Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

A strange attraction compels me to hold things, yet I feel no warmth or love. My friends and I stick together unless one faces me - and then he is pushed away. What am I?

ANSWER (told ya. Congrats mrweasel): A magnet.

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NEXT RIDDLE (a good one to ponder all weekend):


My first 2 letters refer to him;
Take my first 3 and it is she;
My first 4 letters talk of a great one;
Yet all my letters signify a great woman. What is this word?