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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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Smart Grid Will Force Buildings To Be Less Stupid

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Despite a tremendous focus on smart grid, there is little attention paid to consumption and buildings. If the smart grid industry is so concerned about efficiency on the grid, they should be equally concerned about the way electricity is consumed beyond the grid.

Medical Marijuana Users Fight for the Right to Pack Heat

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Cynthia Willis, a retired school bus driver, of White City, Oregon isn't happy with her local sheriff. That's because the sheriff decided to take away Willis' permit to carry a concealed handgun. Not because she's a convicted criminal or suffering from some sort of physiological instability, but rather because she's a medical marijuana card holder in the state of Oregon.

Lil Wayne Owes $5.6 Million in Taxes

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The IRS dropped a massive tax lien on Weezy. Helpful hint for the rapper: not paying would put you back to jail and there aren't NCAA brackets in there.

How It Works: A Smarter Crash-Test Dummy

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How the next generation of sensor-packed devices gather 70,000 data points per second to make cars safer for flesh-and-blood humans

Jesse Ventura: We're Still in Afghanistan Because We Want Their Lithium (Video)

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"We're going there to get lithium, so that we can live like we live," Ventura continued. "Don't sit and try to sell me [that] we're to give democracy to the world."

Richard Branson takes on the deep-sea with Virgin Oceanic

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Richard Branson, one of our favorite entrepreneurs has conquered the skies with Virgin America and Virgin Atlantic, and is heading to space upon Virgin Galactic, the world's first privately funded space mission. Today, the billionaire announced his latest endeavor today: Virgin Oceanic to explore the deep-sea.

Astronaut Lisa "Adult Diaper" Nowak Has Apparently Never Heard of Google

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Nowak asked the Florida judge who heard the case against her (for driving across country to confront a romantic rival) to have her criminal record sealed, saying it would hurt her chances of getting a job. The judge declined. He didn't mention, apparently, that HR departments have access to computers.

Hollywood Divas: Do You They Look Better As Skinny Or Curvy?

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Which do you prefer? Vote now!

The International Space Station: Expedition 26 (PICS)

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As we near the end of the U.S. Space Shuttle program, here is a look at the most recent ISS expedition, Expedition 26, along with the Earth-based support efforts from both the U.S. and Russia. [38 photos]

Lucky Drunk

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One time being drunk helped prevent an accident

Three Stooges movie casts Sean Hayes from Will & Grace as Larry

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What? While famous for his role as Jack on Will and Grace, Hayes hasn't had much work in recent years, his last live-action role being 2008's Soul Men.

Christ in Rio - That's one big statue [34 pics]

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Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the second largest Art Deco statue in the world.

Dear Internet, meet Charlie Buttons. He lives in NYC and wears buttons on his head.

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Man forces kids to 'suck on his boobs'

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What do you even say about this? Apparently the guy was into playing 'baby animals.'

2011 Masters pairings for rounds 1, 2

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Tee times for the first round of the 2011 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Defending champion Phil Mickelson tees off at 1:48 p.m. Tiger Woods gets an earlier start at 10:41 a.m. with reigning U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell.

Intel, Micron To Double SSD Density

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The companies will begin producing 20 nanometer flash memory. How big is that? Well, a human hair is more than 5,000 times thicker.

Chameleon's ballistic tongue inspires robotic manipulators

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Although the lungless salamander and some frog species have developed ballistic tongues, the chameleon's ballistic tongue is the fastest, the longest, and the one that can catch the heaviest prey. A chameleon's tongue can elongate more than six times its rest length, zipping forward ...

Heat, battery problems persist for iPhone 4s on iOS 4.3.1 |

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The iOS 4.3.1 update has done nothing to fix battery and overheating problems on the iPhone 4, and may even be triggering new

The Top 44 Signs You're Not Cut Out To Be A Superhero

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Being a superhero may look easy in the movies, but it takes years of training, a heavy marketing campaign and a very broken-in pair of skintight spandex (if you have to ask how one properly breaks in a pair of body-fitting spandex, you stand no chance of ever being a superhero).

The Movies of April 2011 | Film School Rejects

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We realize that you're probably sitting at home right now, chewing your own nails off and wondering what movies are coming out this month. Maybe you're
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