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Thursday, June 30, 2011

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BMW Texting And Driving Ads Will Scare the Hell Out of You [Video]

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BMW recently launched an ad campaign against texting and driving, starting with an arresting commercial that starts off humorous and ends tragically. The automaker, which was once derided for installing an entertainment system that was exceedingly difficult and distracting to use, is trying to convince people to use technology responsibly.

» Infancy of Universe Seen in Brightest Quasar Yet

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Meet ULAS J1120+0641, the most distant quasar ever found. A team of European astronomers have used a number of telescopes, data from The European UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) and five years of searching to find it.

10 TV Shows We Wish Got Another Season

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Firefly, Terminator, Deadwood and Twin Peaks are some of the shows that left us asking, "What's next?!" And finding out the answer was... nothing.

Freelance Whales - "Starring" [Video]

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Freelance Whales - "Starring" http://www.freelancewhales.com/ Off Weathervanes [LP] (2010) (UK release) Director: Joaquin Poblete Executive Producer: Stephen Buchanan (More Media) Producers: Aviv Russ, Joaquin Poblete Director of Photography: Larkin Seiple

Back of car after explosion at chemical plant in Louisiana

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World of Warcraft offered 'free'

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New gamers can now experience the popular game free up to level 20, maker Blizzard announces

Roger Federer is stunned by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Wimbledon quarterfinals

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Federer was aiming to tie Pete Sampras among the men with the most Wimbledon singles titles at seven, and the 29-year-old from Switzerland seemed zeroed in for the first two sets. First it was a tap, a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga forehand deep in the corner early in the third set that caused Roger Federer to furrow his brow. Federer: I was controlling the match. Next thing you know, he just continued serving great. Before you know it, you're down a break in the fifth.

"Dog Doogity" PSA (Bag It Up!)

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We made this video to help raise awareness about how cleaning up your dog poop will improve water quality in Puget Sound (http://pugetsoundstartshere.org). So pick-up that doo! And learn more about what you can do to help Puget Sound at http://ScoopPoop.org

Doing the math on News Corp.'s disastrous MySpace years

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News Corp. has finally unloaded MySpace for a mere $35 million, years after spending $580 million to acquire what has become a social networking wasteland. Ars crunches the numbers to see just how painful the MySpace years were for News Corp.

EVE Online New Changes Lead To Riots and Fan Rage

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EVE Online's crazy in-game vanity items prices result in staged protest in-game and riots on official forum.

Science shows that crows are the biker gangs of the sky

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Crows will not only remember your face and go after you repeatedly if you bother them, but they will also teach other birds to do the same.

Premature evacuation-->Huma Abedin taking time off from Weiner, job

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Anthony Weiner's wife is taking time off from her senior job with the State Department -- as well as time off from the randy former representative, The Post has learned.

French Military Admits Supplying Arms and Ammo To Libyan Rebels

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U.S. President Barack Obama soon won't be alone in taking flack about the legality of certain moves he's made on Libya

INTERVIEW: John C. Reilly on 'Terri' and 'Step Brothers 2'

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The Oscar nominee spoke to Movieline about his new film, the pros and cons of young co-stars, and what fans can expect from two highly anticipated upcoming projects: Roman Polanski's adaptation of God of Carnage and the potentially happening Step Brothers 2.

A Gallery of "Riot Dog" Rioting

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Riot Dog is a dog that's been showing up to every riot in Athens, Greece for the past 20 years or so. They're rioting in Greece again, so that means Riot Dog is back in action and we've got a gallery of riot dog photos to prove it. Nobody really knows the true origins of Riot Dog

VIDEO: Dumbass Drunk Teenager Falls 20 Feet From a Escalator

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Check out the CCTV footage of this dumbass drunk teenager riding the escalator. Amazingly, the 20 foot drop only resulted in a fractured elbow. Watch it here.

Researchers can predict future actions from human brain activity

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Bringing the real world into the brain scanner, researchers can now determine the action a person was planning, mere moments before that action is actually executed.

A Gallery of Assassins in Other Lands, Other Times |

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Assassin's Creed is one of my current favorite game franchises, so much so that I forgive them for trying to make the same game about four different times

Star Factory Messier 17: APOD June 28th 2011

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Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this degree wide field of view spans almost 100 light-years, courtesy of ESO's new VLT Survey Telescope and OmegaCAM. The sharp, false color image includes both optical and infrared data, following faint details of the region's gas and dust clouds against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars formed from M17's stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away at the remaining interstellar material producing the cavernous appearance and undulating shapes. M17 is also known as the Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula.

