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Miss USA 2011: Too Skinny? [PICTURES]

Alyssa Campanella, the newly crowned Miss USA 2011, broke the pageant mold in one respect by confessing to being both a history and a science geek - but she continued the Donald Trump-owned pageant's trend of promoting an unhealthy body image.Campanella -who came into the competition as Miss California - was not the only Miss USA contestant who appeared to be painfully thin, but she was among the skinniest: Revealing a miniscule waist and a visible rib cage in the swimsuit competition. ...

Miss USA 2011 Photos: Do We Look Like the State We're From?

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The 60th Anniversary Miss USA pageant aired live on NBC on Sunday, June 19 from the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas at the Theatre for Performing Arts. As we look back at the contestants, do you think it's possible to tell what state someone is from just by looking at them? Give it a try!
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ICANN expands Internet domain names, new era for the cyber world

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a California-corporation that oversees Internet address system has agreed to expand available domain extensions at a meeting in Singapore, allowing private companies to replace the generic extensions such as “.com” with their own brand.
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Miss California Alyssa Campanella crowned Miss USA

Alyssa Campanella, the 21-year-old auburn-haired beauty, left behind 50 other women to win the Miss USA title at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday night, June 19.She was representing California.
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Google rainbow to mark 'Gay and Lesbian pride' month

Google has added a U-shaped rainbow to the end of its search bar to mark the Gay and Lesbian pride month. The rainbow will show up whenever a user searches LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) related terms. The six-color rainbow, a symbol of gay pride, is a new addition this year. Google had added a thin bar below the search window with the six colors placed end to end, in the past.
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Levi Leipheimer, Bay Area’s Shocking Tour of Switzerland Victory

Levi Leipheimer, a Bay Area resident from Santa Rosa, pulled out a shocking victory in the Tour of Switzerland on the final stage. Leipheimer placed third in the final time trial, but that was enough to pass Damiano Cunego, who had a nearly two minute lead overall in the race before the stage began.
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A TV that emits scented fragrance? Yes, doable!

Suppose a beautiful lady walks by on your TV screen. What if they not only trigger your emotions and minds through your senses of sight or sound but your sense of smell as well? What if you actually smell her perfume? Is it possible? “Yes, it is quite doable.”
An artist's impression of a growing supermassive black hole located in the early Universe is seen in this NASA handout illustration released on June 15, 2011.

Black hole rips apart Sun-like star in impulsive once-in-million-year feeding frenzy

A hungry black hole far out in the cosmos, about 4 billion miles from Earth, got into an unusual feeding spree when a massive Sun-like star crossed its path, or to be accurate, passed by its gravitational sphere. The massive star was ripped apart, shredded into pieces as the giant black hole devoured it, unleashing some of the most powerful gamma ray flashes astronomers have ever seen. For the black hole,
Oldest light bulb still burning after 110 years, enters Guinness World Records

Oldest light bulb still burning after 110 years, enters Guinness World Records

Look no further than our own Bay Area fire station to find the world's oldest and longest burning light bulb. The 60 watt bulb has been recorded into the Guinness World Records by staying lit for 110 years. It still remains burning within the fire station's room. Since its installation in 1901, the light bulb dubbed The Centennial Bulb has been operating day and night running on 4 watts at the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Station number 6 in Livermore, California.

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