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| Exploring the Vegas Underworld: Tunnels of Las Vegas Posted: 04 Dec 2008 09:20 PM CST Matt O'Brien, a Las Vegas writer, has been exploring this underworld for several years. On one particular evening, he's outfitted sort of like a commando, with heavy boots, backpack, an industrial-sized flashlight that could double as a weapon.  |
| World's Oldest Cat Celebrates 100th Birthday! Posted: 04 Dec 2008 09:10 PM CST A feline believed to be the world's oldest cat has celebrated his 100th birthday. Amazing!  |
| Amazon and iTunes STart Price War Posted: 04 Dec 2008 09:00 PM CST A price war in the online music market has erupted, after retailer Amazon launched a download service offering albums for just $6 and Apple's iTunes Store slashed the price of some albums.  |
| The Atlas of True Country Names (PICS) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:50 PM CST Etymologists and wordsmiths will take particular interest in a new set of maps going on sale in time for Christmas. The Atlas of True Names replaces the traditional names of the world's cities, countries, rivers and mountains with new ones to reflect their origins and literal meaning.  |
| Russian warship to cross Panama Canal Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:30 PM CST It will be the first time since World War II that a Soviet or Russian military vessel crosses the canal, Russian navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said.  |
| The Seven Commandments of Watching Football in a Sports Bar Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:20 PM CST With the playoffs approaching, and the NFL Network holding a monopoly on Thursday night games you'll likely find yourself watching more games in public this December. I kept thinking about this fact as I sat there at my local sports bar last Sunday, watching a man in his mid-twenties devolve into an actual jackass, braying at the television, etc  |
| Probably The Weirdest Celebration of All Time Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:20 PM CST ...I don't even have anything to say in here.  |
| RNC to report another $30,000 spent on Palin wardrobe Posted: 04 Dec 2008 08:00 PM CST The price of Sarah Palin's RNC-provided wardrobe is approaching the price of an average American home. "The RNC is scheduled to file a campaign report with the Federal Election Commission Thursday disclosing that the committee spent additional funds to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin"  |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:50 PM CST This is the Texas home that George W. Bush has purchased for his fast-approaching post-White House years. The home, on a Dallas cul-de-sac, sits on 1.13 acres and offers 8501 square feet of living space, according to city appraisal records.  |
| South African Cricket To Abandon Race-Based Selection Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:40 PM CST South Africa's controversial selection policy on coloured players is set to be scrapped in three years after the resounding success within the national side, which now fields top performing non-white players ranked among the world's best.  |
| Grammy Nominations: 10 Things You Didn't See On TV Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:30 PM CST Kathy Griffin revealed that, like the Jonas Brothers, "I am not ready to lose my virginity. I am looking for the right girl, just like them."  |
| 23 Signs You're Becoming a Design Geek Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:20 PM CST Indeed a list of harsh realities - a testament to the fact that graphic design isn't created, but observed. And true designers exist in that space 24 hours a day!  |
| KBR Sued for Serving Spoiled Food to U.S. Troops Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:10 PM CST The principal plaintiff says he witnessed a wild dog running around base one day carrying a human arm in its mouth. He alleges KBR served U.S. forces chicken, fish, beef and eggs that were well past their expiration date, causing salmonella poisoning in at least one case. Even when KBR managers were told the food was bad, they still served it.  |
| Fossil Provides Glimpse of Giant Flying Reptile Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:00 PM CST Soaring overhead in the Cretaceous skies with taut, leathery wings longer than a family car, it would have made an unnerving sight. Scientists who analysed a fossil that lay in a German museum for years after its discovery have glimpsed for the first time one of the most imposing of the prehistoric flyers.  |
| How Fishy Technology Could Power the Future Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:00 PM CST Think like a fish not like a bird, say researchers trying to harvest energy from water currents. Their new fish-inspired power generator can work in slow-moving currents where traditional turbines are less effective.  |
| Apple’s Apples… Talk About Geek Fruit Posted: 04 Dec 2008 06:50 PM CST  |
| Stealth-Master Tip #8: Distract Them With Eye-Popping Vapor. Posted: 04 Dec 2008 06:40 PM CST U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jet at the Indianapolis Air Show 2008.  |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2008 06:40 PM CST Opera 10 alpha is now available for download. Play with Opera's new Presto 2.2 rendering engine.  |
| Turn your iPod touch into a free phone Posted: 04 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST Want to make free phone calls to your fellow iPod touch owners? Now you can, courtesy of the recently announced Truphone for iPod touch.  |
