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It wasn't sea monsters, zombies, or a broken heart. The mysterious death in 1817 of the original literary singleton, Jane Austen, could have been a very unromantic case of infective tuberculosis caught from cows.

The 19th-century novelist, whose body of work practically launched an entire network of PBS mini-series, dozens of movies, and yes, even the plots of "Clueless" and "Bridget Jones's Diary," died at the way-too-young-age of 41. And ever since, the cause of her death has remained a hot topic with the literary crowd.

Her life also continues to fascinate the Web. In the last seven days alone, "jane austen biography" had an almost 150% increase in queries. Same goes for "jane austen movies," "jane austen novels," and "jane austen quotes."

The Guardian reports that a fresh review of Austen's symptoms concludes that the otherwise healthy woman did not go from Addison's disease, as had been widely accepted. Or, as a more recent biography hypothesized, lymphoma. Instead, the researcher writing for the British Medical Journal argued that a more common explanation for the symptoms of the "Pride and Prejudice" author point to TB.

This version of the disease (curable today) affects the joints and liver, and could have been caught from drinking unpasteurized milk. The medical scholar (who also suffers from Addison's disease) made the observation from a careful review of Austen's letters penned in the last two years of her life. Other hints: Jane Austen kept mentally sharp and had no pain, as with Addison's disease. Just days before her death, she dictated 24 lines of comic verse.

The unfinished book "Sandition" mocked hypochondria. If she had survived her illness, perhaps she would have written a send-up of bad milk.

Gone are the days when friends and relatives received marriage announcements weeks after the big event. Thanks to iPhones, Twitter, and Facebook, the newly betrothed can spread the word instantly. That's become not norm. However, when the groom goes out of his way to digitally alert the masses that he's now a married man (while standing at the altar, mind you), folks tend to take notice.

Dana Hanna took digital geekery to a whole new level when he retrieved his PDA from his pocket and changed his relationship status on Facebook in front of his shocked bride and closest friends. After being pronounced husband and wife by the officiant, Mr. Hanna delayed kissing his bride and instead pulled out what appeared to be a Blackberry. Then, as quickly as his thumbs could manage, he updated his status, and sent out a tweet that said "Standing at the altar with @TracyPage where just a second ago, she became my wife! Gotta go, time to kiss my bride!"

One can only assume (and hope) that Mr. Hanna meant it as kind of a joke. The blogosphere looks to be giving him the benefit of the doubt. The clip itself, available on popular sites like YouTube and Yahoo! Video, has become a Web sensation. You can sign up to receive tweets from Mr. Hanna here. You know, just in case you want to be informed the moment his first child is born.

Below, an AP video of the unusual ceremony...

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Many folks who looked up at the sky last night were greeted with a very bizarre sight: a luminous ring surrounding the moon. Were aliens coming? Was the end of the world at hand? Fortunately, no.

Though it looked ominous, the shiny ring around the moon last night was actually a rather common weather phenomenon. According to various weather-related blogs across the Buzz, this ring around the moon occurs when thin cirrus clouds, which contain ice crystals, refract the moonlight. A blog from the Goddard Space Flight Center explains that "the shape of the ice crystals results in a focusing of the light into a ring. Since the ice crystals typically have the same shape, namely a hexagonal shape, the Moon ring is always the same size."

Of course, in the moment, many sky watchers didn't know what the heck was going on, and the resulting avalanche of Web searches reflects their confusion. Queries on "ring around the moon," "why is there a ring around the moon," and "ring around moon pictures" all soared into the stratosphere. A news station in Cincinnati reported that they received calls from curious watchers.

Some folks say that if you count the number of stars within the ring, it'll let you know how many days until the next snowfall. Space.com doesn't confirm that tall tale, but it does explain that a ring around the moon in warm-weather months "usually foretells...a long, slow rain [that] should eventually arrive in about 12 to 18 hours."

But hey, even if nothing happens afterward, a ring around the moon is still cool to look at any time of the year.

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