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Australians urged to eat kangaroo

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 09:10 PM CDT

An Australian government adviser on climate change has urged Australians to ditch beef and lamb for kangaroo steaks to help save the planet.

T-Pain's Vocoder Wants To Be Famous Too

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:50 PM CDT

T-Pain's vocoder wants some recognition after all he's done. I don't think his demands are all that unreasonable.

EXCLUSIVE: Pelosi paid husband with PAC funds

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:50 PM CDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm over the past decade, a practice of paying a spouse with political donations that she voted to ban last year.

Oregon school says 4 confessed to Obama effigy

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:40 PM CDT

A Christian university in Oregon said Tuesday it has punished four students who confessed to hanging a likeness of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama from a tree on campus.

Legal Mind-Altering Drugs: Does Legal Mean Safe?

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:25 PM CDT

Lying back, exhaling: usually the last thing a person does before leaving this world. Only in this case it is the world that is leaving me. A few minutes ago I smoked a pipe of Salvia divinorum, a powerful hallucinogenic herb that I bought openly and legally from a shop near my home. Of the £25 I handed over, more than £4 will find its way into go

Newspaper says Macs cause cancer

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:10 PM CDT

The Liberation of France says an oft-noticed smell emitted by Apple's Mac Pro desktop computers is caused by a combination of toxins, including benzene, which is known to cause leukemia.

Man punches girl in face to get his Big Mac on [w/ vid]

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:50 PM CDT

Police are asking for the public's help to find the man who repeatedly punched a 16-year-old girl in the face at a McDonald's restaurant in South Los Angeles.

Seth Colter Walls: McCain Repeating Keating Era Mistakes,

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:20 PM CDT

As the stock market recovers from its biggest single-day stock market drop since the crash of 1987, a former federal regulator who had a front-row view of John McCain's role in the Savings and Loan scandal says he is repeating some of the same mistakes.

Stunning Chandelier Made from Plastic Bottles (PICS)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT

One of the most stunning pieces at this year's 100% Design was this gorgeous recycled plastic bottle chandelier by Michelle Brand. Composed entirely from cut-off bottle bases, it lit up the floor at (re)design's Lighten Up exhibition.

Britney Spears to buy own sex tape

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT

The pop star is reportedly wanting to buy a sex tape her ex-boyfriend, paparazzo Adnan Galib, is trying to sell in order to save her reputation.

7 Pro Athletes That Overcame Disabilities To Succeed

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT

#6 - Lou Brissie -- When in Italy serving his country in W.W. II he was hit by artillery fire that shattered his shin bone into 30 pieces and broke his foot & ankle. Doctors attempted to amputate his leg, he somehow convinced them not to. Brissie then went on to have a successful career and pitched 3 innings in the 1949 All-Star game.

Pro-McCain Group Offering Cash for Protesters @ VP Debate

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 07:00 PM CDT

The NRCC front group "Vets for Freedom" has resorted to recruiting paid "demonstrators" from local college fraternities to maintain the illusion of popular support for Sarah Palin at the upcoming VP debate. The tactic echoes the 2000 "Brooks Brothers Riot," when GOP congressional staff were flown from DC to fake a protest against the FLA recount .

America's 10 Best Burgers

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:50 PM CDT

A list of the most mouthwatering burgers in the United States

The Worst Sarah Palin Clip Yet

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:40 PM CDT

She has no idea what Hamas is or what their role in the Gaza Strip is. No idea. This person must not be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office. You must tell every voter in every swing state that we cannot make this kind of mistake.

HIV has been in humans for 100 years, study says

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:20 PM CDT

The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. Genetic analysis pushes the estimated origin of HIV back to between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908...

360 Outselling PS3 Two-To-One?

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:10 PM CDT

Microsoft has revealed the latest figures which was published by Chart Track revealing a massive 214% rise in sales for the Xbox 360 in the last two weeks.

Fascinating look at the tortured mind of a Stock Trader

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 06:00 PM CDT

This is a really funny window into the mind of a Stock Trader

CNN: Sarah Palin Has Never Seen Russia From Alaska

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:40 PM CDT

Just when you thought the whole "I can see Russia from Alaska" thing couldn't get any funnier: it turns out that Sarah Palin has never seen Russia from Alaska. CNN's Tuchman went up to the part of Alaska from which you can actually see Russia, a remote island called Little Diomede. Turns out Palin has never been there.

Path to Heaven

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:30 PM CDT

Bargain Hunting: 5 free alternatives to paid iPhone Apps

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:20 PM CDT

Free. It's a four-letter word people love to hear, especially when it comes to purchasing Apps. If you are shelling out even a dollar for an App, you're guaranteed more bang for your buck, right? But it is not always necessary to fork over cash for a decent App, as free versions can provide almost an equal level of functionality and reliability.

