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FDA issues rules for genetically modified animals

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 09:15 PM CDT

Genetically engineered animals moved closer to the dinner table on Thursday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made the process it will use to review new proposals public. The FDA published...

Marijuana Reform Group Takes on the NFL

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 09:00 PM CDT

I had to digg it just for the billboard.

Topless Midget Wrestling is BIG news [pic]

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 08:50 PM CDT

When we allow the government to take away our right to watch tiny ladies wrestle topless, what's next? Will they take away our right to vote? To breathe? It happened in Canton, Illinois.

'Unlucky' Rare Black Fox Spotted in Britain

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 08:40 PM CDT

A rare black fox has been captured on camera in Britain for what is thought to be the first time.

Who Killed the Economy? (Interactive, Bracket-Style Voting)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 08:25 PM CDT

Everyone loves a scapegoat, so figure out who yours is and compare the results to everyone else and find out who is getting the most fingers pointed at them.

APOD: Companion of a Young Sun like Star

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 08:10 PM CDT

How Companies Pay Artists to Include Brands in Lyrics

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 08:00 PM CDT

Conscious of the branding value such mentions can bring, some artists have gone so far as to approach companies with offers to include brand and product names in their song lyrics.

Stephen Hawking unveils world's strangest clock

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:50 PM CDT

A £1m ($2m) clock called the "time eater" has been unveiled at Cambridge University by Professor Stephen Hawking. Dubbed the strangest clock in the world, it features a giant grasshopper and has 60 slits cut into its face which light up to show the time.

Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' campaign created with Macs

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:40 PM CDT

...not even Microsoft itself can wean itself off the Mac...

The Exception!

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:30 PM CDT

What to REALLY do when you capture Lex Luthor

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:20 PM CDT

Top 10 NASCAR Crashes That Changed Racing (With Videos)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:10 PM CDT

You need only look at the strict regulations and checkups heading down the home stretch of this year's Sprint Cup season to see that even an organization as fundamentally conservative as NASCAR has been forced to modify its safety standards. Racing tends to change only when it has to...

GOP Backs Obama's Version of Meeting with Iraqi Leaders

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:10 PM CDT

Undermining their own parties nominee, Republicans back Barack Obama's version of meeting with Iraq.

The NES Precedent: Lessons Learned To Make Wii Successful

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:00 PM CDT

After weeks of research, VGChartz has assembled NES shipment and sell-through figures to get an idea of how well Wii might perform.

There's No Such Thing As A 'Safe' Suntan

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:50 PM CDT

Exposure to UV radiation -- for example, from sunbathing or using an indoor tanning bed -- affects the skin in a number of ways, including causing DNA damage, photoaging (damage to the skin from chronic exposure to sunlight) and skin cancer.

Sarah Palin's dead lake

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:50 PM CDT

By promoting runaway development in her hometown, say locals, Palin has "fouled her own nest" -- and that goes for the lake where she lives.

"Bipolar Disorder Controlled Me"

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:40 PM CDT

Imagine: I had just started college, a bright-eyed, ambitious student and then, three weeks later, I was a patient in a mental ward of a hospital. It was hard to understand, even harder to accept....

Large Hadron Collider: could it defrost a pizza?

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:33 PM CDT

The hottest talking point among scientists preparing for the first collisions in the Large Hadron Collider is not the quest for the elusive "God particle" but how to defrost a pizza. To put the prevailing fear of doom-sayers into context - that the £4.4 billion machine will seed an Earth-engulfing black hole...

Digg Cleans House, Bans 80+ Script Users

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:30 PM CDT

Reports are bubbling up that Digg has permanently banned over 80 users for running scripts that help them automatically perform certain tasks on the site.

USPS Delivers Just The Cover Of Your Magazines

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:30 PM CDT

A very nice note from the USPS people saying just how sorry they were that they apparently decided to rip the cover off of my Rolling Stone, keep the body of the magazine, and then fold the rest into a nice little baggie and mail it anyway with their most sincere apologies.

Payback for Wii Fit Girl's Boyfriend

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:10 PM CDT

The YouTube phenomenon that is Giovanny Gutierrez's "Why every guy should buy his girlfriend a Wii Fit" continues to move it's panty-clad hips, having been viewed more that 6.5 million times since being posted in late May. The much-adored Wii Fit...

The Mustache Effect : The Most Mesmerizing Staches in Sports

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:00 PM CDT

It's all about the follicles above the lip . . . and these men have proved its power over generations of sports. If you disagree with this list, try growing one yourself.

