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Laurie Tewksbury has a no-excuses method to get outside. Her plan could get you out the door more, too.

UNC's J.P. Tokoto went soaring for a fast-break dunk in the second half of the Tar Heel's game against Iowa St.

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There are a lot of Reddit clients for Android, and surprisingly, a lot of really solid options. One of them is Reddit Now, and it's been getting steadily better ever since the initial release. Version 3 is probably the biggest update yet, with a significant improvement to the user interface. You can now move through the major subreddit categories, or your own bookmarked subreddits, by swiping through tabs a la the Play Store.

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Reddit Now Version 3 Adds A New Tabbed Interface, Posting From The App, Improved Comment Loading, And More was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

Did you know that the main voice actors on The Simpsons are paid $400,000+ per episode? Or, that Darth Vader actually says "No, I am your father" rather than the often misquoted "Luke, I am your father?"? What about the fact that the coyote actually caught the road runner in an episode that aired during 1980? Those are just some of the fun and random facts, things that we've rounded up for your entertainment today. Continue reading to see them all.

Carpe diem is an aphorism usually translated "seize the day", taken from a poem written in the Odes in 23 BC by the Latin poet Horace, Book 1, number 11. The aphorism became very popular when used in the movie Dead Poets Society. Now here's one boat that decided to put a fun twist on the quote. Continue reading for more funny and pun-tastic boat names you won't believe are real.

Every life-changing moment should come with a sweet, quiet video like this.

Eleven-year-old Logan had no idea what to expect when he sat down in front of a camera and was told to read a special message from a sheet of paper. The video cuts in as Logan is reading off his plans for the year — just before the unexpected surprise that he will soon become a big brother.

Logan's reaction is a perfect mix of shock and excitement, from total confusion to near-speechlessness and teary eyes.

Since the emotional video was published a few days ago, Logan has started his own Twitter account where fans can follow his journey to becoming an older brother. He has wasted no time, sharing doctor's appointment updates and potential names for his future sibling Read more...

MarkAsRead for Gmail is a quintessential Android app. It does just one thing, and before you go hunting for an app description to figure it out, try giving its name another read. That's right, MarkAsRead for Gmail... lets you mark Gmail messages as read straight from the notification. In between the usual archive and reply buttons that Google provides out of the box, this app sneaks in that ever-so-useful (mark as) read option.

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[New App] MarkAsRead For Gmail - Wait For It - Sticks A Mark As Read Button In Your Gmail Notifications was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

A night of overtimes continued as Lawrence Alexander hit a wild, off-balance three-pointer with twelve seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime against 5 seed Oklahoma and set up his North Dakota State Bison to win 80-75 after the extra period. The battle left NDSU coach Saul Phillips ready to ROCK.

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Does the name Edith Macefield ring a bell? If not, she's basically an 84-year-old lady who turned down a million dollar offer to sell her home to Seattle-based land developers. So, they were forced to alter the building's plan around the small, two-story home. The shopping mall was eventually completed and towered around her home. Continue reading for a video and more information.

Tony Romo and his wife Candice welcomed their second child into the world yesterday, and they gave the tyke an...uh...interesting name.

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How many times have you seen New York City destroyed onscreen? Los Angeles? Kansas? For nearly as long as there have been movies, there have been disaster movies. The map above shows 189 such cinematic attacks—using a very broad definition of the "disaster" genre—that have afflicted various parts of the United States. Below, you'll find each category listed as its own map, with an accompanying movie list.

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The Game of Thrones cast stormed Lincoln Center on Tuesday for the New York City premiere of the show's highly-anticipated fourth season, which airs April 6 on HBO.

There were dragons. There were Lannisters. There were Starks. And there was blood

Just kidding. There wasn't blood — but there was a red carpet

The cast, including Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Jack Gleeson (Joffrey Baratheon) — almost unrecognizable in his clean clothes — proved that even the Houses of Westeros can get along for one night without stabbing one another in the back Read more...

A former United States naval vessel will be set on fire this August, and the Navy will send robots to put out the blaze.

The Navy is testing robots that will put out fires instead of having sailors do the job. The humanoids may be tasked with dousing fires aboard naval vessels full-time within a few years, experts within the Navy told Mashable. But before that happens, the machines will have to pass a test in August at Mobile Bay, Ala., aboard a decommissioned vessel dedicated to firefighting exercises, the ex-USS Shadwell. This will mark the first time the bots have practiced on a ship.

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening around the world. Today, we're looking at five important stories

• A New York band teacher was arrested after selling her students’ instruments for drug money. NBC reports that a police officer spotted a tuba in Danielle Conner-Willowglade's car. She later admitted to stealing about 50 instruments, which she then sold to buy heroin.

• Google is touting a new feature for Android’s Google search app. The updated version will launch the camera by saying “OK Google, take a photo" or “OK Google, take a video.”

• Between Two Ferns isn’t the only hilarious show on the President Barack Obama’s list. He also appeared on The Ellen Show. "Moms out there: Email your kids if they don’t have health insurance and tell them to at least check it out," Obama said on the show. Read more...

If Minnesota’s bitter winter air isn’t cold enough, the water should be just right.

It sounds like something out of a Looney Tunes skit.

A cyclist riding along the shoulder of a rode is sideswiped by an improperly secured mattress that fell off a truck. The flying bed ended up providing the biker with a safe and squishy landing pad, leaving him both confused and comfortable.

The video, which appears to be filmed in a Spanish-speaking country from a security camera, provides little information. However, the cyclist seems to be in good shape, and is able to walk away from the accident. The time-stamp on the footage reveals the accident took place on March 17, 2014 Read more...

Prepare to relive your childhood, millennials. The first official trailer for the upcoming movie The Giver was released Wednesday.

The movie is based on the bestselling 1993 young adult novel by Lois Lowry that follows a boy named Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) through 12 years of his life in a future Utopian society that is slowly revealed to be anything but ideal.

Jonas is assigned the role of The Receiver of Memory, or the only person who can remember what life was like before the Sameness took over. As Jonas receives these memories from the elder receiver a.k.a. The Giver (Jeff Bridges), he is made aware of the dark secrets of his fragile society Read more...

It's been exactly 29 years — or 348 consecutive months — since the last cooler-than-average month on this planet, according to new data released on Wednesday morning. The data, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), reflects the warming trend seen around the world during the past century, which scientists blame largely on the increasing amounts of manmade greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

The last cooler-than-average month (based on a 1961 to 1990 average) on a global level was February of 1985, the year the first version of Microsoft Windows was released and the first Back to the Future film hit theaters Read more...

We know it’s been keeping you up at night. Ever since Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen removed his smash hit game from both iOS and Android app stores, there’s been a void in our smartphones that can’t be filled. But worry no longer, Nguyen has officially confirmed via his Twitter account that the game will, in fact, be returning to the App Store (and likely the Play Store as well). No word on a specific time frame, with Dong only mentioning it wont be anytime soon. You can find his tweet below.

@painfullpacman Yes. But not soon.

— Dong Nguyen (@dongatory) March 19, 2014

Did you know that Barbie in Toy Story was voiced by Jodi Benson of Little Mermaid fame? Or, that Billy Crystal turned down the role of Buzz Lightyear, but still managed to work with Pixar, playing the character of Mike Wazowski in the Monsters Inc. films? Click here to view the first image in this week's funny internet trolls gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of the secret found in nearly every single one of Wes Anderson's movies.