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  • Sometimes, things don't go as planned for the US Air Force
    great mishaps brought to you by the greatest Air Force in the world


  • Working Graveyard Shift May Increase Cancer Risk
    Like UV rays and diesel exhaust fumes, working the graveyard shift will soon be listed as a "probable" cause of cancer.


  • Drunk Chair Pull Knockout
    We've all pulled the prank where you pull the chair out from under your friend who isn't looking. This video shows why you might not want to do it to a guy whose been drinking for 20 hours straight at a casino.


  • The Pirate Bay Introduces Music Discovery Feature
    The Pirate Bay just rolled out a new feature to their music section that makes it easy for users to find similar artists, more albums from the same artist and upcoming concerts. The data they are using comes from the popular music community website last.fm and is fully integrated into the website.


  • Linux 3D graphics access on PS3 found
    A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number of hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for this along with a relevant Xorg driver.


  • Fire shuts key Canada-U.S. pipeline
    An explosion crippled the main pipeline supplying Canadian crude to U.S. Midwest refineries on Wednesday, forcing operator Enbridge to halt nearly a fifth of U.S. imports and sending crude prices as much as $4 higher.


  • LeBron Inc. - the building of a billion-dollar athlete
    Fortune takes a look at the business behind a billion-dollar athlete


  • Penguins Among NHL Teams to Open Next Season in Europe
    ...Now four NHL teams could officially get the green light to start next season in Europe for the first time. The Pittsburgh Penguins could get confirmation today or tomorrow they will start the 2008-09 hockey season with two games in Stockholm, Sweden.


  • 8 Killed, Dozens Wounded Over Dead Moths
    One group in China you hear a lot less about, at least when you're talking about the environment and nature, is Tibetans. Most people I know have this image of the country as a peaceful Shangri-La filled with oppressed monks nobly resisting Chinese rule. Well, turns out there are also a bunch of violent nutters.


  • Politico editor: It looks like someone helped Rudy 'cover his tracks'
    During Wednesday evening's Republican debate, GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani flatly denied a new report that as mayor of New York he had obscured security expenses during the beginning of an extra-marital affair -- but his explanation leaves a lot to be desired, according to the editor-in-chief of the publication that broke the story.


  • Senate panel clears the way for contempt citation of Karl Rove
    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy stated on Thursday that President Bush was not involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys, making illegal the president's executive privilege claims protecting former adviser Karl Rove. The ruling clears the way for contempt citations if Bolten, Rove and others do not immediately comply with subpoenas.


  • NASA Tracks Possible Space Station Leak
    NASA is investigating a possible leak on board the space station.


  • Pen size Polonium detector
    Recent events point to the need for a simple device for testing cocktails and beers for excessive quantities of polonium. The Polonium Pen is a pocket-sized ion chamber with LED readout that is perfect for the job. Simply hold the Polonium Pen over your drink and, if the LED lights up, order something else.


  • A Scorsese Directed Short, Scripted by Hitchcock
    What would happen if acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese got a script by Alfred Hitchcock that was never made into a movie? Can Scorsese make the film like Hitchcock would've made it? There's a catch: the script has a missing page …


  • MISSING: College Women's Orgasms
    "In a recent survey of more than 4,000 college students across the country, a sociology professor at Stanford University found that women in college orgasm less than half as often as college males during hook-ups." Come on guys...


  • [c0nflict] Multiplayer Strategy & War Game, beta2, with new Single Player
    Brought to you from the titans of KDice, c0nflict blends the simplified strategy of Dice Wars with more advanced tactics from games like Risk and Conquest. New version features a *much* improved interface, many fixed load handling bugs; and a single player mode for practice before entering the massive multiplayer mayhem. Features a map creator.


  • Gas price interactive map launches
    Mapquest launched a new interactive map service today called Mapquest Gas Prices. It feels much more like a fresh website than, say, the government's site designed to do a similar job.


  • Firemen Being Trained to Report Citizens Unhappy with the US Government
    Why firemen? Because they can enter your property without a warrant, for inspections, etc... // Next up: Firemen will be trained to carry flamethrowers, find banned books... // Note to any firemen: _thank_you_ for doing your real job, saving lives. Being discontent with creeping fascism doesn't threaten society, but it does threaten the fascists...


  • Personal Environment: What's so Funny About Order, Organization & Cleaning?
    I believe that we are a product of our environment. The physical environment in which we spend our time affects how we think and feel. I know the environments in which I feel especially creative and relaxed. Personally, they give me the most effective amount of a creative energy boost. Clutter in my environment negatively affect my performance.


  • Luxury Vodka From the Same Folks Who Brought You Budweiser
    The King of Beers says: This martini's for you. Bud parent Anheuser-Busch is launching its own superpremium organic vodka brand, Purus, continuing its recent trend of branching out beyond domestic beer.


