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Oil Executive Predicts $1 Gas In 2009, 1st time since 1999.

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:40 PM CST

Joe Petrowski, CEO of Gulf Oil has been studying the oil business since the 1970s when he wrote his Harvard thesis, said that the price of oil could sink to $20 per barrel.

Interviews reveal details of Burress incident

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:40 PM CST

Find out the events leading up to the even that pretty much killed his career.

Top 10 Apple Stories Of 2008

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:10 PM CST

With the launch of MacBook Air, an improved iPhone and smashing sales in the Apps Store, Apple sliced through the global economic gloom of 2008 and turned in a solid year.

ESPN - Cubs chairman expects franchise to be sold by spring

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:00 PM CST

The chairman of the Chicago Cubs says he expects the baseball franchise to be sold by spring training.

Fat City Reprise Music Video Made With 45,000 Photographs

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 07:50 PM CST

Pay-As-You-Go iPhone in the UK

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 07:30 PM CST

Apple UK announced today its first Pay as you Go iPhone 3G with prices ranging from £342.50 ($500) for the 8GB model and £391.45 ($570) for the 16GB

Americans Send 2x as many txt messages as Europeans

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 07:00 PM CST

Forget splashy video, music and games; text messaging will continue to be the 'cash cow of mobile data revenues for some time to come,' according to a new report from Portio Research. The mobile messaging market is expected rake in $130 billion in revenues by the end of the year, and is on pace to...

New Population of Almost Extinct Monkeys Found in Vietnam

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:50 PM CST

Discovery of a new breeding colony in the north of Vietnam is good news for the future of the species, which has been pushed to the brink of extinction by habitat loss and the bushmeat and traditional medicine trades

Parents warned on fake consoles (with VIDEO)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:40 PM CST

Parents are being warned about fake imported Nintendo games consoles which could be a fire hazard and a danger to children's safety. HM Revenue & Customs said it had seized 100's of counterfeit Nintendo DS/DS Lites, were discovered to contain dangerous power adapters. Nintendo confirmed it had not produced potentially dangerouus power adapters.

Michigan SHOCKS #4 Duke

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:30 PM CST

Suddenly, Michigan isn't a rebuilding team.DeShawn Sims scored a career-high 28 points, leading the Wolverines to an 81-73 victory over No. 4 Duke on Saturday.

We need a mobile broadband space race

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST

It's time to stop slouching toward failure. Rather than idiotically following Europe and Asia into the future, we need to leapfrog them and put the U.S. back on top. We need nothing less than a new space race-scale effort to build the next-generation mobile data system in the United States.

Mother burns word 'WIMP' in daughter's neck.

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST

A WV mother has been arrested after allegedly burning the word "wimp" into her six-year-old daughter's neck with a cigarette - because the youngster tripped and fell.

Stunning Ocean Stone Sunset [PIC]

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:10 PM CST

The Macbook Experiment: Fedora 10 for Two Days

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:10 PM CST

After trying Ubuntu 8.10 for two days on my Macbook, which proved to be a success, I now take Fedora 10 for a spin. Read on to see how my two days experience with this Linux distro were like.

Top 10 Things You Forgot Gmail Can Do

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:00 PM CST

When friends push friends onto Gmail, it usually involves talking up the seemingly limitless storage space, the fast-moving interface, or its inter-connectedness with other Google applications, like Calendar. Those features are all fine and good, but Gmail does a lot of helpful things that some users never get to dig into. From one short web addres

6 Good Things O.J. Simpson Did With His Life

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 05:50 PM CST

O.J. Simpson isn't all bad. OK, he probably certainly maybe most definitely killed his ex wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman and won his acquittal by pretending his big-ass hands couldn't possibly fit in the slightly less big-ass gloves the murderer wore (at least not while wearing evidence-protecting latex gloves underneath).

Interview: Facebook engineering VP talks Connect

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 05:40 PM CST

We had a chance to chat with Facebook's Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering, who came over from Mozilla in August. Topics included everything from open source, to Facebook Connect's impact on the web, to getting stopped in airport security lines.

Wow, Seattle Gets Even More Retarded for Coffee

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 05:20 PM CST

As a marketing strategy, "cupping" is straight from the wine-industry playbook. As a means of enjoying coffee, it's mostly hot air.

How long does...

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 05:10 PM CST

NASA space probe to track CO2 on Earth

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 05:00 PM CST

The occasionally acrimonious debate about the planet's climate has been missing a key component: accurate measurements of how much carbon dioxide is in the air and how it is being recycled by Earth.

Yes you can change the climate, Mr Obama

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST

YOU have promised to help Americans suffering from the financial crisis, to tackle global warming and to bring about genuine change. Well, there is a way to achieve all these goals.

