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| "Hulk" screenwriter gives Megan Fox the role of a lifetime Posted: 18 May 2009 05:50 PM PDT Screenwriter John Turman turned a childhood love of comic books and science fiction into a career writing for TV and features. His HULK pitch to Universal ended up with his first big studio gig and a co-writing credit on the 2003 film. An acclaimed unproduced draft for SILVER SURFER wound up being used as the story for...
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| If The Characters on 'Lost' Told the Truth Posted: 18 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT I'm guessing nobody would watch the show, since we'd know the meaning of the numbers
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| Posted: 18 May 2009 05:20 PM PDT In honor of a new number named after Stephen Colbert, here are some of The Report's best math-related clips.
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| Hubble's final servicing mission [Pics] Posted: 18 May 2009 05:10 PM PDT *****
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| Is French health system a model for U.S.? Posted: 18 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Houston native Jennifer Hua gave birth to her first two children in Texas, and her last two in France. The Houston hospital looked like a luxury hotel. The hospital in Paris was a converted prison. Amenities aside, she prefers Paris. The American health care model, she says, is too expensive and too insecure...(What say you?)
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| Is Poisonous Pollen Enough To Put Bees Off Their Dinner? Posted: 18 May 2009 04:50 PM PDT Chemical weapons against uninvited dinner guests: ETH Zurich scientists test whether the pollen of certain flowers contains toxins that give bees an upset stomach and protects the plant from the diligent pollen gatherers.
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| New 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' TV Trailers Posted: 18 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT Warner Bros. Pictures has released the two more TV Spots for the next Harry Potter film "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Jim Broadbent.
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| Ventura: If waterboarding is fine, why don't cops do it? Posted: 18 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, making a guest appearance on ABC's The View, gave co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck a lesson or two about the torture technique known as waterboarding. -=W/ VIDEO=-
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| Posted: 18 May 2009 04:30 PM PDT click on the window in the last panel, get bonus comics
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| Samsung Fields Green, Ultra-Slim LCD TVs Posted: 18 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT Samsung's slim-profile LCD TVs use a new technology: They have edge-lit LEDs or a row of LEDs on the top and the bottom of every panel that help illuminate the display. The method gathers the light toward the center of the display and bends it. The light is then reflected forward through a plate that focuses it, offering better picture quality...
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| Scientists Find High-Flying Microbes, The Clouds are Alive! Posted: 18 May 2009 04:10 PM PDT A team of UC San Diego-led atmospheric chemistry researchers moved closer to what is considered the "holy grail" of climate change science when it made the first-ever direct detection of biological particles within ice clouds.
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| Candy Bar From Mars Aims For Women From Venus Posted: 18 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT She's sexual, uninhibited, and only 85 calories. The "Fling" is the first new chocolate bar Mars has introduced in more than 20 years. The word "finger" is an industry term for a long, slim confection, Mars spokesman Ryan Bowling says, but with ads that invite you to "Pleasure yourself" in pink lettering, consumers might come to other conclusions.
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| Can 'Salvation' Terminate The Bad Taste Left by T3? Posted: 18 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT In 1984, a young, still mostly unknown Arnold Schwarzenegger got cast in a little Sci-Fi flick. Cast into a role that would have gone to OJ Simpson except the studio thought too nice and thus unbelievable in a role as violent as this one would be. This movie was written, and to be directed by James Cameron...
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| Pontiac Stinger: Zach Morris' Dream Car Posted: 18 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT The car of the future will be neon green ... and apparently made by Nerf and Lego.
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| Slim PS3 update: issues a cease and desist... to Engadget Posted: 18 May 2009 03:41 PM PDT You know, one of these days, someone at one of these big companies is going to get this right. If you send a cease and desist about "leaked" photos of a supposed device, you're basically saying, "Hey guys, those pictures are real."
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| Database of all UK children launched Posted: 18 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT A controversial database which holds the details of every child in England has become available to childcare professionals for the first time.
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| Supreme Court Hands Down Major Medical Marijuana Victory Posted: 18 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court handed medical marijuana patients and advocates a resounding victory on Monday, refusing to hear a case brought by San Diego County, which has long chafed at implementing statewide medical marijuana laws.
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| "The Facts of Life" Cast: Then & Now Posted: 18 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT Our little Tootie (Kim Fields) turned 40 this week, and besides making us feel really, really old, this milestone got us wondering what the girls and the other personalities from Eastland Academy are up to these days. Here's the good and the bad on the cast from "The Facts Of Life."
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| NY Times' Maureen Dowd Plagiarizes TPM's Josh Marshall Posted: 18 May 2009 03:10 PM PDT Nothing wrong with cutting and pasting as long as credit is given...As the post points out, Dowd was heavily involved in exposing Biden's plagiarism many years ago. Just thought it was interesting.
