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Sunday, March 6, 2011

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U.S. Considering Tapping Oil Reserves As Gas Prices Rise

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President Barack Obama's chief of staff says the administration is looking at the nation's oil reserves as it considers options for dealing with the spike in gas prices. The price of a barrel of oil has passed $100.

Battlefield 3 vs. Battlefield 2 Comparison

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If you haven't seen the Battlefield 3 GDC 2011 trailer, then you are missing out seeing the cutting-edge game engine called, Frostbite 2, which delivers high visual quality and dynamic audio. For those who have seen the Battlefield 3 GDC 2011 trailer, you might be impress on the visual improvements EA DICE has made to their game. However, to really grasp the idea of this groundbreaking technology we have compared Battlefield 2, which came out over a half a decade ago, to Battlefield 3 in order to get a sense of this new game engine in action.

TSA Surveillance: Peep Show, Police State, Privacy Invasion or All Three?

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We've heard how if you don't like TSA screenings, then don't fly; instead take a bus, a train, or drive your car. If gas prices keep climbing, driving may not be an affordable option in the future. In that same future, Homeland Security had considered hitting the streets with TSA airport-like body scanners to covertly peek under your clothes, into your bags, and even into your vehicles. Whether you call it a police state, a peep show, or plain old privacy invasion, the increasing surveillance needs to stop.

Black Holes Point Way to Leap Existing Barriers in Physics

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Black holes are some of the heaviest objects in the universe. Electrons are some of the lightest. Now physicists at Illinois have discovered how charged black holes can be used to model the behavior of interacting electrons in unconventional superconductors....

Former pizza chain CEO mulling presidential run: Herman Cain For President!

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"He's creating quite a buzz," said former Iowa Republican Party Chairman Richard Schwarm. "He is someone Iowa caucus-goers are going to take very seriously." Cain, 65, from suburban Atlanta, has visited Iowa several times recently and will return to Des Moines on Monday for a conservative forum. Cain likely will express views similar to other speakers, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, but he'll offer a vastly different resume. Apart from a failed 2004 run for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, Cain hasn't sought election to public office. Instead, he held a series of high-profile business positions that culminated with part ownership of the Godfather's Pizza restaurants. He left the company in 1996 and among other positions has worked as host of a radio program in Atlanta, where he espoused his views against abortion and in support of a strong national defense, a smaller government and a return to the gold standard. "Leadership is the ability to take a good idea and sell it," said Cain. "When the public understands it, they will demand it. You've got to be able to sell the idea."

Why are some people (10%) left-handed? It's still a mystery...

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Though the stigma has largely vanished, the riddle of why about 10 percent of people are born with this essentially human asymmetry remains.

Navy Flight Student Crash: Dramatic video Footage

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This poor student got too low and slow while trying to wave off. Several views as he spins into the deck.

Mom Dies Sheltering Child As Tornado Hits La. Town

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Pieces of homes shot skyward, debris lodged in treetops and a U.S. Postal Service truck was flipped on its side. When it was over, the 21-year-old mother lay dead from a tree that had fallen atop her home, authorities say.

Professor Drops Decade Quest to Legally Grow Marijuana for Science

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The 70 year-old prof, who told the Associated Press he has never smoked marijuana, recently announced he was ceasing his efforts after being blocked by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Why America Will Stay on Top

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In The Wall Street Journal, Brian Carney interviews British historian Paul Johnson, who offers his thoughts on Sarah Palin, the tea party, and 'baddies' from Napoleon to Gadhafi.

'I no longer hope for audacity': Matt Damon slams Obama and how he is running the country

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Actor Matt Damon - who was one of the President's earliest and best-known celebrity supporters during his 2008 campaign - said point plank that he was unhappy with the way the country is being run.

Forget Google – it's Apple that is turning into the evil empire

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John Naughton: You may think you own your iPad or iPhone but in reality an invisible string links it back to Apple HQ

Live Sex Demonstration at Northwestern University Causes Stir [VIDEO]

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Northwestern University is under fire for approving an optional guest lecture, which had a live sexual demonstration.

Did you know? Those Plastic Bread Ties Tell You What Day Your Bread Was Baked

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I never knew those plastic clips that hold a bag of bread together actually had a purpose. The most commonly used system is the one above, where Blue, Green, Red, White, Yellow (alphabetical order) tell you which day it was actually baked, Monday through Saturday. Not every bread company does this, but next time you see it, you'll know which loaf is the fresh prince. [Wise Bread via Consumerist]

Apple iPad 3: What We Want

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Apple iPad 2? That's yesterday's news.

Lincoln Proposed Sending Freed Slaves to Central America

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Abraham Lincoln told freed slaves they should found a colony in Latin America, and even made contact secretly with the British about making land available in what was then British Honduras, now Belize, according to a new book.

Would America Settle for a New 1980s?

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Veiled within the news that Ronald Reagan handily topped a recent Gallop poll of Americans' favorite presidents is a pretty clear mandate: We want somebody to make the 1970s end. This is not the swinging '70s of fond memory (a period during which the nation actually experienced a surge in nostalgia for the 1950s) but the brutalizing fiscal '70s of stagflation, soaring gas prices, President Jimmy Carter's national "malaise," and then-California Gov. Jerry Brown's "era of limits." With a Carteresque president, a scolding yet permissive Federal Reserve chairman who inspires even less confidence than Nixon-appointed Fed chief Arthur Burns, and Jerry Brown himself back in charge of the Golden State, the United States is experiencing a grim and pleasureless sensation of '70s nostalgia.

The Dawn of the Super Server

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We're in the midst of a computing implosion: a re-centralization of resources driven by virtualization, many-core CPUs, GPU computing, flash memory, and high-speed networking. Some have predicted, only half-jokingly, that we will be able to buy a mainframe in a pizza box server that fits in a small fraction of a data center rack. That possibility — and in my opinion, inevitability — means we have a lot to watch over the next few years: what I like to call the coming of the Super Server.

UK rocket test for 1,000mph car

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The first full test firing of the rocket that will power a British car to over 1,000mph (1,670km/m) will take place in the coming months.

Ohio Priest's Rants in Jail After DUI Arrest

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After being arrested for drunk driving, Ohio priest Father Ignatius Kury was handcuffed to a cinder-block in his cell. For 20 minutes, Kury ranted, screamed ...

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