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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5'
Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is the anonymous "Senate Candidate #5" whose emissaries Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich reportedly claimed offered up to a million dollars to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News...

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Kennedy Is Said to Be Politicking for His Niece
While Caroline Kennedy is maintaining her public silence about whether she wishes to succeed Senator Hillary Clinton, her uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, has been working behind the scenes on her behalf, according to Democratic aides.

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Proposed special election for IL Senate seat gives GOP hope
Leading Illinois Democrats are moving toward holding a special election to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, to wrest the decision away from Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. A special election would ensure the seat remains vacant for months. Democrats also worry it could give Republicans a clear shot to pick up a vacancy.

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Vietnam prostitutes kept in dog cages
Some 130 women were held prisoner, some in dog cages, at a Ho Chi Minh City brothel, forced to work as prostitutes 18 hours per day, local media reports say.

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Which value menu items are the most unhealthy?
Jack in the Box burger tops unhealthful list; Taco Bell's Cheesy Double Beef Burrito was a close second, according to research by the Cancer Project. News isn't all bad, there are some healthy choices.

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Does the United States Own the Moon?
Nearly 40 years after the U.S. flag was planted on the moon, a global rush to the final frontier has some pondering property rights out there.

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Obama & Gore Meet, Discuss A New Era in Climate Leadership
President-elect Barack Obama met with former vice president Al Gore on Tuesday. Obama emerged from the meeting talking about global warming as a national security threat, and renewable energy as an economic opportunity, which evidently satisfied Gore, who has championed the idea of transforming all U.S. electricity production to clean sources.

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Women find happiness is not about the economy, stupid
Men are happier with money, while women find greater joy in friendships and relationships with their children, co-workers and bosses, a new global survey reveals. The study found that globally, women are happier than men in 48 of the 51 countries surveyed, and only in Brazil, South Africa and Vietnam were men found to be happier than women...

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Men prefer women with long wavy hair such as Kelly Brook
The feminine look, also worn by X-Factor and singer judge Cheryl Cole, came top with 43 per cent of men voting it their favourite style. Actress Jennifer Aniston's long straight locks came second followed by the classic short bob, seen on Umbrella singer Rihanna and Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh.

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Netflix Lays Off 50 Employees, Blames Microsoft
In a corporate blog post today, Netflix (NFLX) said 50 of its technical specialists in its customer service group will be let go at the start of next year. The reason? The company isn't blaming the economy, it's blaming Microsoft's (MSFT) Silverlight.

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NBA All-Star Saturday Night to be broadcast in Live 3D HD
Turner Sports, The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) today announced that they will team up to broadcast TNT's coverage of NBA All-Star Saturday Night in Live 3D to 80 digitally-equipped theaters across the United States.

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Arena Football League Shutting Down For 2009
The Arena Football League is expected to cancel the 2009 season.

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Students to attempt to break water speed record
A team of engineers are aiming to break the world water speed record, on the lake where Donald Campbell died in his Bluebird. The Quicksilver team will try to bring the record back to Britain on Coniston Water in the Lake District, the scene of the disaster which killed Donald Campbell in 1967 as he tried to break the 300mph barrier.

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'Dark Knight' Score is Now Officially Oscar Eligible
"The Dark Knight"The executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' music branch has reversed a decision on the original score from "The Dark Knight" and deemed it eligible for an Oscar in the best original score category. The branch initially ruled Nov. 10 that there were too many composers involved in the score.

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Group Seeks Nuclear Weapons Ban
A group of international dignitaries have launched a new campaign in Paris to eliminate nuclear weapons. Global Zero consists of 100 leading figures seeking practical steps towards nuclear abolition and gaining public support for that goal.

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Sources: Wizards Get 2 Guards In 3-Team Trade
The Washington Wizards, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Hornets have agreed to a three-team trade that will bring two new guards to the Gilbert Arenas-less Wizards, according to NBA front-office sources.

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PlayStation Home launching globally tomorrow, December 11th
We knew it was coming this month, now we have the day: tomorrow. Yup, PlayStation Home will launch globally on December 11th. The 3D virtual on-line community is like Second Life, only with the risk of rootkit. Hot. All kidding aside, the new service gives PS3 owners a customizable place to chat (voice or text) and play games with other...

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Next Up For Intel's 32nm Chips: Get Ready For Production
Intel completes development of 32nm and prepares for production

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"Medusa" Worms Found in Mud Volcano
These new, undersea worms don't have eyes to turn you into stone. But their resemblance to snake-haired Medusa (above) wasn't lost on discoverer Ana Hilário, who plans to name at least one after the mythological Greek monster.

