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Monday, February 28, 2011

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Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure

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In a bold new approach ultimately aimed at trying to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes the disease.

Wisconsin Protesters Stay Put; Defiant Governor Holds Ground

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Union workers and activists celebrated in the Wisconsin Capitol early Monday, as police relented and let them spend another night on the marble floors of the building's rotunda.

Kansas Motorcyclists Could Be Legally Allowed to Run Red Lights Soon

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Lawmakers approved a bill that would allow motorcycle riders to go through red lights if their vehicles aren't heavy enough to trip the weight sensors under the street that change the signal. The "Dead Red" law passed by the state House this week.

49% of Consumers in US and UK Want Autonomous Cars

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A recent study by Accenture found that consumers are all about new, innovative solutions for their lives, but "are frustrated with frequently used electronic devices that freeze or crash." We hear that. But here's the most intriguing statistic from their survey: 49% of people polled say they'd be comfortable using a driverless car.

My Web Without Facebook Connect

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How important is Facebook? Very, and not in ways you and I realize. Sure you can see status updates and photos of your friends. What really is indispensable about Facbeook -- its ability to glue the web together. I found that out the hardway.

Virgin Galactic signs deal to launch scientists into space

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For $1.6 million, scientists will fly into suborbital space for research purposes. The space tourism company Virgin Galactic, which is building a fleet of reusable private spaceships, has inked a landmark deal to fly scientists into suborbital space for research.k

Dog Takes Out Biker! \

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Bike= mangled. Rider=fallen. Dog? Just fine.

6 Reasons Jennifer Aniston Is Still Single

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You couldn't help but ask yourself while watching the Oscars, why is Jennifer Aniston still single? It's Jen's fault her relationships don't work. Unfortunately, there is little she can do to change her luck in dating. Here are five reasons Aniston is still single:

The Department of Transportation Fines American Airlines Over Voucher Fees

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The Department of Transportation sends word today that it's charging American Airlines for charging its passengers for agreeing to swap seats on oversold flights for travel vouchers.

Top 10 Charlie Sheen Moments

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Charlie Sheen's rant-to-end-all-rants seems to have struck a death blow to his career. Or has it?

'Twilight' Gets Auto-Tuned at the Oscar Awards (WATCH)

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One of my favorite parts of last night's Oscar Awards was the homemade videos of some of our favorite movies, auto-tuned. In addition to the Oscar-nominated Social Network and Toy Story 3, Twilight and Harry Potter also got the auto-tune treatment!

Why Is San Francisco Planning to Dump Bleach in the Bay?

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San Francisco plans to dump 27 million pounds of bleach into its sewers this summer. Greener options exist so why isn't the city considering them?

America Is Addicted To Porn (Infographic)

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Is America addicted to porn? The statistics in this informative infographic say yes!

Backcountry Riding (Video)

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This clip will make you want to go snowboarding - guaranteed!

U.S. Government Doctors Once Thought it Okay to Experiment on Disabled People and Prison Inmates

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Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital.

Skier Crashes Backwards Down Mountaintop (Video)

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This dude's helmet cam caught the whole disaster, so every time his brain tries to create a mental block of the accident, he's got this video to remind him of the time he fell down a mountain.

College Marching Band Plays Rage Against the Machine. Awesome... (vid)

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Bitter Tastes Make You More Judgmental

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Don't drink and judge; bitter tastes alter your moral compass.

Rightbloggers Compare Large National Protests (Union) Unfavorably with Large National Protests (Koch Brothers)

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Hundreds of thousands of people turned out on behalf of teachers in Wisconsin who were holding out for collective bargaining rights, despite opposition from Republicans and from bigtime "liberal" columnists who also consider schoolteachers grossly overcompensated. Yet rightbloggers dismissed these demos as paltry, insignificant, and a failure.

4 Americans dead in UAE plane crash

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4 Americans dead in plane crash in United Arab Emirates
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

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Miley Cyrus Willing to Make Fun of Herself on 'Saturday Night Live'

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Saturday Night Live loves joking on Miley Cyrus. Because she's just so easy to make fun of. But when Miley appears on SNL as a host, will all Miley jokes stop for the evening? Nope, it sounds like Cyrus is more than willing to make fun of herself on the show.

Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson Compares Canada to a Militant Lesbian

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Scott Thompson, one of those hilarious kids in said hall, developed a character from the show into the odd hero of graphic novel Danny Husk: The Hollow Planet.

Snowboarding: Oakley Arctic Challenge - Chas Guldemond Takes 1st Place

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The women took to the course in the morning for a heated session, where Jamie Anderson (USA), once again, pulled ahead of the other competitors to take the win. The men's finals went down in the afternoon...

How Social Media Is Pushing the Limits of Legal Ethics

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As social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter continue gaining prevalence among mainstream America, they're having a greater effect on the administration of justice in our court system, with everyone from jurors to judges skirting potential ethical lines.

This chart explains why the USA is @#&$-ed

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The 2010 "income statement" of the United States.

New RAGE trailer sets the visual bar high [VID]

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Here is the latest trailer for RAGE entitled 'Untethered' developed by id Software who brought us the classic DooM back in the day and Published by Bethesda Softworks, responsible for the release of the recent Fallout games.

Five Things TV Chefs Are Doing Wrong

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Thanks, Martha.

Fantastic Photo taken immediately after the Christchurch Earthquake

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Marchionne’s compensation slips 27 percent [Update]

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New car sales may have been up in 2010 but Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of Fiat and Chrysler, saw his compensation drop by about 27 percent last year.

Pro-Union Rallies Held Across the Country

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Thousands of people turned out at rallies in state capitals across the country Saturday, to show their support for union members fighting in Wisconsin and other states to retain their rights to represent workers and negotiate contracts.

Seven Movies that Expose the "Real Hollywood"

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The central myth propagated by the annual Academy Awards telecast is that Hollywood is one big happy family of mutually supportive artists in thrall to the sacred muse of inspiration. You know better, and here are seven harsh beauties to blot out all those Oscar night air kisses. Don't expect a happy ending.

Every Eminem Song Ever (Vid)

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Slim Shady's music in 1:25 seconds

Google Rumored To Have YouTube-Based Movie Streaming Service On Deck

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If it's not Apple, it's Google clogging up the rumor mill pipeline. Recently, the search giant has been at the center of rumors that they could be launching a new music service to compete with iTunes, and now, The New York Post is reporting that Google may be considering the opening of a YouTube subscription-based movie service in the UK....

Hosting Company: Anti-Pirates Stole $138,000 and Hijacked Our Email

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After seizing back equipment wrongfully seized by Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, the owner of the servers which previously housed a huge warez topsite has spoken out.

Goose Parade

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A gaggle of geese running down the street. I wonder where they're going?

Libya envoy to U.S. backs interim government

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Libya's ambassador to the United States on Saturday threw his weight behind a caretaker government formed by former Libyan justice minister Mustafa Mohamed Abud Ajleil.

Space Shuttle Launch: Viewed From an Airplane

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Flying from Orlando, FL I had the rare opportunity to be able to watch Discovery's final launch as it embarks on STS-133.

Drunk Driving: Dangerous, Dumb; Naked Drunk Driving: Dumberer

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Ah, Saturdays, the day on which many cops sigh before they set out on their patrols.

‘American Idol’ to Let Viewers Vote via Facebook

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Although there has rarely been a season of "American Idol" in which everyone agreed upon who the winning contestant should be, the show deserves respect for putting the power in the hands of the people and asking them to decide who will win the competition. However, for casual fans of the show, the text-message voting process may have seemed too tedious to be worth participating in.

Why Wouldn’t the Tea Party Shut It Down?

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This battle, ostensibly over the deficit, is so much larger than the sum of its line-item parts.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

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3 dead in assassination attempt on Mexican mayor

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The mayor of a town in northeast Mexico survived an apparent assassination bid Friday after his bodyguards repelled the attackers in a gunfight that left three gunmen dead and two others detained.

Your Incredible Shrinking Paycheck

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The recession is over, but its legacy of falling wages is likely to stick with us

Homeless Daniel Morales finds daughter by Twitter

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A homeless New York man finds his daughter after more than a decade apart - using the social networking site Twitter.

San Diego's Singing Doctor

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Dr. Steven Eisenberg brings music and healing to cancer patients.

Do you sleep with a pig?

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No, I'm not talking about your husband. Kathy Ruttenberg has been taking a bath and getting into bed with a little pig named Trixie.

