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| Three Cartoons That’ll Scare the Kids Posted: 21 Aug 2008 09:40 PM CDT Among other legendary TV show intros, I posted the intro to PBS' Mystery! the other day, and the enthusiastic response from our readers who hadn't seen it in some time but remembered it fondly convinced me that we need more on the site in that vein, and stat. |
| Hallmark introduces Gay marriage cards Posted: 21 Aug 2008 09:30 PM CDT Hallmark, seeing a new market after California ruling, is beginning to roll out gay marriage greeting cards. |
| Fed. agency: 'New phenomenon' caused WTC 7 collapse Posted: 21 Aug 2008 09:10 PM CDT Metal expanding due to heat -- aka "thermal expansion" -- is a "new phenomenon," according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Yet their report on how World Trade Center 7 mysteriously collapsed is drawing criticism from a large group of professional architects and engineers, who want to know what the agency is covering up. |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2008 08:50 PM CDT As the U.S. election season hits full swing, we're bringing this momentum to the upcoming political party conventions in Denver and St. Paul. Digg, along with Google & others, will be sponsoring the first ever new media center at the DNC. We've teamed up with MySpace, Rock the Vote and others to sponsor an event with the Impact Film Festival at the RNC. |
| Verizon: we need freedom to delay P2P traffic when necessary Posted: 21 Aug 2008 08:30 PM CDT Verizon's Chief Technical Officer talks about his philosophy of network management and why building a network that delivers every bit without delay is, in his view, impractical. |
| Map of McCain's Cribs (Valued at $13,823,269) Posted: 21 Aug 2008 08:20 PM CDT A detailed list of John McCain's ten homes (valued at $13,823,269), conveniently plotted on Google Maps, following Barack Obama lashing into McCain on Thursday, ridiculing him for being painfully out of touch on the economy and not even knowing how many houses he owns. |
| Fat into muscle - how to turn a beer gut into a six-pack Posted: 21 Aug 2008 07:55 PM CDT Fat can be directly converted into muscle, scientists have discovered, raising new hope for overweight people.Now one team has shown how to promote the manufacture of "good" brown fat, so we can burn more calories, while a second team, another US team in Boston, has shown how brown fat and muscle are linked, suggesting ways to interconvert the two. |
| Cheney aides questioned on forged letter linking Saddam, 9/1 Posted: 21 Aug 2008 07:40 PM CDT The House Judiciary Committee sent letters to a top former CIA official as well as two aides to Vice President Dick Cheney (including Scooter Libby) after a prominent author claimed that Cheney's office pushed the CIA to develop a phony letter linking Saddam Hussein to 9/11 to aid their argument for a preemptive strike on Iraq. |
| Sheryl Crow is giving away free music!! Posted: 21 Aug 2008 07:20 PM CDT The Grammy Award-winning singer announced a plan Wednesday to give a digital copy of her album "Detours" to the first 50,000 people who register three friends to vote. |
| As Gas Prices Go Down, So Will Food, Right? No Posted: 21 Aug 2008 07:01 PM CDT As prices for crude oil and other commodities ease, Americans have gotten a small dose of relief at the gas pump. But don't expect less pain at the grocery counter.Food inflation is to stay — and will probably get worse for some things.That's because retail prices for cereal, eggs, cheese and meat generally lag by several months |
| California Supreme Court To Consider Medical Marijuana Limit Posted: 21 Aug 2008 06:40 PM CDT A Los Angeles County medical marijuana case, which most agree would never have seen a courtroom in Mendocino County, has raised questions on whether any limits imposed by the legislature to the Compassionate Use Act is constitutional. Last Wednesday the California Supreme Court unanimously agreed to hear the case of California vs Patrick Kelly. |
| Blizzard's Newest Cinematic is Truly Epic Posted: 21 Aug 2008 06:40 PM CDT The intro Cinematics to WotLK |
| IOC upset with fastest man in the World Posted: 21 Aug 2008 06:20 PM CDT Usain Bolt is criticized |
| Digg Sponsors Democratic Convention Blogger Big Tent Posted: 21 Aug 2008 05:50 PM CDT Hosted by Daily Kos, Progress Now, and the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, the Big Tent will be a 9,000-square foot, two-story erected structure a few blocks away from the Pepsi Center where the convention will be held. It will be specifically geared toward new media — bloggers, podcasters, vloggers— and its sponsors include both Google and Digg |
| Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World Posted: 21 Aug 2008 05:31 PM CDT Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist and SeaWorld main attraction Michael Phelps returned to his seven-million-gallon water tank Wednesday to resume his normal schedule of performing in six shows a day for marine park crowds every day of the week. |
| Tony Hawk and Shaun White Discuss [The Beginning] Posted: 21 Aug 2008 05:20 PM CDT There is a lot of good behind the scenes stuff here of Tony Hawk and Shaun White. The talk about the Beginning and they have some amazing skateboarding footage! |
| Solazyme Hopes to Mass-Produce Algae Biodiesel in Three Year Posted: 21 Aug 2008 05:10 PM CDT Solazyme is the first company to produce algae diesel that meets US standards, but until today their production timeline was unknown. |
| FTC Listens To Your Complaints, Bans Telemarketer Robocalls Posted: 21 Aug 2008 05:10 PM CDT After reviewing the more than 14,000 comments left by living human beings, the FTC yesterday amended its Telemarketing Sales Rule to ban most types of robotic telemarketing calls. By this December, any recorded calls will have to lead off with an automated opt-out option; by September 2009, telemarketers will need written permission to contact you. |
| Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use' Posted: 21 Aug 2008 05:00 PM CDT In the nation's first such ruling, a federal judge on Wednesday said copyright owners must consider fair use of their works before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites. The |
| Mario Bros 3 Gets Beaten in 11 Min Posted: 21 Aug 2008 04:50 PM CDT This guy does an amazing speedrun of Mario Bros 3! Good times. |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2008 04:30 PM CDT Bryan, a lanky QB on the JV team walked into his family room to see his mom waiting for him with a vial and syringes. "Why are you taking steroids?" she demanded. "Mom," he said, "coaches tell us to get bigger, stronger, faster. They don't tell us how. They just tell us to do it." That's when she knew she had to take on the local football teams... |
| Researchers Question Wide Use of HPV Vaccines Posted: 21 Aug 2008 04:20 PM CDT Two vaccines against cervical cancer are being widely used without sufficient evidence about whether they are worth their high cost or even whether they will effectively stop women from getting the disease. |
| Amazing Facts About Michael Phelps (pics) Posted: 21 Aug 2008 04:11 PM CDT Here's at least one reason WHY Michael Phelps is so dominating. With his arms outstretched, he's wider than he is tall. |
| BREAKING: Eight American Bloggers Detained in Beijing Posted: 21 Aug 2008 04:01 PM CDT At least eight American blogger-activists and several other foreigners have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch. |
| Fighting for the Right to Clone Posted: 21 Aug 2008 03:50 PM CDT Today a world force in the field of regenerative medicine, he's close to delivering cellular therapies that might reseed the immune system, heal damaged hearts, even save limbs. Yet for almost 20 years government policy has kept his innovations literally on ice. |
| The 50 Hottest Female Olympians Of The 2008 Summer Olympics Posted: 21 Aug 2008 03:30 PM CDT Hope you enjoy, we certainly had a great time putting it together. |
| Rush: No one had guts to stand up and say no to a black guy Posted: 21 Aug 2008 03:10 PM CDT Yesterday on his radio show, right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh said it's "striking how unqualified Obama is and how this whole thing came about within the Democrat Party. I think it really goes back to the fact that nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy." |
| MLB, Umpires Approve Implementation Of Replay Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:50 PM CDT Baseball umpires and management signed an agreement Wednesday that will allow the sport to start using instant replay to help determine calls on the field. |
| I Live In Georegia, Should I Be Worried? Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:40 PM CDT One of the most dumbest and funniest question asked at yahoo answers. |
| If You Hate A Person.... [PIC] Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:40 PM CDT Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game which explore an individual's search for spirituality outside society. |
| 12 New Rules of Working You Should Embrace Today Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:30 PM CDT The workplace, more and more, is changing, and with this change comes a whole new set of rules. |
| TSA Martinet Claims Her Unpublished Rules Trump Real Ones Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:30 PM CDT TSA, can you at least train your agents to do their jobs properly? We'd appreciate it even more if you'd discipline those who go all stupidly power-mad and think they have to "win" every encounter, even when it means making up new rules on the spot. Here's a story of a soldier who lost a day of leave because one of your agents caused him trouble. |
| Mummified Iceman's Ancient Job Determined Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:20 PM CDT Before his body froze and mummified, a now-famous Neolithic guy dubbed the Iceman took his last steps while donned in a coat and leggings made of sheep's fur and moccasins made of cattle leather. That was more than 5,000 years ago. |
| Does Playing Mario Kart Drunk Help Your Performance? Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:20 PM CDT Following on from the GTA DUI controversy, Drunk-driving in gaming rears its ugly, pie-eyed head again. This time, though, the bottle is in the other hand. Or the beer is in the other dashboard cup holder. Or something. |
| Tom Cruise Cutting Footloose - Tropic Thunder Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:20 PM CDT Clip from Tropic Thunder where Tom Cruise makes a cameo and does this great dance. |
| Obama Tears Into McCain With New Ad on 'Houses' Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:00 PM CDT Barack Obama lashed into John McCain during a campaign stop in Virginia on Thursday, ridiculing the presumptive Republican nominee for being painfully out of touch on the economy and not even knowing how many houses he owns. His campaign put out a scathing new ad on the McCain-house gaffe that aides said would go on national cable. |
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| Linux popularity across the globe Posted: 21 Aug 2008 02:00 PM CDT The Linux landscape is constantly changing and has a strong community of both developers and users. But where is Linux the most popular, and where are the different Linux distributions the most popular? |
| McCain's Secretive Plot to 'Kill the UN' by Krauthammer Posted: 21 Aug 2008 01:40 PM CDT Charles Krauthammer, the conservative Wash Post writer, who invented the plan, says: "What I like about it is, it's got a hidden agenda. It looks as if it's about listening and joining with allies... except the idea here, which McCain can't say but I can, is to essentially kill the UN to create an alternative to legitimize Military actions." |
| Dream to Reality: How I Quit My Day Job Posted: 21 Aug 2008 01:40 PM CDT Want to know how to make your dreams a reality? Follow one woman's quest to quit her job in order to pursue her passions. A source of inspiration for the rest of us. |
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