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    Mashable Weekend Recap: 42 Stories You Might Have Missed

    A real-life Star Wars' force glove and Twitter's new rules were among the top headlines this past weekend. Mashable brought you those stories, as well as other tech and social media news during your downtime.

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    Our staff kept tabs on all the latest events, so don't fret if you missed a few articles. Check out all the coverage here, in our handy Weekend Recap. Take a peek at the links below, for the latest.

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    ‘Star Wars’ Force Glove Lets You Move Objects Without Touching

    Your Deleted Facebook Photos Will Now Be Gone Forever

    Google Maps Updates Street View for New Orleans

    This is Where NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity is Headed [PICS]

    Apple v. Samsung Case Decided by Verdict-O-Matic [SUNDAY COMICS]

    Top 10 Pinterest Pins This Week

    L.A. Restaurant Gives Discount for Staying Off Your Phone

    Beyoncé Debuts ‘I Was Here’ for World Humanitarian Day [VIDEO]

    New Twitter Rules Spur Online Protests

    10 Infectious YouTube Clips of Babies Laughing at Dogs [VIDEO]

    5 Ways to Pay for Dinner With Your Phone

    10 Gchat Tricks and Tips for Power Users

    The Social Media Recruitment Survival Guide

    Top 10 GIFs of the Week

    9 Sites to Save You Big on College Textbooks

    News & Opinion

    Motorola Hints at Razr HD Launch in Sept. 5 Event Invite

    Digital Bracelet Detects If Medical Staff Need to Wash Their Hands

    Online Petition Urges NBC to Cancel ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ for Glorifying War

    Assange: U.S. ‘Must Renounce Witch Hunt Against WikiLeaks’

    $20 Million Facebook Privacy Settlement Rejected by Judge

    Facebook Trumps Yahoo as Second Most-Popular Video Site

    Sony Unveils Successor to Xperia S Smartphone: The Xperia SL

    McDonald’s Tests PayPal Hot on Heels of Starbucks-Square Deal

    World’s Tallest Ferris Wheel Proposed for New York

    U.S. Military Designing Anti-Suicide Spray

    Congressman’s Remarks About Rape and Pregnancy Rebuked on Twitter

    Baseball Star Created Fake Website to Dodge Drug Suspension [REPORT]

    Weekend Leisure

    3 Hot Games You Should Play This Weekend

    Most Popular Online Recipes Are Super Fattening

    Shark Week Gets Autotuned in Hilarious and Catchy Video

    Fifty Shades Generator Spices Up Dummy Text

    Top 8 Comments This Week

    The Sound of a Dying Star

    Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS]

    The 35 Fittest People in Tech

    Mintacular Ad ‘Redefines Chewing’ in Apple Parody [VIDEO]

    Helpful Resources

    Connectify Combines All Your Internet Networks Into One

    5 Kid-Friendly Headphones for Your Next Road Trip

    Bloombox Amplifies Your Phone Sound and Holds Your Plants

    These Telecommuting Jobs Will Surprise You

    5 Things Job Hunters Should Make Time For This Weekend

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    • Man charged with tossing wife off cruise ship

      SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy.

    • Bieber behind wheel as car hits man in Hollywood

      LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't life-threatening.

    • Kim and Kanye's Baby Name Is Not That Strange

      It's being reported that rapper Kanye West and his reality star girlfriend Kim Kardashian have named their brand-new baby, born this weekend, Kaidence Donda West. Donda was Kanye's late mother's name, so that makes sense, but, um, Kaidence? What's going on with Kaidence?

    • Police: Paraplegic castrated at Philly facility

      PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 41-year-old man is being held on $5 million bail after police say he castrated a paraplegic during a dispute at an assisted living facility in Philadelphia.

    • 3 charged in Ohio with enslaving mother, daughter

      CLEVELAND (AP) — Three Ohioans are accused of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over two years.

    • Afghanistan Peace Process Is Falling Apart Before It Can Even Begin

      Within hours of announcing they were ready to talk peace, the Taliban took credit for killing four more Americans and the government of Afghanistan is backing out of negotiations. Is the whole process of bringing peace to the country doomed to fail?

    • Russia uncovers $23.5 billion in illegal transfers

      Russia's central bank has uncovered a network of shell companies that illegally funneled staggering sums of money abroad. Outgoing central bank chief Sergei Ignatiev told lawmakers Wednesday that 173 "one-day ...

    • Gangs of Cairo? Egyptian minister fights culture war

      By Shadia Nasralla CAIRO (Reuters) - "Gangs of New York" seems a fitting favourite movie for Egypt's new culture minister, a film studies professor who styles himself an outsider fighting to break the hold of a privileged elite over spending on the arts. Artists enraged that he fired the head of Cairo Opera, and fearing Muslim puritans may ban ballet, have barricaded Alaa Abdel Aziz from entering his own ministry. ...

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