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| N.J. man finally gets to see his son in Brazil Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:50 PM CST TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man saw his 8-year-old son in Brazil on Monday for the first time in 4 1/2 years, shooting baskets and splashing in a pool with him, according to Rep. Chris Smith, who is trying to help reunite them permanently. |
| The All-Time Baseball Movie Team Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:40 PM CST Assembling a team full of well, characters, can be daunting. This collection of baseball movie talent would be hard to beat though. |
| Intel to invest $7B on factory upgrades Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:30 PM CST Intel Corp. plans to spend $7 billion upgrading its U.S. factories over the next two years, a sign that the recession hasn't extinguished chip makers' lust for cutting-edge equipment and engineering talent. |
| Riding the Snow in Style at the Minneapolis Art Sled Rally Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:20 PM CST Check out this awesome video of last Saturday's 2nd Annual Minneapolis Art Sled Rally held at Powderhorn Park. The creativity and fun totally blew me away, and catastrophic crashes are encouraged! There were awesomely geeky sleds like the above 20-sider, a Star Wars landspeeder, and a great sisyphean Viking warrior rolling downhill. |
| 5 Life Moments Made Awkward By Mom Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:10 PM CST Growing up was fun and all, but here are five moments of our upbringings where our mothers really made things awkward for us. |
| F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Laced With Drugs Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:10 PM CST Food and Drug Administration says those weight-loss capsules, called StarCaps and promoted as natural dietary supplements using papaya, could be hazardous to your health. |
| Top 10 Video Game Love Stories Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:00 PM CST It's Valentine's week, so we decided to go through our library of video games and pull out the ones with the best love stories. We looked at a variety of love stories ranging from games that would cause a tear to roll down your cheek at game's end to others that would have you go on a rampage of vengeance until a love is avenged. |
| 8 People Arrested In Michael Phelps Incident Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:00 PM CST He got caught for trying to sell the bong on ebay for $100K???? |
| Kitten Eating a Graham Cracker Posted: 10 Feb 2009 08:00 PM CST Thank you Internet! |
| Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger Could Raise Ticket Prices Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:50 PM CST Live Nation and Ticketmaster are expected to announce a merger Monday in a deal that could lead to a dramatic change in how event tickets are sold: from the fixed price norm that often results in quick sellouts for popular shows to an auction-based model that legitimizes what scalpers have always done. |
| Global warming changing birds' habits Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:50 PM CST When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn't a canary at all. It's a purple finch.As the temperature across the U.S. has gotten warmer, the purple finch has been spending its winters more than 400 miles farther north than it used to. |
| Markets Skid on Rescue Details Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:40 PM CST The Dow industrials shed roughly 350 points and losses in the financial sector piled up after Geithner detailed the bank rescue package. |
| Tropicana's new Orange Juice design is a disaster Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:40 PM CST Tropicana recently came out with a new design for its cartons of orange juice, and the results are less than impressive. |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:40 PM CST this is exactly what i thought when i saw the real infomercial |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST This photos remind us of the horrors of the war and the fruits of victory! Photos are mostly of the Allies camp! |
| Firm reiterates claims of entry-level iPhone this spring Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:30 PM CST Although Apple has downplayed the possibility of a stripped-down iPhone, the Royal Bank of Canada is reiterating claims this week that the company is gearing up to announce two new versions of its touch-screen handset, including an entry-level model that lacks both 3G connectivity and an unlimited data plan. |
| aXXo Issues Anti-Piracy Warning Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:20 PM CST Some say he can encode a stack of DVDs in seconds using only his teeth, and that he can command an army of millions with just one NFO. All that we know is he's called aXXo and he/she/they have some security advice for the worshippers. |
| Google Is Taking a Step Into Power Metering Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:20 PM CST Google will announce its entry Tuesday into the small but growing business of "smart grid," digital technologies that seek to both keep the electrical system on an even keel and reduce electrical energy consumption. |
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| Chris Brown hit Rihanna after she told him she had herpes? Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:10 PM CST The drama around Chris Brown's beating of Rihanna continues. Media reports have confirmed what we reported earlier: that Chris Brown did indeed beat Rihanna, but it's the reason that's even more bizarre. Sources allegedly close to Brown allege that the fight leading to the domestic violence incident occurred because Rihanna gave Chris Brown herpes |
| The $3,000 speeding ticket: States double-dip on traffic tix Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:00 PM CST Over past few years, some states have adopted what's loosely called Driver Responsibility laws, sometimes sold to the public as "bad driver" taxes since they kick in after drivers lose a certain number of points on their licenses. Using these laws, states can come back to you later and legally bill you for amounts that far exceed the original fine. |
