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Saturday, March 5, 2011

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Microsoft boosts kill-IE6 campaign with new countdown site

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"Friend's don't let friends use Internet Explorer 6," Microsoft said this week in launching a new site that tracks the progress of pushing IE6 market share below 1%.

Facebook saved my life: Leukaemia boy, 4, diagnosed after father posts rash picture

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Four-year-old Ted Rice, from Bury, was diagnosed with leukaemia by a doctor friend of his father Philip, after he posted a picture of his son's rash on the website.

Phil Collins Announces Retirement

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After four decades in the music industry, starting with influential English prog-rock band Genesis and continuing with his own long solo career, Phil Collins

Conan Plays Life Sized Angry Birds

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In a continuing tribute to Finland, Conan unveils his masterpiece: Life Sized Angry Birds! YES! And also in honor of Finland he smashes some Swedish IKEA furniture

Bill O'Reilly Interviews Rumsfeld: Iraq War A Big Screw-Up (VIDEO)

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Sometimes Bill O'Reilly justifies his big ratings.  This was one of those times.

Comparing Chinese provinces with countries

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Windows Tablets Delay: Disaster or Shrewd Move?

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Analysis: It sounds like Microsoft has decided that the best way to address the iPad is with a full version of Windows that's been thoroughly reworked for tablets.

'East Coast Rapist' caught in Connecticut

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Days after launching a manhunt along highways and online for the so-called East Coast Rapist, Connecticut police on Friday took into custody a man they claim is behind sexual assaults on at least 17 women in four states.

China: We Will Tackle Inflation, Boost Incomes

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China's government called Saturday for higher social spending, controls on inflation and measures to urgently close a divisive rich-poor gap, betting that rising living standards, better services and heavy policing will dampen growing public expectations for change.

GameSpy is Watching You

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If you've ever wondered just what GameSpy does when you see it installing with new games on your PC, news that the technology is used to power a selection of blockbuster online games in 2011 might make things a little clearer.

Does Scott Walker Know That Ronald Reagan Supported Unions and Collective Bargaining?

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Reagan: "Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." Read what else the Wisconsin guv's idol had to say.

Researchers use human cues to improve computer user-friendliness (w/ Video)

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Lijun Yin wants computers to understand inputs from humans that go beyond the traditional keyboard and mouse.

14-year old child pornographers? It's coming.

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If a 14-year old boy coerces a 14-year old girl into making a sex video on a cellphone, then releases that video on the Internet, can he be charged as a child pornographer? A federal case in Kentucky may set key precedent.

Slightly Alarming: Middle School Students in Washington Start a Real-Life "Fight Club"

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Almost 25 boys at a Tacoma, Washington campus have been regularly meeting up in a school bathroom—to give each other organized, timed beat downs.

Michelle Rodriguez: 'Avatar 2' Will Be Underwater

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She doesn't know if she'll be in it. It was only a matter of time before James Cameron went back to the water. Actress Michelle Rodriguez says Avatar 2 will take viewers beneath the waves, and it will be "extraordinarily beautiful."

Arkansas Christian University Blocks Access to Student-Published Gay Webzine

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Officials at Harding, the private Church of Christ University in Searcy, Arkansas, this week blocked access to a webzine gay students had self-published to talk about what life is like for them at Harding.

Rare earth hunt leads to frontier Africa

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Africa, Australia and Canada likely hold the key to a geopolitical battle being fought to end China's stranglehold over obscure elements used to build high-tech items from headphones to missiles.

Wandering spiders lead Mazda to recall 65,000 cars - CBS News

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After discovering wandering spider webs in the vents, the Japanese automaker Mazda is recalling more than 50,000 Mazda6 cars

One in ten Britons 'taking pills to get to sleep'

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One in ten people is taking pills to get to sleep at least three times a week, according to research that suggests a lack of rest is storing up serious health risks for millions of Britons.

Lionel is Lost, please help!

