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Star Trek gag reel leaked on YouTube

Six minutes of outtakes and flubs included on the Star Trek DVD release scheduled for November 17 are available for...
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Eternal Image introduces Star Trek urn and casket

Recently Bianca Bosker reported on the Huffington Post that a Star Trek fan's ashes were interred inside a SPARCstation computer (late 80s/early90s...
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Star Trek knitted meerkats for sale on Etsy

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An English crafter has come up with a way to simultaneously satisfy the human craving for Star Trek, hand-knitted crafts and adorable meerkats with a...
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Shatner and Stewart will headline San Francisco Star Trek convention

William Shatner and Patrick Stewart will headline the Star Trek convention presented in San Francisco by Creation Entertainment January 23-24, 2010....
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Star Trek: The Exhibition, its continuing mission

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Wrapping up successful runs in Philadelphia at The Franklin Institute and at the Detroit Science Center, "Star Trek: The Exhibition" is...
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Lucy Maria Boydston claims Miss Klingon Empire title

Lucy Maria Boydston of Hixson, Tennessee, a.k.a. "Warrior Ariam", was crowned 2009's Miss Klingon Empire Sunday night at Dragon*Con in...
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Star Trek 101: Why does Spock have green blood?

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Spock, USS Enterprise First Officer and Science Officer, is half human and half Vulcan, the son of a human mother and a Vulcan father; his physiology...
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Star Trek 101: What is warp speed?

In Star Trek, the warp propulsion system in starships enables travel at speeds faster than the speed of light. Without faster-than-light-speed travel,...
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Dragon*Con Star Trek programming features Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner

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Dragon*Con, running Labor Day weekend September 4-7, is one of the world's largest science fiction and fantasy events, spread across the Hyatt,...
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SEE Trek Love modifies petition for portrayals of gay characters in Star Trek

SEE Trek Love, an internet campaign (SEE stands for Social Equality Effort) that once featured a petition for a portrayal of an intimate relationship...
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