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| Fox Business News responsible for 50% drop in Dow Posted: 22 Mar 2009 06:20 PM PDT In response to a post about how Fox News falsely claimed the Dow dropped 56 points during a speech by President Obama, an e-mailer offers up a snarky question (subject line Fauxviating):"So what has the DOW done since Faux came into existence?" for the record, Fox Business News had its first broadcast on October 15, 2007 & the Dow was at 14,093.08.  |
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| What Your Favorite Movies Were Almost Called Posted: 22 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PDT Naming a film is not a task taken lightly, especially when many millions of production dollars are involved. See what some of your favorite filmswere almost called, and ask yourself if you would've hired a babysitter and paid for popcorn had cooler heads not prevailed.  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2009 05:20 PM PDT This is amazing! This is a short film by Johnny Kelly called "The Seed". Sure we've seen nature cycles before but this one takes the cake! It's all stop motion with 2D animation layered on it! The way the tree grows and when the apple splits apart?! It's awesome! It's wonderfully done.  |
| A Patch of Green: New York Yankees Grass Is Now a Brand Posted: 22 Mar 2009 05:10 PM PDT Officially licensed grass is about to be sold, in the form of sod or seeds, to fans who want a patch to call their own.  |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2009 04:51 PM PDT For 30 years the Republican congressman from Texas not only has been preaching his idea of strict fiscal responsibility, he also has been voting for it. Even if that means going against a Republican president or having colleagues at debates treat him like a crazy uncle.  |
| Think Heaven's So Great? Get There Sooner! Posted: 22 Mar 2009 04:30 PM PDT Exploit: Bible Loophole.  |
| iPhone Multitasking, Where You At? Posted: 22 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PDT Apple's iPhone 3.0 OS and SDK promises much, except the ability to do more than one thing at a time.  |
| .50 BMG Armor Piercing Incendiary Round Vs. 18 Hard Drives Posted: 22 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT How many Hard Drives does it take to stop a 50 BMG Armor Piercing Incendiary Round?  |
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| 42 Piece Dinner Set Made From Cocaine Posted: 22 Mar 2009 03:50 PM PDT Authorities in Spain said they have seized a 42-piece dinner set made from 42 pounds of cocaine and arrested the intended recipient. Police said a 35-year-old Spanish man, identified only as JVLL, was arrested and charged with an offense against public health after police seized the package in an international operation coordinated with Venezuela  |
| Earth Hour: Power down for 60 minutes on March 28 Posted: 22 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT On March 28, if the lights go off in your Cape Town hotel or, close to home, a Seattle hotel restaurant switches to candles, do not be alarmed. It's not an electrical-grid meltdown but a global show of support.  |
| Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet Posted: 22 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT The expected drop in internet advertising revenues this year is neither unpredictable nor unpredicted, nor was it caused solely by the general recession and the decline in retail sales. Internet advertising will rapidly lose its value and its impact, for reasons that can easily be understood.  |
| Orlando 'Tea Party' rally draws more than 4,000 Posted: 22 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT Several speakers addressed the crowd, estimated by Orlando police and event organizers at 4,200, on a variety of topics, including gun rights, freedom of speech, the dangers of communism and, most prevalently, the economy, especially the Obama administration's bailout plan.  |
| ABC News: Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve Posted: 22 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PDT Three in four military-age Americans are unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away 48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops fighting in Afghanistan.  |
| CSI LONDON: Ultraviolet Light Delight! Posted: 22 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PDT LMAO!  |
| Modern Video Game Character Design Comparison [PIC] Posted: 22 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PDT A pretty cool pic showing the similarities of todays' video-games modern characters.  |
| Water Acts As Catalyst In Explosives Posted: 22 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions. Scientists have shown that water, in hot dense environments, plays an unexpected role in catalyzing complex explosive reactions. A catalyst is a compound that speeds chemical reactions without being consumed....  |
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| Metallica welcomes new ''Guitar Hero'' fans Posted: 22 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT By Gary Graff AUSTIN, Texas (Billboard) - Signing on for a ''Guitar Hero'' game was a ''no brainer,'' according to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. ''When 'Guitar Hero' came to us in April of last year, we said yes very quickly,'' Ulrich told Billboard.com...  |
| The 10 Most Controversial 'South Park' Episodes Posted: 22 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT As the animated series begins its 13th season, we look at some of its most outrageous episodes  |
| The Most Valuable College Basketball Teams Posted: 22 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT Each spring, the NCAA holds its 65-team tournament to determine the nation's top college basketball program. What began with little fanfare 70 years ago has since evolved into March Madness, one of the most anticipated annual events on the sporting calendar.  |
