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Top news on 20 August 2009 |
Venus, Serena to own part of Miami Dolphins
Venus and Serena Williams have found a new sport: pro football. The tennis-playing sisters will become the latest celebrities to own a stake in the Miami Dolphins, a person familiar with the deal said Wednesday.
The Seven Least Convincing Movie High Schoolers
There's a reason filmmakers rarely cast actual teenagers. Real adolescence is full of insecurity, change, stickiness, and other things no one actually wants to see on a big screen. However, there's a fine line between comfortably post-pubescent and an obviously receding hairline. Here's seven actors who were simply too old to play high school.
The Most Outrageous U.S. Lies About Global Healthcare
As the U.S. Congress this summer holds its first serious health-care reform debate since the Clinton era, the resulting public furor has featured increasingly overheated claims about everything from so-called "death panels" to the supposed prowess of America's homegrown medicine. Many of the most wildly inaccurate statements have been...
Will Cartoon Network become "The Network"?
It seems that all of television is slowly losing its identity. The History Channel doesn't cover history. TV Land clogs their airwaves with run-of-the-mill reality shows. Comedy Central gives Carlos Mencia his own show.
Man jailed for yawning freed after 3 weeks
An Illinois judge has freed a man who had been in jail for three weeks after letting loose a loud yawn during a sentencing hearing. Thirty-three-year-old Clifton Williams of Richton Park was found in contempt of court and jailed on July 23 after yawning in Will County Judge Daniel Rozak's court.
8 Interesting Facts About Gaming's Greatest Companies
Almost every gaming company has something interesting about their history that defines who they are today. Something that launched the company into a perfect sequence of events that led to their current success and image. Many of these events are good, but only Microsoft is bad.
What Happened to Comedy?
Comedy is supposed to be funny, right? So what the hell is this crap?
How to Manage Your Online Life When You're Dead
We don't leave behind letters and diaries anymore. We leave inboxes and Facebook accounts. But will your loved ones have access to that information?
Usain Bolt: how far and fast can we go?
We are at the far edges of the envelope, science says, but the show is about to get even more interesting: for now, humanity will continue to get faster, higher, stronger, so long as we can keep finding athletes who are ever bigger, freakier and more pathologically fixated...a freakish level of determination also helps
Driver of Lexus Attacked by Bicyclists in Boca Raton
A 69-year-old Delray Beach man found out the perils of maybe not doing enough to share the road with bicyclists. He was confronted by a group of angry cyclists last week when they accused him of passing them on State Road A1A in Boca Raton a little too closely.
The Amazing Complete History of Warcraft (+Vids)
From its humble beginnings as one of the first games as its kind, to the biggest online game in the world, Warcraft has stayed one step ahead. With BlizzCon just around the corner, here's a look back at the series that catapulted Blizzard to international fame.
Android - G1 - CyanogenMod - v4.0.1 Stable for G1/myTouch
Thats right kiddos, The marvelous Cyanogen has released his latest Stable build of his simply amazing Android ROM for the HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1) and the HTC Magic/Sapphire (T-Mobile myTouch). This is probably the fastest and most stable custom ROM build to date and is gaining popularity every minute. See his post for features and changes.
3 militants die on eve of Afghan presidential vote
Police stormed a bank in Kabul on Wednesday and killed three insurgents who had taken it over, while a wave of attacks killed at least six election workers around the country on the eve of the presidential election, officials said.
New Privacy Lawsuit Throws The Kitchen Sink At Facebook
A new lawsuit filed against Facebook in the Superior Court of California in Orange County is one of the more entertaining documents we?ve had the pleasure of reading recently.
Hands on: TomTom for iPhone Review
TomTom for iPhone is here, even if it's a little earlier than expected. We thought the company would release it in September, alongside its much talked about iPhone cradle, but it seems the advent of other sat-nav apps onto the market has forced TomTom's hand.
Incense use during X-Box play may have started fire
Looking for a TV in the basement, two teen boys apparently took incense to the downstairs garage, and set it on a table next to the television. When they moved the TV, the table apparently collapsed and the incense fell into some stored fireworks, causing an explosion and fire.
$2 million payout after dentitht taketh out thixteen teeth
Thouth Carolina woman thues after her dentitht mithtakenly taketh out thixteen teeth (Fark headline)
Bruce Willis Makes Expendables Cast Rule Even More
Oh my lord, my head just exploded. As if Sylvester Stallone?s The Expendables didn?t already sound awesome to begin with. I mean, Sly?s got Mickey Rourke on board, Jason Statham, Jet Li. He?s playing a part himself. He even somehow got the good old Governor of the place I call home to come back
March on Washington in support of public option: Reich
?Very few things happen in Washington that are in the public's interest when corporations have huge financial stakes in the game, as they obviously do with health care ? unless the public is actively involved, engaged and organized,? Reich wrote. Be very loud. Be very vocal. Make a racket. Get others to do the same. Make a hell of a fuss.
