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This futuristic hotel has 22 underwater rooms. A Polish company has agreed to build it near the island of Kuredhivaru, located in the Maldives–a group of islands in the Indian Ocean that is threatened by impending sea level rise. It could be ready for its first visitors within a couple of years.

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Weekend Box Office: June 21-23, 2013

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Title / Weekend Gross (in millions usd)

Monsters University $82 m
World War Z $66 m
Man of Steel $41.2 m
This is the End $13 m
Now You See Me $7.8 m
Fast & Furious 6 $4.7 m
The Internship $3.4 m
The Purge $3.4 m
Star Trek Into Darkness $3 m
Iron Man 3 $2.1 m

Record Labels vs. Indie Music [infographic]

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Man in Coma After Eating 413 Red Lobster Biscuits

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A food writer was rushed to UAMS hospital a few days ago after consuming 413 Cheddar Bay Biscuits from Red Lobster. Doctors confirm that he slipped into a coma shortly after being admitted into the emergency room.

Kevin Shalin, better known as The Mighty Rib, joined a number of fellow food writers and critics to try the highest grossing restaurants in the metro area. Read More

War On Drugs Is A War On Weed

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June 21, 2013

Marijuana accounted for 99.5 percent of Border Patrol drug seizures by weight at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2011, according to an analysis by Center for Investigative Reporting in California, which compiled the information into to an interactive map on its website.

The Border Patrol seized at least 1.9 million pounds of marijuana on the U.S.-Mexico border in 2011. Second place goes to cocaine, with just 7,461 pounds seized.

Of the 113,664 thousands drug seizures analyzed by the Center for Investigative Reporting from 2005 to 2011, nearly 89 percent involved marijuana. Cocaine trailed far behind, with just 7.4 percent.

Government could save $13.7 Billion Per Year by legalizing Marijuana, according to Economist.

Congrats To The Miami Heat | 2013 NBA Champions

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June 20, 2013

Miami Heat and Lebron James win back to back titles after beating the Spurs in Game 7 miami 95 san antonio 88. Lebron James won MVP finishing with 37 Pts and 12 reb

Congratulations!

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/16/2013

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June 19, 2013

Albert Einstein

#2. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories – 48,000 (543,000)

#10. Lonely Island – Wack Album – 28,000 (28,000)

#17. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 23,000 (821,000)

#43. Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being II – 10,000 (487,000)

#55. French Montana – Excuse My French – 8,400 (94,000)

#56. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city – 8,200 (929,000)

#63. Action Bronson & Harry Fraud – Saab Stories – 7,600 (7,600)

#88. The-Dream – IV Play – 5,500 (37,000)

#133. Kid Cudi – Indicud – 3,700 (219,000)

#175. Prodigy & Alchemist – Albert Einstein – 3,000 (3,000)

^{* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.}

Obesity Is Officially A Disease in America

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June 19, 2013

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The association voted on the measure at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have “doubled among adults in the last twenty years and tripled among children in a single generation” and that the World Health Organization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Internal Revenue Service already recognize the condition as a disease.

Obesity is associated with a variety of diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some cancers. Rising obesity is expected to increase America’s already high health care costs.

The AMA’s recommendations accompanying the vote included urging physicians and insurance companies to “recognize obesity as a complex disorder,” encouraging national efforts to educate the public “about the health risks of being overweight and obese.”

The AMA also recommended the creation “National Obesity Awareness Month” to highlight the benefits of exercise and to warn of the risks of obesity. Source

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Dolce and Gabbana Sentenced To Jail For Tax Evasion

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June 19, 2013

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Stefano Gabbana (left) Domineco Dolce (right)

ROME (AFP) – An Italian court Wednesday sentenced fashion house duo Dolce and Gabbana to one year and eight months in prison for tax evasion of around one billion euros ($1.33 billion), according to media reports.

Lawyers for Dolce and Gabbana, whose celebrity clients include Beyonce and Madonna, immediately said they will be appealing, and under Italian law the sentence will be suspended in the meantime.

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were accused of having transferred control of their brands to a shell company in Luxembourg in 2004 and 2005 to avoid paying Italian taxes.

Prosecutors had argued that setting up the Luxembourg company Gado — an acronym of the surnames of the two designers — while the company was operating out of Italy was a bid to defraud the state.

Investigators completed a probe into the designers, as well as five other people, in 2010 and the case was dismissed in April 2011 but reopened in November last year and went to trial.

Founded in 1985, Dolce and Gabbana employs more than 3,000 people and has 250 shops in 40 countries around the world.

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Weekend Box Office: June 14-16, 2013

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June 17, 2013

Title / Weekend Gross (in millions usd)

Man of Steel $116.6 m
This Is The End $20.7 m
Now You See Me $11 m
Fast & Furious 6 $9.5 m
The Purge $8.3 m
The Internship $7.1 m
Epic $6.2 m
Star Trek Into Darkness $6.2 m
After Earth $4 m
Iron Man 3 $2.9 m

Nevada Medical Marijuana Dispensary Law Signed By Brian Sandoval

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June 15, 2013