedure for millions of people in the United States for decades. Buttock implants and male breast reduction surgery are rising in the US while the top five procedures include others such as breast augmentation, nose jobs, liposuction, and tummy tucks. Meanwhile, the top minor procedures include Botox, laser hair removal, and chemical peels.

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    GoFundMe Campaign for Kanye West to be donated to art-funding organization

    Rapper and fashion designer Kanye West tweeted a week ago that he was $53 million in debt and asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for $1 billion to develop his ideas. A GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign raised almost $8,000 within a 10-day period. After West refused the funds the campaign's launcher decided to give the money to an art-funding charity organization.

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    E-cigarette’s lithium battery explodes in man’s pocket, causes severe burns: Report

    An e-cigarette reportedly caused a man to suffer severe burns on his leg after the device exploded in his pocket during last weekend. The Kentucky man was paying for snacks at a Shell gas station when the electronic cigarette flew out through his pants leg. Josh Hamilton is from Owensboro in western Kentucky.

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    Johnson & Johnson to pay $72m in damages for cancer death linked to baby powder

    Johnson & Johnson is required to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a Missouri woman who claimed baby powder caused her to become a cancer patient. The lawsuit linked the pharmaceutical company's talcum powder and other products to the serious disease.

  • Business

    Mercedes replaces assembly line robots with humans to handle customization

    Mercedes-Benz is reversing the trend of human workers being replaced by robots, by pulling some mechanical workers from its assembly line and substituting them with real people. That is because the number of customized options for the S-Class sedans is difficult for the robotic workers to handle.

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    3-Storey upside-down Taiwanese house built by architects for Taipei exhibition

    Taiwanese architects have constructed a 3-floor upside-down house that is fully furnished with a bed, dining table, bathroom, fireplace, and car. The pastel-colored property was built as part of an exhibition that will stand for five months before it is closed in July.

  • Software & Apps

    Weight loss app: Obese woman uses hypnosis to drop 72lbs, change mind-set about food

    Weight-loss hypnosis apps can help overweight people to shed pounds and burn fat but in an extreme case a morbidly abuse United Kingdom woman lost 72 pounds (32.6 kilograms) in one year. Before starting the weight loss program she was eating two dinners per day and could finish four packs of cookies at one sitting.

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    German city becomes world’s first to ban single-serving coffee pods

    A German city has just become the first one in the world to ban single-use coffee pods including those of market leader Keurig. Every year enough of the little cups are tossed out to circle the world a dozen times, and because they are made of plastic and aluminum most recycling plants are unable to recycle them. Hamburg has banned the coffee pods from all government-operated buildings.

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