Today I was laid off from Myspace, here's the badge I turned in

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

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Iconic Paris Quotes - Famous sayings from novels, poetry and films

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Aah, Paris. We've rounded up the most memorable bon mots that immortalize Gay Paree, from poems and famous film lines, to the words of great men and women.

Mythbusters' Adam Savage Sings "I Will Survive" as Gollum (video)

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Your argument has never been less relevant. And no, I have no idea why Neil Gaiman is involved.

Badass Action Hero One-Liners

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The one-liner is arguably the most important accessory in an action hero's arsenal. Here are some of the best verbal death blows. Ever.

John Lennon Was a Reagan-Loving Conservative

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Seaman goes on to talk of Lennon's embarrassment over the youthful resentment that pegged the singer as a liberal, not a conservative. "I also saw John embark in some really brutal arguments with my uncle, who's an old-time communist ... He enjoyed really provoking my uncle ... Maybe he was being provocative ... but it was pretty obvious to me he had moved away from his earlier radicalism."

Did A Shark Just Jump Over My Head?

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A surfer in florida was casually surfing like it was any other day and out of sheer luck a spectator caught a shark jumping over his head. Pretty crazy huh? Check out the video.

Fun Facts About The 4th of July [Infographic]

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It's quite interesting to see $111 Million is spent on popsicles alone on this day and did you know that July is known as National Hot Dog Month?

Bob Solo's Masterpiece (PIC)

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A very strange painter with a very detailed painting

Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 10 More Things You Didn't Know

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Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto opens up about even more of the lesser-known details that went into developing this legendary game. Some of them might surprise you.

Is America's plight so terrible that it would lurch this far?

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Lovers of sledghammer irony, stand by for a doozy. Patience is required, while the odds are both fairly long and mortifyingly short, depending on the closeness of one's acquaintance with sanity. For all that, there is a quantifiable chance – about one in 20 on Betfair – that we will awake on 7 November 2012 to the news that Michele Bachmann is to be the 45th President of the United States.

Man Vs. Wild RPG [Video]

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A turn-based survival adventure.

The Math of the Rubik’s Cube

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Last August, 30 years after the Rubik's cube first appeared, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a cube got, it could be solved in no more than 20 moves. Although the researchers used some clever tricks to avoid evaluating all 43 quintillion of the cube's possible starting positions, their proof still relied on the equivalent of 35 years' worth of number crunching on a good modern computer.

Chihuahua Thinks She's a Sheepdog (Video)

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Nancy the shepherding Chihuahua is creating a stir in the farming world by rounding up flocks with all the skill of a seasoned Border Collie.

Poll Compares Political Sins: Americans Are More Concerned About Tax Cheating Than Prostitution

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The June PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey was conducted by Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion News Service following former Congressman Anthony Weiner's resignation announcement and released amidst a new Congressional Ethics Panel investigation of sexual harassment by Congressman Alcee Hastings of Florida. Strong majorities of Americans believe that both financial and sexual misconduct by elected officials constitute serious moral problems. However, for elected officials, significantly more Americans believe that financial misconduct is a very serious moral problem than believe sexual misconduct is a very serious moral problem.

Should Abortion Be Illegal Once a Heartbeat Is Detectable?

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Across the country, Republicans and Democrats are wrangling over proposed changes to state abortion laws. On Tuesday, the Ohio House of Representatives voted on a measure that has the power to transform the state's — and the nation's — abortion dialogue. In a landmark move, the House voted 54 to 43 to ban abortions after [...]

Stabbing burglars 'will be legal'

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Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says a householder who knifes a burglar won't have committed a criminal offence under plans to clarify the law on self-defence.

Anonymous Hits Universal Music And Viacom

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Let the hackathon continue with Anonymous now in the driver's seat after LulzSec called it quits. This time the target is not the small country of Anguilla, but the major media companies, Viacom and Universal Music.

Anger a Crow and It Will Never Forget Your Face : Discovery News

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Mess with a crow, and it will remember your face for over five years, research shows.

10 Disney Movies That Tried to Destroy America Before 'Cars 2'

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Disney animation has been shelling out movies that have conspired to destroy this great country of ours for more than seventy years now.