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I can see it in your eyes!
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Friday, March 4, 2011

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The Freaky Story of the Dog Head Transplants and the Giant Dogbot That Never Was

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According to recently unearthed --and completely fake-- scientific papers posted in Russian forum Stepashka, the Soviets took over where the Nazis and Dr. Frankenstein left it: During the 1950s, a team of communist scientists from Moscow University and the Soviet Academy of Sciences lead by Dr. Vladimir Demikhov worked on the creation of a giant robot controlled by a dog head in secret facilities created by Joseph Stalin.

5 Reasons Why Steven Stamkos Is the NHL's MVP

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Now that the season is coming to a close and some teams have fewer than 20 games remaining, it's about time that rumors about who has proven to be the league's most valuable player start being discussed...

The Ten Best Pieces of Star Wars Music

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There's no doubt that Star Wars has the best movie soundtracks of all time. There's really no debating that actually. But if you were to burn a Star Wars "mix tape" CD to listen to in your car, what are the ten tracks that absolutely should go on it? here are the ten pieces of Star Wars music that are an absolute must on such a CD.

Conan: Apple Gets Cocky About iPad 2

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The employees of Apple really seem to be getting cocky about their newest product!

WTF: The Weirdest Pokémon Trainers

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A colorful casts of characters have graced the Pokémon games over the years, but some of these trainers are just plain bizarre. How were these people even allowed to have Pokémon?

5 Reasons Why It's Okay to Like NASCAR

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In this week's edition of Don't Hate, we're sticking it those very elitist sports fans and explaining why NASCAR doesn't deserve their hatred. Boogity, boogity, boogity, let's go racing, haters.

People Whose Dying Wishes Came True

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Sometimes I sit at this computer and think to myself, "what am I doing here?" You just kind of go through the motions and if you let it get to you realize that you're not really "living." You think that you're really just passing the time.

Virtual reality can improve design skills in younger generation

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Researchers at the University of Missouri are studying ways to integrate technology into design learning, specifically to learn how to teach children design basics. In an effort to study how children who have grown up in a wired, video game culture use technology, D'Souza engaged young students using a 3-D virtual reality platform to teach design.

Spiders lead to Mazda recall

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Mazda is recalling about 52,000 Mazda6 sedans, because yellow sac spiders like to build their nests in part of the fuel system.

Fog thickens around rights of foreign reporters in China

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In the wake of online calls for a "Jasmine Revolution," Chinese authorities deliver mixed messages on whether or not they've changed their minds on the rules governing foreign reporters.

College Football 2011: The 25 Most Expensive Tickets in the Country

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College football 2011 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting seasons in recent memory, and there are some great matchups on the schedule.

Reading Earth’s magnetic history

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New tool allows unprecedented accuracy in dating of some seafloor rocks, with potential to help climate analysis.

Republicans Believe in 'Climate Change,' But Not 'Global Warming'

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A new study suggests it's all in the wording

This Is What 44,000,000 Horsepower Looks Like [Video]

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NASA has released this beautiful, crystal-clear video of Discovery's launch. It was taken from an HD camera mounted on the left solid rocket booster, during liftoff of the shuttle for mission STS-133.

China Plans to Track Beijing Citizens Through Their Mobiles

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Government claims technology will ease transport congestion, but experts warn it could be used to control dissent...

Problem Solved [PIC]

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That's one way to do it...

Hungry planet: Food Prices Rise To Record

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Food prices jumped to a record high and will be made worse by the recent jump in global oil prices.

Five NFL Teams That Need Carson Palmer

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Tired of the losing ways of the Bengals, Cincinnati QB Carson Palmer has come out over the last few weeks to state he will not return as a Bengal. The team can either trade him (or release him) or he will retire.

Diggin' on SXSW!

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We are headed to Austin for SXSW next week and we want to see YOU!

Origins of Jewish Humor

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What are the roots of Jewish humor? According to UC Berkeley theater arts professor Mel Gordon -- author of Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman and Voluptuous Panic -- it goes back hundreds of years before the Borscht Belt.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011

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Virginity's making a comeback, report says

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A national survey conducted by the CDC finds that the percentage of young people who have never had sex is increasing, and debunks the myth of 'college lesbians.'

