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And the musical answer is…

Musicians intent on rock stardom can now turn to a simple file scan that uses an algorithm to improve odds at scoring a chart-topper. That’s the idea behind Music Intelligence Solutions’ Hit Song Science (HSS) technology located on uPlaya.com. The technology mathematically analyzes the underlying patterns in a track, including harmony, chord progression and lyrics. [...]

Hummus wars

BEIRUT — Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel – a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip. “Come and fight for your bite, you know you’re right!” was the slogan for the event [...]

Cool pools.9

GOLDEN NUGGET, Las Vegas, Nevada Why It’s Cool: You’ll swim with five species of sharks (16 sharks in all) at the Nugget’s $30 million pool complex. The Tank, as it’s called, houses a three-story waterslide, waterfalls, and the pool’s pièce de resistance, the 200,000-gallon shark tank. You’re in more danger at the Golden Nugget’s roulette [...]

Scientology conviction in Paris

PARIS — The French branch of the Church of Scientology was convicted of fraud and fined nearly $900,000 on Tuesday by a Paris court. But the judges did not ban the church entirely, as the prosecution had demanded, saying that a change in the law prevented such an action for fraud. The church said it [...]

Mmmmmmm, minivans

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — What’s bigger than a picnic basket and even better than one in the eyes of black bears that live in Yosemite National Park? A study published this month in the Journal of Mammalogy says it’s minivans driven by families with children who leave behind a trail of spilled juice boxes, [...]

SUV for the tsars

Whale penis leather interior. That’s all you really need to know about the $1.5 million Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. Yes, the diamond-encrusted white gold gauges and gold-plated bulletproof windows are impressive, but seriously, whale penis leather interior…? The already bulletproof and wildly over-the-top 8.1 liter GM V8-powered Dartz Kombat T98 is getting a [...]