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WikiLeaks alternative OpenLeaks goes live

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OpenLeaks, the alternative whistleblower site created by WikiLeaks defectors, has officially gone live, though it's not yet fully operational. The organization confirmed that it doesn't plan to publish information itself, but rather help third parties (such as nonprofits and news orgs) get access to leaked documents in order to convey them to the public. The launch of OpenLeaks was spoiled somewhat by, ironically, a leaked PDF of its site contents published on Cryptome.org. The OpenLeaks news page seems to welcome this leak, but warns that not all parts of the site are compl

99 Year Old Japanese Woman is bestselling poet

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Toyo Shibata only started writing when she was 92; now, as she prepares to celebrate her 100th birthday, her poems are finding an eager audience in Japan as it reels from two decades of economic malaise and faces up to an uncertain future. Shibata's anthology, Kujikenaide [Don't Lose Heart], has sold 1.5m copies since its publication, in late 2009.

Amateur Scuba Divers Find 1917 U-Boat Wreckage

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A team of five amateur divers have discovered the wreckage of a UC-42 submarine which sank while laying mines during the First World War off the Cork coast

Breast-Feeding Canadian Moms Create Flash Mob at Mall

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Canada is up in arms about breast-feeding and whether it's really OK to do it in public. And with the help of blogs and Facebook, angry moms are taking it to the streets -- or to the mall, in this case.

Ex-Hockey Coach Gets Prison for Paying A Boy for Sex

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A disgraced former high school hockey coach has been sentenced to at least 17 ½ years in prison for having sex with a boy. The ex-coach is already in federal prison serving a 22-year sentence for child pornography in a separate crime tied to the same investigation.

Five Not Very Well Thought Out Replacements for Oprah

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Since Oprah will be vacating her daytime spot, we should at least help find a suitable replacement.

Florida Deputies Banned from Having Visible Tattoos or Gold Teeth.

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"The intent of the policy is to provide employees with a standard for the type, content, size and location of allowable body ornamentation."

Carteret Pacific Islanders and Global Warming - Sun Come Up Film - The Daily Green

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The Carteret Islanders are among the first climate refugees. Global warming is threatening their Pacific Island homes, as documented by Jennifer Redfearn in the upcoming documentary film Sun Come Up.

It's Alive! GOPers Resurrects Death Panels

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As Republicans battle health care reform, a discredited meme rises from the grave.

AT&T Surpasses Verizon as Number One Carrier - For Now

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Verizon became the nation's largest carrier when it rocketed past AT&T two years ago after its Alltel acquisition. Since then, it had been enjoying a relatively comfortable lead against AT&T even though the latter was picking up hoards of subscribers thanks to the iPhone. However, AT&T has taken its place as number one in terms of subscribers again by adding 2.8 million new customers in the fourth quarter. How long will this lead last?

Cheating Governor Mark Sanford Caught On Beach With Argentine Mistress

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For the first time, we're seeing intimate photos of Mark Sanford -- the lovelorn former Governor of South Carolina -- and the Argentine mistress that cost him both his wife and high-profile political career.

Ozzy Osbourne & Justin Bieber Teaming Up For Superbowl Commercial

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I think I just died a little inside.

Top 5 movies Paul Newman would have made better

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Today is the birthday of Newman's Own best selling product, the late Paul Newman, everyone's favorite cool-eyed and irreverent actor/philanthropist. He can't so much celebrate his birthday, being deceased, but everyone else can -- and surely they will, running some retrospective of the man and his work. We, too, feel that clinging to the past is the easiest way to ignore the future, so here's some modern pieces of cinematic art that should have had Paul Newman in them, but sadly didn't.

News Corp. and Apple finally ready to intro The Daily on February 2

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The long-rumored iPad newsstand, called "The Daily," is ready to make its public debut. Apple's Eddie Cue and News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch will announce the details at an event in New York City on Wednesday, February 2.

How the seahorse might have got its shape

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The shape of the seahorse has long baffled marine scientists, but new research suggests the seahorse's unique shape may have evolved to allow it to catch its food when it was further away.

Police Arrest 5 Men Over "Anonymous" DDoS Attacks

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British police have arrested five people for their alleged participation in some of the highly-publicized DDoS attacks last month. The five individuals - all males, between the ages of 15 and 26 - were arrested after a series of raids in the West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Herfordshire, Surrey and London. The five are being held on suspicion of being involved in Anonymous, the loose affiliation of "hacktivists" who have targeted a number of websites, including MasterCard, Visa and PayPal, with distributed denial of service attacks. These attacks followed WikiLeaks' release of US diplomatic

5 craziest insurance policies ever

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We're all gonna die. For most of us, it's going to be unremarkable but for some people they expect a fantastical end. Hence here are the top five lunatic insurance policies.

Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato found murdered | World news | The Guardian

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'Real and substantive' investigation urged after advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda bludgeoned to death in Mukono

Meet the 3DS prototypes

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Nintendo has shared some interesting photos and information of 3DS prototypes.

Dave Grohl - Exclusive Studio Tour [video]

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Godlike Genius Dave Grohl invites us into his home studio to see where he produced the latest Foo Fighters album. Find out how weird tea and chicken noodles keep him going, and how he gets a Toys R Us drumkit to sound like Led Zeppelin.
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