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New app helps Icelanders avoid accidental incest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By JENNA GOTTLIEB and JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - You meet someone, there's chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What's your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin? In Iceland, a country with a population of 320,000 where most everyone is

Groundbreaking improv comic Jonathan Winters dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 12th

By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of

Goodbye fluorescent bulb? Philips says yes.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 11th

By TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) - If you've worked in an office, you're probably familiar with the soft glow of fluorescent tubes drifting from the ceiling. If Europe's Philips brand is right, those lamps could soon be history. Royal Philips NV, the Dutch

Banner ads suck, say guys who invented banner ads

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

By Natt GarunProvided by Digital Trends underwent a major redesign about two months ago, and chances are if you've been reading our stories on your computer, you've already learned to block out that rectangle above and to the right of this copy. We're conditioned to recognize banner

Banner ads suck, say guys who invented banner ads

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 10th

Survivors angry over 'Pain & Gain' depiction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By SUZETTE LABOYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The real-life murder, torture and kidnapping case from South Florida that's behind the coming movie "Pain & Gain" indeed reads like a script - just not a funny one. The fact that the film, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is

Ryan Cabrera gets a tattoo of Ryan Gosling on his leg, but why?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 3rd

By Robyn Ross, Add Ryan Cabera to the list of people who admire Ryan Gosling — the singer got a tattoo of the actor on his leg! On a recent trip to Las Vegas, Cabrera says he lost a game of "tattoo roulette" and ended up with the heartthrob's face on his leg. Guess the celebrity tattoo!

April Fools: YouTube shut down, Google adds smells

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 1st

By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter did away with vowels, Google unveiled a button to add smells and the cast of the 1990s sitcom "Wings" launched a Kickstarter campaign. The digital world celebrated April Fools' Day with the rollout of mock innovations and parody

Dufnering: A sleepy pose makes Dufner

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf Writer HUMBLE, Texas (AP) - Jason Dufner was sitting in a classroom with children for a charity event when he leaned against a wall and zoned out for a minute. That's all it took for one photo that went viral and made Dufner a Twitter sensation. Dufner, dressed in a red

Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By Sadie Gennis,