You’ve accepted the idea that TV makes you dumber. You know there are lots of more edifying things you could be doing with your time than cheering on the contestants on “Survivor.”

And unless you’re working out to an exercise video, you know those hours sprawled out in front of the screen are going to make you fatter — not to mention the impact of all that junk food you’ve been tempted to scarf down during the commercial breaks.

But you’ll be surprised to learn the host of other bad things TV can do to you.

Full story – MSNBC

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Many people use the same password for everything – from their private work accounts, containing a plethora of confidential details, through to their own personal Facebook or social networking account.

Analysis of the 32 million passwords exposed last month in the breach of social media application developer RockYou – who’s applications can be used on Facebook and Myspace – provides further proof that consumers routinely use easy-to-guess login credentials.

After the security breach, database security firm Imperva analysed the passwords used, publishing a report entitled Consumer Password Worst Practices.

The data found that the most common passwords were:

1. 123456
2. 12345
3. 123456789
4. Password
5. iloveyou
6. princess
7. rockyou
8. 1234567
9. 12345678
10. abc123

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The Super Bowl is today and your friends are coming over.

Rachel Ray has got some winning party menus, plus recipes and extras to help you make a super spread of dips, apps, pizza, burgers and more. Score!

Rachel Ray

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Carrie Underwood is set to sing the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at this year’s Super Bowl at which the New Orleans “Saints” and Indiana “Colts” will battle it out to win the ultimate NFL title of the year. The Super Bowl is supposed to kick off around 6:30 p.m. ET, but make sure to tune in earlier to watch Carrie sing the National Anthem.

Here is the video of Carrie Underwood performing a sound check on Friday.

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Dreaming is one of the most mysterious and interesting experiences in our lives.

During the Roman Era, some dreams were even submitted to the Roman Senate for analysis and dream interpretation. They were thought to be messages from the gods. Dream interpreters even accompanied military leaders into battles and campaigns!

In addition to this, it is also known, that many artists have received their creative ideas from their dreams.

But what do we actually know about dreams?

Here are 15 interesting facts about dreams

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