Will it be Obama vs the economy in 2012? | Reuters

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With a leading Republican candidate yet to emerge, the biggest risk to President Barack Obama's quest for a second term next year is a jobless rate that has hovered between 9 and 10 percent for months.

Japan develops mobile phone with human touch

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Japanese researchers said Thursday they have developed a human-shaped mobile phone with a skin-like outer layer that enables users to feel closer to those on the other end.

National Anthem: Best and Worst Performances [VIDEOS]

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Americans have been singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for nearly 200 years, and still the lyrics can trip up any performer, amateur or professional. To mark Thursday's 80th anniversary of the song being declared the official national anthem of the United States, here's a video review of some star-spangled hits and misses.

Britain releases UFO sighting and policy files | Reuters

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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain Thursday released 35 previously classified files documenting sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by the military and members of the public dating back to the

12 Animals Playing Instruments...Or Trying (VIDS)

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There are thousands of unheard musicians across the globe who spend a lot of time and energy trying to create beautiful music, but nevermind those try-hards.

Video: Basketball-Playing Robot Seals Will Rule Us All One Day

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While everyone was worried about Watson rising up and going all Skynet on us humans, the basketball-playing robot seals decided this would be their

Hero Army dog Dies of Broken Heart after Taliban Kill His Master

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Shortly after Lance Corporal Liam Tasker was killed in a firefight with the Taliban in Helmand, his devoted bomb-sniffing search dog Theo suffered a seizure and passed away too.

Real life HAL 9000: computers reacting to human emotions?

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We are posed on the brink of computers recognizing and responding to users' emotions. Would you view that as cool or as a privacy invasion? Are you ready for HAL 9000 in real life?

9/11 firefighter dies of cancer linked to toxic dust

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Firefighter Randy Wiebicke who, like so many New York City firefighters, toiled in and around ground zero in the months after 9/11, died Wednesday following a nearly three-year battle with multiple myeloma, an aggressive and fatal blood cancer.

New The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D screenshots and absolutely stunning

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Nintendo has released brand new screenshots of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D showing a massive improvement.

Iraqi Tron

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From the kids that brought us Iraqi Patriot Missile Defense System comes Iraqi Tron; an adrenaline pumping fan film of last year's popular film. Fortunately for us, epic films are never made without a couple blunders.

Bansky Purportedly Photographed by Paparazzi

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A graffiti artist is photographed near a water-tank, but no one's sure if it's really him

Apple iPad 2 is big win for Porn industry

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The launch of Apple's iPad 2 on Wednesday left a lot of consumers excited - perhaps none more than those in the adult entertainment industry.

Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)

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An experiment to see the effects of installing every major upgrade version of windows, in order, on the same machine.

The Only Thing Worse Than a Rapist (Vid)

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Gaddafi Bombs Oil Areas, Faces Crimes Probe

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Muammar Gaddafi struck at rebel control of a key Libyan coastal road for a second day Thursday but received a warning he would be held to account at The Hague for suspected crimes by his security forces.

Unions Blasts GOP With Powerful “We Are One” Ad

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Unions fights back against the GOP this morning with a powerful ad bought and paid for by working people.

Naughty by Nature: Nymphomania and the Brain

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If you are a materialist holding the logical belief that the human brain, with all of its buzzing neural intricacies, its pulpy, electrified, arabesque chambers and labyrinthine coves, has been carved out over countless eons by the slow-and-steady hand of natural selection, then you will grant that specific brain regions evolved because they generated behaviors that were beneficial to our ancestors.

Why WikiLeaks Is Raising Money Using MasterCard and PayPal Again - The Atlantic Wire

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Julian Assange is back to asking people for credit card donations, but the benefactors may not know where their money's going
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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More than 50 Android apps found infected with rootkit malware

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Google acts to remove apps after developer finds 'DroidDream' malware can take over phone and send personal details to remote server

Euthanized Dog Comes Back from Dead

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A puppy in Oklahoma came back from the dead after being euthanized at an animal shelter.

