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Japan Alien-looking robot to stock convenience store shelves David Pescovitz

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voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

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statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

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commercials Watch the very first Pizza Hut commercial from 1965 Thom Dunn

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eighties Original "Ghostbusters" returns to drive-ins and theaters starting July 1 Rusty Blazenhoff

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History Man with metal detector turns up rare 2,000-year-old Roman artifact David Pescovitz

Gadgets Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores Rob Beschizza

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