  • VIDEO FLASHBACK: Mike Huckabee's Phone Call From God
    At a Republican Governors Association Dinner in 2004, Mike Huckabee took the stage and began to deliver remarks when his cell phone rang. He took the phone out of his pocket and proceeded to have a 3-minute conversation with God about President Bush's reelection, asserting that God was on the side of the Republicans.


  • Smart Car Crash Test: Surprising Result
    I'm surprised by how well it did. Only the front end disappears.


  • No satnav, no problem: Honda Electro Gyrocator in-car navi...circa 1981!
    Behold the Electro Gyrocator: insert plastic map, mark your position with an "X" and a gas gyroscope measures your position and plots your course. Price in 1981 was $2K - $3K...on top of the $8K for the Accord it came in.


  • "They've been targeting him for three years now."
    Still in disbelief of his childhood friend's shooting death, Arizona Cardinals cornerback Antrel Rolle vowed Wednesday to make sure Sean Taylor is remembered. He added he did not believe the killing was part of a burglary gone sour, and that Taylor had many enemies on the streets of Miami.


  • 10 Extremely Useful Websites to Stop Big Brother From Snooping on You
    If you are tired of receiving junk mail, spam and annoying telemarketing phone calls, then this list is for you. If you desire to take steps to stop the snooping from the government, hackers and marketing agencies, then this list will show you the way to privacy freedom.


  • Is 27 Billion Dollars Enough to Clean Up China?
    The Chinese government will invest 1.35 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) each year for the next three years in environmental protection, or 200 billion RMB (US$27 billion), the State Council announced.


  • Forget the Toys; China is recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands
    Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China, threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent. In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzh... eeewwwwww


  • Remember When America Debated Blow Jobs Instead of Torture?
    Ten years ago, the actions of a sitting President led to a debate most Americans never expected to see. Oh, for those happy carefree days.


  • A Beautifully Illustrated Mesage to RIAA / MPAA (PIC)
    Here is a little user interface gem, and a great reminder for the RIAA/MPAA: "You can't force people to follow directions they deem arbitrary."


  • NBC Uni time-shifts with TiVo data
    By Paul Bond LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For the next several years, NBC Universal will rely on TiVo to tell it how television viewers are using their digital video recorders and, presumably, to introduce interactive commercials to the...


  • Rumor: Gamespot Editor Fired Over Negative Kane & Lynch Review
    "A visit to Gamespot shows that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game has taken over the site very prominently, with backgrounds and multiple banner ads all featuring Kane & Lynch."


  • Fox: Bush's mug shots might confuse little kids...
    When the Daily News reported on an exhibit at the New York Public Library of photos of George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Condoleezza Rice doctored to look like prison mug shots, it touched only lightly on the artistic purposes of the display and appeared to be deliberately aiming to stir up political controversy.


  • Congress to examine "the Internet" as a tool for homegrown terrorism
    A bill recently passed in the House has some observers upset over its finding that the Internet has "aided in facilitating violent radicalization." Ars takes a closer look at the bill to see if there's really cause for concern.


  • I Am Legend Global Banners
    We will soon be seeing Will Smith's I Am Legend on the big screen, as it will be released worldwide in either December or January, depending where you live in the world. Speaking of globalness, here are some pretty cool posters of well known landmarks after the virus took a hold of the population.


  • 8 Reasons Why the PSP Might Overtake the DS
    Dual emotions of surprise and confusion hit our faces when we heard that Sony's redesigned PSP-2000 had shipped 1 million units in Japan in just about two months. Wasn't the DS the portable gaming machine everyone preferred, especially in Japan?


  • Federal judge rejects government request for Amazon customer records
    Recently-unsealed records reveal that federal prosecutors tried and failed to obtain information about 24,000 people who purchased used books via Amazon from a Madison man who was indicted in October on tax charges.


  • CNN's Brown called MoveOn.org "American insurgents"
    During the November 28 CNN special Campaign Killers: Why Do Negative Ads Work?, CNN "anchor" Campbell Brown propagandized, err reported: "General David Petraeus made his reputation taking on insurgents in Iraq. But when he came to Capitol Hill in September, he was confronted by American insurgents, a liberal anti-war group called MoveOn.org."


  • 6 Flickr Horror Stories
    5. Each time she posted a new photo, someone she knew would post an image that looked almost exactly the same.


  • MILFs and Cougars: A Practical Guide
    They're older. They're more experienced. And, according to the current trend, they're dating younger. They're MILFs and Cougars.


  • China: Navy Spat Not a Misunderstanding
    Tthe Chinese Foreign Ministry said Thursday, said that ties had been "disturbed and harmed" by Congress' honoring of the Dalai Lama and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan...his negative characterization of U.S.-China relations appeared to indicate that Beijing had canceled the visit deliberately in order to register its displeasure over U.S. actions.





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