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corn on the cob For delicious corn, boil water, add corn, turn off heat, and cover for 10-30 min Andrew Yi
politics Mississippi gave $1m of welfare money to Brett Favre for "speeches" he never made—and has just fired an investigator looking into it Rob Beschizza
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crime Woman who walked across thermal features at Yellowstone sentenced to a week in the slammer Mark Frauenfelder
useful stuff Get a big bag of organic dried hibiscus flowers for awesome summer ice tea Mark Frauenfelder
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