The Remains of Detroit [Photos]

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:10 PM CST

Photographer Sean Hemmerle finds an elegiac sign of America's fading industrial might in the crumbling urban ruins of the Motor City.

Man Killed For Not Sharing Karaoke Microphone

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:00 PM CST

Malaysia—Police say a Malaysian man has been stabbed to death by customers at a karaoke bar for singing too much and refusing to share the microphone. A district police official says witnesses saw a group of men punch and stab 23-year-old Abdul Sani Doli with a knife at the bar late Wednesday in eastern Sandakan town on Borneo island.

Interview: Top Gear USA's Adam Carolla on the Auto Bailout

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 04:00 PM CST

Funnyman, car guy and host of both NBC's upcoming Top Gear USA and The Adam Carolla Show on KLSX radio in Los Angeles, Adam Carolla tells PM in no uncertain terms that the years of poor product coming from GM and the rest of Detroit brought these companies to the brink. —Ben Stewart

Embeddable Videos Only Your Facebook Friends Can See

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:50 PM CST

Today, Facebook is making some improvements to its video-sharing service. The quality will be bumped up to 720p. The key change, though, is that the videos will now be embeddable on other sites. You can determine exactly who can see any video you upload. Those privacy settings will be maintained across the Web.

‘Boondock Saints 2' Cast a Legend and a Loser

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:40 PM CST

In an announcement that no one likely saw coming legendary actor Peter Fonda and legendary loser Judd Nelson have both joined the cast of Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.

Tabloid Photoshop FAIL: Brad & Angelina's kid has evil twin

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:40 PM CST

Intouch Germany reveals the truth about "Bennifer" (a cool way of talking about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.) Gossip magazines never alter the images they show, providing proof that the couple's youngest child, Zahara, has an evil twin.

The Top 10 Greatest Upsets Over The Last Five Years

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:30 PM CST

As the year is coming to an end, the championships of 2008 have come to an end. It has been a crazy five years in the sports world. Upsets have been at an all-time high and I couldn't be more excited...

Chase Daniel Gets Last Chance At Glory In Big 12 Title Game

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:20 PM CST

Going into his final days as a college quarterback, Chase Daniel knows he won't realize the glory that once seemed within his grasp at Missouri.

Knife Boots

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:20 PM CST

Kids these days ...

The Football (Soccer) Miracle from Hoffenheim

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST

Few in Germany had ever heard of tiny Hoffenheim before this year. Now, though, the village club team is at the very top of the country's professional soccer league. On Friday night, they clash with powerhouse Bayern München.

How to Know When It Is Time to Leave the Bar (Flowchart)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST

This might come in handy this weekend for some people.

SciAm: What is Truth Serum and Does it Actually Work?

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:00 PM CST

Indian officials plan to inject captured Mumbai terrorist with the "truth serum," sodium pentothal, but history tells us that the technique isn't up to the task

Poken: The Future of Social Networking?

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:00 PM CST

At a conference ... last week in Amsterdam the first Pokens were given away to participants. A Poken is a small gadget you can keep on your key chain. When touching someone else's Poken you automatically exchange 'business cards' and links to your social network profiles on LinkedIn and Facebook. Is this the future of social networking?

Woman Divorces to Afford Life-Saving Surgery

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:00 PM CST

"If we didn't get a divorce, I wouldn't be alive today. Welfare and Medicaid wouldn't help me," said Sharpe, who says she worked as a nurse for 16 years and admits to smoking cigarettes for twice that long. "I tried everything to get help with my medical bills. No matter what, it always seemed we're going to be a dollar over the limit to get help."

Some Schools Stop Giving F's

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:40 PM CST

Some schools in the United States have stopped handing out failing grades, or at least are delaying them while students get a chance to improve.

10 Reasons To Choose Linux in a Bad Economy

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:30 PM CST

You should seriously consider Linux and Open Source software to put your 2009 financial appetite on a diet. Here are 10 reasons to choose Linux in a bad economy and none of them have to do with the fact that Linux is free.

50 Cent Breaks Into His Own Car To Re-Establish Street Cred

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:20 PM CST

American gangster rapper 50 Cent made sure his arrival in London today did not go unnoticed. As his Rolls-Royce descended on the Mayfair Hotel, accompanied by his 15 strong entourage in a stretch Hummer, passers-by were in doubt that a superstar was in town. But things soon took a less glamorous turn when the keys got locked inside the car.

Happiness: Contagious as the Flu

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:00 PM CST

In a good mood? Your neighbor, her friends and even her friends' friends should thank you – you're likely infecting them with your cheer. Happiness spreads through social networks about as easily as the flu, according to a new study.

Hey things could be worse [Cy&H]

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 02:00 PM CST

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