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WATCH: Celebrity First Kisses!

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Celeb Video Kissing, Video, Teen Celebs, AOL News, Katerina Graham, Celeb Kissing, Celeb First Kiss, Fun Stuff, Jasmine V, Vampire Diaries, Teen News, High School News

Apparently, your first kiss is likely to be one of your most vivid memories. In fact, according to a recent study, it leaves such an impression that m...

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Don't Blame the Song, Blame the Packaging

Susan Deily-Swearingen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Football, Star Spangled Banner, Cher, Jessica Simpson, American History, Ritual, AOL News, Kevin Blackistone, Military, American, Christina Aguilera, Sports, America, National Anthem, Super Bowl, Entertainment News
Susan Deily-Swearingen

On the home page of AOL News last week I encountered this opinion piece by Kevin Blackistone, "Time to Turn Off National Anthem Before Sports Events,"...

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Dear Arianna: Congratulations, Spend It Well, and Protect the Huffington Post Brand

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

Dear Arianna, Here's a shout out to you, your investors and your editors and staff for your amazing financial and business coup with AOL. As you kn...

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Christmas Caroling Tradition Pioneered by Drunks

aolnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caroling Drunk, Caroling Started by Drunks, Drunk Christmas Caroling, AOL News, Comedy News

Christmas caroling has long been a favorite tradition of church groups, elderly choirs and children, but did you know that the first groups of caroler...

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The Dumbest Criminals Of 2010

aolnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who knew people with criminal minds could be so simple-minded?...

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Grad Student Uses HIV DNA To Make Music

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scientific American, Hiv, The South, College News, AOL News, HIV Music, Alexandra Pajak, Sounds of HIV, University of Georgia, Aids, Video, College News

University of Georgia graduate student Alexandra Pajak's new instrumental CD draws inspiration from an unlikely source -- HIV. "Sounds of HIV," rele...

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KFC Pays College Women To Wear 'Double Down' Pants

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: USA Today, Double Down, On Campus Advertising, College News, Human Billboard, Sexism, AOL News, Kfc, Spalding University, New Double Down Ad Campaigns, Kfc Double Down, Double Down Kfc, Double Down Pants, Kfc Pants, Kfc Double Down Sweatpants, Double Down Sweatpants, Kfc Double Down College, Kfc Double Down Pants, College News

Six months after the debut of KFC's Double Down marketers are focusing less on the sodium-laced sandwich's culinary assets and more on those of its co...

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Labor Day Lookouts: Beware of Nature-Loving Ticks

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Food Addiction, Science, Babesia, Stop Sugar Cravings, Hay House, Infectious Disease, Fast Weight Loss, Sugar Addiction, Lyme Disease, Stop Food Addiction, AOL News, Hypoglycemia, Substance Abuse, Beyond Sugar Shock, Quick Weight Loss, Health, Healthy Living News
Connie Bennett

Be careful as you venture out into nature this Labor Day Weekend. Watch out for nature-loving, disease-carrying ticks which can transmit Lyme disease.

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AOL's Content Strategy Is Still A Mess

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Internet News, Aol, Online Advertising, Blogging, AOL News, Saul Hansell, Technology News
Henry Blodget

AOL does appear to have an opportunity to create the Time, Inc. for the 21st Century. The tools, building blocks, and scale are there. But it's not going to happen without a very clear strategy. And right now, AOL's content strategy is a mess.

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AOL's Big SXSW Bet On Seed and 'Bionic Journalism'

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AOL Seed, AOL News Platform, AOL News, Bionic Journalism, Sxsw, AOL SXSW, AOL News Gathering, Saul Hansell, Technology News
Steve Rosenbaum

AOL has built a three legged stool to create content: part professional, part freelance, and part aggregated. Is AOL trying to beat Google at the news gathering game?

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