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| Chertoff Gave CIA Green Light to Waterboard Prisoner Posted: 18 May 2009 02:40 PM PDT In the summer of 2002, Michael Chertoff, then head of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, green-lighted the technique known as waterboarding, and offered assurances to the CIA that its interrogators would not face prosecution under anti-torture laws if they followed torture guidelines approved by the Department.
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| Harvard prof tells judge that P2P filesharing is 'Fair Use' Posted: 18 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson is headed to federal court this summer to defend an accused file-swapper, and he plans to mount a novel defense: P2P sharing is simply "fair use."
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| Colin the Movie, made by Marc Price for £45 Posted: 18 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT Amid all the wealth and glamour of the Cote d'Azur, a British zombie movie made for just £45 could be the surprise success story of the Cannes Film Festival.
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| Posted: 18 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT Go ahead: That cup of joe won't hurt you, the latest research says. It might even help you. What happened? Lots of new research, and the recognition that older, negative studies often failed to tease apart the effects of coffee and those of smoking because so many coffee drinkers were also smokers.
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| The Bay to Breakers Annual Drunken Dash [Photoset] Posted: 18 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT Once a year, an army of drunk, costumed people make the mad march from the San Francisco bay to the ocean on the opposite end of town, leaving piss, chaos and trash in their wake.
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| AT&T may introduce $20 limited iPhone data plan Posted: 18 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT With next-generation iPhone hardware and software around the corner, a new report is adding to claims that AT&T is mulling changes to its iPhone monthly service and data plans that could reduce the cost of owning an iPhone and help Apple grow its share of the smartphone market.
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| Best Wild Animal Photos of 2008 Announced Posted: 18 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT *****
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| Porcupine takes revenge on tourists breaking sex law Posted: 18 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT The law in the US state of Florida specifically forbids having sex with a porcupine, and for a good reason, as two tourists from Russia discovered while trying to break it. The damage caused by the porcupine fighting for its honor was horrific. Both Anton and Evgeny had severe inflammation and nearly lost their private parts.
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| Top Law Firms Paying New Lawyers "Not" To Show Up To Work Posted: 18 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT Some big law firms are responding to the recession by paying newly hired lawyers big bucks to stay away from the office -- in the hope that more legal work will materialize so these recent grads can be put to work down the road.
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| Posted: 18 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT Don't put up with that awful caterwauling noise when you drive. Most car brake noise is easy to fix.
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| Posted: 18 May 2009 12:41 PM PDT Sources confirm that not only has FOX officially passed on renewing Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, it's even dead as far as Warner Brothers is concerned and they are no longer shopping it to other networks.
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| Australia to build world's largest solar energy plant Posted: 18 May 2009 12:41 PM PDT Australia plans to build the world's largest solar power station with an output of 1000 megawatts in a A$1.4 billion (US$1.05 billion) investment, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Sunday.
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| The Future of 5 Telescopes in Space Posted: 18 May 2009 12:10 PM PDT This week has been an active one for earthlings' quest to understand the universe. Here is the big news on five telescopes in the sky. On what is supposed to be the last space shuttle visit ever to the Hubble Space Telescope, astronauts successfully installed a new camera. Mission specialists John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel installed the Wide Fiel
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| Michael Jordan's Top 40 Moments Posted: 18 May 2009 11:50 AM PDT How many times in his career did he hear "he's done it again!" ???
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| 1,220 LB Meteorite Unearthed Believed to be 20,000 Years Old Posted: 18 May 2009 11:41 AM PDT A Kansas man digs up a an meteorite estimated to be 20,000 years old.
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| New Red Alga Discovered In Mediterranean Sea Posted: 18 May 2009 11:32 AM PDT An international team of researchers led by the University of Girona (UoG) has described a new species of red algae (Leptofauchea coralligena) in the western Mediterranean. This is the only species of the Leptofauchea genus currently known to be in the Mediterranean.
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| CNN: 60 MPH Highway Legal Electric Scooter Posted: 18 May 2009 11:22 AM PDT The Vectrix VX-1 maxi scooter, which weighs much more than a typical bike at 515 pounds, is anything but a kid's toy. It requires a motorcycle license to drive. The scooter can go about 50 to 60 miles when fully charged and it can reach speeds up to about 60 mph. It's billed as the only electric scooter on the market that's highway legal.
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| Japan adopts Grand Juries/Jury Duty after criminal case Posted: 18 May 2009 11:21 AM PDT 8 years ago, Seiji Shimomura's child Tomohito was crushed to death by crowds at a fireworks event in Japan. He's campaigned for local police to be indicted over the role in the matter. Prosecutors have 3 times refused. But after May 21st a new law will end the prosecutors' long-held control over indictments over to a panel of 11 citizens...
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