Perfect Lego Mac Pro Is Two Computers in One

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT

At first sight, this looked like a perfect working reproduction of a Mac Pro made of Lego, so I was ready to call it the best Lego computer in the history of best Lego computers. Then, when I learnt that it houses one full PC running Mac OS X and a Mac Mini. And when I finally saw the Steve Jobs minifig standing there, nerdgasm ensued.

He Lives Right Above Mike Hunt (Pic)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:40 PM CDT

3-D virtual reality environment developed at UC Runs Linux

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:20 PM CDT

Each pair of projectors is powered by a high-end, quad-core PC running on Linux, with dual graphics processing units and dual network cards to achieve gigabit Ethernet or 10GigE networking.

Is the 'Good Life' as America Knows it Over?

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:00 PM CDT

What is Washington to do as the financial system collapses? The old rules no longer apply. Welcome to the Third World, America. Now, hold your hats while the whirlwind blows and the stock market goes into heart-attack mode.

Did Aliens Cause The U.S. Financial Meltdown?

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:50 PM CDT

If you were watching the Colbert Report the other day, you would have seen the best and most sensible explanation so far for our whole financial donnybrook: alien financial advisors are leading us off a cliff on purpose. Stephen Colbert finally got through to his financial advisor Gorlock, whom he'd been name-dropping for a few days.

Conservatives Scare More Easily Than Liberals, Say Scientist

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:30 PM CDT

Though the Science study's authors cautioned against an overly broad interpretation of their findings, the results suggest that fear leads to political conservatism.

New Airport Security Procedures [PIC]

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:20 PM CDT

Put the FUN back into flying? Found on an ACTUAL airlines site.

Guys Dates Several Prostitutes. No Sex. Just Regular Dates.

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:10 PM CDT

It began with an awkward phone call: "Would you like to, um, go bowling with me?" "Go what?" "Go... uh... bowling. Would you like to bowl with me? I'll pay for everything, of course." "You just want to go bowling?" She was incredulous. "Kind of like a sweet, you know, all-American date," I said, a nervous cramp in my chest.

McCain Camp Removed Bush Criticism From Wall Street Statemen

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:10 PM CDT

In private late Tuesday evening, the McCain campaign circulated a draft statement on the Wall Street crisis that attacked the Bush administration for a slow and "inconsistent" response, and charged that executives at several financial firms had made "misleading and false" statements.But the criticism never appeared.

McCain Secretly Plans New Tax on Middle Class

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:10 PM CDT

McCain wants to tax your employer-provided health insurance. An increase of $1,323 more in income taxes for the average American family. This new tax would affect the 158 million Americans who are insured through their employer.

Texas Town Declares War on Swingers

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:00 PM CDT

The City of Duncanville is not feeling the love. It sees The Cherry Pit as an illegal and immoral business gobbling up unreported income and sullying the neighborhood. City fathers couldn't have been pleased that The Cherry Pit maintains a Web site that encourages others to come to Duncanville to join the fun...

Sarah Palin Said Yes, Thanks, to a Road to Nowhere in Alaska

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:50 PM CDT

The $26-million road was designed to connect to the $398-million Gravina Island Bridge, more infamously known as the "Bridge to Nowhere." After it was nationally ridiculed, plans for the bridge were rescinded but the road was built anyway.

Newbies: 7 Useful Ubuntu Tips

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:40 PM CDT

In this article we're going to look at 7 useful tips to make your Ubuntu experience even better. This is particularly aimed at newbies, and shows you step by step how to tweak Ubuntu with some must have extras.

Time: New McCain Attack Ad Plays Race Card

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:30 PM CDT

"This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman"

Stephen Colbert Spreads Lies About John McCain

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:20 PM CDT

Stephen follows John McCain's logic and spreads lies about the person who hasn't accepted his invitation.John McCain claims Barack Obama set the negative tone when he didn't accept his invitation to appear in town hall meetings. Should Obama have agreed to it?

Robinson: McCain's economics knowledge? Massive fail!

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:10 PM CDT

John McCain was telling the truth when he said that economics wasn't his strong suit. In response to what many economists have called the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the Republican nominee has sounded -- and let's be honest here -- totally, embarrassingly and dangerously clueless.

What not to say when a girl invites you in.

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:50 PM CDT

Best Life Simulator Ever

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:40 PM CDT

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