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New Buzz detected on January 11, 2007

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American Soccer

Sports Buzz David Beckham is coming to America. Our first sports trend in ages! Will this make you care about soccer, finally? More importantly, will this mean even more wonky boobs for our deficient American tabloids?

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The Revelations

Music Buzz London girl group is ABBA meets Phil Spector. Britan's next reincarnation of the Spice Girls is a full-on soulful sixties revival meets bubblegum pop. Did Phil Spector escape to West London somehow?

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Free Banksy Art

Arts/Culture Buzz UK guerilla grafitti artist is offering huge high-res images you can print for free on his website. Brad Pitt paid £200k for a Banksy work of art. All we have to say is, what a chump!

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Life on $7.25

Political Buzz Congress could raise minimum wage to $7.25. This trend is also entitled "Sympathy for Wal-Mart."

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Fringe

Fashion Buzz Spring fashion trend! We are now equipped to bring you a 1970s revival kit: here's your music, your drugs, and now your outfit. We have unconditional faith that you can totally work this 1970's flapper girl look.

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Buzz detected on January 10, 2007

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Gates vs Jobs

Tech Buzz Who's the more likeable nerd? Nothing like a little popularity contest to spice up all this Macworld/CES madness. Some questions to consider: Did Bill Gates convince you that Vista isn't a total disaster? Did Steve Jobs seduce you into buying a $500 cellphone? Who has more indie cred? And finally, the Mock Turtleneck: Who wore it best?

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Lumpy Butts

Lifestyle Buzz Britney's ass is lumpy. Male menopause, dimply backsides - it's a day of devastating afflictions here at BuzzFeed. Stars, they really are just like us.

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Somalia: The New Iraq

Political Buzz U.S. attacks Al Qaeda in Somalia. Uh-oh! Al Qaeda strikes again, this time in a country that's pretty much the opposite of the U.S. We're actually just trying to distract you from how badly the war is going.

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David Vandervelde

Music Buzz Bloggers are nuts over this singer-songwriter. You'll have to forgive me, as I did not even bother listening to this. It was more like, this shaggy-haired dude was showing up all over my RSS reader getting comparisons to John Lennon, Scott Walker and David Bowie. What this guy lacks in innovation is definitely made up for in hype.

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Male Menopause

Science Buzz Newsweek blows the lid off a hot epidemic: male menopause. Is this for reals? Perhaps the new breed of Macho Dems can debunk this whole theory once and for all.

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Buzz detected on January 9, 2007

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Neal Pollack's Alternadad

Arts/Culture Buzz Memoir includes insider indie rock references, documents the scary rise of the Yupster. Does your five-year-old take guitar lessons? Do you have one of these tacky iPod-stroller hybrid-thingies? Does your toddler wear a Death Cab for Cutie t-shirt to sleep? If so, congratulations! You are officially a stereotype, and Neal Pollack is your spokesperson.

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Universal Healthcare…for California

Political Buzz Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose universal healthcare plan. Hopefully one day we can change the name of this trend to be "Universal Healthcare...for ALL!" but until then, we'll just lament not living in Sweden.

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Macworld Rumors Are True/False

Tech Buzz Speculation and hype builds as new Apple products are announced at Macworld. Stay abreast of what could possibly unfold at Macworld. We love giving Apple free PR!

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Schizophrenic Celebs

Lifestyle Buzz Angelina flip-flops over her scathing comments about Madonna's "illegal" adoption. The sole purpose of this trend is to highlight how annoying Angelina Jolie is.

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Zoo

Movie Buzz THINKfilm picks up a documentary about horse sex. We here at BuzzFeed love animal porn. So when we heard about this documentary being featured at Sundance, it somehow made us feel less disgusting, a little more validated in the world.

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