Stepdad: Girl held 18 years enjoys 'happy' reunion - Yahoo! News

Stepdad: Girl held 18 years enjoys 'happy' reunion - Yahoo! News

PLACERVILLE, Calif. – A man suspected of snatching an 11-year-old girl and hiding her for nearly two decades in his backyard faced a Friday court appearance, as the woman's family reunited with their daughter and met the two children fathered by her alleged abductor.

Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was 11 when she was abducted from a South Lake Tahoe street in 1991, was kept behind a series of fences, sheds and tents, even giving birth to her suspected abductor's children in the suburban backyard compound less than 200 miles from her childhood home.

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Set Up Space-Saving, Permanent Gmail and Reader Tabs in Firefox - Firefox - Lifehacker

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YouTube - Pres. Obama to NAACP: "Put away the XBOX"

...and here is Microsoft's response, as reported by the Associated Press:

We agree with President Obama that it’s a time for families to work together so that kids use media in ways that are safe, healthy and balanced. Xbox 360 is the only console gaming system that has a timer feature allowing parents to set time limits for their kids, as well as parent controls to enable parents to set limits on what their kids are playing and watching.

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YouTube - Social Media Revolution

YouTube - Social Media Revolution

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This Is A Turn Off | GOOD

This Is A Turn Off | GOOD

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Has the recession finally ended? - Jun. 19, 2009

Has the recession finally ended? - Jun. 19, 2009

Follow the link above to see what CNN thinks.

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Enter the Mathematician

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16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School

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In-N-Out Burger's six secrets for out-and-out success

In-N-Out Burger, the iconic West Coast hamburger chain frequented by celebrities, is not slashing jobs or making major cutbacks during this recession. In fact, the regional chain, which has 232 locations in California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah, took in an estimated $420 million in revenues in 2008, and claims per-store sales of about $1.94 million.

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TwitVid.io Lets You Tweet Directly From Webcam

Tweet videos directly from your webcam on your computer. It will be ready by the end of the weekend, says TwitVid.io co-founder Chrys Bader. You’ll just hit a button directly on the site that says “Direct from webcam,” and it’ll take your video and upload it to your tweet as soon as you hit stop.

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Can you trust that new PC to be malware-free?

When you unbox a brand new computer, you presume that it's lean, clean and pristine, right? The last thing you expect to find on a new system is malware. However, that's one of the first things researchers at Kaspersky Labs found after purchasing and firing up a Companion Touch netbook.

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Is Aging an Accident of Evolution?

Prevailing theory of aging challenged by Stanford University Medical School researchers. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage similar to rust. The Stanford findings suggest specific genetic instructions drive the process.

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10 Tips to Help You Cope With Stress When You Quit Smoking

Learning how to cope with stress without a cigarette in hand is difficult when we first quit smoking. But with a few tools and some practice, you'll find it's less challenging than you might have expected.

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