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The Watergate History
A burglary at a Washington office complex called the Watergate in June 1972 grew into wide-ranging political scandal that culminated in the resignation of President Richard Nixon two years later.This is the history:
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Which is the real psychopath?
Quite the resemblance!
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ABC News : John Stossel : Cheap on Charity
Another report on Who Really Cares. They compare South Dakota and San Fransisco and who contributes more ?
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Slow motion video of a laser beam on an aluminum target
"These test results reveal the functioning of several mechanisms when the laser is used to destroy a target: thermal heating of the high explosive to ignition; increased material removal due to combustion of certain materials from the increased oxygen during air flight; and aerodynamic forces that literally rip the membrane from the annealed..."
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new trailer for THE DARK KNIGHT
not the jokerized bootleg version either
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VirtualBox 1.6 is a major update with 2000 improvements
Among the highlights:* The new Sun livery* Solaris and Mac versions no longer in beta* Guest Additions for Solaris* Seamless windowing for Solaris and Linux guests* SATA support for up to 32 hard disks per VM (first product in the industry to do SATA!)* PAE support for guests (memory model required by some server OSes)...
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Report: Rick Carlisle to be Named Head Coach of Mavericks
Sources told ESPN.com that Carlisle met with Mavericks president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson on Thursday in Indianapolis and then traveled to Texas on Friday to meet directly with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. As part of Friday's agenda, Carlisle also had an introductory meeting with Mavs franchise forward Dirk Nowitzki.
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How Grand Theft Auto IV Threatens The Wii
Since the launch of the Nintendo Wii videogame console in November of 2006, the Japanese videogame company had not missed a beat. That is, until the release of Grand Theft Auto IV this week.
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There's nothing worse than a politician playing parent
This is so true! They always make sure they have pictures taken while kissing babies, when in reality most of the time their kids grow up totally fucked up. Can we stop with this already?
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ABC News: Microsoft vs. Yahoo: Winner Is Google?
Microsoft Corp.'s attempt to take over Yahoo Inc. has become so tortured it may help Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc. grow stronger, undermining Microsoft's main reason for pursing the deal in the first place.
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Shark surfer
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The Camera That Wears a Badge
The adoption by law enforcement of photo-enforcement technology — surveillance cameras that take a picture of an offending vehicle and its license plate — has unanticipated consequences.
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Rare but Real: People Who Feel, Taste and Hear Color
Long dismissed as a product of overactive imaginations or a sign of mental illness, synesthesia has grudgingly come to be accepted by scientists in recent years as an actual phenomenon with a real neurological basis. Some researchers now believe it may yield valuable clues to how the brain is organized and how perception works.
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Batman vs. Iron Man
As the summer of 2008 approaches, Iron Man and Batman compare notes on their respective franchises in this Mac/PC parody.
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Ron Artest - Still Crazy
For everyone who wanted to see some Ron Artest action.
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How Rockstar Built New York City
As we're sure you're aware, this week sees the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. This time, the action is set in Liberty City, a living, breathing replica of New York. Dan Houser, Vice President of Rockstar Games and co-writer of GTA IV, spoke to Vulture about building a nuttier, dirtier Gotham.
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Shell Lobyist Only One Backing Clinton on her Gas Tax Plan
"There's not an expert out there that believes that this is going to work. There's not an editorial out there that has said this is actually the answer to high gas prices," Obama said of the gas tax holiday plan. " All Clinton could find was, get this, a lobbyist for Shell Oil Co. to explain how this is going to be good for consumers.
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German group patents 'smell-phone'
A German syndicate announced this week that it has patented a chip for sending scents via text and multimedia messages.
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Thai Dog Rescue
Two kids rescue a puppy trapped in an aqueduct in Thailand.
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Actor Tom Hanks Endorses Barack Obama
Actor/activist who had given money to both the Illinois Senator and Clinton posts compelling video on his MySpace page explaining his choice.
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Clinton, Nixon; Nixon, Clinton
SIX days ahead of the North Carolina primary comes a story of real sleaze—not Jeremiah Wright-style buffoonery, but Nixon-style illegality designed to dupe and disenfranchise voters...
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9 Foods You're Not Allowed To Buy
Government agencies have outlawed these forbidden foods, but epicures love them. Here's what restaurateurs and other business owners around the U.S. have to say about culinary contraband.
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100 E-mail Bouncebacks? You've Been Backscattered
The bounceback e-mail messages come in at a trickle, maybe one or two every hour. The subject lines are disquieting: "Cyails, Vygara nad Levytar," "UNSOLICITED BULK EMAIL, apparently from you."
