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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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GM Could Fire Striking Workers at India plant

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A nearly two-week long strike at General Motors' Halol, India, assembly plant has motivated the automaker to hire a new temporary staff and to issue an ultimatum to striking workers.

Man sets record for eating most grapes in 3 minutes (Video)

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We shot a video of him eating the grapes, sped it up and set it to the theme from the Benny Hill Show. You're welcome, world.

'Source Code' Director Drops 9 Tips for the Aspiring Sci-Fi Filmmaker

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Duncan Jones is a director who loves his science fiction. Here he gives his nine tips for those aspiring to be a filmmaker one day.

Marijuana College: Oaksterdam Focuses on Higher Education

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California's Oaksterdam University is America's first cannabis college, offering training for the lucrative medical-marijuana industry

Woman charged with killing Chihuahua puppy after it peed on her leg

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Holly Boyd, 28-year-old Fridley woman, allegedly got so mad at her few-weeks-old Chihuahua for urinating on her stuff that she pitched it across the room and killed it.

Ashley Boo Turns a Facebook Profile Into an Interactive Marketing Campaign

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Ashley Boo's Facebook profile may look like any other page, but it isn't long until Ashley jumps off the page.

I Bet She's More Comfortable Than He Is

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Best Bike stunt ever!!!

Killing roaches made fun!

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Fuck all the bells and whistles of modern design. I don't need a gigantic chopping machine with four speeds and serrated edges to cut up my dinner—I'll just use a knife, thanks. Worked for Neanderthal man, should be right for me. I mean, they haven't changed the design of edible flesh anytime recently, have they?

8 Hysterical G.I. Joe Public Service Announcement Parodies

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G.I. Joe was as important to my young life as breathing, eating and stealing the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue every year. The cartoon taught me that war was hell (but that everyone was a terrible shot) and that there were hundreds of things in my life that could kill me at any moment.

After losing a patent battle with Apple, Nokia sues again

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After losing a patent battle with Apple, Nokia decides to sue them again. This time there are 7 patents in question, bringing the total to 46. Will this ever end?

Audiobytes for Autobots Releases Free New Mashup Album! Check it out

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"Blanket Weather" (2011), the long awaited and highly anticipated follow up to "2.0" is finally out now. Download it for free and groove out to it in your ride! Artists sampled range from LCD Soundsystem to Daft Punk to Kanye West to Rilo Kiley.

Man Lines Front Lawn With Toilets in Protest [w/video]

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There may be more than a dozen toilets on his front lawn, but David Linscott will not sit down. The Kittery, Maine, plumbing contractor has lined his property with 10 commodes of varying shapes and sizes as an act of protest.

Batman Reboot Being Planned After Dark Knight Rises

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Here's the next step in the evolution of Hollywood's never-ending circle of creative recycling: Batman is getting a reboot. They're already planning to start the whole franchise over, even though the next installment in the current incarnation, The Dark Knight Rises, is still filming.

Bad news for football fans is good news for people who are against domestic violence

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Nah, there's no joke here. Just shitty human beings. Human beings that beat their spouses with increased frequency in relation to NFL outcomes. That's right, a new study published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics reports that men are more likely to beat their wives in the event of an NFL upset. Their team loses and that's how they react.

Diplomats discuss Libya's future as Italy plots Gaddafi's escape route | World news | The Guardian

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Rome is negotiating an African haven for the Libyan leader as international pressure mounts on him to go

What has become of video game DLCs today

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True and a very sad story, the image above clearly illustrates how DLCs today are nothing more than money hungry publishers trying to milk every penny out of our wallets.

How Digg is Built

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At Digg we have substantially rebuilt our infrastructure over the last year in what we call "Digg V4". This blog post gives a high-level view of the systems and technologies involved and how we use them. Read on to find out the secrets of the Digg engineers!

The Game We've All Been Waiting For... (VID)

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A video showing off what may be the coolest game ever has hit the intertubes

The Hole (1962)

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The Hole is a 1962 short animation by John Hubley and Faith Hubley that won an Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons) in 1962. The film uses improvised dialogue from Dizzy Gillespie and George Mathews as a pair of construction workers, one white, one black. Working deep underground, our cartoon heroes begin debating the fate of the world and the possibility of nuclear annihilation...from under the streets of New York.

Bid to ban cloned foods in Europe collapses

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An effort to ban cloned foods from supermarket shelves in Europe collapsed Tuesday after EU states and the parliament failed to agree a law to control the industry.
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