Cash machine issues double money
Queues formed at the machine as the mistake became evident on 13 August.
N.B.A. Could Be Model for a New MLB Draft
The N.B.A. model, in place since 1995, is the most appealing because it eliminates negotiating and controls costs. Therefore, teams are not afraid to take the best available player for fear they will not be able to sign him.
Breakthrough uses light to manipulate cell movement
A new technique developed by Klaus Hahn, Ph.D. and his colleagues uses light to manipulate the activity of a protein at precise times and places within a living cell, providing a new tool for scientists who study the fundamentals of protein function.
NTSB changes key point in Hudson collision report
Federal safety officials investigating a midair collision over the Hudson River changed their account of the accident on a key point Monday, saying an air tour helicopter struck by a small plane wasn't initially visible on radar to an air traffic controller handling the plane.
CBS to run video ads in print magazines this fall
A September issue of Entertainment Weekly will feature a video chip ad that can handle 40 minutes of fall TV previews--but only for subscribers in New York and L.A.
8 of the World's Most Unique Gadgets
Check out these amazing, sometimes bizarre, foreign gadgets that aren't available in the U.S.
10 Surprising Cars that Celebrities Actually Drive
#6 - Jeremy Piven: 1977 Ford Bronco -- Who knew Ari Gold rocks a Jeep in real life? The classic truck has been restored to its former glory with a few extra tweaks, including larger wheels and tires.
How to Crack an Egg with One Hand
Have a lot going on in your kitchen? Master the art of the one-handed egg crack to save time, avoid messes, and increase your culinary cred. Most of us have the two-handed egg crack down pat. Tap the egg gently on the egg of the bowl, use the tips of the thumbs as slight leverage to widen the gap, and dump the contents of the egg into the bowl.
Baby boomers still getting high, report shows
Baby boomers, now well into middle age, are still turning on to illegal drugs, doubling the rates of illicit drug use for the older generation, according to U.S. government statistics.
Court offers guidelines on when to unmask anonymous posters
A company that was accused of software piracy has turned around and sued the anonymous tipster that first leveled the accusation, accusing the John Doe of defamation. An appeals court has ruled the case may go forward, with firm guidelines on determining whether or not to unmask the tipster.
Suicide Bomber Killed En Route By Car Bomb
Terrorist cells in Baghdad are in mourning for suicide bomber Ahmed al-Khalaf, 19, who was killed by a car bomb Monday, 200 yards from an Iraqi police station, his intended target.
Meteorite Proves Mars Had Thicker Atmosphere
A huge iron-nickel meteorite discovered on the surface of Mars by one of NASA's robotic geology stations is giving scientists unexpected insights into the planet's past.Among the questions scientists are scrambling to answer is how the watermelon-sized metallic rock managed to make it to surface of Mars intact. Computer models show that the plane
Forged Letters: Astroturf Firm Invoked Struggling Seniors
We're now getting a look at some more of those forged letters sent to members of Congress by D.C.-based astroturf specialists Bonner & Associates. And these new letters plumb the depths of sleaziness.
Microsoft Reveals Fable 3
To start off Microsoft's GamesCom press conference, Peter Molyneux took to the stage to reveal none other than Fable 3. Before Molyneux talked about how Lionhead Studios could surprise gamers with the game's story and provide something "new, fresh, and different," he made a curious comment about something wrong with Fable-like RPGs.........
The Best And Worst Cities To Look For A Job
The unemployment rate in the U.S. was still 9.4 percent in July, but some cities are better than others to look for a job. Of the top 50 metro areas, Washington, D.C., is the easiest for unemployed workers to find a job, while Detroit is the hardest
Amateur Captures Solar Eclipse, By Io? On Ganymede
Of all the amazing things I plan to look at through my future telescope (yes, I?m still saving), this event didn?t even cross my mind. Not surprising really, it?s probably never been observed before: Io?s whole shadow transiting across the large Jovian moon, Ganymede.
Gov. informant called kingpin of massive data breach
A government informant who helped put away nearly 30 fellow hackers five years ago, is considered by U.S. law enforcement officials to be the kingpin of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history.
Rogue Pharmacies Still A Problem For Search Engines
A recent report on sponsored search ads on Bing highlights the ongoing challenges posed by shady drug vendors to Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Health Tech.
Third Largest T-Rex to Be Auctioned in Vegas
One of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons ever discovered is set to go on the auction block in Las Vegas in October.
Titanic Storm, Nanoflares, More [5 Pics]
A storm brews on a Saturn moon, gullies drape a Martian crater, tiny bursts of extraordinary energy heat the sun's atmosphere, and more in the week's best space pictures.
Scientists make archaeological discovery in Caribbean cave
The find was made in an underwater cave along the coast of the Dominican Republic. Not far from where Columbus first set foot in the Americas, an academic dive team from IU made its own discovery.
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