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Animals of Planet Earth: A Discovery Guide

Posted: 31 May 2008 08:51 PM CDT

They live on mountains, caves, fresh water, oceans, jungles. Meet the wildlife on planet Earth.

BREAKING: MICHIGAN COMPROMISE PASSES

Posted: 31 May 2008 08:30 PM CDT

By a 19-8 vote, a compromise allocating Michigan's pledged delegates by a 69-59 formula -- but counting each by just half a vote -- has just passed the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee. The compromise will give Clinton 34.5 delegates and Obama 29.5 delegates. It would also seat all of Michigan's superdelegates but also give them just half a vote.

Exclusive Deleted Scene from LOST season 4

Posted: 31 May 2008 08:21 PM CDT

Sayid, Kate, and Miles at the security fence. Who is Miles talking to?

Twittering From Mars: The Phoenix Lander's Twitter Account

Posted: 31 May 2008 08:06 PM CDT

Did you know that the Phoenix Lander has its own Twitter account? Of course, the Phoenix Lander itself isn't SMS'ing across the solar system, instead NASA is using the Twitter account to provide sharp, interesting updates and newly taken photo's of the surface of Mars.

Digitally Enhanced Photo of Orange Tribe People [PIC]

Posted: 31 May 2008 07:40 PM CDT

"Yo, what's with the bow?""Not now Chief, I'm in the fucking zone"

Donna Brazile:

Posted: 31 May 2008 07:30 PM CDT

At the DNC Rules Panel, Donna Brazile, Superdelegate and Rules Committee Member, owns Clinton Supporter, Governor Blanchard, by stating:"My mama taught me to play by the rules and respect the rules..." "When you decide to change the rules, especially, in the middle of the game, it's called cheating."

Fan's jaw gets shattered by flying chunk of a baseball bat

Posted: 31 May 2008 06:51 PM CDT

"Your whole life changes," Rhodes says over the phone, and she's not looking for sympathy. Just an explanation as to how Major League Baseball continues to allow maple bats when their danger becomes more obvious by the injurious incident.

Major Disasters Around The World

Posted: 31 May 2008 06:30 PM CDT

Sadly true..

Google's Android demo shows app store, tweaks iPhone formula

Posted: 31 May 2008 06:30 PM CDT

Attendees at Google's I/O Conference this week were greeted with an Android phone interface that shares yet more common ground with the iPhone from the company's close neighbor Apple, including the first evidence of a dedicated app store.

Why I fired my secretary today

Posted: 31 May 2008 06:01 PM CDT

Are Ahmadinejad's Days Numbered?

Posted: 31 May 2008 05:41 PM CDT

Larijani's stunning return to center stage in Iranian politics makes two things clear: President Ahmadinejad's hold on power is slipping badly, and next year's Iranian presidential election race is now wide open.

What the CIA Learned From Get Smart

Posted: 31 May 2008 05:22 PM CDT

"Many of the devices first seen in movies and on TV actually came about," says Robert Wallace, former head of the CIA's covert skunk works, the Office of Technical Services.

Free Speech Banned on the Plaza of the Supreme Court

Posted: 31 May 2008 05:22 PM CDT

Thirty-four people were convicted yesterday of misdemeanor charges stemming from a demonstration at the Supreme Court in January in which they decried conditions at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Mutation Spells Bad News for Breast Cancer Patients

Posted: 31 May 2008 04:50 PM CDT

Breast cancer patients with a mutation in both copies of the NQO1 gene have a 20% lower survival rate 5 years after treatment than do patients without the mutation, according to a new study of more than 2000 Finnish women. Those with the mutation were also four times less likely to respond to a common type of chemotherapy.

Spit Can Be A Deadly Weapon

Posted: 31 May 2008 04:32 PM CDT

No one likes to become recipient of a spit projectile. That is unless of course you are swapping it with your significant other.

MySpace Music to Stage Its 150th Secret Show

Posted: 31 May 2008 04:11 PM CDT

MySpace Music launched the Secret Shows franchise in January 2006 and has since hosted such acts as Rilo Kiley, Moby, Maroon 5, the Killers, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tenacious D, Lily Allen, Ice Cube, James Blunt and Neil Diamond in cities around the world.

Google Defends Open Source from 'Poisonous People'

Posted: 31 May 2008 04:10 PM CDT

Fitzpatrick and Collins-Sussman, two long-time open source gurus now plying their trade at Google believe in open source projects that maintain a small "bus factor." That would be the number of contributors who could be hit by a bus before a project collapses. A simple means of maintaining a small bus factor is baring names from source code.

Brilliant! MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills

Posted: 31 May 2008 03:41 PM CDT

MIT develops a mat of nanowires to soak up oil spills.

The Huge Hybrid: Few Takers for a New S.U.V. Twist

Posted: 31 May 2008 03:20 PM CDT

Hybrid models of Detroit's 5,500-pound S.U.V.'s get better mileage, but consumers have been slow to embrace them. If you are wondering why, ask yourself: Is going from 14 MPG to 20 MPG really doing that much?