Humanoids run world's first robot marathon race

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Robovie-PC, a toy-sized humanoid, won the world's first full-length marathon for two-legged robots by a whisker Saturday, beating its closest rival by a single second after more than two days of racing.

Jesus Is on Facebook! (PIC)

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As we continue to search for interesting and unique people spending time updating their status and poking people, we are finding that more than celebrities enjoy Mark Zuckerberg's baby, including the Lord.

Bahrain King Reshuffles Cabinet

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Bahrain's king reshuffled his cabinet Saturday as protesters continued to call for reforms and a key opposition leader returned to the country.

Missing Vancouver couple survives days in snowbank

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A couple missing from Vancouver, Wash. was found alive Friday after spending several days trapped in a snowbank in their vehicle.

Lion may pack Find My Mac, Mobile Documents cloud folders

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More discoveries in the Lion developer preview have implied that Apple's MobileMe revamp may bring new features to the Mac as well. A finding in the code shows references to a "Find My Mac" identifier that would help users track a lost or stolen Mac. The 9to5 tip didn't glean functionality, but it would presumably use Wi-Fi geolocation much as Snow Leopard can already use Wi-Fi positioning to get the local time.

People lock eyes to establish dominance

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New research suggests that the dominance behavior exhibited by staring someone down can be reflexive.

Shell Galaxies in Pisces: APOD February 26th 2011

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This colorful cosmic skyscape features a peculiar system of galaxies cataloged as Arp 227 some 100 million light-years distant. Swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, Arp 227 consists of the two galaxies prominent on the left; the curious shell galaxy NGC 474 and its blue, spiral-armed neighbor NGC 470. The faint, wide arcs or shells of NGC 474 could have been formed by a gravitational encounter with neighbor NGC 470. Alternately the shells could be caused by a merger with a smaller galaxy producing an effect analogous to ripples across the surface of a pond. Remarkably, the large galaxy on the right hand side of the deep image, NGC 467, appears to be surrounded by faint shells too, evidence of another interacting galaxy system. Intriguing background galaxies are scattered around the field that also includes spiky foreground stars. Of course, those stars lie well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. The field of view spans 25 arc minutes or about 1/2 degree on the sky.

11,500 Year Old Remains of Cremated Child Discovered

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The chlid's burned bone fragments were found in a fire pit in the remains of an ancient house near the Tanana River in central Alaska. Researchers date the cremation to 11,500 years ago. After the child's body was burned...the house and hearth were buried and abandoned.

Cyber bullies to be 'poked' on Facebook by cyber police

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Cyber bullies using the internet to target their victims are to be warned they face prosecution by cyber police patrolling websites such as Facebook.

The Best Shows Cancelled by the Friday Night Death Slot

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Friday Night is a harsh mistress when to our favorite shows, so UGO's got your jilted retrospective of The Best TV Killed by the Friday Night Death Slot.

Submarine-Boat Hybrid Goes All-Electric for Greener Get-Aways

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If you've been wanting a better way to explore reefs or tropical seas without actually getting wet, you might have found your solution. The Ego is a "compact semi-submarine" from Raonhaje, which works as both a motor boat and a two-seater submarine.

The 7 Most Terrifying Sex Toys Ever Patented

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We've found seven people with the ego, the balls and the terrifying machinery to shout, 'Everyone in the world was boning wrong before I came along!'

Surprise...Baby Boomers Are Going to the Movies, Asserting a New Trend in Hollywood

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An older audience has made a startling reassertion of its multiplex power, giving Hollywood a glimpse of its graying future.

Welcome to 'Free Libya' - the real people's republic?

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A young man who spoke fluent English, pointed into a charred and blackened room. "That's where the secret police would take you for punishment," he said. "If they afterwards took you to Tripoli, your family would never hear from you again."

Obama Squeaks Up on Libya

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Indeed, the dithering of the Obama administration has raised a more fundamental question: Have our elites—and not just those running the Obama administration—become so encumbered by self-doubt, so weakened by sophistication, so seduced by the excuses provided by the claim of helplessness, that they are incapable of acting decisively? Once Americans tried to seize every moment of opportunity. Now we are far more likely to stand back and watch history unfold, while explaining why we can't do anything to shape that history. After all, our foreign policy establishment explains condescendingly, the challenges are daunting. So many forces are beyond our control. The risks are great. The obstacles are overwhelming.
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Friday, February 25, 2011

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Meet the Winner of the "Worst Mom in the World" Contest

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Angela McAnulty is pleading for her life after torturing and starving her 15-year-old daughter to death. Dad is a runner up for admitting to doing nothing to stop her.

