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Two Tough New York Mets, but Then What?
Johan Santana and Francisco Rodriguez have set a standard of toughness for their teammates, although it remains to be seen just how many of those teammates will measure up.
EFF brief accuses DOJ of "backdoor wiretapping"
In a new brief, the EFF alleges that in order to get around wiretapping's "probable cause" requirements, the DOJ ordered a suspect's ISP to start accumulating his emails so that they could later come in and use the Stored Communications Act to subpoena the archive.
Penguins top Red Wings in Game 7, win Stanley Cup
One year after falling to the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Pittsburgh Penguins claimed revenge with a 2-1 Game 7 victory in Detroit.
Thieves Can Just Turn Off Find My iPhone Location Tracking
Find My iPhone was one of the best things Apple showed off on Monday at WWDC?track your phone, send harassing messages, etc. It works, but whoever pinched your iPhone can just turn off tracking right from the phone.
Element 112: Newest Chemical Element In The Periodic Table
The element 112, discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Centre for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt, has been officially recognized as a new element by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The letter furthermore asks the discoverers to propose a name for the new element.
Top French Court Rips Heart Out Of Piracy Internet Law
France's highest court has inflicted an embarrassing blow to President Sarkozy by cutting the heart out of a law that was supposed to put France in the forefront of the fight against piracy on the internet.
So do men really prefer Miss Average?
I smell a rat. Are we women the victims of some sick conspiracy by Green activists working in conjunction with gay fashion designers to keep the population down?....Women live in a weirdly distorting hall of mirrors that reflects cover girls and actresses back to us as though they're a perfectly normal size.
Coal Ash Spills Too Dangerous To Reveal To Public, Says DHS
Coal Ash Spills Too Dangerous To Reveal To Public, Says DHS - huh!?
The 8 People You?ll Meet In Your Hometown Bar This Summer
Well, school?s over for the year. You former freshman have moved back in with your parents and secured that summer job and, after the first couple of weeks, have discovered a sad truth: while you?re a college student, summers blow....who are you gonna run in to?
Top 10 Awesome Things You Didn't Know About Clint Eastwood
Reason #1: _______ just got 100% cooler.
Complex & Sophisticated Lettering Design Photoshop Tutorials
Lettering design is probably the area in which artists have most noticeable pushed Photoshop to the limits. This is a compilation of the best of lettering design tutorials created using Photoshop with the assistance, in some cases, of other illustration and 3d software.
7 Pieces of Advice on Picking Your New Facebook User Name
Like the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 before it, Saturday, June 13th at 12:01 a.m. EDT will be one of the most important moments in the history of all of time. At that exact moment, social networking site Facebook will allow users to register dedicated usernames, meaning you can finally have a URL for your profile that will make sense to other humans.
How 3 US Teens Formed the Deadliest Mexican Drug War Squad
Hard as it is to believe three teenagers could band together to form one of the deadliest hit squads in the Mexican drug wars, the truth is stranger still?they were Americans. In an exclusive interview, the group's founder, Gabriel Cardona, reveals how they got their start...
YouTube Enters The Stream
YouTube has just enabled a new feature that allows users to directly share their recently uploaded videos to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader. ...
Trying to decide: democrat or republican (COMIC)
Vern does his best to try and figure out the answer.
How To See Good Music w/o Losing Your Money (or Your Mind)
Be careful of the lure of festivals. -- Don't hit a festival because one or two bands appeal to you -- you'll be let down, as fest sets tend to be shorter, less inspired and far less intimate than a show pretty much anywhere else...
Electric Vehicle Industry Facing Continued Govt. Dependence
Electric vehicles are the Next Big Thing for the auto industry and environmentalists alike. But with the Obama Administration's goal of getting 1,000,000 EVs on the road by 2015, that will only represent 0.5% of the total vehicles on the road. And to make it happen, billions will be required to be poured into an industry with unproven demand.
The Six Most Pointless Game Controllers
Someone actually thought these things were good ideas.
Ancient mass grave found on Olympics site
LONDON - An ancient burial pit containing 45 severed skulls, that could be a mass war grave dating back to Roman times, has been found under a road being built for the 2012 British Olympics. Archaeologists, who have...
11 Amazing Animals That Improve Your Health
Nature's Wild Animals Are Natural Born Healers. Scientists look to animals and wildlife to improve modern medicine. The following is a list of animals that have contributed to medicine.
State Media Says Ahmadinejad Wins Re-Election
Iran's state news agency reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election Friday, but his main reformist challenger also confidently claimed victory at a news conference moments earlier
Twitter User Spamming Himself Crazy
A Twitter user who has effectively spammed himself senseless reaches out to us for help. And we?re going to oblige. The only trouble is, he?s making yet another error in judgment, because my guess is this is going to make things worse.
