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Bedbugs on A Plane: Scarier Than Snakes on a Plane?

If you’ve ridden British Airways recently, you may want to check for bites.

Bed bug insecticide products are displayed at the Bedbug University North American Summit 2010 on September 22, 2010 (Brian Kersey / Getty Images)

Watch Out! Bedbugs Becoming Genetically Resistant to Pesticides

The bedbug actually could be the bogeyman: it’s scary, it comes out at night, and like a horror movie, it’s now becoming resistant to our tools for wiping them off the face of the earth.

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Oh LeBron, We Didn’t Care That Much: The Most Overreported Stories of 2010

There were a lot of overreported stories this year. And now we’re going to, uh, report on them some more by letting you know what they were.

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Horror For The Holidays: May We Recommend Bed Bugs, The Game?

This holiday season give your children the gift of paranoid creature fear. 

United Nations headquarters, site of fierce interspecies conflict

The Longest War: The United Nations Vs. Bedbugs (2009-?)

The news further destabilizes the already-fragile region of Manhattan.

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Betting on Bedbugs: Oddsmakers Predict Next NYC Outbreak

Why bet on sports teams or horse races when you can bet on something much more suspenseful: Bedbug infestations!

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Bedbug Bites: Martha Stewart Living Embroiled in Mattress Dispute

With a growing cornucopia of bedrooms suffering from those imprudent parasites, what’s a good old magnate to do?

Bed Bug adult (Cimex lectularius).

Are Bedbugs Taking Over New York City?

In the movies, it’s usually aliens that take over the Big Apple. In reality, it’s tiny, crawly little pests with an adorable name.

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Bedbugs Do SoHo: Infestation at America’s Trendiest Hollister Store

Man, those bedbugs have terrible fashion sense.