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Judge: Corps of Engineers can be sued over Katrina flooding
The Corps of Engineers had argued that it was immune from liability because the channel is part of New Orleans' flood control system. The law says the federal government cannot be sued if something goes wrong with a flood control project such as a levee, reservoir or dam.
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An Export in Solid Supply
Electricity prices in US rising even more soon. With the devaluation of the dollar, US electric utilities are going to have to compete against export coal sales. Approximately 50% of our electric power is generated from coal. Fortunately because utilities buy coal with long-term contracts, we will see our electric bill go up over time.
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UK: Troops to use electronic insects 'by end of the year'
The storyline from Minority Report may not be quite as far fetched as it sounds. British defence giant BAE Systems is creating a series of tiny electronic spiders, insects and snakes that could become the eyes and ears of soldiers on the battlefield, helping to save thousands of lives. Prototypes could be on the front line by the end of the year...
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The 10 Best Ways To Break Unhealthy Habits
So you're still trying to quit smoking, overeating or tanning? Take some cues from the latest research on what's holding you back--and the best methods for breaking unhealthy habits.
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Of myths and men
Worries about an apocalypse unleashed by particle accelerators are not new, says Philip Ball. They have their source in old myths, which are hard to dispel.
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Space Elevator Test Run
"Although the day started with difficulties, it ended with a successful 1000 foot space elevator test climb to a tethered 10-foot diameter balloon - LiftPort's first really significant climb. This was supposed to be a 1 mile climb test, but the FAA-required aviation orange paint - applied at 50 foot intervals to the ribbon - contained acetone,
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Iron Man: Heavy Suit, Light Touches
The world at the moment does not suffer from a shortage of superheroes. And yet in some ways the glut of anti-evil crusaders with cool costumes and troubled souls takes the pressure off of "Iron Man," which clanks into theaters today ahead of Hellboy, Batman and the Incredible Hulk.
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The animated ATLAS
This video should give you a sense of the scale of the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS detector...........
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The "Hello World" Program, in 366 Programming Languages!
"Hello World" is the traditional first program you write when learning a new language, first appearing in K&R's "The C Programming Language" book in 1978. Since then it has been implemented in almost every programming language on the planet. This collection has it in 366 coding languages (even LOLCode!) and 58 human ones! Is your favourite here?
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Semiconductors through the Ages- A Moore's Law Visualization
From 1 transistor on a chip in the 1950's to over 592,000,000 in the 2000's. Pics show the rapid evolution of scale and complexity in the engines that power computing, communications, and electronic devices in general.
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The Tiger Woods Sales Pitch
My specially designed Tiger Woods TAG Heuer watch read 11:45 a.m. yesterday when I got back from the practice range. After washing up and shaving with my favorite Tiger Woods Gillette Champions razor and getting in a few rounds of EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, I picked up the copy of Golf Digest on my coffee table—the one with my ad for...
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Anyone need a mirror?
The 8.2-m primary mirror of Yepun, Unit Telescope 4 of ESO's Very Large Telescope, after its recoating in early March. Credit: Gerhard Huedepohl.
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APOD - An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse
The Sun, the Moon, Antarctica, and two photographers all lined up in 2003 Antarctica during an unusual total eclipse of the Sun.
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Geochemists Challenge Key Theory Regarding Earth's Formation
Working with colleagues from NASA, a Florida State University researcher has published a paper that calls into question three decades of conventional wisdom regarding some of the physical processes that helped shape the Earth as we know it today.
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New Photos Reveal Horror Of Hiroshima (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
These photographs were found in 1945 among rolls of undeveloped film in a cave outside Hiroshima by a U.S. serviceman, who was attached to the occupation forces. Unlike most photos of the Hiroshima bombing, these dramatically convey the human as well as material destruction unleashed by the atomic bomb. -And HRC wants to "obliterate Iran." Nice.
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One Million Calls for Barack Obama
Tuesday is one of the last big landmarks of the primary season, with 187 delegates at stake in one single day. Right now Barack Obama volunteers and staff in Indiana and North Carolina are preparing for the final Get Out The Vote weekend, and across the country grassroots phonebankers are getting ready for the last big weekend of calling.
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MPAA Silently Drops Case Against BitTorrent Site
In 2005, DVDr-core was the first BitTorrent site that was targeted by the MPAA outside the US. A classic story: Man runs site, man gets sued over site, nothing more is ever heard. Whilst in most cases, this means that the defendant bowed to pressure, paid an out of court settlement, and promised not to do it again, that is not the case here.
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