Statement by Erik von Brunn, Holocaust Museum Killer's Son
My father's beliefs have been a constant source of verbal and mental abuse my family has had to suffer with for many years. His views consumed him, and in doing so, not only destroyed his life, but destroyed our family and ruined our lives as well. I do not expect, nor will I accept forgiveness for what he has done.
Artie Lange -- Equal Opportunity Fornicator
The Howard Stern Show's Artie Lange on ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean
11 of the Worst Virtual Jobs in Video Games
There are numerous jobs portrayed in video games. Some are awesome, like being a secret agent, a Crazy Taxi driver or a treasure hunter. For every awesome job, however, there is a crappy counterpart that involves little to no pay, high death rates and shameful nights of hard work.
In China, Bicycles Are Back; Now They're Battery Powered
The e-bike boom owes much to Chinese policy. The government made developing e-bikes an official technology goal in 1991. Major Chinese cities have extensive bicycle lanes, which means riders can avoid the worst of rush-hour congestion. In cities such as Shanghai, local governments have drastically raised licensing fees on gas-powered scooters
Nintendo?s new Super Mario Bros plays itself - ?Demo Play"
Something I never imagined would ever happen but Nintendo has decided to create games that will cheat for you. No longer will you need to play the game, you can just watch it play itself, how exciting is that?.? -- sarcastically
Twitter Power Players Get Shiny 'Verified' Badges
Twitter has launched the early beta phase of its "verified accounts" program, a background-check for celebrities and other prominent users of the service to weed out impersonators and fake accounts. If they pass the test, they get a graphic "badge".
He can?t explain this brief X-ray vision, but...
They were intent on developing a group of troops hardened by repeated exposure to radiation. They thought exposure to radiation was like sunning on the beach: First you burn, then you tan.?Today, you think, ?How would you ever harden troops to that?...But see, they didn?t know that then.?
Thomas judge bars Fair Use defense, OKs MediaSentry evidence
Rejecting every argument made by Jammie Thomas-Rasset and her legal team, a Minnesota federal judge has ruled that MediaSentry's data-gathering on P2P users violated no laws, and its evidence can be used during next week's trial.
Kung-Fu Master Creates Car-Kicking Street Fighter (LOL)
Growing up in the 80's, we had a great time wasting activity ?Arcades. Our favorite quarter-muncher was Street Fighter II where we could act out our kung-fu aggressions like this guy, on a car. Sure there's something to be said about a guy who films himself pretending to be Ryu, grunting like Blanka and containing more psychotic energy than Vince
Cowboys Knew of Earlier Similar Canopy Construction Collapse
Cowboy owners are so screwed. According to report, they knew when they hired the company to build their now-ruined football practice facility that a similar fabric structure built by the same company for the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority had collapsed in a storm.
15 Ways to Save Money Buying Natural Foods
Let?s face it, you can?t help but notice that organic and natural foods cost a lot more?or do they? It really all depends on where you shop, what you buy, and how savvy you are when it comes to food. Here are 15 ways to help you eat more whole, natural foods for less $$.
Another Side of War: The Photographs of Manuel Bromberg
The collective memory of war is often shaped by images, as the recent 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings made clear. The images which have most clearly defined our visual memory of the D-Day invasion are the eleven surviving negatives taken by Robert Capa on the morning of June 6, 1944
Atlanta Falcons release troubled quarterback Michael Vick
"Michael remains suspended by the NFL. However, in the event NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell decides to reinstate Michael, we feel his best opportunity to re-engage his football career would be at another club."
Your Poop May Become a Detection Tool for Cancer
Using a stool sample doctors testing a non-invasive discovery method found nearly 70 percent of cancers present in a group of patients with assorted cancers of the digestive tract. The test also accurately showed negative results in all 70 healthy patients they tested.
Upgrading a Graphics Card: 20 Must Know Tips
Instead of rehashing another how-to, here are 20 tried-and-true graphics card tips that will transform you from guppy to guru.
Asteroid Probe Set to "Collide" With Earth
The Hayabusa spacecraft, an 1,124-pound (510-kilogram) space probe, will "collide" with our home planet in June 2010 to simulate an approaching asteroid, Japanese scientists have announced.
In-N-Out Wins Best Burger In Zagat's Survey
The results of this year's Zagat's Fast Food Survey are in and Wendy's is the top "Mega-Chain" (over 5,000 outlets) and In-N-Out burger the best large chain (up to 5,000).
DJs cash in on their own music using 'stolen cards'
A group, including a number of DJs, have been accused of making hundreds of thousands of pounds by buying their own music online with stolen credit cards.
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