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| 20 All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:50 AM PDT Along with their villainous counterparts, the good guys are the undisputed kings and queens of our favorite entertainments.  |
| Exec says Coleman donor ordered $100K payments Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:20 AM PDT Latest coverage of the recount between Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat. The former finance chief of a Texas company controlled by Nasser Kazeminy, a close friend of former Sen. Norm Coleman, said in a deposition last week that Kazeminy ordered $100,000 in fees be paid to a Minneapolis insurance agenc  |
| Logic Fail: Shame on you Hunters! Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:20 AM PDT Don't kill animals, instead ...  |
| Who Will Monetize Social Media? Facebook, Twitter, or Apple? Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:20 AM PDT who will be the innovator that leads the way in monetizing social media?  |
| Briton converts pole into Grand Prix triumph Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:10 AM PDT Briton Jenson Button won the Australian formula one Grand Prix as his fledgling team Brawn GP debuted in remarkable one-two style on Sunday.Button survived an incident-filled race at Melbourne's Albert Park to convert pole position into just his second Grand Prix victory in 154 starts.  |
| Team USA Happy To Be Back Playing For Money Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:00 AM PDT MIAMI—Back with their respective teams after a second disappointing showing in the World Baseball Classic, Team USA expressed relief to be playing for money again instead of the national pride that supposedly motivates them in the international tournament.  |
| Ashley Biden Tape: VP's Daughter Allegedly Doing Cocaine Posted: 29 Mar 2009 09:00 AM PDT A friend of the daughter of Vice President Joseph Biden is attempting to hawk a videotape that he claims shows Ashley Biden snorting cocaine at a house party this month in Delaware.  |
| Antivaxxers and their trouble with truth -- Bad Astronomy Posted: 29 Mar 2009 08:50 AM PDT Remember the highlarity when it was found that the modern antivax movement's founder, Andrew Wakefield, apparently faked his data and lied in his original paper claiming vaccines were linked to autism? That article was researched and written by investigative journalist Brian Deer, who looked pretty carefully into what Wakefield did. [...]  |
| House GOP goes from united to fractured Posted: 29 Mar 2009 08:40 AM PDT House Republicans, who put Speaker Nancy Pelosi on her heels as they voted unanimously to reject the economic stimulus bill two months ago, are now pointing fingers. Unity was strong when all Republicans voted, on two separate occasions, to oppose the stimulus championed by President Obama. But that harmony has been fractured.  |
| Space Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely in Florida Posted: 29 Mar 2009 08:20 AM PDT Space shuttle Discovery touched down safely at 3:14 P.M. (Eastern Daylight Time) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing its 13-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).  |
| US and Iran open Afghanistan peace talks - Historic!!! Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:40 AM PDT Peace talks with US Iran and Afghanistan... Did I read that right ?  |
| Pirate Bay Torrents Spread Via Facebook Posted: 29 Mar 2009 06:30 AM PDT In a bid to conquer the web bit-by-bit, The Pirate Bay has launched a new feature to allow it to penetrate the social networking site Facebook. With only a single click Facebook users can add their favorite torrents to their profile to share them with friends. The IFPI is not pleased with the new feature, while FaceBook declined to comment.  |
| How a programmer reads your resume (COMIC) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 06:20 AM PDT Looks like you may need more blogs...  |
| Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:10 AM PDT The Pentagon may seem an unlikely promoter of alternative energy, but the biggest consumer of oil in the United States is looking at ways to become just that by partnering with private firms.  |
| Photography is Not a Crime, It's a First Amendment Right Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:10 AM PDT The headline in today's New York Times' article sums up perfectly why so many cops feel threatened by photographers: When Evidence From Surveillance Cameras Leads to Charges Against Officers.  |
| Canadians find vast computer spy network Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:10 AM PDT Canadian researchers have uncovered a vast electronic spying operation that infiltrated computers and stole documents from government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, The New York Times ...  |
| Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:10 AM PDT Photographer: Bill Adler  |
| Scientists ID living coral as 4,265 years old Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:00 AM PDT A species of coral from off the coast of Hawaii is more than 42 centuries old, making it among the oldest continuously living organisms on the planet. A coral bed in about 1,200 feet of water studied by researchers in submersible vehicles included the species Leiopathes, which carbon dating technology has put at 4,265 years old.  |
| Did You Know? It Will Blow Your Mind. Posted: 29 Mar 2009 02:20 AM PDT  |
| Windows 7 Build 7068 Dogfooded, Leaked Screenshots - Forget Posted: 29 Mar 2009 01:30 AM PDT The Release Candidate branch of Windows 7 has evolved all the way to Build 7068. Windows 7 Release Candidate would be made available in May 2009.  |
| Video:Bill Maher Talks about Ending the American Empire. Posted: 29 Mar 2009 12:50 AM PDT America has 500,000 troops all over the world, from Germany to South Korea.Bill Maher argument is that the US has no business policing the planet.He is right....  |
