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Facebook Hires Gowalla Team

World's No.1 social network, Facebook, confirmed Monday it has hired Gowalla's management team but is not interested in the brand's service or location-based technology.
The Big 12 isn't sending anyone to the BCS National Championship this year, but two of the top teams in the conference (Oklahoma State and Kansas State) will play in BCS bowls and six others will play in regular bowl games.

Big 12 Bowl Games TV Schedule 2011-2012

The Big 12 will send eight of its teams to bowl games this season. Conference leaders Kansas State and Oklahoma State will play in the Cotton Bowl and Fiesta Bowl, respectively.
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Solar System's Edge Probed by Voyager 1

Scientists had theorized the existence of a thin layer of the sun's outermost atmosphere where the interstellar winds bumped up against the last gasps of high energy particles at the edge of our solar system. Voyager 1, speeding through the cosmos for the last 35 years, has finally reached this zone and confirmed the sun's energy has indeed given way to particles from other galaxies.
One in five U.S. adult infected with HIV do not know it.

HIV, AIDs Rate Increasing Among Blacks, Hispanics in California

The health data analysis revealed that between 1988 and 2008 the number of white people with HIV/AIDS had almost doubled, while the number of cases for blacks had tripled and it was up more than five times for Hispanics. Native Americans and Asian/Pacific Islanders with HIV/AIDs has also increased dramatically in number, but the overall representation number is still low.
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Facebook 2011: Most Shared Articles of the Year

For instance, many among Facebook's 800 million users were interested in a dog mourning the death of a Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan than they were in stories about troops being pulled out of Afghanistan. Anyway, here is the list from Facebook of its 40 most shared articles of 2011.
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November Service Sector Growth Slows in U.S.

The economy showed signs it was decelerating, with an index of service activity pointing to slower growth in November while new orders for factory goods declined in October for the second straight month.
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Rima Fakih Arrested for DUI: Miss USA Has History of Scandals [PHOTOS]

Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakim has been arrested for driving with twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system. This is not the first time Miss Michigan has attracted controversy, or that a contestant has been the subject of scandal. Get all the details on past controversies, and see photos of Fakih's risque past before the DUI.
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Charlie Sheen's ex-wife arrested in Colorado

Brooke Mueller, the ex-wife of actor Charlie Sheen, was arrested for cocaine possession and assault in Aspen, Colorado, the ski resort town where Sheen was arrested for assaulting Mueller in December 2009.

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