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Saturday, July 9, 2011

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The Very Best of the Horrifying Houseguest Meme

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The Horrifying Houseguest meme brings every irrational fear you've ever had while you're alone to life. All you need to do is watch a horror movie, or be completely alone, and then try to live your life in your dark house or apartment normally. This is when Horrifying Houseguest comes to life.

Facebook Scam Pretends to Connect You With Video Calling [WARNING]

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Facebook now brings you video chat, but at the same time, scammers are lurking just beneath the surface, trying to trick you into spamming all your friends. Here's how to sidestep them

The Future of Battlefield

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Sure, we're getting a new Battlefield this year, and it looks phenomenal. DICE is making a concerted effort to take on Modern Warfare 3 while trying to retain its identity to longtime fans with the massive, well, battlefields that they've come to expect. But we're not content to look forward to this October, when Battlefield 3 is set to arrive on PC and consoles. We're looking to the future - what will Battlefield look like in the middle of what we expect will be a new console cycle and ridiculous new PC hardwa...

A Chinese Farmer And His Idiosyncratic Robot Family

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Wu Yulu, an ordinary Chinese farmer, constructs a quirky robot family...

Prison reformer advocates caning, flogging criminals

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The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world, even higher than China, which has a billion more people and, we're told, an oppressive government. Peter Moskos has a modest proposal to solve this problem: Instead of locking people up, beat them with a cane.

Court: It's OK to use GPS to track cheating spouse

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Panel of judges in New Jersey rules that it is perfectly permissible for a wife to track a husband whom she suspects to be a cheater, with the help of GPS.

Double amputee Iraq war veteran dies after he was flung off roller coaster

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Sergeant James Hackemer, 29, died after falling from the 'Ride of Steel' roller coaster at Darien Lake Theme Park, Syracuse.

The Space Debris Threat And How To Handle It

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Yesterday marked a momentous day in U.S. history as NASA launched its final space shuttle, ending a 30-year era. Four astronauts—commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus—are leading the 12-day Atlantis mission, the 135th and final flight of the storied space shuttle program. After Atlantis returns to Earth, NASA will officially retire the program and shift its focus to developing next-generation crew exploration vehicles (CEV) capable of carrying crew and cargoes to Earth's orbit, the moon and Mars. But just days before the Atlantis launch, something unexpected made headlines. Rocketing past the International Space Station at 29,000 miles per hour, a piece of space debris came only 1,100 feet away from a collision, forcing crew members to take refuge in two space capsules reserved for an emergency escape.

Batman Teaser Trailer To Possibly Preview Before Harry Potter

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As if you didn't need another reason to go see the final Harry Potter movie.

Roman-era shipwreck reveals ancient medical secrets

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A first-aid kit found on a 2,000-year-old shipwreck has provided a remarkable insight into the medicines concocted by ancient physicians to cure sailors of dysentery and other ailments.

Hackers Stick Mango on the HD2 and Microsoft's Totally OK With It

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It looks like Microsoft's keeping its living-and-let-live stance as hackers actually give the aging HD2 some much-deserved love. XDA-Developers member backslashid posted the above video showing Mango Beta 1 running on the device.

Over-fished tuna in 'hot water'

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Prospects worsen for at-risk tuna as two more species are added to the Red List of Threatened Species.

Zynga's Road to Riches: From startup to IPO

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Zynga, the social gaming company recently filed to go public and raise a whopping $1 billion in its initial public offering. The folks from Namesake have put together a graphic that tells the story of Zynga, the people behind the company and how it got here.

Leon Panetta says Al Qaeda's defeat within reach

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New U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, saying he believed the strategic defeat of al Qaeda was within reach if the United States could kill or capture up to 20 remaining leaders of the core group and its affiliates.

VIDEO: Google Maps 5.7 for Android adds Transit Navigation, Better Search & More

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Google recently took the wraps off of Google Maps 5.7 for Android devices, and the software update adds quite a few new features. The most noteworthy addition is Google's Transit Navigation beta feature, which provides navigation instructions for public transportation in more than 400 cities around the globe.

Star Wars: Galaxies - Shutdown Recap Video

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This video is a great way to catch yourself up on the full story about Star Wars Galaxies that has the community in an uproar.

5 Reasons Californians Aren't as Fat as the Rest of America

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How do those in the Golden State stay so trim? Here's a few ideas.

For $3 Billion, Could We End Traffic Deaths? Should We?

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Traffic accidents were responsible for 32,788 deaths in the U.S. last year (not to mention $41 billion in medical costs and lost work). If we could eliminate those fatalities with new regulations that cost the private sector $3 billion, would we? Should we?

Michigan Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting a Vegetable Garden

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Photo Credit: Julie Bass It just doesn't get more ridiculous than this. Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan -- a mother of 6, law-abiding citizen, and gardener -- is facing 93 days in jail after being charged with a misdemeanor.

Casey Anthony Release Date Recalculated; Now July 17

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A notification from Chief of Due Process Services Karen Levey advises that Casey Anthony, who was scheduled to be released from the Orange County Corrections facility in Orlando on July 13 is "no longer correct."

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