| 'Survival' mode to make waves in Left 4 Dead Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:00 PM CST The upcoming DLC will also allow gamers to play Death Toll and Dead Air Versus campaigns along with the new Survival mode. |
| Linux : Over 30 Must-Have Open Source Resources. Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:50 PM CST Periodically, we here at OStatic like to round up our ongoing collections of open source resources, tutorials, reviews and project walkthroughs. These educational tools are a central part of the goal here at the site. We regularly round up the best Firefox extensions, free online books on open source topics, free tools for web developers, resources |
| E-reader Battle Royale: Kindle 2 vs. all the rest Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:50 PM CST The Amazon Kindle 2 bursts onto the scene with impressive new features, but it's not alone. There are already plenty of e-readers on the market — and even more coming — each with its own abilities, shape and pricing. So how does the new Kindle stack up (ouch!) against its peers? |
| 8 Pioneering Moments in Digital Photography Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST Steve Sasson of Kodak took a few spare camera parts, and old jet engine and his grandma's broken black and white television into his shed and emerged a few months later with what is now recognized as the world's first digital camera. |
| New Species Of Prehistoric Creatures Discovered Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST In just four years a University of Portsmouth palaeontologist has discovered 48 new species from the age of the dinosaurs. |
| Nate Silver: Why We Should've Seen Economic Crisis Coming Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST No one could have foreseen this economic crisis. Only... that's not entirely true. Great stats breakdown by geek who predicted election a YEAR early. |
| Is Twitter considering charging business users? Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:31 PM CST Twitter's ongoing search for ways to monetise the service and generate an income may include charging corporate users for the privilege of sending out their tweets. That's according to co-founder Biz Stone, speaking recently to Marketing magazine. "We are noticing more companies using Twitter and individuals following them. We can identify ways to |
| The Daily Show Exposes Bill O'Reilly Exposing Bill O'Reilly Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:20 PM CST Jon Stewart looks at the O'Reilly Factor's take on paparazzi and points out the blatant hypocrisy that we've come to expect and love from Bill O'Reilly. |
| Gmail eases duplicate contacts problem Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:10 PM CST Google has added a new option to merge multiple contacts into a single entry. It's only treating the symptom, but it's a step in the right direction. |
| Study: DRM demise clears way for home audio innovation Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:00 PM CST "Whole-home" audio systems that allow users to enjoy their music and Internet radio in any room of the house have so far received a lukewarm reception from consumers. According to a new report, that reception could turn into a celebration in 2009 thanks to two primary factors: the rise of networked homes and the fall of music DRM. |
| Movie Website Designs: Examples And Current Practices Posted: 10 Feb 2009 05:30 PM CST In this article, we'll take a look at the websites of major motion pictures to see what types of websites are being created. Movies are a big part of the entertainment industry, and in recent years their websites have become increasingly critical to their overall success. |
| Hyper-Modified AeroCivic Gets 95 MPG Posted: 10 Feb 2009 05:20 PM CST Mike Turner's hyper-modified Honda Civic gets better mileage and has a lower drag coefficient than even the newest generation of the Toyota Prius. At a speed of 65mph the Aerocivic gets a whopping 95mpg! Although the Aerocivic is not exactly a consumer-ready vehicle, it is an incredible feat of DIY ingenuity. |
| Teens spend average 87 hours a year looking at porn Online Posted: 10 Feb 2009 05:10 PM CST The average teenager spends one hour and 40 minutes a week browsing sites for pornography, according to new research.That equates to 87 hours a year spent surfing for porn. A further hour and 35 minutes is spent looking at dieting and weight loss websites. |
| And ‘The Flash’ Might Be… Neil Patrick Harris? Posted: 10 Feb 2009 05:10 PM CST Ready for a wild rumor? How about Neil Patrick Harris being pursued to play DC comic book superhero The Flash? |
| Indevus’ Sex Gel Shows First AIDS Protection in Women Posted: 10 Feb 2009 05:00 PM CST A vaginal gel made by Indevus Pharmaceuticals Inc. showed first signs that such a product might protect women from the AIDS virus. Women who used the gel were 30 percent less likely to become infected with the virus than those using no gel or an unmedicated product, said Salim Abdool Karim, a Columbia University researcher... |
| Surprising stories behind 20 Muppet characters Posted: 10 Feb 2009 05:00 PM CST (Mental Floss) -- Like a lot of people, I grew up on Sesame Street and the Muppets. But did you ever stop to wonder where they came from? |
| Ten of the Coolest Hacked Super Mario Levels Posted: 10 Feb 2009 04:50 PM CST From Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario World, here are ten of the hardest, coolest and I don't know, let's say "raddest" levels a ROM hack can provide. |
| 1,000,000 Strong to Strip Mormon Church of Tax Exempt Status Posted: 10 Feb 2009 04:40 PM CST During the election, the Mormon Church pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into the push to ban same-sex marriages in California -- a campaign that deprived people in a different state of a fundamental civil right. |
| Beyond A-Rod: The Most Hated Yankees of all Time Posted: 10 Feb 2009 04:30 PM CST So many to choose from, so few spots available... |
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