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| Jason Terry top Sixth Man this year Posted: 23 Apr 2009 06:20 PM PDT Jason Terry, who accepted a strange new role this season, will be rewarded Friday when he receives the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year honor, the Dallas Morning News reported.  |
| GOP's John Boehner: Memos Outline "Torture Techniques" Posted: 23 Apr 2009 06:00 PM PDT While cable news outlets and major newspapers continue to use euphemisms such as "harsh interrogation tactics" to describe the Bush administration's approach to intelligence gathering, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) used a more succinct term Thursday: "torture." "Last week, they released these memos outlining torture techniques..."  |
| How to Get Started With Solar Power Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:50 PM PDT The following guide will help you start exploring the possibility of going solar at your house. Learn the basics of solar panels, inverters, installers, siting, and financing, as well as how you can save money by harvesting your own clean energy from the sun.  |
| Generation Me: Are We in a Narcissism Epidemic? Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:40 PM PDT "A new book says we're in a narcissism epidemic. Why you're not so special." "And though it is too soon to tell if our economic free fall will cure America of its sense of economic privilege, it has made [...]"  |
| Swedish Anti-Pirates Threaten BitTorrent Trackers Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:20 PM PDT When the Pirate Bay verdict came in last Friday, many feared that the copyright holders would use it as ammunition against other sites. Indeed, Antipiratbyrån - the Swedish anti-piracy office - is now going after BitTorrent trackers with that verdict in hand. They demand that the trackers stop their activities, threatening them with legal action  |
| 87,000 Iraqis Were Killed Since 2005 Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:20 PM PDT A previously undisclosed Iraqi government tally obtained by The AP shows that at least 87,215 Iraqis have been killed in violence since 2005.  |
| The End of Innocence at Apple: After Jobs Was Fired Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:20 PM PDT It seems unthinkable today — but more than two decades ago, when personal computers were still new and everybody listened to music on a Walkman, Steve Jobs was cast out of Apple. The year was 1985. IBM and Microsoft dominated the world of computing. The revolutionary Macintosh, launched with such fanfare just a year earlier, appeared to be...  |
| Zombie Chrysler Doesn't Need Fiat--It Needs GM Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:10 PM PDT More than the impossibility of getting a takeover accomplished on paper by the end of next week, it simply doesn't make sense for Fiat to strap on a bloated, teetering entity like the Chrysler. So what does make sense in this end of days for two of the Big Three? It's simple. Fiat takes on Opel and Saturn.  |
| Auto-Tune the News #2 - Pirates, Drug, Gay Marriage Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:50 PM PDT Pretty cool, hard to explain, catchy, original. I dunno, I liked it. :-) Made by the Gregory brothers.  |
| Mac OS X 10.5.7 to improve Bluetooth compatibility,stability Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:40 PM PDT Although it appeared that Apple was close to wrapping up development of Mac OS X 10.5.7 late last week, a new pre-release distribution of the software was dropped on developers Wednesday afternoon with a handful of additional tweaks added to mix.  |
| It's A BioShock 2 Screenshot Extravaganza! Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:31 PM PDT Here you go. A whole bunch of screenshots for BioShock 2. Enemies, settings, characters, weapons, water, masks, the works. Enjoy!  |
| World Sand Sculpture Festival 2009 in Japan [PICS] Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT "Fairy tales and legends" is the theme of this year's World Sand Sculpture Festival now underway at the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori prefecture. On display (until May 31) are 19 massive works crafted by world-class sculptors from ten nations. The artists used around 2,700 tons of sand and took about two weeks to complete their works.  |
| Ky. Judges Urged to Stop Gov's Internet Censorship Plan Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:30 PM PDT The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the ACLU of Kentucky on Friday urged the Kentucky Supreme Court to uphold an appeals court ruling that blocked state officials from ordering out-of-state registrars to turn over control of over 100 overseas Internet domain names accused of violating state gaming laws.  |
| Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:10 PM PDT Prepare for fire and brimstone clashes of epic proportions as two of Mother Earth's most powerful forces go head to head – and we marvel at the mystery of volcanic lightning.  |
| Robert F. Kennedy's Stand on Cuba Travel Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:50 PM PDT FTA: 'The present travel restrictions are inconsistent with traditional American liberties,' the then-U.S. attorney general argued in a behind-the-scenes debate over the ban on U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba. I hope that this will soon be the position advanced by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.  |
| Live Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Greenlit! Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:40 PM PDT The Mirage Group has given the green light for development of a live-action major motion picture focusing on the origins of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, targeted for release in 2011.  |
| Government Considering Medical Marijuana Case Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT Government lawyers are expected to ask a federal judge to impose a 5-yr sentence on the owner of a California marijuana dispensary, less than 1 month after Atty. Gen. Eric Holder announced federal authorities would not prosecute medical marijuana shop owners if they complied with local laws. Medical marijuana advocates see the case as a litmus test  |
| The Man Who Painted his Face Every Day of the Year (PICS) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT Last year we published a picture gallery showing the progress of wacky artist James Kuhn, who promised to paint his face with a different design every day for one year. Well, he has now finished his year-long challenge.  |
| Mind-reading headsets will change your brain Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT In the coming months, cheap headsets that let you control technology with the electrical signals generated by your firing neurons will go on sale to the general public. Our relationship with technology – and our brains – will never be the same again.  |