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Apple Pulls Neo-Nazi Albums From German iTunes Store
Apple has recently pulled two albums of neo-Nazi sentiment from its German installation of iTunes after being informed by technology publication Computerbild of the offensive content. Two albums from the German neo-Nazi band, Landser, had recently been discovered on the German iTunes store. The group had been banned by a federal court in 2005 [.

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What the MPAA wants from Obama: 3 strikes, Canada crackdown
With the Obama transition team now posting all lobbying documents it receives, we can get a glimpse of the MPAA's 2009 priorities, which include going after Canada and Spain. More "three strikes" laws would be nice, too.

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The Most Memorable Movie Stoners of All Time
It should come as no surprise that marijuana has found its way onto the big screen. Regardless of your feelings on Mary Jane, the portrayal of stoners in movies is usually pretty amusing. There's just something inherently hilarious (and for lots of us, um, familiar) about a dude with slowed spee

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Top 10 Least Stolen Vehicles 2008
Again using new data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Highway Loss Data Institute, we've assembled a new list of the Top Ten Least Stolen Vehicles in 2008. Not all of them are undesirable, some just have very good protective devices. Others are just so popular that their owners don't let them out of their sight. We make no...

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Yanks Sign C.C. Sabathia
After all of the back and forth, Sabathia decided he wanted to spend the next 6 years of his career in the Bronx.

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The Rise of the Machines [PIC]
There are now 1 million industrial robots toiling around the world, and Japan is where they're the thickest on the ground. It has 295 of these electromechanical marvels for every 10 000 manufacturing workers—a robot density almost 10 times the world average and nearly twice that of Singapore (169), South Korea (164), and Germany (163).

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Stewart Butterfield Remembers How Flickr Began [Video]
Flickr is one of the most useful websites to come out in the last few years (and of course incredibly entertaining to the Digg community). The site's co-founder Stewart Butterfield remembers how Flickr began as a side project of an online multi-player game.

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Woman returns $100K found at restaurant
"Satan will tempt you," said Billie Watts, 75. "I have been having real bad teeth problems. I thought, 'I'll get my teeth fixed.' " But she decided not too! A Must Read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cat and 30000 in cash left on trains
A pet cat and a bag containing 30,000 in cash were among the unlikely objects left on trains this year, according to a rail operator.

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Microsoft approaches an open-source epiphany!
Microsoft seems to forget that in competing against open source it increasingly competes against itself.

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Sony won't ape NXE, no plans for Netflix on PS3
According to Sony, there's nothing wrong with the Current PlayStation Experience (CPE). The company has no plans to make any "grand-scale changes" to the PS3's XrossMediaBar interface.

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Student Suspended for Cyber Bullying Teacher, Sues Principal
A former Florida high school student who was disciplined for "cyber bullying" a teacher on Facebook is suing the school principal on allegations of violating her free speech rights, in a case that highlights the legal challenges facing courts and school administrators as they grapple with campus civil order and free expression in an online world.

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Dark Knight Blu-ray scratches surface of BD-Live potential
The Dark Knight is an amazing Blu-ray release, but even more fascinating than the great picture and sound are what Warner Bros. has done with BD-Live. Watching a movie has now become collaborative.

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Italian Barack Obama waxwork looks nothing like Obama

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Half-Dose Flu Shots Work In Adults, Study Finds
Half-dose flu shots are effective in adults, especially in women and those younger than 50, and offer a viable way to stretch supplies during vaccine shortages, a government study found.

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Violent Star-Forming Nebula Caught by Spitzer Telescope
A brand new photo of the Swan Nebula taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals chaotic star-making in action.

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Dinosaurs were 'airheads', say scientists
Fearsome dinosaurs such as the Tyrannosaurus rex were actually full of hot air, scientists said. A team from Ohio University found the brains of the predators had a surprising number of air pockets.

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Who Will Obama Name As Cyberspace Czar?
If president-elect Barack Obama heeds the advice of a blue-ribbon IT security panel, he'll create a new White House office for cyberspace to be headed by an adviser charged with coordinating the computer security efforts of federal departments and agencies.In other words, a Cyber Czar. Here are some good choices.

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Group launches 'LinuxDefenders' to fend off patent trolls
Open Invention Network, which buys patents related to the Linux operating system and licenses them royalty-free, today launched a program aimed at encouraging open-source developers to document information about their work so that it can be easily read and used by patent offices and lawyers.

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If u cn rd this quickly, gd 4 u
Mobile phone text-message abbreviations and simplifications are not ruining our spelling, but they do take much longer to read and understand than conventional English, a small Australian study has shown. University of Tasmania...

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Students Rally For Democracy In Iran
Hundreds of students from different colleges gathered Sunday at Tehran University to protest against injustice and the dictatorship which runs their country and their lives. Despite a heavy presence of police and security forces, students inside the university Sunday managed to break down a barricaded gate and let others flood into the grounds.

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