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• Q&A: How Will GM Stay In Business?
• OOOOPPPPS
• Bad Economy = A Summer of Vacation Deals
• Hot Chick Breaks Up With Dinosaur In Park
• Nuggets Karl: Jesus would have had trouble covering Kobe
• An emotional fight over land for Flight 93 memorial
• Canon Employees Forbidden to Sit Down, Walk at Normal Pace
• 25 Electrifying Pictures of Lightning Photography (PICS)
• Microsoft kills Windows 7 Starter's 3-app limit
• The CIA’s 5 Most Mind Blowing Experiments With LSD
• UK File-Sharers Download $19B Worth of Content Annually?
• 8 Intriguing Pairs (and Trios) Who Died on the Same Day
• 'Die Hard' Nakatomi Plaza Color-Coded Casualty Map (PIC)
• Need to get your drink on in Oregon?
• Y2K: The Apocalypse That Wasn't
• Pressure To Look Attractive Linked To Fear Of Rejection
• Green Revolution: Are cargo bikes the next big thing?
• Reason for using Internet Explorer [IMG]
• The Lifecycle of Memes (A Flowchart)
• Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Caused Global Mass Extinction
• FIRE: Stay and Defend scrapped for Ready, Set, Go!
• Swirling Non-Supercell Tornadoes in Pictures
• Blue Whale Discovered Singing In New York Coastal Waters
• How Stem Cells Work
• Diet kills 25-year-old Russian bodybuilder
• Gates: Nuclear-armed N. Korea not acceptable
• Sony's PSP Go leaks out before E3, PICS!!
• 6 Balloon Records on Par With A Flying Home
• 10 Ways to Share Music on Twitter
• Long-distance brain waves focus attention
• The Best Of Fictitious TV Brands
• Freeze-thaw cycle may explain Saturn moon's odd activity
• How Apple Decides Whether To Put An App On The App Store
• Linux : Mozilla and Google Announce HTML-Based Extensions.
• Analyze That: Only 8% of Gamers Can Be Considered Addicted
• The Giant Mutant Cows of Belgium [PICS]
• Beautiful Shot: Erupting Castle Geyser, Yellowstone Nat'l Pk
• The Belarusian Army's Tough Guy
• 10 Best Hockey Moments In Non-Hockey Movies
• A Bike Trail That Traces the Way to Freedom

Q&A: How Will GM Stay In Business? Posted: 30 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT Time is running out for General Motors Corp. to either restructure or file for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. The U.S. automaker faces a Monday deadline set by the federal government to decide.

OOOOPPPPS Posted: 30 May 2009 04:20 PM PDT M1A1 Runs over "Defused" Car Bomb in Iraq. EOD says My Bad....

Bad Economy = A Summer of Vacation Deals Posted: 30 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT A report released last week by HomeAway, which represents 200,000 vacation properties in the United States, found that about 66 percent of its vacation rental property owners had offered special deals or incentives so far this year in response to the economy...

Hot Chick Breaks Up With Dinosaur In Park Posted: 30 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT I don't know what the heck this is about... but the dinosaur is really cool.

Nuggets Karl: Jesus would have had trouble covering Kobe Posted: 30 May 2009 03:40 PM PDT Afterward, Denver coach George Karl sighed and said: "No. 24 had a great five minutes at the end of the (first half) that no one in basketball could have covered him. He made about four shots in that stretch that I think Jesus would have had trouble covering. And those took the game from a manageable game to 13 (points)."

An emotional fight over land for Flight 93 memorial Posted: 30 May 2009 03:10 PM PDT A chain link fence now stands between Tim Lambert's land and the impact site of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed here on September 11, 2001. The property has been in Lambert's family for almost 80 years.

Canon Employees Forbidden to Sit Down, Walk at Normal Pace Posted: 30 May 2009 02:50 PM PDT In the hallway, if an employee walks slower than 5 meters every 3.6 seconds, an alarm and flashing lights are set off, reminding the poor startled worker that he's an inefficient waste of air. Even better (or worse), there's a sign on the floor in said hallways that reads, "Let's rush: If we don't, the company and world will perish."

25 Electrifying Pictures of Lightning Photography (PICS) Posted: 30 May 2009 02:40 PM PDT *****

Microsoft kills Windows 7 Starter's 3-app limit Posted: 30 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT Microsoft today dropped a limitation from Windows 7 Starter, the edition expected to ship on most netbooks, that would have blocked users from running more than three applications at the same time.

