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Newsgeist: 12/3/10

By Eric Pickhartz, December 3, 2010, 8:29am, Newsdesk

Friday's Newsgeist shares stories of tax cuts, the World Cup, and The Three Stooges. Click "read more" for the whole scoop.

-Round Rock's population growth is triggering a crime increase.

-The Senate will vote on two tax cut adjustments tomorrow.

-NASA has reinvented its search for alien life forms via an influential discovery.

-FOX and the Farrelly brothers will begin production on The Three Stooges movie in March.

-Violence and upheaval over the recent elections in the Ivory Coast have caused the borders to be closed.

-Soccer's governing body chose Russia and Qatar for future World Cup sites, and not everyone thinks it's a good idea.

-And finally, Congress is approving bills on the really important issues.

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