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Cheap, plastic travel soap boxes might look like they were made for bars of soap, but really they're ideal for card games.

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Walk down your supermarket's oil aisle, and you've got a surprising number of cooking oils to choose from. You don't have to stick with just one oil, though, for simplicity's sake. The Kitchn recommends keeping these three oils topped up for universal cooking and flavor needs.

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Garbage disposals are gross, wet, and they smell bad over time. You can clean them out, however, with some lemon and vinegar ice cubes.

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Cold brewed coffee is a great way to enjoy your daily caffeine fix, but making it can often be a little fussy depending on the method. This technique is quick, easy, and uses items you likely already have at home—no added equipment necessary.

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Practically every day of the calendar has a "holiday" you can celebrate, from the "Polar Bear Plunge Day" on New Year's Day to "Make Up Your Mind Day" on the last day of the year. As silly as some of these dedicated days are (many dreamed up by organizations and marketers), some of these are great times to score free stuff, like free food, free entertainment, and more. Here's how you can celebrate with freebies all year round.

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The science classroom is coming alive for students in the DC metro area. 

Check out these adorable photos of a baby chimpanzee. Really, what's cuter than a baby animal?

- The mystery is solved -- but the future of the young girl known only as Maria is still uncertain.

- The world has changed since 1929, when U.S. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson shut down the State Department's code-breaking office, declaring "gentlemen don't read others' mail." In the current age of surveillance, world leaders -- who are by their very nature uber-communicators -- are especially vulnerable to communications snooping by friends and foes alike. Here's how some are trying to cope following allegations of massive electronic monitoring by the U.S. National Security Agency:

- The suits are taking over. An investment firm has agreed to buy Dr. Martens, the maker of the boots that became a fashion staple for punks.

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- A 14-foot oarfish that washed ashore in Southern California last week was ready to become a mommy.

A new hat design proposed for the Marine Corps is leading to uproar within the ranks.

- Newly released court documents reveal that a 1999 grand jury indicted John Ramsey and Patsy Ramsey for child abuse resulting in death and being an accessory to a crime, including murder.

- Former National Security Agency chief Michael V. Hayden learned a lesson about eavesdropping aboard an Amtrak train to Newark: Don't talk on the phone where people can hear you.

- Amid incidents of pets dying from dog treats, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing long-awaited rules to make pet food and animal feed safer.

- Horse-drawn carriage rides through the streets of New York -- an experience nearly as old as the city itself -- could be clip-clopping to a halt.

Montgomery County police need your help identifying suspects who used a stolen credit card to buy a puppy.

Watch this adorable video of the giant panda cub at the National Zoo as she crawls.

A Health and Human Services official says the agency did not test the health exchange website as much as it needed to.

A dog wearing a red collar and no tags was found by a resident in Md., officials said.

Officer Huber says the new law is so detailed, its difficult to prosecute. 

'Tis the season for holiday jobs. Hiring is well underway, and these companies are bringing on the most seasonal workers.

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Always in search of new things to blog about, we went out to the Digital Content Expo in Odaiba this Thursday and we were not disappointed.This is our first post showing what we found

The Aqua top display from Koike Laboratory is one of a kind.

The idea came to one of its creators while in the bath, because of the difficulty of bringing an information device such as a personal computer or a tablet in the bathtub. The project took six months to be conceptualized and prototyped, though it’s currently still in the prototype phase.

The system is set up around a bathtub or a 600mm x 900mm x 250mm square plastic tank full of water mixed with commercially available bath milk, on which the display is projected. Both of the containers are equipped with waterproof speakers on the inside to provide greater interactivity. Above the water are suspended a projector and a depth camera (such as Microsoft Kinect) connected to a personal computer. Currently two displays can be projected on the water, a content viewer (for videos or photos) and a jellyfish shooting game.

The liquid display enables the user to become one with it, making for a truly immersive experience as the different functionalities of the display can be controlled both from above and bellow the surface level.

Though, as said before it is still in a prototyping stage, it it not difficult to take a leap and imagine this system being implemented in homes…imagining how much easier it would make a parents life when it comes to making their children take a bath makes it an interesting innovation…until said children refuse to leave the bathtub that is.

The owner of a dog-sitting service has been charged with stealing prescription drugs from her clients' houses, and the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office says they're looking for more victims.

A deputy attorney general says District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray supports decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana because the drug is not particularly harmful and because arresting people for possession can do significant damage.

We've said it before, one of the best things about fall is the season's beauty.

Authorities say Christina L. Garrett-Gates of Christy's Canine & Pet Care, LLC is suspected of taking prescription drugs

The Food and Drug Administration reached out to owners and veterinarians Tuesday to help it find the poison behind the sickening of at least 3,600 dogs and 10 cats since 2007