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Top news on 15 August 2009 |
Sen. Grassley Voted For So-Called "Death Panel" In 2003
Time Magazine's Amy Sullivan pointed out last night that, for all of his ardent demagoguery on the so-called "death panels," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Hypocrite-Iowa) voted for just such a provision in 2003. The only reason he's against it now is to motivate the haters in our country.
iPod nano for just $49 (plus your Social Security Number) :
Scoring an iPod nano for $100-off might seem like one of those deals that's too good to be true, and guess what? It is.
7 'Fear Factor'-Worthy Dishes (and where you can eat em)
Looking to get adventurous with your food choices or just gross out your date? SFWeekly has compiled a list of some of the freakiest foods available, along with the restaurants (and festivals) that serve them. Warning: Don't read this before dinner.
Obama to Afghans: Chill on the Poppies. Grow wheat and corn
The Obama administration is shifting its counternarcotics strategy in Afghanistan toward working with farmers to grow something other than poppies.
Women more attracted to men with similar facial features
They say opposites attract but women are drawn to men who resemble themselves because they find them more trusting, according to a new study.
Trio's website may hold TV's future
Ryan Connolly is having his heart ripped out by a woman . . . literally. In a pouring rain, she starts with his arms, tearing 'em off one at a time, blood spurting out. Just as Connolly voices second thoughts about breaking up, she reaches into his chest and rips his heart out, leaving him screaming in agony.
How To Effectively Communicate With Developers
If you follow some of the principles outlined in this post, your development process can be streamlined a bit more than it was before.
McQuarrie to Pen 'Wolverine' Sequel
Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to write the script for Fox's sequel to its "Wolverine" movie. Hugh Jackman is set to return as the Marvel Comics character, a mutant with healing powers and a skeleton laced with the indestructible metal known as adamantium. Jackman is also producing via his Fox-based Seed shingle along with...
When Pet Doors Cause Child Deaths
Carol Ranfone of Spring Hill, Fla., discovered the dangers of pet doors after finding her 2-year-old son, Matthew, floating face down in the family pool in August 2006.
Borders Survey Name Drops the Apple iPad
While randomly checking off answers, we noticed something odd. Borders wants to know if we plan on purchasing an "Apple IPAD (Large Screen Reading Device)" this year.
Russian Sub Fail
Two Russian attack submarines are considered to have failed their secret mission in international waters after being detected by the United States and Canada, a report said on Thursday.
Cash for Clunkers Comes to the Kitchen with Fridge Recycling
DTE Energy this week announced that it had taken in more than 1,000 old and inefficient refrigerators through a trade-in program operated by its Detroit Edison subsidiary. The "cash for clunkers" spinoff will take the old appliances and dismantle them at a new recycling plant in Livonia.
Should Women Change their Name for Marriage?
When I got married five months ago, there was an overwhelming number of decisions to make: big ones, small ones, utterly innocuous ones. Where? Band or DJ? Cake or cupcakes? The only choices I didn?t second-guess at least once were the guy I?d chosen to be my husband and that I?d be keeping my own name.
Pirate Bay: DJ Joel's $675,000 Mixtape. Approved by the RIAA
Pirate Bay continues its outlaw status steering visitors to a page that where they can illegally download 30 songs that just cost grad student Joel Tenenbaum $675,000.
10 Legendary Guitars
These guitars show the wear and tear of decades of touring, but their owners won't quit playing them. These may not be their most famous guitars, but they are their most beloved.
Mathematical Model for Surviving a Zombie Attack
It is possible to successfully fend off a zombie attack, according to Canadian mathematicians. The key is to ?hit hard and hit often.? Somebody actually did a study on mathematics of a hypothetical zombie attack. So, while we still don?t know what to do if a deadly asteroid takes aim at Earth, we now know what to do in case of a zombie attack.
Independent Filmmakers Now Distribute Their Films Themselves
With Hollywood & other film distribution companies uninterested or under-financed, indie filmmakers are increasingly distributing and marketing their films themselves -- including through social media.
Like a complete unknown: Cop doesn't know who Bob Dylan is
The 22-year-old officer asked the 'eccentric-looking old man' for identification papers after stopping him in the U.S. seaside town of Long Branch, New Jersey.Not recognizing his name, the officer ordered him into the back of her police car, driving him back to his hotel to check his story.
The Top 10 Best Comic Book Casting Picks
These ten actors not only gave unforgettable performances, but they achieved the often insurmountable task of bringing the character straight from the pages to the screen like celluloid silly putty.
How To Properly Remove Elements from a Pic in Photoshop CS4
Let?s face it: no matter how carefully you try to compose your image, in some photos there?s something in the shot that just has to go! Here are some key techniques for removing elements from a photograph using cover-up layers and the new live brush preview for the Clone Stamp in Photoshop CS4.
