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3 in 10 Americans Admit to Race Bias

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 08:54 PM CDT

Survey Shows Age, Too, May Affect Election Views. While prejudice affects views of Obama, his strengths and McCain?s age could be bigger factors in November election, Post-ABC News poll shows.

The REAL Reason Guns are Dangerous

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 08:54 PM CDT

All those gun control PSAs really missed the mark.

No More Pacman? Jones Wants To Drop Nickname

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 08:54 PM CDT

That would be the preference of Adam Jones, the suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback who has been known by the nickname throughout his life. He'd like to be called by his given name and make "Pacman" a thing of the past.

Security Flaws Discovered in Firefox 3.0

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 08:50 PM CDT

Vulnerabilities could affect over 14 million computers.

How to Make Your Own Egg McMuffins at Home

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 08:40 PM CDT

Why waste time and money going to McDonalds in the morning for an inferior product? Learn how to make your very own Thomas McMuffin for a most excellent start to your day.

Huffington Post Founder's Home Features Top-Secret Office

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 08:20 PM CDT

Find out more about Arianna Huffington from her guilty pleasures to her hidden office!

Frank Rich: Now That We’ve ‘Won,’ Let’s Come Home

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 08:00 PM CDT

Americans judge the war a mistake and want out. The good news for Democrats-and the big opportunity for Barack Obama -is that John McCain and the war's last cheerleaders don't recognize that immutable reality. They're so barricaded in their own Vietnam bunker that they think the country is too. The McCain policy is nonsensical on its face.

Funny FAIL Pictures

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 07:40 PM CDT

Check out these funny fail pictures...

There is a God! Mike Myers' 'Love Guru' Flops at Box Office

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 07:20 PM CDT

Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway's "Get Smart," the Warner Bros. big-screen update of the 1960s TV spy comedy, raked in $39.2 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend movie. But movie-goers did not get Mike Myers' "The Love Guru," the weekend's other new wide release. The crowds showed little affection for the so-called comedy. It came in fourth.

Cameras help Palestinians 'Shoot Back'.

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 07:00 PM CDT

As a deterrent against armed Jewish settlers it does not look much. But the video camera has become a frontline defence for ordinary Palestinians living between Hebron and the Jewish settlement of Kyriat Arba in the West Bank.

McCain Burdened By Unpopular Republican Governors

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 06:40 PM CDT

An unpopular senator, governor, or congressman can impose a significant burden for a presidential candidate of the same party. For John McCain, that scenario could be a reality: a number of unpopular Republican governors are making it very difficult for McCain in their home states, despite the fact that they represent typically red constituencies.

Wow! 10 Awesome Interactive Websites

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 06:20 PM CDT

Interactivity is the name of the game at the moment. Here are 10 websites that are a combination of the fun, the weird, the educational or the simply bewildering. Prepare to be awed!

The Pirate Bay Pledges ISPs to Block Sweden

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 06:00 PM CDT

In an response to the new wiretapping law that was introduced in Sweden this week, The Pirate Bay will ask international ISPs to block traffic to Sweden, to protect their customers. In addition, the BitTorrent tracker will add SSL encryption to their site, and roll out a new VPN service.

Uncovering the Real McCain

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 05:40 PM CDT

McCain believes in projecting American military power abroad. So it is no wonder that the neoconservatives who pushed for war in Iraq have now regrouped around him.

Ultra HD Video Means 10 Million Pixels

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 05:20 PM CDT

Love 'em or hate 'em, Comcast sure knows how to throw together a 10 million pixel video display. The one seen here is available for ogling at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia, and covers over 2,100 square feet of wall space with four-millimeter LED lights.

49% Say Government Should Regulate Internet

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 05:00 PM CDT

Nearly half of Americans (49%) believe that the federal government should regulate the Internet the same way it does radio and television, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national survey.

Where the Hell is Matt? (Hi-Def)

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 04:40 PM CDT

14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me.You can turn HD off it's playing jerky or taking too long to load.

Incredible Hulk kidnapped

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 04:20 PM CDT

Missing: an eight-foot-tall green man wearing ripped purple pants and missing his feet.

Snow Leopard screenshots emerge

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 04:00 PM CDT

A few dubious screens from Apple's upcoming OS X mini-update "Snow Leopard" popped up the other week, but now we're staring at a full-on collection of shots from the folks at German site Apfeltalk. They seem legit enough, but given the fact that Snow Leopard's improvements primary are under the hood, there's not a ton to see.

90 Percent Of Whites Comfortable With Black President

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 03:40 PM CDT

Obama And Race: Most Whites Open To Black President, But Hate Groups Growing

Blackwater is Still in Charge, Deadly, Above the law

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 03:20 PM CDT

Think Blackwater's days are numbered? Think again. Jeremy Scahill explains why its slaughter of Iraqis has not stopped the notorious mercenary firm.

