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Do Trump and Clinton Matter?

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Do Trump and Clinton Matter?

Watch An Expert Team Salvage A 540-Foot Shipwreck

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Watch An Expert Team Salvage A 540-Foot Shipwreck In January, the 540-foot Modern Express wrecked off the coast of France. The team in charge of rescuing the ship filmed their spectacular efforts. May 24, 2016 at 04:20PM

giant-killer: Word of the day for May 25, 2016

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Word of the day is giant-killer : Someone or something, especially a sports team, that defeats a larger and superior opponent.

Picture of the day for May 25, 2016

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Picture of the day on May 25, 2016: Cemetery of San Diego in the Historic Center of Quito, Ecuador, seen from El Panecillo. Inaugurated in 1872 in a location where fallen of the Battle of Pichincha (1822) had been buried, the cemetery contains the graves of numerous significant people, including five presidents of the Republic of Ecuador.

Article of the day for May 25, 2016

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Article of the day is Operation Copperhead. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Do Trump and Clinton Matter?

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Do Trump and Clinton Matter? Despite the fact that this election looks like it might be one of the most unique ones in history, polling numbers are starting to resemble those of Obama and Romney. Does it really matter who's running?

giant-killer: Word of the day for May 25, 2016

giant-killer , n : Someone or something, especially a sports team, that defeats a larger and superior opponent.

Article of the day for May 25, 2016

The Article of the day for May 25, 2016 is Operation Copperhead . Operation Copperhead was a small military deception operation run by the British during the Second World War. Conceived by Dudley Clarke, it was intended to mislead German intelligence as to the location of General Bernard Montgomery just before the 1944 invasion of Normandy. The German high command expected Montgomery, one of the best-known Allied commanders, to play a key role in any cross-channel bridgehead. Clarke and the other deception planners reasoned that a high-profile appearance outside England would suggest that an Allied invasion was not imminent. An appropriate look-alike was found, M. E. Clifton James, who spent a short time with Montgomery to familiarise himself with the general's mannerisms. On 26 May, James flew to Gibraltar and then to Algiers, making appearances where the Allies knew German intelligence agents would spot him, but the operation did not appear to have any significant impact on Germ

Picture of the day for May 25, 2016

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Cemetery of San Diego in the Historic Center of Quito, Ecuador, seen from El Panecillo. Inaugurated in 1872 in a location where fallen of the Battle of Pichincha (1822) had been buried, the cemetery contains the graves of numerous significant people, including five presidents of the Republic of Ecuador..

Watch An Expert Team Salvage A 540-Foot Shipwreck

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Watch An Expert Team Salvage A 540-Foot Shipwreck

Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year

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Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year

Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year

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Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year Google will begin testing an alternative to passwords next month, in a move that could do away with complicated logins for good.