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Cold weather really should get you ‘down’

Cold weather really should get you ‘down’

James Keivom/New York Daily News No matter what cold-weather acoutrements she’s wearing, it’s the down jacket that makes EMS employee Sara Zahedi’s outfit so great against winter. Here, she models an Eastern Mountain Sports Meridian Down Jacket ($ 179), Sorel Tofino Herringbone Boots ($ 150), EMS 3-in-1 Altitude Gloves ($ 49), The North Face Cable Minna Beanie ($ 35) and ...

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Man with ties to 50 Cent’s G-Unit gunned down in Queens

Man with ties to 50 Cent’s G-Unit gunned down in Queens

Mazaradi Fox, aka Jamal Green, 42, is pictured here with 50 Cent in 2006. He was once part of the rap group G-Unit. A rapper with close ties to 50 Cent was shot and killed Friday when a gunman in a black ski mask unloaded on an SUV full of people in Queens, police said. Mazaradi Fox, 42, whose real ...

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Google wins DARPA’s robotics challenge, wonders if it was a good idea to turn down future military contracts

Google wins DARPA’s robotics challenge, wonders if it was a good idea to turn down future military contracts

DARPA’s Robotic Challenge took place in Florida over the weekend, pitting some of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots against each other in a series of complex tasks, and rather fortuitously for a famously acquisitive Silicon Valley company, the winning robot was fielded by a company called Schaft — a Japanese company that was recently acquired by Google as part ...

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VIDEO: Cyclist races down mountain BACKWARD

VIDEO: Cyclist races down mountain BACKWARD

Eskil Ronningsbakken via YouTube Eskil Ronningsbakken perches on his handlebars and RIDES BACKWARD down the mountain. A daredevil cyclist has been caught on camera speeding BACKWARD at 50mph down a slippery mountain road. Eskil Ronningsbakken danced with death as he sped down the snaking half-mile path on Norway’s Trollstigen mountain. RELATED: CITI BIKE IN QUEENS? NOT SOON Eskil Ronningsbakken via ...

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Swimming down the aisle: Couple exchanges vows in underwater wedding

Swimming down the aisle: Couple exchanges vows in underwater wedding

Caters News Agency Chris and Janet Wright got married in an underwater ceremony in the Indian Ocean. A bride and groom have had their dream wet-wedding day in an underwater ceremony under the Indian Ocean. Chris and Janet Wright floated down the aisle happily drenched from head to toe as they exchanged their vows in a unique under-the-sea service in ...

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Implant may help people slim down

Implant may help people slim down

Philippe Bigard/Getty Images/OJO Images RF A complex regulatory circuit created from different genes and implanted in fat mice caused them to lose weight, and researchers say something similar could help severely overweight people slim down without surgery. Could a new implant turn the tide of global obesity? Scientists at ETH-Zurich have created a complex circuit of human genes that can ...

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Implant may help people slim down

Implant may help people slim down

Philippe Bigard/Getty Images/OJO Images RF A complex regulatory circuit created from different genes and implanted in fat mice caused them to lose weight, and researchers say something similar could help severely overweight people slim down without surgery. Could a new implant turn the tide of global obesity? Scientists at ETH-Zurich have created a complex circuit of human genes that can ...

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Seton Hall collapses down stretch, falls to Oklahoma

Al Bello/Getty Images Isaiah Cousins nets 19 points for Oklahoma in team’s 1-point win over Seton Hall. Kevin Willard tried his best to put a positive spin on the effort his Seton Hall team put forth against Oklahoma. It was the final minute and a recurrence of Patrik Auda’s foot injury that could leave the Pirates stinging through the rest ...

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