| GOP "budget proposal" contains no numbers Posted: 29 Mar 2009 12:40 AM PDT The Republican Road to Recovery, as the 19-page document is titled, is a three-part outline of where congressional Republicans stand on Obama's budget plan. Curbing government spending, creating jobs and lowering taxes, and controlling the debt are the foundations of the Republican's argument. But...  |
| The Sorry State Of Music Startups Posted: 29 Mar 2009 12:30 AM PDT Big Music Doesn't Like Streaming Music -- Online streaming music startups are in one very sorry place. On demand streaming rates range from .4 cents to 1 cent per stream - this is what the startups pay to the labels every time they play a song for a user...  |
| iPhone Accounts For 50 Percent Of U.S. Mobile Web Traffic Posted: 29 Mar 2009 12:10 AM PDT Every month, AdMob releases some statistics about the mobile phone market by evaluating traffic from its mobile ad network, and in the month of February, it said one of the highlights was that smartphones continue to gain significant market share of the mobile Web traffic. It said over the past six months, the smartphone share has risen to...  |
| The Best Beer In America [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 29 Mar 2009 12:10 AM PDT An infographic map of the USA's best beers by State.  |
| Lacy underwear secret tool of polar expedition Posted: 28 Mar 2009 11:40 PM PDT Arctic explorer Pen Hadow and his team are relying on a pair of lady's knickers to navigate their way to the North Pole after compasses failed.  |
| Stem Cells To Grow Bigger Breasts Posted: 28 Mar 2009 11:40 PM PDT A STEM cell therapy offering "natural" breast enlargement is to be made available to British women for the first time. The treatment could boost cup size while reducing stomach fat. It involves extracting stem cells from spare fat on the stomach or thighs and growing them in a woman's breasts. An increase of one cup size is likely, with the potent  |
| Judge Bounced from Case Due to ‘Hell Yes’ Outburst Posted: 28 Mar 2009 11:20 PM PDT A federal appeals court has ruled that a Kansas City judge must be removed from a case involving Shell Oil Co. because of an outburst fueled by a "protracted and contentious" discovery dispute. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple had been provoked by both sides in the case,  |
| Reason Is The Greatest Enemy That Faith Has [PIC] Posted: 28 Mar 2009 11:00 PM PDT This is not one of those fake church signs: it's the real thing, taken in Arkansas. | via http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/03/we_arent_going_to_kiss_and_mak.php  |
| The Freezing Cold Surf of New England (PICS) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:50 PM PDT The combo of raw weather and sub-zero temperatures puts an interesting spin on surfing the northeast coast in winter.  |
| Welp, The Recession's Real... People Downgrading to Dial-up Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:40 PM PDT While it's unlikely Americans will ditch broadband for dial-up en masse, there are likely to be some people who find the $20 to $50 monthly fees for DSL or cable modem broadband service to be too high, when dial-up providers such as NetZero are offering new $9.95 service plans.  |
| Republican Judge Says Legalize Drugs to Save Economy Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:30 PM PDT All right, tell me this doesn't sound a little strange: I'm sitting in Costa Mesa with a silver-haired gent who once ran for Congress as a Republican and used to lock up drug dealers as a federal prosecutor, a man who served as an Orange County judge for 25 years. And what are we talking about? He's begging me to tell you we need to legalize drugs.  |
| 30 Beautiful Examples Of Animal Photography (PICS) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:10 PM PDT Photographing animals can be a challenge and requires patience, determination and understanding of animal behavior so that you can expect how they will be likely to act or react and predict the moment for a good photograph.  |
| How Does Forensic Handwriting Identification Work Posted: 28 Mar 2009 09:30 PM PDT "Twenty-one distinguishing characteristics. According to one standard textbook, that's the number of handwriting elements that may reliably help distinguish a person's writing."  |
| Vilanova last sec shot takes out nr 1 seed Pittsburgh Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:50 PM PDT Villanova's Scottie Reynolds runs the floor in 5 seconds to hit a shot at in the final second to take out number one seed and tournament favorites Pittsburgh 78-76. Pittsburgh's Sam Young hit scored a game high 28 points in the loss.  |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:50 PM PDT Free support for Windows XP ends on April 14th, and the Windows 7 release candidate arrives in May, coincidence? I don't think so.  |
| Why is Science Important? (w/VIDEOS) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:30 PM PDT Teacher Alom Shaha argues that impressing on young people the worth of science is important. He's created a film that he hopes will do just that.  |
| Geeky Spock Sackboy Crochet Doll [PICS] Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:10 PM PDT Sackboy crochet dolls come and go, but this has to be the geekiest one of them all and would make Star Trek fans drool.  |
| Most expensive property sale in America Posted: 28 Mar 2009 07:50 PM PDT The Manor in the exclusive Holmby Hills neighbourhood put on the market by the widow of Aaron Spelling, is on the market for a jaw-dropping $US150 million ($A212.98 million), making it by far the most expensive home for sale in the United States.  |
| 100-Year-Old Woman is Sergeant-at-Arms, No Plans to Retire Posted: 28 Mar 2009 07:30 PM PDT On Thursday, her 100th birthday, hundreds of people came to honor the woman who has served as an assistant sergeant-at-arms, helping to maintain order in the Nebraska Legislature, for 26 years. She was an aide to three governors before that.  |
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