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Top news on 14 October 2009 |
Red Sox Seek Answers and Dismiss Nostalgia
General Manager Theo Epstein said key veterans on Boston?s championship teams may have only one year left to win another title with the team.
Top 10: 2009 Frankfurt Production Car Reveals (Pics)
There were so many amazing vehicles at the Frankfurt Motor Show that it was a really difficult task to pick just 10. We decided to feature just the cars set to hit a road near you in the near future.
Kanye West Loses His Mind- Moving to India?
Is India the new rehab? Kanye is heading to a Hindu ashram in Pindicherry, India to gain a little perspective. Kanye will reside in the ashram for a month practicing a variety of activities including yoga and religious instruction to learn more about morality.
10 Cool Extensions for Google Chrome
For a lot of us Google Chrome is still not hot enough. The reason? It?s still not extendable enough like Firefox. Ever since it came out, users have cried out for ways to tweak the browser to make it the Jack of all trades. Here are some of the cool extensions you'll confront for Google Chrome
Woman 'lured husband to woods and then slit his throat
Joanne Hale, 39, gave husband Peter, 43, a natural aphrodisiac called 'horny goat weed' before she blindfolded him and led him into nearby woods.
Football, Dog Fighting, and Brain Damage
Malcolm Gladwell looks at the long term effects of playing football and contrasts with the experiences of dogs used in dog fighting.
'Monster' 400-pound Python Evicted From Family Home
No more seven-rabbit breakfasts for Delilah, whom officials called the largest python they had ever seen, when she was shipped out of town after a small child was killed by a rogue pet python in a nearby neighborhood.
9-year-old Girl's Death Is Seven People's "Miracle"
"She had love in her heart and never meet a stranger," Robert Starnes says of his daughter. Jessie suffered a brain aneurysm. Seven people benefited from Jessie's donations. Her lungs, kidneys, corneas and heart were all able to be used. "My hope is to one day listen to Jessie's heart ....."
Is Leno a Success or Failure? And How Do You Tell?
A month into his run on the air, it's about the time for observers to start weighing in on NBC's Great Leno Experiment at 10 p.m. But as I alluded to the other day, the problem is determining what constitutes success and failure for The Jay Leno Show.
The 2009 Buffalo Bills: What Did You Really Expect?
At this point, Buffalo has the kind of offense that makes you contemplate man's inhumanity to man. They are 25th in the league in yards per game, 26th in points per game, 28th in third-down conversions, 29th in 1st downs & 31st in time of possession. After losing one of the worst offensive games in NFL history, we ask what else did you expect?
Happy 15th Birthday, Netscape Navigator!
We celebrate the birthday of a browser that changed the Web.
Man gets 1 year in prison after cleaver attack on boyfriend
A man who attacked his partner with a meat cleaver at their home and split his head open has been sent to prison for a year.
7 Awful Sex Tips From 7 Sex Tips from Cosmo That Will Put Yo
Littered amongst Cosmo's mildly kinky and often impractical sex advice are horrifying tips that border on genital mutilation.
The Future of Building Design Looks Mighty Modular
Reusable and transformable facilities and materials were the top prize-winners in the 2009 Lifecycle Building Challenge awards handed out by the U.S. EPA and its partners, signaling some key trends in the future of building design.
Oh, Betty! Raw and Uncut with Mad Men's 'Betty Draper'
?The guy I was dating when I first got to L.A. was not supportive of my acting,? she says. ?He was like, I don?t think you?re going to be good at this. So?***** you!" [Sexy Photo Gallery Included]
The Rains in L.A. Make Santa Monica Bay a Huge Toilet
Matthew King, of the enviro group Heal the Bay, says that 70 major outfalls are currently spewing "man-made debris, animal waste, pesticides, automotive fluids and human-gastrointestinal viruses into the marine ecosystem."
Michigan stakes claim in clean fuel race
The race to change the way Americans fuel their vehicles is propelling Michigan to the forefront in pioneering alternatives. Electric batteries are expensive to manufacture, and the nation lacks a cohesive infrastructure to support the rapid growth of alternative fuels. However, the concentration of engineering expertise gives the state an edge.
Winter Gas: What Is It and Why Is It So Much Cheaper?
Every year in late summer, you will start hearing references in the media about the conversion to winter gasoline, and why is that fuel so much cheaper?
Ford Recalls 4.5 Million Vehicles for Faulty Switch
Ford Motor Co. agreed to expand its largest-ever recall by about 4.5 million vehicles over a faulty switch linked to hundreds of vehicle fires.
Six Fatal Crashes Due To Small Talk Between Pilots
Government records reveal that conversations between pilots may have played a crucial role in over half of serious plane accidents in the past decade. This includes casual talk between pilots just minutes before the Continental crash near Buffalo, NY when 50 people were killed last February.
New iPhone apps allow for detailed 3D analysis of human body
The apps were developed by University of Utah researchers, who say they could make life easier for medical professionals and students as well as patients. Apparently many medical professionals are already buying AnatomyLab in order to show images to their patients to help explain a diagnosis or injury.