Charlie Sheen Gives ABC’s 20/20 Best Ratings in More Than Two Years

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Fox wins Tuesday night, with a special editon of "American Idol," while CBS comes in second for night.

The 13 Craziest Objects Ever Found Inside People (w/ pics)

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Alright, either these people need to find better stuff to eat, or the food where they live is really this bad. Warning: cannot un-see.

Parasitic Fly Inspires Antenna Technology, Could Improve Cell Phone Reception

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Electrical engineers have found their muse in the miniature parasitic fly, Ormia ochracea. Its acute sense of directional hearing could revolutionize antenna technology.

Scientists: Global warming to blame for big U.S. snowstorms

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I stepped in about a foot of "global warming" this morning when I went outside to get the newspaper.

Illinois Attorney General Releases Gun Owner Names

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Police officials had initially denied an Associated Press request for the list, which has always been private

Defiant Charlie Sheen Surrenders His Children To Authorities, Vows To Fight For Full Custody

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A powerless Charlie Sheen remained calm as police, under court orders, arrived at his house to supervise the removal of his 23-month-old twins Max and Bob from his custody late Tuesday.

Cannabis use 'raises psychosis risk'

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Using cannabis as a teenager or young adult increases the risk of psychosis, an international study concludes.

The Science of Physical Attraction and Why the Internet Won't Cut It

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Louis G. Tassinary, a Texas professor, and Kerri Johnson, a colleague from NYU, collaborated a few years ago to study the science of physical attraction, and though the findings could be considered elderly in Internet years, they stand strong. Johnson found that body movement plays as significant a role in attractiveness as body shape.

Apple iPad 2 less of a stock splash

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The launch of the second version of the iPad should help Apple Inc's shares, but don't expect a repeat of the surge that came after the first version was released last year.

Official: Apple Unveils Thinner, Faster iPad 2

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Apple on Wednesday finally unveiled its next-generation iPad.

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Free Speech for Hate Group Westboro Church

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the First Amendment right to free speech protects church members who have been staging anti-gay protests at military funerals.

Harry Reid's Cynical Stand Against Prostitution in Nevada

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Reid is right that Nevada needs to diversify its economy or it will be hard hit any time the tourist numbers drop, but it's not likely that closing a handful of brothels in the boonies is going to accomplish that. Rather than attacking a minor industry that is an easy target in today's conservative political climate, Reid should be focusing on ways to improve education, encourage the use of renewable energy and increase the efficient use of resources in his state. Then maybe businesses will be tempted to move in, even if the next-door neighbor is the Mustang Ranch.

Why Republicans are suddenly afraid of Obama

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After their midterm triumph, you'd think they'd be lining up for a chance to run against him.

Midde East Markets Plunge As Oil Rises

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Markets in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East are down sharply following new developments in the Libya Revolt.

Moon Tunes

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One thing uneducated people like to say about famous works of art they don't understand is that they/their kids/arbitrary beast suffering from arbitrary neural affliction could make that. While this statement is generally a gross overestimation of their own creative faculties, exceptions abound, with a major one being the serialist works of Pierre Boulez where the beast/child/dunce in question is the Moon. See the rest at VBS.TV: MOON TUNES - VBS Staff | VBS.TV Blog

Find Makarov Finally Revealed: Live-Action Modern Warfare Film

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Call it coattailing, leapfrogging, or quite simply a blatant ripoff, but the countdown timer has finally expired on FindMakarov.com, and the project has been revealed (as we learned earlier) to be a live-action film project based on Modern Warfare. If you've ever wanted to see some of the events and cutscenes of Activision's FPS brought to life, then this is the moment you've been waiting for.

Girl Loses Job Because Of Facebook Post

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Check out this article about a girl who hilariously forgot that she added her boss on Facebook.

This is What It Looks Like Before You Get Gored By an Angry Rodeo Bull

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Here's a candid video, first-person video of an angry rodeo bull jumping into the crowd at rodeo fundraiser in Williamston, North Carolina.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Rebels Thwart Gadhafi Forces' Push To Take Key City

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In a six-hour battle, opposition troops in Zawiya backed by tanks, machine guns and anti-aircraft guns repelled an attempt by similarly armed forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to retake the city closest to the capital.