You may not want to eat bacon after watching this. Pig Farm cruelty [VIDEO]

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Be warned: It's graphic. A new undercover video showing gruesome conditions in which pigs are kept at an Iowa factory farm (emphasis on the "factory") has hit the web, courtesy of the advocacy group Mercy for Animals (MFA). Representatives of MFA will officially present the graphic footage Wednesday during several press conferences.

Chart of the Day: The Idiocy of GOP Cut-and-Grow

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States that boosted spending saw decreasing unemployment and increasing economic growth. Those who cut back saw the opposite
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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The Best Anthropomorphic Creatures in Movie History

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Since the beginning of time, Man has wondered "wouldn't it be great if I could imbue animals and other inanimate objects with the powers of speech and rational thought?" Thanks to the invention of film, we can do just that.

Zillow's rewrite of real-estate history upsets some homeowners

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But company claims changes increase accuracy of estimates … past, present and future

Woman Saves Baby Coyote on Highway

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Today The Great Animal Rescue Chase is proud to share a story from an everyday hero in Washington who came across what she thought was a puppy in the road. When it turned out to be a coyote, she began a determined crusade to get professional help. She was turned away by police who advised her to let it die. Fear not, there is a happy ending to this story, but it reminds us of how far we have yet to go in making compassion toward wildlife a bedrock component of our culture.

New San Francisco bridge built in China to be shipped to US

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First, China made cut-price clothes and knick-knacks. Then it learned how to make mobile phones and iPads. Now it is making a 2,050ft-long bridge spanning the San Francisco bay.

Bird vs. Cat: and the winner is... [Gif]

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The Top 15 Best Shooters in The World Soccer

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One of the most glamorous parts of football is the long shot. Alongside skills, it is the thing that children around the world practice more than anything else. Everybody wants to be able to curl the ball into the top corner or hit a dead-straight rocket that doesn't give the goalkeeper a chance.

Warlords - Character Trailer [VIDEO]

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Meet the crazy cast you'll play as and fight against in Atari's reboot of Warlords.

25 Hottest Girls of Electric Daisy Carnival: Las Vegas

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Plagued by controversy, Electric Daisy Carnival surged onwards--and Vegas was its next stop. 80,000 ravers from all over the country hit EDC at the Las Vegas Speedway. And here are EDC's 25 hottest gals. Yay.

Ford's CEO, Alan Mulally, Delivers F-150 To Customer

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It isn't easy being a CEO for a major automaker. You've got the board of directors to answer to, you're in meetings all day long and your daily e-mail volume probably rivals that of a small city in the Midwest.

Damn it! Stop right now.. (PIC)

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Well at least I tried..

Google's Swiffy Converts Flash Files to HTML5

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A new Google Labs tool lets web developers turn Flash animations into HTML5 code.

Debt-strapped Greece is about to hold an epic yard sale

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For the taking: four wide-body Airbus jets, a state lottery, stakes in a casino, several ports, a national post office, two water companies and more.

The Comprehensive Guide to Small Business and Natural Disasters [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Natural disasters have become a huge issue of late, with the tragedies in New Orleans, Haiti, Japan, and many other places around the world.

Tom Petty May Issue Cease & Desist Letter to Michele Bachmann For Using His Song

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Apple pie and baseball? Nah, what's more American is good ol' fashioned political beef. We'd rather splash around in the we-know-why-it's-tepid kiddie than that cesspool, but Tom Petty supposedly issuing a cease and desist letter to Republican candidate Michele Bachmann over her use of "American Girl" is too juicy.

The Digg Chronicle, Trending Top News and More Images on Digg

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Drunken Guy Wrecks Bathroom (VIDEO)

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I think he may have had just a few too many.

Dragon Eating A Man During Work (Pic)

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Interesting Sculpture

Half the world's data is stored in hard drives [Graphic]

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The Journal of Science this year completed a study of 20-years of data storage. They found that, by 2007, the world had squirreled away 295 exabytes of data ... which works out to 295 billion gigabytes.

Pat Robertson: God Will Destroy America Because of Gay Marriage

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On the 700 Club today, televangelist Pat Robertson warned viewers that gay marriage will bring the Wrath of God upon America. The 81 year old Christian Conservative, who drew the public's attention after claiming Haiti's Earthquake hit the island due to a 'pact with the Devil,' made his prophetic remark after.....