Airport scanner 'shows passengers naked'
An X-ray machine which produces ''naked'' images of passengers has been introduced at Manchester Airport, enabling staff to instantly spot any hidden weapons or explosives.
Girls Sell Sex in Hong Kong to Earn Shopping Money
She doesn't want to be identified, except by her nickname "Sze," and she has a secret past. Her father doesn't know what she did as a 16-year-old, and she hopes he never finds out. But Sze, now 19, wants young girls to hear her story so they never make the same mistake.
Nude Olympics Event Foiled by Bad Weather
Many naturists had been looking forward to thus nude-tacular event; but unfortunately their dream of winning Olympic nudist golf medals will have to wait.
High Court To Hear Enron Ex-CEO's Criminal Appeal
The Supreme Court will consider the appeal of former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, convicted in 2006 of conspiracy, insider trading, securities fraud and lying to auditors in the collapse of the former energy giant.
Demon's Souls is not your friend, nor does it try to be
Demon's Souls is your leather-clad mistress and -- the worst part -- if you can withstand the pain for almost eight hours, you may, in what can only be described as a horrifying epiphany ... begin to enjoy it.
Chileans still lighting it up despite anti-smoking law
Chileans are still the heaviest smokers in the region despite a strict anti-tobacco law. When a strict anti-tobacco law came into effect three years ago, Maria Eugenia Avila scoffed. She had no intention of quitting the two packs a day she was delightfully smoking. She just stopped going to malls.
Can a Grassroots Effort Save Disappearing Bees?
The Beekeepers Assn. of Southern California is 100 members strong. Beekeepers -- backyard and/or commercial -- cite media coverage of colony collapse disorder as the reason for burgeoning interest in local beekeeping. Will this surge in urban beekeeping beat back CCD or save California's food supply?
Young married women take charge of household finances
Young married women are more likely to manage their household finances by themselves with little input from their spouses than men are, according to a survey by FindLaw.com... The poll found that 37% of married women between the ages of 18 to 34 go solo on managing money, compared with 30% of young married men.
'Friends' Star Matthew Perry To Do New Comedy Show
Matthew Perry is returning to broadcast television with a single-camera comedy.
Masturbate-a-thon: Interview with the Defending Champ
There are prizes in different categories, from ?Longest Squirt? to ?Most Orgasms,? but the real sportsmen are found in the ?longest time spent masturbating? event. ***** long distance running, this is a solid-gold endurance event. Holder of the title for the last two years is Masanobu Sato, coming in (ha) at NINE HOURS AND FIFTY EIGHT MINUTES.
You Know Daddy Loves Scotch When...
He buys a bottle for £10,000 (~$16,000)
Kandahar City: Slowly, surely, the city is being strangled
Market Garden: Very interesting dispatch by Michael Yon from the frontline in Afghanistan. Seven pages of photos (lots of images) taken by Michael's camera that was mostly kept down but occasionally lifted for quick shots. Kandahar City belies the fact that most Afghans will never have one minute of electricity, nor will they ever see a westerner.
Close-Up Shows Saturn's Moons Reshaping the Planet's Rings
At the Saturnian equinox, which takes place every 15 Earth years or so, the plane of Saturn's rings aligns with the sun, casting shadows that bring out subtle details in their structure. NASA's Cassini spacecraft was on hand in August to observe Saturn's latest equinox up close and captured this image showing the planet's moons influence the rings.
The Large Hadron Collider being Sabotaged by its Own Future?
The much-delayed and maligned Large Hadron Collider has been hit by its most outlandish claim to date - it is being sabotaged by its own future.
5 Companies Making Fuel From Algae Now
Algae is now a burgeoning sector in biofuels with several high-profile start-ups, including Craig Venter's Synthetic Genomics, and the interest of big-time investors like Bill Gates and ExxonMobil. Here are 5 projects leading the pack today.
Cadillac-Powered SpeedLiner Sets Speed World Record (vid)
Different automakers seek out different bragging. The same goes for tuning houses. The bogey in question may be the quickest lap time around a given race track (usually the Nürburgring), a particular horsepower figure, a performance benchmark, or, in some cases, a world land speed record.
12 Awesome Things Tetris To Know, See, And Play
No other iconic video game can get itself immortalized by bored college students quite like Tetris.
10 Sweet GIMP Photo Editing Tricks to Wean You Off Photoshop
You could buy a used car -albeit not a very good one- for the same scratch it takes to pick up a copy of Adobe Photoshop. Yes, is expensive and powerful, but don't worry if you don't have a handful of Benjamins lying around. Thankfully, you can perform a lot of the same photo editing tricks for free with GIMP. That's where we come in.
Hospital Error Leads to 206 Radiation Overdoses
FDA issues warning after Cedars-Sinai Medical Center mistakenly overdoses patients with too much radiation.
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