Penthouse to Launch First Ever 3D Porn Channel

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Now you will be able to watch porn and really feel like you are there, without the perks and STD's. Europeans get first peek.

Independent Study Confirms GOP Budget Cuts Would Kill 700,000 Jobs

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In a new report echoing a confidential Goldman Sachs missive to its clients, Moody's Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi warns that the GOP numbers will undermine stimulus and even further weaken the economy.

Doctor-owned centers spark criticism, scrutiny

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Both in Maryland and at the federal level, debate continues on how to prevent doctors' recommendations being based upon financial incentives.

Baby Like A Boss (PIC)

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DEA's Synthetic Marijuana Ban Goes Into Effect Today

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The DEA has basically put synthetic marijuana -- a.k.a. K2 and Spice -- out of business by banning its core ingredients. The emergency order, a "a Final Rule to Temporarily Control these chemicals for at least 12 months," goes into effect Tuesday.

Facebook: The Most Valuable Company in the World by 2013

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Scott Galloway, discusses the incredible growth and potential of Facebook.

Avatar May Soon Be Keeping You Safe in the Skies

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Lie detection is coming to a whole new level. Soon we will not have to rely on the work of individual agents to figure out who is just trying to get on a plane and who is a criminal mastermind in the making.

Heavy Metal Lego Vikings. Awesome Animation & Rocking Lego [VID]

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Colombian Soccer Player Kicks Owl During Game (Vid)

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First, the poor bird was broadsided by a ball. After the officials called time, Deportivo Pereira's Luis Moreno ran over to the struggling animal and kicked it like a penalty shot.

The 'Walmart of Weed': Coming to a Town Near You?

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The ambitious pot farmers superstore weGrow opens its first franchise. Has medical marijuana gone mainstream?

DEA Bans Chemicals Used to Mimic Marijuana

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The Drug Enforcement Administration banned for at least a year the chemicals used to make K2 and Spice, herbs that mimic the marijuana high.

QUB team in breast cancer breakthrough

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Scientists at Queen's University in Belfast have discovered a new way of causing breast cancer cells to self destruct.

The History of Operating Systems (infographic)

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Smart grid shines spotlight on pot growers

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Data captured by smart-metering systems could help police locate pot-growers. Police in Ohio have been subpoenaing the utility records of people suspected of indoor-marijuana growing operations.

Facebook Rolls Out Overhauled Comments System (Try Them Now On TechCrunch)

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Over the last few months there have been numerous reports about a new, fully revamped Facebook commenting plugin that would make the social network a viable competitor to the likes of Disqus and the stock comment engines found in WordPress and other CMS platforms. Well, the reports were true, and today Facebook is lifting the curtain on its big new comments platform. If you want to get a taste of them, look down — we're currently testing them on TechCrunch. Now let's take a look at what makes this interesting. First, you'll notice that if you're already logged into Facebook, you won't have to click though any authentication options. More important, you'll notice that any comments you write are being left under your real name, which spells bad news for you trolls and spammers. And then there are the viral Facebook-centric features that other comment engines simply can't compete with.

Time Travel Experiment Demonstrates How To Avoid the Grandfather Paradox

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Among the many intriguing concepts in Einstein's relativity theories is the idea of closed timelike curves (CTCs), which are paths in spacetime that return to their starting points. As such, CTCs offer the possibility of traveling back in time. But, as many science fiction films ...

ePhoneTracker: the Software Elin Needed for Tiger's Phone

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If you have a Symbian, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, iOS, or Android smartphone, your phone even now could be infected with spyware. However, it might be spyware that your significant other or spouse intentionally installed on your phone. The software is ePhoneTracker. Released last week, ePhoneTracker allows users to monitor everything one...

7 Tips for Sexting Someone You Barely Know

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How to connect with that special somone

iPad 2 Launch: The Top 10 Headlines You Won't See

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Every iPad 2 fact, rumor and wild piece of fiction has been written about to death for months. So let's talk about the headlines of our dreams for Wednesday's launch event.
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