| New Drug to Cure Jet-Lag in the Works Posted: 04 Dec 2008 06:10 PM CST It's odd that jet-lag needs a cure. It does not seem like the sort of thing for which there should be a cure. When it's been a long time since you've traveled it can become easy to see jet lag as a psychological weakness, not a physical one. But as all weary travelers know, jet-lag is as real as any virus or condition.  |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2008 06:00 PM CST Dogs are awesome!!! There are not many humans that would do this for their own family  |
| A Revival of the White Russian at the Bowling Alley Posted: 04 Dec 2008 05:50 PM CST AMONG the significant dates in the history of Kahlúa, the Mexican coffee liqueur, surely March 6, 1998, rates a mention.  |
| Nintendo's new DSi already hacked Posted: 04 Dec 2008 05:40 PM CST It seems that enterprising hackers have already destroyed Nintendo's best laid plans, having already cracked the new DSi with an R4DS-like device doing the rounds in Japan.  |
| This has to stop. Today. Forever. Posted: 04 Dec 2008 05:30 PM CST  |
| Desktop Robot Designed to Assist in Managing Daily Tasks Posted: 04 Dec 2008 05:20 PM CST This is the definition of awesome. Mamoru-Kun ("Little Protector") is a robot that is able to tell his owner where an object he or she lost or misplaced within a certain area is located. He can do it verbally or by pointing at the object. Alternatively, Mamoru-Kun is even kind enough to tell his bigger robot buddy get the object for his owner.  |
| Posted: 04 Dec 2008 05:10 PM CST as Open Source Fellow. This is an exciting opportunity which will let him dedicate more time to PHP and other open source software.(and I appreciate the recursiveness of a post titled "I've been dugg" being dugg)  |
| Dancing Hexapods: creepy robot dance competition Posted: 04 Dec 2008 05:00 PM CST 2008 Hexapod Championship in Hagenberg, Austria.  |
| NFL Goes On Crime Spree As Burress Creates Diversion Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:50 PM CST NFL players were quick to capitalize on the distraction Plaxico Burress created by shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub last weekend, embarking on a crime spree that has claimed an estimated 300 lives and inflicted more than $100 million in combined damages.  |
| Keep Your Breath Fresh With Bacon Mints: WTF?! (PIC) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:50 PM CST  |
| Old People Feel 13 Years Younger Than They Are Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:40 PM CST Older people tend to feel about 13 years younger than their chronological age, a new study finds.The seniors in the study, all 70 and over, also thought they looked about 10 years younger than their numerical age, with women perceiving their appearances to be closer to their actual age than men.  |
| For American Carmakers, The Problem Isn't Product Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:40 PM CST Alabama gave Mercedes $253 million to set up a factory that provided 2000 jobs. Brown calculated that each job cost Alabama $126,500. They handed out over $400 million to Honda and Hyundai. A $25 billion federal bailout would save 260,000 domestic auto jobs. Remember Chrysler paid back their $1 billion loan early.  |
| Wal-Mart tells other retailers - All Your Base Belong to Us Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST Retailers reported some of the weakest sales figures in years with many missing downbeat expectations, as the economic slowdown hit holiday spending. Wal-Mart topped forecasts.  |
| 2 teen girls sexually abused seniors at seniors rest home Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST Two teenage girls who worked at a nursing home have been charged with abuse, accused of taunting, spitting on and groping the breasts and genitals of residents who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia disorders.  |
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| Vermont called healthiest state, Louisiana last Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:10 PM CST Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest U.S. state and other Southern states were close rivals due to high obesity and smoking rates in new rankings that deemed Vermont the healthiest.  |
| Nintendo Apologizes For Racial Slur in Animal Crossing Press Posted: 04 Dec 2008 04:01 PM CST On Wednesday afternoon both MTV Multiplayer and Kotaku posted stories detailing how they had received copies of Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS from Nintendo. Because these carts were meant to show off the character importing feature of Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii, the DS carts were already opened and had saved games featuring a t  |
| Man falls from upper deck in Ottawa Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:43 PM CST A 21-year-old man was taken to hospital after he fell about 25 feet from the upper deck of Scotiabank Place during the second intermission of the Ottawa Senators' victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.  |
| Man Found in Home With Cats, Opossums, Raccoon & Dead Mother Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:30 PM CST Los Angeles police have found the skeleton of an elderly woman, apparently dead for two years, in a foreclosed house where she had lived with her 48-year-old son.  |
| Methane Bursts from Frozen Tundra Confound Scientists Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:30 PM CST As the autumn cold begins to bite in the Arctic tundra, the freezing ground releases a large and unexpected burst of methane into the air.  |
| Apple, Walmart to do $99 4GB iPhone? Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:20 PM CST Look, we know you've been holding out for the iPhone to hit Walmart before you pick it up, sandwiched between the fishing gear and row upon row of exercise videos -- and we don't blame you. You'll ride your shopping cart down the wide aisles like a chariot, and when you get home with the phone you'll dial up all your friends and let them know.  |
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