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Top news on 27 September 2009 |
Orlando Strip Club Gives Seniors Flu Shots for Free
Amid the shiny stripper poles, strobe-lit stages and scantily-clad performers at Rachel's Gentlemen's Club, you'll find Barbara and Sylvia, two old beauties who come for the free food and flu shots -- and stay for the ambiance.
Why Kids Who Get Spanked Have Lower IQs
New data from a leading researcher of corporal punishment adds to the evidence that any benefit of spanking is far outweighed by its cognitive and emotional costs
Congress Needs a 72-Hour Waiting Period
Voters want enough time to debate bills. Nancy Pelosi doesn't.
TGS 2009: Here's our obligatory cosplay gallery
When the Tokyo Game Show opens its doors to the public, you can expect two things: hour-long waits to play anything; and cosplay fanatics. Enjoy this collection of images we took while waiting in a line ... and then uploaded while waiting in a line. Where is this line going? Who knows!
"Big Fat Black Lady" Angered by Gas Station Receipt
Helen Hodges understood the need for a gas station clerk to write her identifying information on a sales receipt. She just wishes he had chosen a different phrase.
Fidel Castro's Cuba: Full of His Offspring
Fidel Castro, Cuba's long-standing dictator, has fathered at least 10 children by a string of women, according to a new biography. When journalist Ann Louise Bardach asked Castro how many children he had during an interview with Vanity Fair in 1993, he smiled and answered "almost a tribe".
John Maine Takes Pitch Requests At Poorly Attended Mets Game
With Citi Field attendance during Sunday's matchup barely reaching 70 percent, Mets pitcher John Maine let fans who actually came to see the bottom two NL East teams play shout out pitch requests during Nationals at bats.
The Power of No at Work
The desire to please is especially tempting at work. But don't let unwanted distractions eat away at your day. Just say no to pushy co-workers
'Dollhouse' Flops, Matches Lowest Ratings Ever
The return of Dollhouse fell on deaf ears...
Wenger: I want to stay at Arsenal for as long as possible
Arsène Wenger might turn 60 next month, but the second-longest serving and most successful manager in Arsenal?s history has made it clear that he wants to remain in his job for as long as his health permits.
25 Best Whedonverse Episodes
Joss Whedon is responsible for some of the most memorable TV of the past 20 years -- between "Buffy," "Angel," "Firefly," and "Dollhouse" -- and here's the pick of the litter:
Top 10 Ways to Get More From a Cameraphone
The best camera, the saying goes, is the one you have with you. Whether that's an impressive iPhone 3GS or a $20-with-2-year-plan flip model, you can pull off great shots and make life easier with these cameraphone tactics.
Google Books Publishes Entire Run of LIFE Magazine
Google announced that Google Books has published the entire run of the most famous incarnation of LIFE magazine?almost 1900 issues, spanning 1936 to 1970. It?s complements Google Images? LIFE photo archive, and the combination of the two presents a comprehensive reflection of several eventful decades of American history.
Stephen Hawking : Asteroid Impacts Are The Biggest Threat
Stephen Hawking believes that one of the major factors in the possible scarcity of intelligent life in our galaxy is the high probability of an asteroid or comet colliding with inhabited planets.
Geeks Weigh In: Does a Human Think Faster Than a Computer?
The question itself represents the fallacy of how people think about computers. When a person uses a computer, if it?s slow then it?s junk. But there are certainly other factors to consider when examining intelligence ? what about image recognition, language recognition, multi-tasking capabilities or self-learning and self-healing features?
Bachmann Spread Fears Of Scary Stalking Census Workers
?You will receive approximately six contacts from them [Census workers], either through phone calls or they will knock on your door. If you still do not give them the information, they said they?ll contact your neighbor to the left of you, to the right of you to get information.? [6/25/09]
Man sues BofA for ''1,784 billion, trillion dollars''
Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America's customer service -- really, really unhappy. Chiscolm in August sued the largest U.S. bank and its board, demanding that ''1,784 billion, trillion dollars'' be...
Apple partners with Intel on new standard, could abandon USB
Not only is Apple complicit in the development of the Light Peak standard, but the company actually brought the concept to Intel and asked them to create it. More to the point, the new connector will play a hugely important role in upcoming products from Cupertino.
Tobacco mints a lot like candy?
The "mints" in your child's pocket might give much more than a sugar high, the Federal Drug Administration is warning. They might provide a jolt of nicotine.
A Serious Man: More Proof The Coen Brothers Hate You
A Serious Man. The Coen Brothers have always been great at creating dimwitted characters that everyone loves. Well, everyone loves them except the Coen Brothers ...
