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EarthTalk: Green RV’s? Eco-Psychology?

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Nov. 3, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Dear EarthTalk: My wife and I drive more than 20,000 miles a year in our recreational vehicle (RV) which gets about seven miles to the gallon, but high fuel prices are eating into our nest egg. Are there more fuel efficient ways to enjoy the RV lifestyle? — Walter Hendricks, Tampa, Florida Major RV manufacturers [...]

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Mega Man 9 shines with nostalgia, charm

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Nov. 3, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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It would have been easy for Capcom to release yet another reboot of the Mega Man series. Instead, Mega Man 9 is a frustrating, pixelated adventure that looks like it’s been sitting in out game collection for the past 15 years. [...]

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Star Ocean: First Departure

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Nov. 3, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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With a title now on the PlayStation Portable in Star Ocean: First Departure, we get to see a alternative battle-based adventure with some very good animation, voice acting, and cutscenes.

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Bond on Blu-ray

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Nov. 2, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Be warned, you’ll probably have to upgrade your firmware if you have an older DVD player. That has been a problem for a lot of late, great Blu-ray releases, and it was a problem when DVD first came out as well. Do your homework, but realize that this is one of those holiday “must haves.”

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Polyamory Weekly

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Nov. 2, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Podcasts cover a range of topics all the way from plumbing to aviation, but a niche listening audience is attracted to a slightly more personal subject – one that features titles like “Open Source Sex” and “Kinky Sex Radio.”One woman, calling herself “Cunning Minx,” decided to take advantage of this trend, taking the actual sex out of her podcast, but keeping in its raw, real-life lessons – that more often than not have to do with sex.

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China’s melamine scandal continues

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Nov. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

It seems like it’ll never end. China’s ongoing melamine investigation has widened to animal feeding supplies, where reports of melamine-contaminated eggs have surfaced.

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Wanna meet the Twilight cast?

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Nov. 1, 2008   29 Comments  

If you’re counting — and we know you are — there are only 20 days left until Twilight is released in theaters everywhere. (16 if you’re one of the lucky ones going to the premiere in California) Thought you couldn’t get more pumped about the movie? Think again. Hot Topic is hosting a Twilight Tour [...]

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Obama, Palin to become playable in Mercenaries 2

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Nov. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

What qualities are important when choosing who will run our country for the next four years? Foreign policy? Diplomacy? The economy? How about how good they are at fending off guerrilla soldiers in the jungles of Venezula? It was announced on G4TV’s X-Play this week that Democratic Presidential Nominee Barrack Obama and Republican Vice Presidential [...]

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FBI program aims to rescue child prostitutes

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Nov. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Juvenile prostitution has long been a concern for officers across the country. Children are forced into the sex trade without the ability to simply walk away at a whim. The pimps decide their fate, and it’s usually an ugly one.

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Caramel Apple Cider Martini

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Nov. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

For the increasingly upscale Jamaica Plain neighorhood, one restaurant is dishing out something sweet.

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Download UpdateStar 2.4 free from Blast Magazine

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Nov. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Thank you to the good people are UpdateStar for licensing Blast to provide all its readers with this software in our November issue!

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Magellan Maestro 4250

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Nov. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Magellan continued its pattern of “please just get me there accurately” with the widescreen Maestro 4250. [...]

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Against Me! Rocks the Vote

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Nov. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Amidst all the political bickering that’s surrounded the 2008 presidential election, there’s one thing that campaign officials, pundits, and political leaders alike can agree on “" that the “youth vote” will undoubtedly play a crucial, perhaps unprecedented, role in determining which candidate emerges victorious. For the past five national elections, Rock the Vote, a non-profit [...]

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