No Sleep Until the Finish Line

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 03:00 PM CDT

Adventure racing might have been dreamt up by a masochist. Races are multi-discipline events in which mixed teams run, mountain-bike and kayak around remote locations, navigating between checkpoints with a map and compass and eating only the high-energy supplies they can carry on their backs.

McCain Campaign Lied to Reporter About Public Finance Loan

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 02:40 PM CDT

According to the amended agreement, John McCain used public funds as collateral for the loan. The amendment was dated December 17 and was signed by Rick Davis, his campaign manager, on December 18. Yet two days later, the McCain campaign spokeswoman told the media the campaign had entered into no such loan agreement. So where is the media outrage

92 More Must See Creative Photographs

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 02:20 PM CDT

Due to the popularity of the last 56 Awe Inspiring Must See Creative Photographs post I thought I would do another bunch of creative photographs.

Poll: Obama opens up 15 point lead over John McCain

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 02:00 PM CDT

The latest Newsweek Nationwide Poll shows Democrat Barack Obama with a 15-point lead over Republican John McCain.

Beware: Birds attacking

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 01:40 PM CDT

There's a predator lurking in Chicago-area bushes these days. He strikes from behind, when victims are least aware. And the worst part, says ornithologist Doug Stotz: He could be almost anywhere. Nesting season is in full swing for the red-winged blackbird, making the males extremely aggressive...

Is the ‘Oil Drilling Debate’ Masking the Real Issue?

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 01:20 PM CDT

Should we be focusing on making oil cheap or should we focus on making it obsolete? Of course in an ideal world, gas would be cheap and increasingly obsolete. We don't live in an ideal world. By focusing on unrealistic "quick fix" solutions, are we just scraping ourselves up a little more time to keep avoiding the real issue?

APOD: Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 01:00 PM CDT

Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy

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Posted: 22 Jun 2008 12:40 PM CDT

Mother of all LEGO sets: 750,000 LEGO Kennedy Space Center

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 12:30 PM CDT

Forget Lego Airbus A380 + Lego Death Star, this video shows you the mother of all Lego models: 750,000-brick Kennedy Space Center. 1,506 sq. feet, + 2,500 hours to build. Includes 6.13ft-tall Space Shuttle, launch pad, space center with 9ft Saturn 1B rocket, + Vehicle Assembly Building! Its so massive that it can probably affect Earth's Orbit!

Ex-Girlfriend Don't Want To Talk To You, New Boyfriend Says

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 12:00 PM CDT

According to the latest information provided by the unnamed, impossibly debonair-sounding European man who is now answering all of her calls, your ex-girlfriend, Rebecca Norsten, "don't want to speak to you no more."

How To Tell Who's Diggin' Your Stuff?

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 11:40 AM CDT

Here's a great tool to find out who's Digging what you are submitting. Takes less than 10 seconds and you'll know who you are reaching.

Police Helicopter Has Close Encounter With a UFO

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 11:20 AM CDT

A police helicopter had a near miss with a UFO in what appears to have been one of the first sightings of its kind. The helicopter, with a three-man crew, was forced to swerve sharply to avoid being hit by the UFO.

5 Ways to Screencast Your Linux Desktop

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 11:00 AM CDT

Five ways you can record your desktop in linux.

Obama: I'll Fight To Strip Telecom Immunity From FISA

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 10:40 AM CDT

Obama issued a statement in support of the House's update of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but said he would try to strip a provision granting immunity to telecommunication companies. The White House had threatened to veto any surveillance bill that did not also shield the companies.

Tornado Hits, But People Are Too Busy With YouTube to Hide

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 10:20 AM CDT

But as I've played the scenes back in my head over the last several days, it's not the storm that's proven to be the most haunting. It's the way the people reacted.

Low Leptin Levels Undermine Successful Weight Loss

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Individuals who are obese are at increased risk of many diseases, including type 2 diabetes and heart disease. As 75%-95% of previously obese individuals regain their lost weight, many researchers are interested in developing treatments to help individuals maintain their weight loss.

Israel 'committing memorycide'

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Part of any ethnic cleansing operation is not just wiping out the population and expelling it from the earth. A very typical part of ethnic cleansing is wiping people out of history.For ethnic cleansing to be an effective and successful operation you also have to wipe people out of memory and the Israelis are very good at it.See some of how it was

McCain Hampered By Campaign Missteps

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 09:40 AM CDT

Call it campaign growing pains. Or bad luck. Or a combination of the two. By any name, Sen. John McCain is hampered by missteps and self-generated controversy in the early days of the general election campaign for the White House.

Does music have the power to send us to sleep?

Posted: 22 Jun 2008 09:09 AM CDT

The brains behind Dreams "Kaimin" ("good sleep") is Dr T. Endo, a neurologist who has made a science, and a lucrative CD business, out of selecting the right music to induce sleep. He divides it into three categories: melodies that fire the imagination; those that are calming and relaxing; and music that should, within ten minutes, slow the brain

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