Tyrannosaurus Rex in 55 hours, using 1,400 balloons... and a LOT of hot air

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It was just one of the models made by artist Mark Verge along with a triceratops, spinosaurus, stegasaurus and utahraptor for his show in Ontario, Canada.
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Monday, June 27, 2011

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BestBuy Online Halts Apple MacBook Air Shipping - Upgrade Rumors Turning True

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Wonder what's happening on the MacBook Air terrain at Apple? No official statement on an upgrade has been announced, but we have reasons to tell you that a refresh is, indeed, on the anvil. We think we need to believe that an upgrade is already happening at Apple labs. Read more.

500m views in 5 years: How TEDTalks did it

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It's not the type of thing you would watch for mindless entertainment, but with nearly 1,000 videos from various events posted to the site, TEDTalks has attracted a large...

It's the Ads, Stupid: Why TV Leads to Obesity

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How much TV do your kids watch? If you don't know, you might want to find out, say experts, since the time children spend in front of a TV or computer screen can have a profound effect on their physical and developmental health.

Twitter Launches Guide for Journalists

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Twitter is out with a guide that shows reporters how to best use the tool in their daily travails.

How to effectively use platoon splits in fantasy baseball

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You're setting up your FanDuel lineup. You've been watching the Rangers and you love the way Mitch Moreland is so solid in his approach at the plate. You're giddy that he's $1100 cheaper than the most expensive first baseman. Your finger is hovering over his name when you decide....

Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Jacket Sells For $1.8 Million

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In case you still had any lingering doubts about the rehabilitation of Michael Jackson's image since his death two years ago, here's some crazy news: His

Gay Catholics find community despite hurtful words from Rome

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For many, the very term "gay Catholic'' seems like a contradiction. "It hits you in the gut." Fortunately, this isn't the Muslim world, where in some countries, they will murder you by beheading, hanging you, or setting you on fire,

Google starts hiding Wi-Fi device locations after exposé

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Google is quietly changing a controversial policy towards showing Wi-Fi device locations, a source said Monday.

Skinny gene 'raises risk of heart disease'

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Researchers have found a so-called 'lean gene' that helps skinny people keep weight off but also raises their odds of developing diabetes and heart disease.

Silver Michael Jordan Shoe Selling for $100,000 on Ebay

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A shoe collector is selling one of only 10 silver replicas of Jordan's rookie shoe on ebay. Apparently Jordan himself and the CEO of gatorade own 2 of the 10 that exist.

The Lexus LFA: A $400,000 Supercar with Power & Technology Oozing from Its Gills [Video]

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Elements of the chassis are so advanced that Lexus had to develop a 3D carbon fiber loom to render them. The LFA may carry a civilized Lexus badge on its hood, but underneath, its 552 hp V10 engine is anything but.

The 7 Biggest Dick Moves in the History of Online Gaming

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There are some spectacular douche bags out there who have put more work into screwing with strangers than should be humanly possible.

The Fastest Mobile Networks 2011

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We hit the road to test eight 3G and 4G networks in 21 U.S. cities. Before you buy your next phone or tablet, find out which wireless carrier has the fastest data network where you live.

Anonymous Published Sentinel Counter-Hack Anti-Cyberterrorism Training ISO

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Anonymous released an ISO of Cyberterrorism Defense and Analysis Center training for the Sentinel program that seems to have been published by FEMA. Here are some screenshots of the counter-hacks. Also there is news that anonymous hackers will teach their own online hacking classes.

7 Reasons Why This List Will Enrage You

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This should go well...

Did Lady Gaga Steal from Japan Charity?

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Remember all those "We Pray for Japan" wristbands Lady Gaga sold after the earthquake and tsunami disaster? With them, she raised a ton of money for Japan, but now she's being accused of scamming customers and pocketing some of the cash -- to the tune of $5 million.

The Teen Wolf, Weeds , and The Big C

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Well that was QUITE a weekend, wasn't? I think you know what I'm talking about. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about what you did, nor will I mention the weird backstory of that tattoo you got

Blagojevich convicted on corruption charges

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The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a court clerk said Monday. The jury is expected to return verdicts on 18 of 20 public-corruption-related counts Monday afternoon.

Navigationally Challenged Emperor Penguin Bound for Zoo Rehab

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A woman and her dog were casually walking a New Zealand beach last week when she was astonished to discover an emperor penguin --- which was notable as this wayward penguin was totally in the wrong place -- 2,000 miles off course to be exact!

