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'Bedtime Procrastination' Is Making You Sleepy

It's a 'modern phenomenon,' researchers surmise

(Newser) - After a sleepy start to the week, you swore you'd be in bed last night by 10—but when the clock struck midnight, you were still catching up on Game of Thrones. You're not the only one struggling to get to bed despite wanting to sleep: Researchers are...

Top Tax-Procrastination Cities
 Top Tax-Procrastination Cities 
Mar 22, 2010 10:03 PM CDT

Top Tax-Procrastination Cities

Houston takes over No. 1 spot, TurboTax says

(Newser) - Your taxes are due April 15, and TurboTa x says it has a pretty good idea of who’s going to file late. Herewith, its list of US cities most likely to procrastinate:
  1. Houston (up from No. 2)
  2. Chicago (up from 4)
  3. New York (holding steady)
  4. Austin (a big jump,
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The Onion's Favorite Procrastination Sites

(Newser) - When the editors and writers at the Onion AV Club aren’t working—which appears to be often—they have their own “favorite time-wasting” websites to frequent. A sampling:
  • CNN: "They’ve got some news there that you can read and junk," Nathan Rabin writes. "As
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Equation Helps Procrastinators Overcome Their Stall Tactics

You know, when you get around to it

(Newser) - The legions of those of us who "will do it later" are growing, reports the Sunday Times, but now there's a formula to figure out what chance you have of beating back your delay tactics. A Calgary University business professor claims in a new book, The Procrastination Equation,...

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