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Your first thought may be, who is Zig Ziglar.  Zig was a man I never knew, but he taught me the greatest lesson I ever learned, "your attitude deteremines your altitude."  Zig's teachings always came with humorous stories, analogies and catchy phrases like "you need a checkup from the neck up" and "you suffer from a hardening of the attitudes." Click to check out some of his great stories.

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With all the preparation for Thanksgiving and the holidays on the way, I almost forgot about that ominous prediction made by the Mayan Calendar. Remember? We heard toward the end of last year how that on December 21, 2012, the world as we know it would come to an end. But, before you go out and by a new Jaguar or a plan a month-long Hawaiian vacation on your credit card, read this.

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There will be a total solar eclipse today at 2:30, but if you're not in Australia your best chance to catch a glimpse is online.

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This week is "National World Kindness Week", and we can all participate by performing a kind act. It doesn't have to be a big effort; maybe it's helping a senior citizen walk across the street, visiting a shut-in, or just saying thank you to an overworked store sales clerk.

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As a kid, I remember my mother belonging to the "Record Of The Month Club", and almost every month, an Andy Williams album would arrive at our doorstep. And every Monday night, "The Andy Williams Show" on NBC was on our McShea family TV. Andy Williams died Tuesday night at the age of 84 from his battle with bladder cancer.

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The nude photo drama may just be beginning for Kate Middleton and Prince William. The editor of the French magazine Closer is hinting at having unpublished sex photos of Middleton and Prince William, though she hasn't divulged any details.

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The Royal Family troubles continue. This morning, a French tabloid will publish topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. The magazine called “Closer” teases the exclusive on their website 'Discover the incredible pictures of the future Queen of England as you've never seen before … and as you'll never see again.'

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Today we remember the tragic events of September 11, 2001, which we have come to know as 9/11. For every American, including this one, it was a moment frozen in time. I remember exactly where I was when the news starting pouring in about the attacks on that fateful day. A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I were in New York City and visited the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero.

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Bill Gates, best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, has found a new area he plans to revolutionize. The bathroom. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a competition to reinvent the toilet.

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Earlier this month NASA successfully landed Curiosity, a car-size rover, on the surface of Mars. For the past week Curiosity has sent back some spectacular images from the surface of Mars, including high-resolution and color images of the Red Planet

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There are a number of celebrity birthdays during the "Frog Days Of Summer", and today President Barack Obama celebrates his 51st birthday. On this day in 1961, President Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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It's been a while but as I recall the most difficult part of my first learners permit test was trying to parallel park. The three point turn was no walk  in the park either but parallel parking was the moment of most pressure. Apparently this was not the case for a Chinese driver named Han Yue who according to CarsGuide.com set a Guinness Book ofWorld Records mark for parking his Mini Cooper in a space that was only 15 centimeters larger than his car. Check out the video.

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