Luckless Predator Only Attracted to Undercover Cops
It's official. There's nobody in the chat rooms but pedophiles and undercover police. A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of an Indiana man whose online efforts to proposition underage girls led him to not one, not two, but three undercover cops, none of whom apparently knew about the others.
2016 Olympics shun baseball and softball
Well, it's official. The IOC has spoken and it has again reiterated that it wants no part of either baseball or softball in its Summer Games.
China Pulls Back From Edict On Web-Filtering Software
China's industry minister said installation of Internet filtering software on personal computers was always meant to be done on a voluntary basis by individuals.
Major URL Shorteners Unite To Fight Dead Links
After the closure announcement ? and then sudden re-opening ? of short URL service Tr.im, there?s been some uncertainty about the widespread use of short URLs on sites like Twitter (Twitter). How do you know that the URL company won?t just start redirecting the links to somewhere else? Or what happens if that short URL provider shuts down?
Elephant Learns To Play The Harmonica
The African elephant already loves music, but has found a new passion after a silver harmonica was accidentally left on the side of the enclosure.
Happy 20th Birthday, Sega Genesis!
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. release of the Sega Genesis, the game console that briefly put Sega on the video game hardware map. Sega shook the very foundations of the newly reborn U.S. gaming industry on August 14th, 1989, when the Sega Genesis made its North American debut in New York and Los Angeles.
New York Times: Why Humans Don't Have Fur
One of the most distinctive evolutionary changes as humans parted company from their fellow apes was their loss of body hair. But why and when human body hair disappeared is a question that has long lain beyond the reach of archaeology and paleontology. Ingenious answers to this question have been proposed.
Google and Microsoft: The Battle Over College E-Mail
Georgetown, Cornell and thousands of other colleges are handing their badly strained e-mail systems over to the tech giantsbadly strained email systems over to the tech giants.
Baltimore calls '*****!' on season premiere of "Mad Men"
"Mad Men" returns Sunday night with a business trip to Baltimore. But the keepers of the historical flame in Baltimore, a city that loves its past and can be downright picky about it, says "Mad Men" got the historical details all wrong.
Google and YouTube: We've Got Movies!
Got a couple hours to kill? Want to enjoy a pleasant blast from the past? Head over to YouTube and check out "Ghostbusters"; which is running at its full length on Google's video site and is prominently displayed on its homepage. YouTube's not-so-subtle message: We're more than just skateboarding cat videos!
Early Humans Used Heat-Treated Stone for Tools
Tool manufacturers know that sometimes you have to heat-treat a material to make it harder or stronger. Ancient toolmakers learned that trick, too. And archaeological research from South Africa pushes back the date of the earliest use of heat treatment at least 45,000 years, to more than 70,000 years ago.
'Hidden Portal' First Tunable Electromagnetic Gateway
While the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now that researchers in China have created the first tunable electromagnetic gateway.
Photos from inside an abandoned Titan missile silo
"There are no words to describe being in what is perhaps the world's largest underground missile complex."
Less sex, more TV idea aired in India
On World Population Day this year India's new health and welfare minister came out with an idea on how to tackle the population issue: Bring electricity to every Indian village so that people would watch television until late at night and therefore be too tired to make babies.
Income Inequality Is At An All-Time High: STUDY
Income inequality in the United States is at an all-time high, surpassing even levels seen during the Great Depression, according to a recently updated paper by University of California, Berkeley Professor Emmanuel Saez. The paper, which covers data through 2007, points to a staggering, unprecedented disparity in American incomes.
How to use math to choose a wife
We all want partners for life, but who should we choose? When does the law of diminishing returns kick in? Some mathematicians have a suggestion.
One old man, four perps, one shotgun = happy taxpayers
The shotgun-wielding owner of a Harlem restaurant-supply company blasted two men to death and wounded another Thursday when they tried to rob him in broad daylight.
Bryan Singer to Direct 'Battlestar Galactica' Blockbuster
Bryan Singer is attached to direct and produce Universal's big-screen version of "Battlestar Galactica." The deal hyper-jumps the development of "Galactica," for which Universal quietly picked up the movie rights in February from original show creator Glen A. Larson as the lauded Sci Fi series was wrapping up.
Woman Sets Herself On Fire in The Mall of Americas
A woman walked into a crowded Miami mall on Thursday and lit herself on fire as shocked shoppers watched in horror. The unidentified woman walked around the Mall of the Americas while lit and eventually made it out of the mall and into the parking lot, according to witnesses. Several concerned people who saw the amazing and disturbing sight were..
'We The People' overload House Web site
Technical support issued a warning to congressional staff that the site may be slow or unresponsive because of the large volume of e-mail being sent to members.
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