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National Mustache Champion

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 07:20 PM PDT

In San Francisco, Calif., Larry McClure is not just an ordinary man with a mustache. With his unique style, he is the first to win the National Mustache Competition.


Jessie Lunderby Expects to be Fired for Posing for Playboy

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 07:10 PM PDT

Detention Officer, Jessie Lunderby, 21, appeared nude on Playboy.com as the company's June 7 Cybergirl of the week. Lunderby said her photo shoot should come as no surprise to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Welcome to Arkansas, where Playboy is evil (and corrections officers are hot).


Ron Artest and Paul Pierce Get Too Close For Comfort

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 06:50 PM PDT

Love seems to bloom at will, even in the heat of NBA championship battle.


Space Robot Will Repair Ships and Satellites

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 06:30 PM PDT

Meet Justin, the space robot. He's clever, agile, wired to a human for control (of the robot, not the human) and he's a possible solution for fixing orbiting satellites in the post-Shuttle era. If they're dead, he can even fire them to their doom.


New Study: Tea and Coffee Reduce Heart Disease Risk

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 05:50 PM PDT

Regularly drinking tea and coffee can significantly reduce the risk of developing heart disease, one of the biggest studies of its kind suggests.


Big Movig Sale: Fernisther For Sale (PIC)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 05:30 PM PDT

This is not your Scrabble or Wheel of Fortune winner....


Hover Dog!!! (PIC)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 05:10 PM PDT

I present to you the pet of the future...


Interesting Toy Story 3 Viral '1980s' Ads

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:50 PM PDT

To stealthily promote their latest sequel, Pixar cooked up two 80s-style commercials for "Lots-o' Huggin' Bear," a toy that never existed.


I helped patients die, says doctor cleared of murder

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT

A doctor cleared of murdering three patients has admitted helping dozens of people in his care to die.


Katherine Jackson To Release Book A Year After SonMJ's Death

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:50 PM PDT

MICHAEL JACKSON's mother KATHERINE is preparing to release a book in memory of her tragic son as the world prepares to remember the superstar a year after his death (25Jun10).


WTF? Adorable Kitten Adorably Attacks Himself (Video)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Is there anything better than a kitten repeatedly running into a mirror and freaking himself out?


Carbon Capture: ***** BP Squared

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:40 PM PDT

If you like the BP oil spill, you're going to love carbon capture and storage...


BuddyFox - Instant Messaging Finally in Firefox

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:40 PM PDT

The new Firefox addon, quietly released just couple of days changes the entire way you can communicate with your friends online.


5 Theories Why America's World Cup Ratings Are Booming

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:30 PM PDT

More people watched the United States vs. England match than the opening games of the NBA finals. Is soccer finally taking off with American viewers?


Jonah Hill Reveals the Story Behind His Deep, Ugly Scar

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:30 PM PDT

There's an old, angry scar on Hill's right arm that spiders past his elbow — too big and deep to hide. It looks like his arm was torn in half and then pulled back together, which is more or less what happened. "This is one of the biggest things ever in my life," says Hill.


Stunt biker overcomes vision loss, obstacle course

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Matt Gilman lost his sight about six years ago as the result of Type I diabetes, but quickly threw aside his doctor's orders to give up riding. "I trip over my own two feet, but I feel like I can do anything on my bike," said Gilman


TV Really Does 'Suck' These Days

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:10 PM PDT

Is it me or are vampires turning up everywhere? I think if Bram Stoker were alive today, he'd be nauseous.I have nothing against a good hickey, but this is getting ridiculous. ... we've come to expect it from the WB or CW or CB or VW -- or whatever it's calling itself (personally, I think it should go with the "EW!" network). Now ABC has joined in.


Vuvuzelas : Annoying you since 1660 [PIC]

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 03:10 PM PDT

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ


A wedding fit for a princess

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 02:40 PM PDT

Sweden's four-day royal wedding celebration reached its peak Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria married commoner Daniel Westling at Stockholm Cathedral.


When One Just Isn’t Enough... (PIC)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 02:20 PM PDT

*****


Retail rent up nationwide, NY is most expensive

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Improvements in the global economy have lifted consumer and retailer confidence, prompting landlords to push for higher rents because vacancy is low in the best shopping centers and districts. But the gains are uneven, citing consumers' continuing concerns about jobs and incomes.