The CIA’s 5 Most Mind Blowing Experiments With LSD Posted: 30 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT Prepare to have your mind, like, blown man. Here are the five strangest things you didn't know about the CIA, and how LSD really came to be.

UK File-Sharers Download $19B Worth of Content Annually? Posted: 30 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT New govt-sponsored study says huge economic losses are being sustained due to "large-scale" illegal file-sharing, but contains several glaring flaws in its conclusions.

8 Intriguing Pairs (and Trios) Who Died on the Same Day Posted: 30 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT "Death comes in threes" is a popular maxim. In the world of fame and celebrity, however, it seems that death usually comes in twos. Some unusual duos have died on the same day: Mahatma Gandhi and Orville Wright, Jayne Mansfield and Primo Carnera, Luis Bunuel and David Niven. Here are some of those who were linked by death.

'Die Hard' Nakatomi Plaza Color-Coded Casualty Map (PIC) Posted: 30 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT Try to say that title ten times fast.

Need to get your drink on in Oregon? Posted: 30 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT Good news! The OLCC has launched a site that helps you find exactly what you're looking for: Oregon Liquor Search.You can search by brand, or category, correlated to your zip code. Or browse categories and locations. The site displays google maps and everything!

Y2K: The Apocalypse That Wasn't Posted: 30 May 2009 01:40 PM PDT Old-timey Y2K paranoia.

Pressure To Look Attractive Linked To Fear Of Rejection Posted: 30 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT The researchers found that overall women showed greater sensitivity to appearance rejection than did men. This was particularly true of women who felt they needed to look attractive in order to be accepted by their peers. The study also found that men and women who had internalized media ideals of attractiveness had higher levels of

Green Revolution: Are cargo bikes the next big thing? Posted: 30 May 2009 01:20 PM PDT "When we started six years ago, we sold about three a week," said Jan Rijkeboer, head of Azor, which manufactures bakfiets big enough to transport two or three small children. "Now, we sell thousands per year... and we export a containerful to the United States every three months."

Reason for using Internet Explorer [IMG] Posted: 30 May 2009 01:10 PM PDT *****

The Lifecycle of Memes (A Flowchart) Posted: 30 May 2009 01:10 PM PDT Memes replace the complicated and time-consuming process of being creative with CTRL-C CTRL-V. Also kittens.

Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Caused Global Mass Extinction Posted: 30 May 2009 12:40 PM PDT A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260 million years ago has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds.The eruption in the Emeishan province of south-west China unleashed around half a million cubic kilometres of lava, covering an area 5 times the size of Wales.

FIRE: Stay and Defend scrapped for Ready, Set, Go! Posted: 30 May 2009 12:40 PM PDT Californian fire chiefs have abandoned the controversial "Stay and Defend" policy following Victoria's devastating Black Saturday bushfires. Many California counties were supporters of Stay and Defend after positive reports from Australian fire officials before February 7 bushfires that killed 173 people in Victoria, with 113 dying in their homes.

Swirling Non-Supercell Tornadoes in Pictures Posted: 30 May 2009 12:30 PM PDT A non-supercell tornado comes in many flavors: dust devils, dust tubes, and waterspouts, to name just a few. The basic difference is that these type of vortexes are not born of a larger storm system and appear only sporadically.

Blue Whale Discovered Singing In New York Coastal Waters Posted: 30 May 2009 12:20 PM PDT Blue whales (not specific whales sighted near New York City). Scientists confirmed that the voice of a singing blue whale was tracked about 70 miles off of Long Island and New York City on Jan. 10-11, 2009, as the whale swam slowly from east to west.

How Stem Cells Work Posted: 30 May 2009 12:00 PM PDT A stem cell is essentially the building block of the human body. In this article, we will look at stem cells, find out how they work, discover their potential to treat disease and get inside the fierce debate surrounding their research and use.

Diet kills 25-year-old Russian bodybuilder Posted: 30 May 2009 11:50 AM PDT Bodybuilder Denis Sarychev, 25, won all-comers bodybuilding competition of the Volga region, which took place in Penza at the end of April. He had been preparing very thoroughly for this event keeping very strict diet. Five days later Denis felt ill and then found himself at hospital. And two weeks later Denis died of renal insufficiency.