Is Modern Warfare 3 About to Be Announced?

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A new viral site just launched suggests we'll probably see it in less than five days.

The proper way to use sporting equipment (Pic)

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10 Of The Stupidest Toys Of All Time

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A good toy provides hours upon hours of endless entertainment. However, as we all know from our childhoods, sometimes these expectations don't live up to reality. As a case in point, below are ten of the stupidest toys of all time.

Motorola Xoom: The complete FAQ

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The Motorola Xoom has finally arrived. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Google's inaugural Android Honeycomb tablet.

Consumer Reports won't recommend Verizon iPhone 4 (maybe)

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Consumer Reports contradicted itself on Friday with a new update saying it wouldn't give a recommendation for the Verizon iPhone 4. The magazine said it still saw the signal drop sharply when covering the bottom-left antenna gap, bridging the antennas and lowering the signal. Calls started dropping or wouldn't start at the very fringe of the signal where other Verizon phones, such as the Droid 2 Global and Fascinate, still held out.

The Likability of Angry Birds - The Oatmeal

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A little graph about my favorite mobile game.

Mind trick: How the illusion of having 3 hands could help stroke patients

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Scientists have made the illusion so realistic that men and women taking part broke into a sweat when their 'extra' limb was threatened with a knife.

This Bus Doesn't Need Air Conditioning [Vid]

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If you go to Pakistan and plan to take the bus, remember to bring a bike helmet and gloves.

7 Classic Video Game Commercials That Incorporate a Human Element [Videos]

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It's amazing how far video game commercials have come since the 90s. Today they're just as good as movie trailers. But something that's also pretty cool is the human element. We're taking a look at some of the best video game commercials involving real humans.

Porn Machete Murder

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Mopes and mayhem in the San Fernando Valley. This is a story about how one mope in particular was pushed to the edge and snapped on the people who hooked him up.

Private Detective Ordered to Reveal Celebs on Phone Hacking 'Target List'

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Glenn Mulcaire, the private detective at the center of the News of the World phone hacking affair, must identify 17 celebrities on a "target list" whose voicemails are thought to have been intercepted, a judge has ruled.

How Severe Can Climate Change Become?

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How severe can climate change become in a warming world? Worse than anything we've seen in written history, according to results of a study recently appearing in the journal Science.

Watch Out!

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How the hell did this guy manage to stay alive after this fall?!

Kite-Powered Electric Car Crosses Australia Using Only $15 Worth of Electricity

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The Wind Explorer--a kite-assisted lightweight electric car--drove 3,107 miles across Australia in 18 days using only $15 worth of electricity. As if that wasn't amazing enough, they journey set three world records: the first continental crossing by a wind-powered vehicle, the longest distance covered by a wind powered vehicle, and the longest distance covered by such vehicle in 36 hours!

Mendo Farmers Collective Delivers Marijuana... In Orange County

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The Mendocino Farmers Collective grows some of the finest medical marijuana in California and the world. And it will deliver -- if you live in Orange County.

Top 10 Awesome Charlie Sheen Quotes of the Week

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Charlie Sheen has had himself a week. And when Charlie Sheen has a good week, we get entertained.

MIT Builds an OS to Give Multicore Chips a Heartbeat

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Human beings are complicated organisms that have evolved entire systems of feedback and governance to ensure our minds and our bodies are performing well.

Scott Walker's History Exposes a Dark Illegal Past Behind The Choir Boy Face

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Scott was found guilty of illegal campaigning while in college and the local paper, that had previously been neutral, finally declared Scotty "unfit for Presidency."

Microchip in iPhones and Blackberries Spots Cancerous Tumors Within an Hour, Study Shows

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Scientists say they have developed a microchip that can be attached to a smart phone and diagnose cancerous tumors within an hour, from the patient's bedside.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

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Ron Paul: The Tea Party Is Now Corporately Owned

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When the man who is credited with the inception of the Tea Party, as a grassroots movement, says it's now corporately owned, it's worth hearing....