The Creepiest Thing You Can Do To a Building (PICs)

Posted: 31 May 2008 03:01 PM CDT

AdSense for RSS Feeds Set to Launch Next Week

Posted: 31 May 2008 02:42 PM CDT

Google-owned FeedBurner is set to launch AdSense for RSS next week according to a post on the company's blog. Much like the AdSense for Web sites, AdSense for RSS will show contextual text advertising in publisher's RSS feeds. In other words, if you're reading a blog post about mobile phones in Google Reader, you might see ads for AT&T, Verizon...

DUCK HUNT: Where Did All Those Hunted Ducks Go?

Posted: 31 May 2008 02:20 PM CDT

It seems the dog of Duck Hunt fame has quite the lucrative side business going for himself.

Middle America Embraces Kimbo Slice

Posted: 31 May 2008 02:05 PM CDT

Well, ultimate fighting is now officially an acceptable sport for mainstream America. Tomorrow night, CBS is showing a live fight featuring none other than the Miami headcracker, Kimbo Slice.

StillAliveDS: Portable 2D Portal for DS

Posted: 31 May 2008 01:44 PM CDT

Portal on the go? HUGE SUCCESS.

Tired Japanese shopper steals police car to get home

Posted: 31 May 2008 01:20 PM CDT

Japanese man steals a car sitting idle outside of a post office. Guess he really was that tired!

Kung Fu Bear Cubs

Posted: 31 May 2008 01:00 PM CDT

eat your heart out Kung Fu Panda

Incredible Sushi Art [PICS]

Posted: 31 May 2008 12:43 PM CDT

Nice collection of incredible Japanese Sushi Art.

Firefox + Nintendo = Epic Firefox Addon FireNES

Posted: 31 May 2008 12:22 PM CDT

FireNes allows you to play around 2500 Nintendo games, without the need to download anything or emulator or roms. Super addictive - prepare to do no work whatsoever!

Valve Source Engine to hit Linux soon...?

Posted: 31 May 2008 12:01 PM CDT

This has probably been dugg before, but I've made a few unique observations in my article that I haven't seen anywhere else (namely the orangebox ps3 port).Enjoy. :)

Facebook Faces Canadian Privacy Probe

Posted: 31 May 2008 11:52 AM CDT

Being tracked down by long-lost foes is only one risk you take when you join the popular social networking site Facebook; losing control of your private information could be another.

Time-Travel Expert: LOST Finale Opens New Trap Door in Space

Posted: 31 May 2008 11:30 AM CDT

After last night's mind-bending episode, it's a question only this heady physicist could answer: How do you move an island, then show up halfway across the world? Let's just say the Looking Glass has nothin' on Ben.

Radiohead to Prince: Unblock 'Creep' cover videos

Posted: 31 May 2008 11:20 AM CDT

After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella, the tens of thousands who couldn't be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied — even Radiohead. "Really? He's blocked it?" asked Thom Yorke, "Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our ... song."

5 things that are always on sale

Posted: 31 May 2008 10:01 AM CDT

Whether the purchase is as small as an earring or as big as a house, there are some items you should never pay full price for. Here's how to shop smartly.

Konami Asked ‘MGS4′ Reviewers Not To Mention Certain Things

Posted: 31 May 2008 09:59 AM CDT

I've been told by two gaming media sources who asked to remain anonymous that Konami representatives had been asking print reviewers to keep some technical details out of their reviews, namely the length of the game's cut-scenes and the size of the game's installation on the PlayStation 3. Such details wouldn't have been plot spoilers. . .

Shape of Coke bottle wins trademark registration in Japan

Posted: 31 May 2008 09:58 AM CDT

The familiar curvaceous shape of the Coca-Cola bottle is now officially registered as a trademark in Japan - this nation's first such recognition of a three-dimensional bottle form devoid of any lettering.

Skateboarding in an Empty Waterpark

Posted: 31 May 2008 09:47 AM CDT

Rob & Big stop at a dry water park on their way to Vegas for a little skate session. This looks like it would be a lot of fun on a longboard!

Unhappy Husband Divorces Wife Over Virginity

Posted: 31 May 2008 09:39 AM CDT

France plunged into a heated debate about its marriage laws today after learning that a court had annulled the union of two Muslims because the husband said the wife was not the virgin she had claimed to be. Politicians, feminists and human rights activists denounced the verdict.

Apple Patches 40 Security Holes

Posted: 31 May 2008 09:38 AM CDT

Apple on Wednesday released an update to fix at least 40 different security holes in computers powered by its Mac OS X operating system and other software, including a just-in-time update to fix a dangerous vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player that is being rather heavily exploited at the moment

Skydivers leap from crashing plane in Spain

Posted: 31 May 2008 09:38 AM CDT

Nine skydivers leapt from a plane in eastern Spain on Friday when the aircraft lost a wing and plunged to earth, killing the pilot and one passenger, according to the country's Interior Ministry. The News network Cadena Ser, citing local witnesses, reported that four of the parachutists were injured, two of them seriously...

The Boy Scouts' Free-Speech Fight

Posted: 31 May 2008 09:35 AM CDT

The City of Philadelphia wants the Boy Scouts to be prepared — prepared, that is, to change their views on homosexuality or get out of the city-owned building they have occupied for 80 years. "As a city government we cannot allow discrimination in the delivery of services on public property; that is the issue," said Mayor Michael Nutter...

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