Bartenders' Best Pickup Advice - MSN Relationships - article

Seeded on Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:15 AM EST (MSN)

Who better to know what works in terms of a great pickup than America's bartenders? Here, several bartenders weigh in on the best approach when trying to connect with someone, as well as when to cut your losses …

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Ex-fianc� to missing tot's mom: 'Tell the truth'

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 3:42 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Casey Anthony's former fiance appealed to the mother of missing Orlando toddler Caylee Anthony to tell the truth about what happened to her daughter. "Casey, tell the truth. This isn't about you anymore," Jesse Grund said.

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TV anchor who resembles Palin gets 'hate mail'

Seeded on Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:55 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A television news anchor in Maine who looks a lot like Sarah Palin says she's been getting "hate mail and nasty phone calls."

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Mine yields one of world's largest diamonds

Seeded on Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:09 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Miners in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho have found one of the world's largest diamonds, a near-flawless white gem weighing nearly 500 carats, mining group Gem Diamonds said on Sunday.

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Thompson raps Obama, recounts McCain bio

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 7:13 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Fred Thompson, the actor turned politician, recounted the harrowing story of John McCain's captivity as a Vietnam prisoner of war to tout the presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention and criticized Democrat Barack Obama's support for abortion rights.

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Palin disclosures raise questions about vetting

Seeded on Tue Sep 2, 2008 4:26 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's choice as running mate, called into question how thoroughly McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican ticket.

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God vs. doctor: 1 in 2 say prayer saves the dying

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:30 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans.

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Some psych patients wait days in hospital ERs

Seeded on Fri Jul 4, 2008 7:33 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm.

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Dentist behind body parts ring gets 18-54 years

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 7:34 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A New Jersey dentist behind a scheme to steal body parts from corpses was sentenced on Friday to a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 54 years in prison.

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Zimbabwe official to Western critics: 'Go hang'

Seeded on Tue Jul 1, 2008 2:29 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will not step down and Western critics who called the country's recent election a sham can "go hang," the longtime ruler's spokesman said Tuesday.

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British man convicted of killing wife, daughter

Seeded on Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:15 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A British man who fled the U.S. after his wife and baby daughter were shot to death in their home was convicted on Wednesday of murdering them.

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'Curse of the Fuwa' fulfilled by floods

Seeded on Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:07 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Floods sweeping southern China seem to have fulfilled the final stanza of an Internet curse involving Beijing's Olympic mascots, but censors have been quick to remove postings that might fuel the superstition.

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1780 British warship found in Lake Ontario

Seeded on Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:19 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A 22-gun British warship that sank during the American Revolution and has long been regarded as one of the "Holy Grail" shipwrecks in the Great Lakes has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Ontario, astonishingly well-preserved in the cold, deep water.

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Manson follower Atkins may go free

Seeded on Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:41 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Former Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, convicted in the 1969 murder of actress Sharon Tate, could soon be released from prison because she is near death, authorities said.

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Antarctic base gets condom haul before winter

Seeded on Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:15 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday.

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Inmate had $170K, guns, TV, fridge in his cell

Seeded on Wed Jun 4, 2008 11:01 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Officials in northeastern Brazil say they confiscated the equivalent of more than $170,000 and two pistols from an imprisoned drug trafficker whose jail cell was equipped with a plasma TV.

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