Apple iPhone knocked off top of tree as it trails 5 budget rivals in UK

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The uSwitch.com Mobile Tracker, which ranks the nation's favourite mobile handsets based on live searches and sales, shows HTC dominating the top three places.

Pakistani Minister Delivers Worst Speech Ever (Video)

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This dude was having heavy bertations before having heavy bertations was cool!

Anonymous Confronts Westboro Baptist Church, HACKS Website LIVE DURING Interview

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A source from Anonymous confronts Shirley Phelps-Roper from the Westboro Baptist Church, calling the supposed letter sent to Westboro by Anonymous a hoax, an...

The Great Moments in Hacking

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Our favorite cyber pranks and their perpetrators.

U.S. Grounds Electronic Cigarettes On Planes

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Smokers of electronic cigarettes are making videos of themselves using the devices on airplanes, but the U.S. Department of Transportation says the smokeless cigarettes aren't welcome aboard.

Happy Birthday Steve Jobs, champion of the popped collar

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs turns 56 today and the Apple cofounder's influence on technology and the world at large cannot be overstated

Google face search to use social network photos

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It could be used for something wonderful or it could be used for some ill-tempered moment like snapping a pic to search and track down that jerk who cut you off in traffic.

Oral sex now main cause of oral cancer: Who faces biggest risk? - Health Blog - CBS News

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What's the leading cause of oral cancer? Smoking? Heavy drinking? Actually, it's oral sex.

Rachel Maddow Explains How The Wisconsin Protesters Are Winning

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On her MSNBC program Rachel Maddow not only explained how Scott Walker and the right are losing their battle to bust America's public sector unions, but also how the protesters are winning. Maddow said, "It looks like it is turning into a national fight, and it looks like it is a national fight the Republicans may be losing everywhere."

Who Knew CNN Could Stoop So Low? (PIC)

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Military training fail

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This soldier was inches away from being speedily discharged from the army. His beret bravely took the bullet instead.

NASA'S Chandra Finds Superfluid in Neutron Star's Core

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Chandra has discovered the first direct evidence for a superfluid, a bizarre, friction-free state of matter, at the core of a neutron star.

Hangover 2 Trailer: The Wolfpack Is Back!

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It might just be the greatest motion picture you'll ever experience!

The 10 Chalkboard Lessons That Would Be Most Useful To 32-Year-Old Bart Simpson [pics]

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If he weren't stuck in time as a perpetual 10-year-old cartoon, Bart Simpson would be 32 today. He's spent a lot of time in the front of a classroom chalkboard. What scribbles lesson do we hope have stuck?

When Is Bad Publicity Good?

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In a new study from Stanford Graduate School of Business, researchers say in some cases negative publicity can increase sales when a product or company is relatively unknown, simply because it stimulates product awareness.

Take a Rabbit, Leave a Rabbit: Man Charged in Bunny Theft

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Apparently someone in Lincoln, Nebraska thinks that you can exchange rabbits. The man allegedly stole a bunny from a pet store and left a jackrabbit in its place.

Saudi Man Living in West Texas Arrested For 'Attempted Use of Weapon of Mass Destruction'

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Moments ago, the Department of Justice announced that an investigation by the FBI's Dallas Joint Terrorism Task Force has led to the arrest of 20-year-old Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, who was born in Saudi Arabia. The feds say that that Aldawsari attempted to buy chemicals needed to make an improvised explosive device, posted repeatedly to blogs promising to help defeat "the infidels" and kept a list of "potential U.S. targets."

My Conversion From a Libertarian to Progressive Liberal

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After resisting this notion all my life, I had to acknowledge that the housing bubble (among many other instances of corporate fraud and abuse) proves the skeptics right. The lesson is beyond dispute: when power goes unchecked it leads to fascism (in one form or another), fraud, force and self-destruction. The answer, it seems, is not socialism but a strenuous case-by-case effort to strike a fair balance between workers' rights and business, which is why the protestors in Wisconsin fighting for collective bargaining rights need our support. And some industries, such as health care and energy, must be run by and for the public. Government is the only institution that can keep corporate power in check, and in a democracy all participants must be aware and pressure their leaders to regulate markets, lest it mutate into an oligarchy.

Feds tell tobacco firms: Run ads about your lies

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The Justice Department wants the largest cigarette manufacturers to admit that they lied to the public about the dangers of smoking in an ad campaign.
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