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Thursday, July 14, 2011

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - First Trailer

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Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are back as London's most famous detectives to face their greatest nemesis.

The Most Ridiculously Awesome/Awesomely Ridiculous Power Metal Album Covers

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Not all metal bands want to remind you that people want to kill you. There are also plenty of bands that want you to forget about your worries and whisk you away to a faraway land and time (sometimes the Middle Ages, sometimes Outer Space, sometimes Something The Band Just Fucking Made Up Themselves) and let you know that while evil does indeed lurk out there, most of the time good will prevail over evil.

Your Future Haircut (Ladies)

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In the future we will all have the same hairdresser

Official: Arnold's Last Stand Set

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Lionsgate today announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be making his return to film in The Last Stand, which the company is developing as a starring vehicle for the former California Governor. The announcement was made by the President of Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group Joe Drake, and President of Production Michael Paseornek...

The Rise of Online Deals and Coupons (Infographic)

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There's no denying it: The advent of the daily deal has changed the way bargain hunters shop.

Generic 'Republican Candidate' Leads Obama by 8 Points

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A generic Republican candidate leads President Obama by 8 points in a hypothetical 2012 matchup, a lead that no actual GOP candidate has been able to muster. A generic "Republican candidate" would beat Obama, 47 percent to 39 percent, among registered voters, according to a new Gallup poll released Thursday, reflecting the vulnerabilities facing the president as he gears up for reelection. The poll found independents would break for a nameless GOP candidate by a 10-point margin, 44 to 34 percent with 22 percent undecided, a warning sign for Obama's electoral fortunes next fall.

Google Back On Track In Q2, Beats The Street With Over $9 Billion In Revenue

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Google has just released their Q2 2011 numbers, and after a slightly-off Q1, it looks like Q2 is right back on track for the search giant. They beat the number the Street was expecting across the board. The key one being revenue: Google earned $9.03 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 (a new record for quarterly revenue). The street had been expecting about $8.6 billion. The revenue numbers were up 32 percent over the year-ago period. As the chart above shows, the Google.com numbers were the real strength here. Google-owned sites generated $6.23 billion in revenues, accounting for 69 percent of total revenues. That was a 39 percent increase over the year ago period.

FBI to investigate News Corporation over 9/11 hacking allegations

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Agency to investigate claims Rupert Murdoch's News Corp sought to hack into phone of victims of 9/11, reports say

How I interpret my beverage options on an airplane - The Oatmeal

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A brief analysis of what I like to drink while flying

Why Is Quantum Gravity So Hard? And Why Did Stalin Execute the Man Who Pioneered the Subject?

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What is the hottest problem in fundamental physics today? Physics aficionados most probably would answer: quantum gravity. Of all the fundamental forces of nature, only gravity still stands outside the rubric of the quantum theory. The difficulty of quant

Harry Potter Versus Star Wars: The Final Judgment

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The final Harry Potter movie opens up this week, and all week long people have been saying "goodbye" to the franchise. Lots of crying in your butterbeer and all that.

Video: What Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Brothers Have In Common

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The conglomeration of too much power in the hands of ethic-less ideologues is a shared theme. When this happens in the world of journalism, and when this happens in the world of politics, the public inevitably pays the highest price. A recent segment of Koch Brothers Exposed examined the intricate right-wing echo chamber the brothers fund in order to propagate policy lies into the mainstream debate. Unsurprisingly, Fox News was.....

Build, Baby, Build: The Greatest Modern Chinese Engineering Feats (SLIDESHOW)

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The 21st century has seen China set a new standard for engineering innovation. From bullet trains to jaw-dropping architectural achievements, here is a sampling of China's amazing engineering feats.

Eric Cantor: The most dangerous whiner in America

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Whenever economic disaster looms, you can count on the House majority leader to complain it is someone else's fault

Damnit! Leave me alone when I'm in the bath! [PIC]

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Thomas Edison’s Talking Doll Speaks After 123 Years of Waiting

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Damaged metal ring contained what is believed to be earliest known voice for a talking doll.

Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system (w/Video)

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Researchers at the University of Illinois have become the first to record an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii.

Report: 25,000 Security Breaches at U.S. Airports Since November 2001

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Newly released Department of Homeland Security documents reveal that there have been 25,000 security breaches at U.S. airports since November 2001. More than 14,000 of those infractions were people entering

Pet Ownership Improves Well-Being

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Owning a pet may have more perks than simply returning home to a companion that's happy to see you.

Indian techie's site makes him accidental hero of Mumbai blasts

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Nitin Sagar was at his New Delhi office, tweeting about needing a girl to fondly run her fingers through his hair, when he saw the posts about three deadly blasts many miles away in Mumbai.

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