Bizarre phone lets users see through walls

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:10 PM CDT

Mobile phone that is supposed to let users see through walls. It is supposed to be able to judge its surroundings, including those on the other side of a wall, using six different sensors.

Judge forces U of Oregon to cough up student data to RIAA

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:00 PM CDT

A federal judge has turned aside the Oregon State Attorney General's effort to halt the RIAA's attempt at discovering the identities of 17 students accused of sharing music over Gnutella.

Seth Colter Walls: Bill Clinton Slams Palin, Shows Fire For

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 05:00 PM CDT

"The Obama/Biden ticket, and particularly Senator Obama, have a better philosophy, better answers, better understanding, better advisers, a better vice presidential candidate, and a better plan for Florida. ... This is not close, folks. It is not a close question."

Ron Paul: Buying bad debt is the wrong solution

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT

Two days after the House rejected the $700 billion bailout bill, the Senate is set to vote on the rescue plan for financial institutions.

Seven more Xbox 360 secrets Microsoft doesn't tell you

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:40 PM CDT

More tips 'n' tricks to get the best from your console

Drug Runners Stepping Up Mini-Sub Use

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:40 PM CDT

Latin American drug smugglers are stepping up their use of small, hand-made mini-subs in order to dodge U.S. military patrols in the eastern Pacific. The Coast Guard detected just 23 mini-subs between 2001 and 2007. This number "ballooned" to some 60 subs so far this year...

Dragonball Bootleg Teaser Trailer

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:30 PM CDT

This is a bootleg teaser trailer for Dragonball that was shown at the Brand Licensing Europe 2008. There is no sound for the actual teaser.

Crowd cheers suicidal jumper to his death

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:30 PM CDT

'How far can you bounce?': The extraordinary taunts of sick ghouls who jeered as a teenager leapt to his death. A jeering crowd taunted a suicidal teenager as he threatened to jump from the top of a city-centre car park. In a shocking indictment of modern Britain, youths who gathered in the street below yelled at 17-year-old to kill himself over th

3D Force Field Opens Door for Holodeck

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:20 PM CDT

The Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display is one of those technologies that will probably change entertainment forever: A high-fidelity 3D force field on the air that allows you to actually touch virtual objects with your bare hands.

If All Movie Characters Had Cell Phones

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:20 PM CDT

Fight Club, Home Alone and your other favorite films just got a lot shorter.

The Best (and Worst) Hip-Hop Video Games

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:10 PM CDT

This list was compiled based upon video games that utilized hip-hop as the central theme, from emceeing and b-boying (breakdancing) to graffiti and DJing.

Leaked Sketches Reveal Lamborghini's 'New World'

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:10 PM CDT

Lamborghini's slow striptease of the four-door it's bringing to the Paris Motor Show continues with another close-up of the Estoque, but a leaked concept drawing provides the full monty of a car that continues Sant'Agata's tradition of drawing inspiration from bull fighting when naming its most lust-inducing hardware.

Man Meets Whale. Whale Dwarfs Man. Great Shot. [PIC]

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:00 PM CDT

Photographer at bottom of sea off Auckland Islands. Whale checks him out. Photographer shoots whale (with camera). Hi-res, enlargeable, wallpaper.

Stewart and Maher used to love McCain. Now, not so much.

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 04:00 PM CDT

Nine years ago Jon Stewart and Bil Maher reached the consensus that John McCain is preferable to the other guy because he was in a war (and, apparently, drank his own urine) and the other guy wasn't. Goes to show you how much the world has changed in nine years.

Duck Tales teaches us about Inflation and the Economy

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 03:50 PM CDT

Duck Tales teaches us about Inflation and the Economy

David Letterman's War Against John McCain Round 4:

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 03:40 PM CDT

It's a good think John McCain blew me off to go save the economy

StumbleUpon 2.0: Good-bye, Software Toolbar

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 03:30 PM CDT

On Tuesday night StumbleUpon is changing the way users interact with the service, ditching the need for a software-based browser toolbar in place of a small frame that loads on top of the Web site you're on. Users with the toolbar installed will still be getting the same experience, but the idea is that anyone can begin stumbling without having to

30 Amazing photoblogs (and a few tips for creating one)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 03:30 PM CDT

Below are some of the best photography blogs on the web. Have a favorite? Share it in the comments.

Guitar Hero/Rock Band Controller Puts Wood in Your Hands

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 03:20 PM CDT

Peak's new GH/RB controller is made of solid wood. The Starplex is the same scale as a real guitar and uses the same sorts of parts. The tuning pegs are real as is the whammy bar. All of this realism makes for a pretty heavy kit, but I think it's worth it. The controller works with both the PS2 and PS3 and comes with wireless and wired options.

Car dealers face the grim reaper

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 03:20 PM CDT

There could be 300 to 400 fewer auto dealerships in America by the end of the year, predicted Paul Taylor, an economist with the National Automobile Dealers Association.

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