| U.S. Soldier Killed Herself -- After Refusing Torture Duty Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT Peterson, 27, a Flagstaff, Ariz., native, served with C Company, 311th Military Intelligence BN, 101st Airborne. Peterson was an Arabic-speaking interrogator assigned to the prison at our air base in troubled Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq. According to official records, she died on Sept. 15, 2003, from a "non-hostile weapons discharge."  |
| Congress takes on file-sharing, again Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:10 PM PDT The news that a House committee was reopening its investigation into security risks posed by file-sharing software reminded me of something one of my pals in the computer-security field once told me. The biggest vulnerabilities aren't caused by deficiencies in machines or their software; they're caused by the humans who use them.  |
| Japan aghast over drunk TV star's naked blunder Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:00 PM PDT Media helicopters hovered overhead and photographers camped out in front of Japan's top talent agency on Thursday after one of television's cleanest-cut stars was arrested for public indecency.  |
| Taking Digg Dialogg to new heights with Sir Richard Branson Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:00 PM PDT I'm excited to announce our next Digg Dialogg with Virgin Group founder and record-breaking adventurer, Sir Richard Branson. Huffington Post Co-Founder Arianna Huffington will be conducting the interview on Virgin America's inaugural flight from San Francisco to Orange County. We'll post the interview on the Dialogg page May 4th at 10am. -Kevin  |
| Swedish Pirate Party Doubles in Size After Bay Verdict Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:50 PM PDT Membership in the copyright-reform party explodes after four men connected to The Pirate Bay are sentenced to prison. With elections in June, are the pirates about to board the European Parliament?  |
| ICO defends Google Street View Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT The Information Commission has ruled that 'common sense should prevail' over Google Street View, saying that the photographs of people are no more troublesome than faces in the crowd on Match of the Day.  |
| US ramps up cybersecurity focus Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:40 PM PDT The White House should take direct control of US cybersecurity, the woman tipped to be President Obama's net security Czar has said.  |
| Did 'Dark Gulping' Generate Black Holes in Early Universe? Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT A process called 'dark gulping' may solve the mystery of the how supermassive black holes were able to form when the Universe was less than a billion years old.  |
| Hannity Offers To Be Waterboarded For Charity (By Charles Gr Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:30 PM PDT Waterboarding for charity? What an opportunistic douche!  |
| Impact of computer games on children's brains needs research Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:10 PM PDT Lady Greenfield, the leading neuroscientist, will call for ministers to fund a study into the impact of computer games and social network sites on the attention spans of children.  |
| French women Europe's thinnest and most worried about weight Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:30 PM PDT French women had the lowest average body mass index, at 23.2. British women have Europe's highest average body mass index, according to report by France's National Institute of Demographic Studies  |
| Earth's Magnetic Field Explained by Small Core Fluctuations Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:30 PM PDT Based on studies of old volcanic basalt, scientists know that the Earth's magnetic field reverses at irregular intervals, ranging from tens of thousands to millions of years. According to a new model, small fluctuations in convective flow in Earth's core can explain how the Earth's magnetic field reverses.  |
| Gangs Seeking Phones That Can Intercept SMS Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:20 PM PDT European criminal gangs are paying top euro to get old Nokia 1100 mobile phones according to a report from research firm Ultrascan.  |
| How to Interview Celebs While Shirtless Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:10 PM PDT Matt Zaller of National Lampoon's The Zaz Report, takes off his top to interview Jennifer Garner and "the shirtless wonder" Matthew McConaughey about "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past"  |
| I Ate the World's Largest Cheeto, and It Almost Killed Me Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:00 PM PDT Here's something gross: I was given the world's largest Cheeto. So of course I had to eat it over the Optimus Maximus keyboard. Don't try this at home.  |
| Police handcuff news crew covering traffic accident Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:50 PM PDT El Paso may have gotten a little more incredible than tv reporter Darren Hunt would have liked when he found himself handcuffed and detained by a police officer this week, just for attempting to report on a traffic accident.  |
| A US Soldier's Review of the New Star Trek Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:50 PM PDT Not many advantages to living in Kuwait. Sure, the 140 degree summers are nice. And the days go by so much faster without the accessibility to alcohol. But by and large as each day passes all those stationed in this little corner of the world look at each day in lament at the lives they left in the states.  |
| How to Speed Up and Secure: Firefox, Chrome, IE8, and Opera Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:40 PM PDT The web browser is probably the most essential application on your PC; there is no better practical way of staying connected to news, your friends, and most importantly, the lulz. But whether you're using Internet Explorer or newly minted Chrome, each of today's popular web browsers has different strengths and weaknesses.  |
| Rice, Cheney Approved Waterboarding Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:30 PM PDT Then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice verbally OK'd the CIA's request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, a decision memorialized a few days later in a secret memo that the Obama administration declassified last week.  |
| Afghanistan Establishes First National Park Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:20 PM PDT Good news from Afghanistan this week: the country declared its first internationally recognized national park today, called Band-e-Amir, which includes a striking series of six deep blue lakes in one of the country's best-known natural areas.  |
| PART 2 of Daily Show's Look at Horrors of Swedish Socialism Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:10 PM PDT We have seen the evils of Swedish Socialism and we are looking forward to.... I mean scared to death of it.  |
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