| Super Nintoaster Is the Crispiest SNES Mod Yet [PIC] Posted: 22 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT  |
| Shaquille O'Neal takes time to Twitter at halftime of game Posted: 22 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Suns center Shaquille O'Neal posted a note on his Twitter feed before a game against Washington on Saturday night, suggesting he planned to post to the popular social networking web site during halftime. Then he did at halftime with no trouble from his coach.  |
| Washington State Medical Marijuana Trial On National Stage Posted: 22 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT The majority of Washingtonians voted in 1998 for the health and safety of its ill residents. Supporting the medical use of marijuana was not a hard choice for most, and the state has adjusted very well overall to bringing these sick patients into the fold. Contrary to these ideals seems to be one particular man: Kitsap Co. Prosecutor Russ Hauge.  |
| Painted 360° Headset Becomes Earphone on Terminator:TSCC Posted: 22 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT Even sci-fi television dramas are not immune the ill effects of the current economic climate. Take Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, for example. Eye spy an Xbox 360 wireless headset painted black.  |
| Coming Soon: Declassified Bush-Era Torture Memos Posted: 22 Mar 2009 01:10 PM PDT Over objections from the U.S. intelligence community, the White House is moving to declassify—and publicly release—three internal memos that will lay out, for the first time, details of the "enhanced" interrogation techniques approved by the Bush administration for use against "high value" Qaeda detainees.  |
| Black Holes: Eternal Prisons No More, Stephen Hawking's Posted: 22 Mar 2009 01:10 PM PDT Celebrated physicist, Stephen Hawking, delivered an inspiring speech to a full house in Bovard Auditorium on March 10. USC College Dean Howard Gillman kicked off the event by introducing Nick Warner, professor of physics, mathematics and astronomy. Hawking was Warner%u2019s academic adviser while he studied at the University of Cambridge.  |
| The Orange Tree Is Texting -- Again Posted: 22 Mar 2009 12:51 PM PDT Israeli scientists have developed a sensor that sends text alerts to mobile phones and other devices when plants need to be watered. The new sensor can cut irrigation costs by up to 50 percent.  |
| The best and worst game promo T-shirts Posted: 22 Mar 2009 12:20 PM PDT Amongst the games, press releases and bulging envelopes of cash curiously marked '9/10, yeah?' that we receive from publishers each day we also get clothing. Think you've got better examples? Then post a link to a pic in the comments below.  |
| Artist uses optical tricks to create 'moving' murals Posted: 22 Mar 2009 11:50 AM PDT A huge mural greets visitors to the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston. It's a memorial to the building's namesake, who died unexpectedly in 1993.  |
| Venus clouds 'might harbour life' Posted: 22 Mar 2009 11:31 AM PDT Microbes could survive and reproduce, experts say, floating in the thick, cloudy atmosphere, protected by a sunscreen of sulphur compounds. Scientists have even submitted a proposal for a Nasa space mission to sample the clouds and attempt to return any presumed Venusians to Earth.  |
| 6 Reasons North Korea is the Funniest Evil Dictatorship Ever Posted: 22 Mar 2009 11:20 AM PDT ome country has to be worst one on Earth, and based on the conversation they heard you having in your hotel room last night, North Korea is really worried that you might think it's them.  |
| India Baseball - Rinku & Dinesh - Million Dollar Arm Posted: 22 Mar 2009 11:10 AM PDT Mark Schwarz follows two reality show contestants from India as they try to land a big league contract - India. Meet Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, a pair of teenagers with dreams of playing Major League.  |
| A Tour of Chernobyl as it exists today (PICS) Posted: 22 Mar 2009 11:00 AM PDT We start not far from the remains of a tiny village. The village was destroyed, and then buried under orders from the soviets for being too radioactive. It was buried out of the Soviets desire to cover up the accident more than anything else. Ironically, the name of the village translated to English is called 'Diggers', kinda prophetic really...  |
| Un-American : Have you listened to the right-wing media? Posted: 22 Mar 2009 10:40 AM PDT In light of Obama's victory, one might be tempted to [the lies and smears] pass. That would be a mistake. For the effects of that campaign remain with us. What's more, the campaign itself is still going on.  |
| Man and his 2 sons beat daughter/sister to death because... Posted: 22 Mar 2009 10:22 AM PDT she wore make up and talked to a stranger!!!  |
| Why is there deuce in tennis? Ask the French Posted: 22 Mar 2009 10:02 AM PDT Ancient civilizations in Rome, Greece and Egypt have made claim to the sport's origins, but what we recognize today as tennis is widely accepted to have begun in France. Where else but in the land of romance would athletic measure be articulated in the terms "love" and "deuce" (as in, it takes two)?  |
| Fox falsely claims Dow fell 56 points during Obama Speech Posted: 22 Mar 2009 09:40 AM PDT Less than a week after presenting a 6 month old clip of Joe Biden as new, Fox's Live Desk is at it again. This time, Fox's Trace Gallagher falsely claims the Dow dropped 56 points during a speech by President Obama. Of course, even if Gallagher's false claim were true, you cannot measure the success of speeches by short-term fluctuations in the dow  |
| George Will Refuted in Washington Post Op-ed Posted: 22 Mar 2009 09:31 AM PDT A recent controversy over claims about climate science by Post op-ed columnist George F. Will raises a critical question: Can we ever know, on any contentious or politicized topic, how to recognize the real conclusions of science and how to distinguish them from scientific-sounding spin or misinformation?  |
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