Shauna Wright

While statistics seem to show the number of cigarette smokers has been shrinking in recent years, don’t celebrate just yet — because while people may be smoking fewer cigarettes, a growing number have become pipe and cigar aficionados.

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The Olympics have been going on for almost a week now, and we’ve finally gotten an answer to the most burning question of the games: do competitive swimmers pee in the pool? According to Carly Geehr, a former member of the US National Swimming Team, they do. A lot.

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People who love social media really love it — and a new poll shows just what they’d be willing to do before they’d consider giving it up.

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Tony Bennett
Age: 86
Occupation: Singer
Known For: His signature song ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ winning 17 Grammys and two Emmys, selling more than 50 million records worldwide, collaborating with dozens of other artists including Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga and Barbra Streisand, and just being impossibly cool

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain (More info)

1900 – The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded (More info)

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Even the best writers sometimes misspell things, but if you’ve recently gotten an awkwardly worded, typo-laden email that appears to be from daily deal site Groupon, you can rest assured that you didn’t just catch the editors on a bad day.

That spelling-challenged missive is the work of scammers.

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With much of the country in the middle of a nasty heat wave, the air-conditioned comfort of a cineplex might be just what you need — and the two flicks opening in wide release this weekend will keep both adults and kids happy.

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Chuck D
Age: 52
Occupation: Rapper, Producer and Activist
Known For: Creating politically and socially-conscious music with the legendary rap group Public Enemy on controversial songs like ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’ and ’911 Is a Joke,’ co-hosting ‘Unfiltered’ on the now-defunct Air America radio network, and a famous appearance before Congress in which he voiced his support of peer-to-peer MP3 file sharing

Adam Duritz
Age: 48
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, and Musician
Known For: Being the dreadlocked frontman and co-founder of the band Counting Crows, hits such as ‘Mr. Jones,’ ‘Round Here,’ ‘Accidentally in Love’ and ‘A Long December,’ renowned work scoring movies like ‘Shrek 2,’ and collaborating with other artists including The Wallflowers and Nanci Griffith

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1842 – The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia (More info)

1914 – Germany declares war on Russia, launching World War I (More info)

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We all know about the dangers of texting while driving — but what about texting while walking?

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