Gates: Nuclear-armed N. Korea not acceptable Posted: 30 May 2009 11:40 AM PDT The United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday at an international conference.

Sony's PSP Go leaks out before E3, PICS!! Posted: 30 May 2009 11:30 AM PDT The images here of Sony's next-gen PSP Go handheld were sourced from an obviously slipped June 2009 Qore video, and aside from giving us a look at the slider-based system, we're also told that it'll tout 16GB of internal memory, built-in Bluetooth and an undisclosed memory slot. If all goes well, it'll ship this Fall for a price to be determined.

6 Balloon Records on Par With A Flying Home Posted: 30 May 2009 11:30 AM PDT In Disney-Pixar's latest animated flick, UP, Carl, a disgruntled old man ties 20,622 balloons to his house and flies to South American. Sound implausible? Andrew Baird, president of the Balloon Federation of America, doesn't think so.

10 Ways to Share Music on Twitter Posted: 30 May 2009 11:10 AM PDT Twitter is fast becoming one of the most important ways to share information quickly, easily, and instantly over the web. Users and developers have found a lot of innovative ways to pack a ton of utility into just 140 characters, including sharing images, sharing video, and sharing documents. What about music?

Long-distance brain waves focus attention Posted: 30 May 2009 10:20 AM PDT Neuroscientists found that neurons in the prefrontal cortex fire in unison and send signals to the visual cortex to do the same, generating gamma oscillations that are associated with cognitive states such as attention, learning and consciousness.

The Best Of Fictitious TV Brands Posted: 30 May 2009 10:10 AM PDT Duff Beer, Vandelay Industries, Bluth Company and more - Which is your favorite fictitious TV brand?

Freeze-thaw cycle may explain Saturn moon's odd activity Posted: 30 May 2009 10:10 AM PDT If there is life on Saturn's bizarre, water-spewing moon Enceladus, it's about to spend a lot of time in the freezer. A perpetual cycle of melting and refreezing may offer the best explanation for why Enceladus seems so active today. For any potential life on Enceladus, "it's boom and bust".

How Apple Decides Whether To Put An App On The App Store Posted: 30 May 2009 10:10 AM PDT Busted!

Linux : Mozilla and Google Announce HTML-Based Extensions. Posted: 30 May 2009 10:00 AM PDT It appears that great minds think alike (or in the case of open-source software and the close-ties between Google and Mozilla, share-alike). Within a week of each other both Mozilla and Google have announced new initiatives to allow for extensions to their browsers to be written using regular HTML / JavaScript and CSS, greatly lowering the bar for

Analyze That: Only 8% of Gamers Can Be Considered Addicted Posted: 30 May 2009 09:00 AM PDT A new study related to videogames and addiction is out and the results are rather interesting for the average gamer. The study, which was conducted by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Congress, shows that one in 12 gamers or about 8% of those who play videogames are showing signs of addiction.

The Giant Mutant Cows of Belgium [PICS] Posted: 30 May 2009 09:00 AM PDT Originating in 19th century Belgium by crossing local cattle with British cattle, the Belgian Blue cattle are gigantic bovine wonders. Their enormous size and muscle mass, sometimes called "double muscling," is a naturally occurring mutation of the gene for myostatin, a protein that regulates muscle growth.

Beautiful Shot: Erupting Castle Geyser, Yellowstone Nat'l Pk Posted: 30 May 2009 08:50 AM PDT Wide angle shot. [Enlargeable, wallpaper]

The Belarusian Army's Tough Guy Posted: 30 May 2009 08:50 AM PDT Hot DogThe dog demonstration at Milex included a display of the animal's bravery in the face of fire.

10 Best Hockey Moments In Non-Hockey Movies Posted: 30 May 2009 08:40 AM PDT To get you ready for the Stanley Cup Finals this weekend we've put together a list of our favorite movie scenes that highlight the only sport crazy enough to be played on a sheet of ice.

A Bike Trail That Traces the Way to Freedom Posted: 30 May 2009 08:40 AM PDT The 2,000-mile Underground Railroad Bicycle Route roughly traces the network of paths and hideouts that were used by slaves seeking freedom and the abolitionists who ferried them along.

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