5 Female Leads That Deserve More Acclaim

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Jane Shepard is being put out in front of Mass Effect 3 for the first time, and in recognition, we look at a few more notable female heroes of recent years.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011

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How To Write Effectively To Congress

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Writing to Congress is the single best way to express your view on public policy. The average consumer has a surprising ability to influence legislation by crafting a well written missive

NASA - Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm

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June 21, 2011: In Sept. 1859, on the eve of a below-average solar cycle, the sun unleashed one of the most powerful storms in centuries. The underlying flare was so unusual, researchers still aren't sure how to categorize it. The blast peppered Earth with the most energetic protons in half-a-millennium, induced electrical currents that set telegraph offices on fire, and sparked Northern Lights over Cuba and Hawaii. "A similar storm today might knock us for a loop," says Lika Guhathakurta, a solar physicist at NASA headquarters. "Modern society depends on high-tech systems such as smart power grids, GPS, and satellite communications--all of which are vulnerable to solar storms."

Hugo Chávez 'in critical condition' in Cuban hospital

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The Venezuelan president, who was last seen in public on June 9, is said to be in 'critical condition, not grave, but critical, in a complicated situation' and is receiving treatment for a pelvic abscess.

First Evidence That Birds Tweet Using Grammar

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Experiments with Bengal finches challenge the assumption that grammatical rules are unique to humans

VIDEO: Rob Zombie Directed a Commercial For Woolite, Obviously

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"What has Rob Zombie been up to lately?" you asked to no one in particular. Directing a horror spoof commercial for Woolite, of course!

Texas Teacher Says His "Sex With Student" Story Totally Isn't That Bad

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A teacher in Plano, TX is trying to get his job back after sexxing up a student, and using the whole "she wasn't MY student" defense.

Pesticides that Increase Risk of Parkinson's Disease

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Pesticides such as paraquat, maneb and ziram increase one's chances of developing Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder that is on the rise.

$120 trillion: The shocking true size of our nation's debt

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The Congressional Budget Office released a new report this week showing that the federal government's publicly held debt would top 101% of GDP by 2021, more than the value of everything produced in

Gay Pride Celebrations Rock the Social Media World [PICS]

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The last Sunday in June is officially Gay Pride Day, and today there were parades and exuberant celebrations breaking out worldwide.

This artist has a fear of flesh

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Billed as 'the Glastonbury rock festival of cyberculture,' the only mud to be found at the Virtual Futures 2.0 conference, which took place last week at Warwick University, was made on campus mainframes.

The Red Flag Act of 1865

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In the second half of the 1800s, cars started appearing in Western Europe. At first, they were powered by steam engines, and later by various liquid fuels. We're currently seeing a rerun of the political game surrounding that development.

UFOs spotted over London?

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A video of bright disc-shaped objects dashing through the blue skies over central London has been posted on YouTube.

A sad Stormtrooper plays SWG for the last time [PIC]

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We are so sad to see this game go that we would like to ask one question to the corporate suits: How much?

Mobile virtualization finds its home in the enterprise

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Mobile virtualization is hot topic today for businesses and consumers alike as enterprise employers keep their eye on security while employees just want a device that works for them, rather than one device for business and another for personal use.

Infinitely Discreet: The Music Of Electroacoustic Pioneer Eliane Radigue

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In light of a current retrospective of her work, we take the time to salut the career of Elaine Radigue.

'Bad Teacher' Fails Film School With Critics

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Want Extra Credit from Diaz? Get Some Popcorn. Cameron Diaz is such a Bad Teacher that she will put on a bikini, spray herself with water and rub her soaped-all-over parts on your car, just for the heck of it. But if reviews for the new comedy are any indication, critics aren't so happy with Diaz's unorthodox teaching method.

The Battle of Bull Run: The End of Illusions

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Both North and South expected victory to be glorious and quick, but the first major battle signaled the long and deadly war to come

Why the World faces a Massive Traffic jam

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"Global Gridlock" -- is quietly taking its place.

The dark science of the traffic jam: Ever wondered why you're stuck in one when there's no jam?

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The technology required to keep our cars on the road - and actually moving - could hardly be more complex. But is the jam as we know it about to disappear forever?

Magellan Reveals $150 Wireless Back-Up Cam For GPS Units

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Standalone GPS units aren't the hot commodity that they once were. But that's not saying that companies are halting the innovation behind them. Magellan's a good example of that; this week they introduced quite the unique accessory for a solo PND, with the RoadMate Safety series GPS units gaining compatibility with a new wireless back-up camera....
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