The World's 18 Strangest Military Bases (Gallery)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 02:00 PM PDT

The world's hodgepodge of military bases run the gamut from hazardous mountaintop forts to seemingly impenetrable underground bunkers.


Screw You Yahoo! My Dad Loved My ***** Mug (PIC)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:30 PM PDT

*****


Manute Bol, retired basketball player, has died

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Retired NBA player and Olathe resident Maute Bol died today, according to a Facebook message from Bol's friend, Tom Prichard. Bol, who was hospitalized May 12 with acute kidney failure and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (described as a potentially deadly skin disease), was 47.


Lego is not for kids??? (Maybe NSFW)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:10 PM PDT

*****


As oil spews in Gulf, BP chief at UK yacht race:

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:55 PM PDT

BP chief executive Tony Hayward, often criticized for being tone-deaf to U.S. concerns about the worst oil spill in history, took time off Saturday to attend a glitzy yacht race off England's Isle of Wight.


Lennon's "Day in the Life" Lyrics Fetch $1.2M (PIC)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:40 PM PDT

Unidentified Collector Buys Handwritten Lyrics to Beatles' Song From "Sgt. Pepper" at N.Y.C. Auction. John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the final song on the classic Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" were purchased by an American collector on Friday for $1.2 million. The winning bid for "A Day in the Life" was placed by phone


Faster-than-light electric currents could explain pulsars

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Researchers have built a sort of wire in which an electric pulse can outpace light. They get away with it because the pulse is not a causal process. It does not ripple down the line because charged particles are bumping into each other, a process that is subject to Einstein's speed limit.


6 Reasons It's Time For Matthew McConaughey To Go Away

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:10 PM PDT

Why did Hollywood give so much influence to someone whose name can't ever be spelled correctly?


The Plus-Size Struggle to Put on Socks: The Fat Man's View

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:00 PM PDT

Every single day, millions of Americans struggle with a terrible problem. It has nothing to do with the economy. It has nothing to do with climate change or natural disasters. Every day millions of overweight Americans almost suffer serious injury performing a simple daily task: donning socks.


Hundreds of Possible Alien Planets Discovered by NASA

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:00 PM PDT

NASA's Kepler spacecraft hunting for Earth-like planets around other stars has found 706 candidates for potential alien worlds while gazing at more than 156,000 stars packed into a single patch of the sky. Stringent follow-up checks will determine if they are actually extrasolar planets and not false alarms.


Five Ways Charlie Sheen Can Do Community Service

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:50 AM PDT

But would you really want him driving your bus?


Mariners' Bullpen Catcher Finds Love in Safeco Field Stands

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:40 AM PDT

It's wedding season and the Seattle Mariners need some positive headlines, so how about a nice love story involving baseball today?


World Cup Referee Facing Expulsion !!!

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:40 AM PDT

In the wake of one of the bigger officiating controversies ever to involve U.S. Soccer, we could see a quick move made by FIFA.


Biggest Loser Contestant Alleges Lies (VID)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Kai Hibbard lost 118 pounds on season 3 of 'The Biggest Loser' but she says that 70 of them came back and she left the show with an eating disorder. She claims that they encouraged contestants to exercise while severely injured and diet by dehydration to make the numbers on the scale drop dramatically.


Nevada to Become the “Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy”

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Of all the 'mainstream' forms of renewable energy, it seems that geothermal power is always left in the shadows compared to solar and wind power. However, that looks set to change with news that the US Department of Energy will fund geothermal projects in northwestern Nevada and southeast Oregon.


What is Voluntourism? (Infographic)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:40 AM PDT

Volunteerism is travel which includes volunteering for a charitable cause. In recent years, 'bite-sized' volunteer vacations have grown in popularity. The different types of volunteer vacations can vary, from cleaning up local wildlife areas to providing medical aid in a foreign country.


If I die, who will teach my daughters?

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:10 AM PDT

Imagine being a father and finding out you were going to die. Who would be there for your kids? Hear from one man who thought only of his daughters when he was faced with the news.


Obama Jokes About Biden's "Big F-ing Deal" Comment

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:00 AM PDT

President Makes Brief Stop in Columbus.


The Man In The Iron Mask (Vintage Pics)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:50 AM PDT

One Way to Get Popular with Ladies: Set out to Walk Around The World in an Iron Mask


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