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Romantic comedies have been trying to tell us this for years, but now it's a scientific fact: true love isn't fleeting. Researchers at Stony Brook University in New York have discovered that many couples still love each other even after 20 years of marriage ...

1/5/09 | 12:39

For the fourth year in a row, album sales have dropped. But people have bought more digital downloads this year than ever, $ 1.5 billion in singles and music videos. Vinyl is up too, hitting a 17-year high of 1.88 million ...

1/5/09 | 12:38

A horse that had escaped from a nearby farm galloped into a movie theater in the U.K. on Saturday. The animal only stayed in the theater for about 20 seconds—chances are, it saw that the only open showing was for Twilight ...

1/5/09 | 12:37

Ahh, the city—it's where our artists, professors and doctors train and work toward progression and innovation. But now scientists are saying that the city is unhealthy for the brain. "The mind is a limited machine," says Marc Berman, a psychologist at the University of Michigan. "And we're beginning to understand the different ways that a city can exceed those limitations." ...

1/5/09 | 09:47

Al Franken is officially joining Minnesota's celebrity politician club. After a long recount process, the state election board will announce today that Franken beat Republican nominee, Norm Coleman, by only 225 votes ...

1/5/09 | 09:36

Apparently Illinois is sending its state workers to ethics class. The course will most likely include the stumper: If your family was starving, would you steal a loaf of bread? ...

1/5/09 | 09:35

It's possible that Dr. Stephen Wolfram just rewrote the concept of science. He says that "the universe is no more complex than us. We're not above the universe, but we're not below it either.'' ...

1/2/09 | 04:05

You hate to see things come to this, but Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich might be impeached next week. Illinois has had some crummy politicians in the past, but this would be the first impeachment of a governor in the state's 190-year history ...

1/2/09 | 04:04

It’s 2009, which means we are now in the year of Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. Only 10 months to go! ...

1/2/09 | 10:35

Icelandic experimental artist Bjork is pursuing a role in venture capitalism. The BJORK venture fund will invest in environmentally and socially aware companies ...

1/2/09 | 10:34

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