Sugar Makes Dublin's Dr Pepper Special
Tens of thousands of people trek to tiny Dublin in north-central Texas each year to buy cases of the popular soft drink from a bottling company that uses real sugar in its flagship product. No high fructose corn syrup in sight, and it's been that way since 1891. Sweet!
Loss of soil threatens food production, UK government warns
More than 2m tonnes of topsoil is being eroded in the UK each year, jeopardising efforts to increase food production, the UK government said today. UK land has been steadily degraded by 200 years of intensive farming and industrial pollution, warned the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Obama Appoints Scholar as New Copyright Czar
The copyleft and the copyright are both applauding the presidential appointment of Victoria A. Espinel to become the nation's first copyright czar. Congress created the new czar position as part of intellectual property reform legislation...
G20 Leaders Agree, Broadly, on Climate Change
World leaders at the G20 summit could agree that the main climate issue is how to finance global carbon emission reductions, but no country put hard numbers on the table.
Iceland plans big whalemeat trade
The company which is behind Iceland's fin whaling industry is planning a huge export of whalemeat to Japan. The export would be legal because these nations are exempt from the global ban on trading whalemeat, but conservation groups doubt its commercial viability.
Dark Matter Could Be Detected With 'Scintillating Bolometer'
"One of the biggest challenges in physics today is to discover the true nature of dark matter, which cannot be directly observed ? even though it seems to make up one-quarter of the matter of the Universe. So we have to attempt to detect it using prototypes such as the one we have developed," says researcher Eduardo García Abancéns.
The priest, the stripper, and their baby
She was an exotic dancer at a Miami strip club called Porky's. He showed up wearing a Hawaiian shirt, eager to share a night in the VIP lounge.
Ghana's Kayayo girls do heavy lifting
The Kayayo are young women, sometimes girls, who work as porters, carrying heavy loads on their heads. At times, their words and their actions tell two different stories. But if the story their words tell is of hardship and poverty, their actions often display their enthusiasm for a chance at independence and opportunity.
Conan O'Brien hits head during 'Tonight' stunt
"Last thing I remember I was enjoying the play with Mrs. Lincoln, and the next thing I knew I was in bed being served cookies and juice" O'Brien said in the statement.
The National Parks: "America's Best Idea"
Ken Burns new documentary. The National Parks: "America's Best Idea" is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.
"Dead" baby wakes up for his funeral wake
A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to
Boehner Constituent Died Of H1N1 - Didn't Have Insurance
A 22-year-old constituent of House GOP leader John Boehner died of swine flu this week. A woman who knew her said that she had resisted getting treatment because she didn't have health insurance.
5 Awesome Cases of The Internet Owning The Mainstream Media
The little guy has been increasingly making huge media companies his prison-wench thanks to the two most dangerous things in existence: Boredom and knowing how to use the internet.
Robotic surgery for treatment of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States (excluding skin cancers) and is second only to lung cancer as a contributor to cancer deaths in American men.
20 Powerful Wordpress Security Plugins and Tips & Tricks
If your WP development knowledge is limited, your best option is to download and install plugins. They are easy to install and manage and will give you all the power and security you could ever hope for. Of course, no plugin is powerful enough to protect you from everything, we can only minimize the possible intrusions.
Launch Your Own Satellite Into Orbit for Only $8,000
Looking to start your own satellite TV station? Perhaps you want to take your stalking of your ex to the next level. Well, if you have $8,000, Interorbital Systems can help make that happen.
Navy's New Desalination Technology Could Double Efficiency
Before the advent of modern desalinization plants, mariners relied on the fresh water they collected from rain and stowed while at sea. Today, sailors benefit from high-tech reverse osmosis plants aboard most U.S. Navy ships. The newest technology could operate at twice the efficiency of current production.
10 Hollywood Hotties who became moms for first time after 40
The birthrate for women ages 40 to 44 has more than doubled in the past 25 years, and stars are no exception. From Salma to Nicole, 10 celebs who became new moms in midlife.
LRAD 'sonic cannon' debuts in U.S. at G20 protests
Pittsburgh police used an audio cannon manufactured by American Technologies Corp, a San Diego-based company, to disperse protesters outside the G-20 Summit -- the first time its LRAD series device has been used on civilians in the U.S.
Houston Rockets Unveil New Uniforms and "Red" Campaign
The Houston Rockets finally have something to look forward to this upcoming season. Things look kind of bleak in Houston since Yao Ming is done for the year, they lost former Defensive Player of the Year, Ron Artest to the Lakers, and are unsure of the date of superstar Tracy McGrady's impending return from multiple injuries.
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