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Monday, June 20, 2011

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FIFA corruption timeline: A year of allegations

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From World Cup bribes to presidential election pay-offs, allegations of corruption and vote buying have rocked FIFA, soccer's governing body, for the past twelve months.

Portable pools claim a child's life every 5 days

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A child dies every five days in portable pools during warm-weather months, according to a new study.  Most of the children, 94 percent, were under 5.

Getting Nanoparticles To Communicate To Help Fight Cancer

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For decades, researchers have been working to develop nanoparticles that deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors, minimizing the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. However, even with the best of these nanoparticles, only about 1 percent of the drug typically reaches its intended target.

Everyone on Glee is a Slut (Infographic)

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Love triangles? Check. Love diamonds? Check.

Crossing 'madness' captured on camera

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Network Rail says there were 204 level crossing incidents in Wales last year - across Britain the problem is up by 15%. Incidents often involve cars - including one caught in Llanelli, south Wales.

And that would be karma.. [gif]

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..and Man's best friend is still genuinely concerned

NASA on Artemis: Studying the Moon's Interaction with the Sun

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In August 1960, NASA launched its first communications satellite, Echo 1. Fifty years later, NASA has achieved another first by placing the ARTEMIS-P1 spacecraft into a unique orbit behind the moon, but not actually orbiting the moon itself. This type of orbit, called an Earth-Moon libration orbit, relies on a precise balancing of the Sun, Earth, and Moon gravity so that a spacecraft can orbit about a virtual location rather than about a planet or moon. The diagrams below show the full ARTEMIS-P1 orbit as it flies in proximity to the moon.

Sony intros new PS3 Slim in Japan: lighter, consumes less power

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Fresh from the Land of the Rising Sun comes news that Sony has updated the original PS3 Slim (CECH-3001B) with a lighter, less power-hungry model.

U.S. Open, NBC cuts God from Pledge of Allegiance (video)

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NBC Golf channel edits out 'God's from the Pledge of Allegiance from the 2011 US Open intro. The move quickly drew criticism Dan Hicks said, during the broadcast of Open action: "We began our coverage of this final round just about three hours ago and when we did it was our intent to begin the coverage of this U.S. Open Championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being held in our nation's capital for the third time. Regrettably, a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance that was in that feature was edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we'd like to apologize to those of you who were offended by it." Then NBC apologizes for cutting "under God" from Pledge of Allegiance before U.S. Open

Skype CEO, not investors, made the key cuts

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Skype CEO Tony Bates and not the company's private equity investors -- were behind company's decision to part ways with many of their senior mangers, a company spokesperson told GigaOM. Skype Journal reported earlier that a whole gaggle of senior-level executives had been cut from the company.

Obama: 'Turn Off the Video Games and Pick Up a Book'

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Barack Obama 's Father's Day address discussed his fatherless childhood and encouraged Dads young and old to take an active role in their children's lives.

NFL Lockout: Why the NFL Needs Us More Than We Need the NFL

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On March 11, 2011 the NFL Players Association officially decertified. In response, the owners decided to lock out the players, thus beginning the epic saga that we follow daily called the NFL lockout.

Internet minders approve big rise in domain names

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Internet minders voted Monday to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system's biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago.

Will The Home Library Survive The e-Book?

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Alex Johnson of the Bookshelf points to an interesting article in the Independent titled Will the home library survive the surge of the e-book? For some people, books are little more than decoration.

Terrible Ideas from Great Developers

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Even Blizzard, Bethesda and BioWare have their bad days. Five near-catastrophic features that marred otherwise fantastic titles.

Top Animal Dad: Male Seahorse Sports Baby Bump

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And I'm Spent: Male Seahorse Takes One for the Team The male Seahorse tops our list of amazing animal dads and here's why: not only is he monogamous, but Pops The Sea Pony is actually the one who gets PREGNANT, carrying up to 1,000 babies at a time! The mating process begins with a dancing courtship ritual of sorts with the female Seahorse eventually laying hundreds of eggs inside the male, which he then helps fertilize himself during the process.

Scientists discover solar storms caused by giant 'magnetic rope'

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Storms release plasma across the solar system which can affect the Earth's telecommunication technologies in space.

Darth Vader's Executor: Longest Star Wars set in LEGO history

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This September Lego will begin selling a new Star Wars model seat featuring Darth Vader's own personal ship, the Super Star Destroyer Executor. It will be over 4 feet long and will take 3,152 bricks and pieces to put it together.

Ah Shit...Literally

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How Robert Gates' Cover-Ups Earned Him a Prestigious Career -- At the Expense of the American People

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Two decades ago, U.S. history could have taken a very different course if Gates and his cohorts had faced real accountability and their secrets had been exposed.
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