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Top news on 29 August 2009 |
Sam Stein: Huckabee: Kennedy Would Have Been Urged To Die Ea
Conservative media figures are blasting Democrats for trying to draw political gain from the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. But on Thursday, it was one of their own -- former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee -- who went there.
XKCD, what have you done??
Wikipedia Adopted XKCD...
The Chicago Way: Police Kill Knife-Wielding Panhandler
Chicago police shot and killed a knife-wielding man in the Loop this afternoon and accidentally struck an officer in the chest, but he was saved by his bullet-proof vest, police officials said.
Speilberg, Crichton, David Koepp Take On 'Pirate Latitudes'
It's a seven-year-old boy's dream team -- Steven Spielberg, Michael Crichton and David Koepp moving on from rampaging dinosaurs to marauding pirates.
Microsoft's secret 'screw Google' meetings in D.C.
Microsoft's chief Washington lobbyist has been convening regular meetings attended by the company's outside consultants that have become known by some beltway insiders as "screw Google" meetings, DailyFinance has learned.
20 Food Innovations That We Could Have Done Without
Food and beverage companies have long fought the battle of keeping their consumers happy and their products fresh. Evey once in a while, in random acts of desperation, the scheming minds behind our foods can think a bit too far outside the box.
Noel Gallagher quits Oasis after Paris 'altercation'
Guitarist walks after gig cancellation, and says he can no longer go on working with his brother Liam.
'Law & Order' fan helps nab robbery suspect
Justine Faeth's favorite show is "Law & Order Special Victims Unit." The Manhattan office assistant recently used sleuthing skills she picked up from the show to help police catch a man accused of a string of robberies.
Autistic Boy Voted Out of Kindergarten Gets Even
Barton didn't return to the class and finished the year in homeschooling, and has since been diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger's syndrome, which may have caused his behavior. The school board initially suspended Portillo one year and stripped her tenure, but reversed itself in June.
NASA Building the Most Sustainable Federal Building in US
NASA has planted its flag on planet Earth (for a change) with the groundbreaking of their ?Sustainability Base? this week. The new endeavor is located on their Ames campus in Moffett Field, CA just outside of Silicon Valley and has specs that are pushing green building to new limits.
Penis fire led to death, court told
A JEALOUS wife who allegedly set her husband's penis on fire will answer a murder charge in October.
Overheating iPhones 'exploding' in France, Apple responds
Reports of iPhones exploding, starting fires and killing people in cold blood have been around since the inception of the handset. They've also been relatively sporadic, seemingly short on evidence, and Apple hasn't given complaints much credence or response.
How Deadly are Cosmic Rays?
Cosmic rays pour down on Earth like a constant rain. We don't much notice these high-energy particles, but they may have played a role in the evolution of life on our planet.
9 Ways To Survive a Michael Myers Attack
So, if you want to avoid being stabbed to death, electrocuted violently or thrown out of a window, take heed and follow these 9 ways to survive a Michael Myers attack.
Top Free Things to Do in the 10 Most Expensive U.S. Cities
Travelers willing to do their homework can find more than their share of cost-free diversions - even in some of America's most expensive places.
Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Shows Of All Time
Science fiction and fantasy have ruled television for over 50 years, but some shows have brightened our screens and supercharged our brains more than others. Here's our list of the 100 greatest science fiction/fantasy shows of all time.
Health Care Fit for Animals
Why a health insurance executive decided to speak out against an industry that he was once paid to defend.
Sony's Slimmed-Down PS3 [Review]
A price drop, a hard-drive bump, and a redesign make the Sony PlayStation 3 better than ever.
Kurt Cobain's Ghost to Appear in Guitar Hero 5
Rock and roll's not dead, right? Not as long as there are video games around to cash in on its memory. Guitar Hero publisher Activision announced today that the visage of dead rock legend Kurt Cobain will be appearing in the latest version of its popular franchise.
Food Tech: What Doesn't Make You Stronger Could Kill You
It's hard to think of anything more essential to human survival than eating. And yet that very primal act of gobbling sustenance has, of late, become one of the most genuinely perplexing things we people do.
DJ AM Dies
Cops tells TMZ that DJ AM -- also known as Adam Goldstein -- was found dead in bed this morning in New York City at around 7 AM. Story developing... ...
Andy Roddick Will Win The US Open
There, I said it. And I had to say it fast, as just three months ago, the idea of Roddick winning anything important would have been the last thing in my mind.
iPhone Owner Sues AT&T, Apple for Tricky MMS Marketing
A peeved iPhone customer has filed a lawsuit against Apple and AT&T, and surprisingly it?s unrelated to dropped calls or spotty network performance. It has to do with the multimedia messaging, which still isn?t available for iPhone customers in the United States.
IBM Study Finds Young "Gen Green" are Biggest Energy Wasters
A new study commissioned by IBM, found that young adults in Generation Y -- the folks currently aged 18-24 -- had both the highest levels of awareness of environmental issues, and were the biggest wasters of energy and water in the country.
Angry Adobe users rant about Snow Leopard support
After users fumed over news that Adobe Systems Inc. wouldn't support its Creative Suite 3 (CS3) applications on Apple Inc.'s new Snow Leopard operating system, the company backtracked a step yesterday.
Charlie Rangel: The Absent-Minded Chairman
When normal people happen to "find" their own money, it might mean a twenty left in a winter coat, or discovering change beneath the sofa cushions. But if you're Charlie Rangel, it means doubling your net worth.
More Advertisers Pull Out of 'Glenn Beck: 46 Total
More advertisers have pulled out of Fox News Glenn Beck Program, bringing the tally to 46, according to the watchdog group Color of Change.
Spy Son Rats Out Mole Father
The son of a disgraced CIA agent convicted of funneling classified information to the Russians has pleaded guilty to charges of helping his imprisoned father collect overdue bills for his dad?s nefarious activities.
The 5 Best Console Wars in Video Game History
Feature - The 5 Best Console Wars - PlayStation vs. Xbox, Nintendo vs. Sega, Game Boy vs. Everyone -- Console Wars are a historical tradition among gamers, and GamePro is looking back at the five most important battles in the history of the gaming industry!
Should Drs Disclose Conflicts of Interest to Trial Patients?
Research shows that clinical trial participants want to know if an investigator stands to profit from the outcome of a study, even though such disclosure not currently required. But some think that's just signing off on a larger problem.
Prefabricated Shelters Offer a Jungle Eco-Retreat
Once on the site, constructing the houses required no moving of soil or excavating. These shelters are currently being used as temporary housing for employees that work at the Verana resort, but the owners say that the treehouse-like shelters have been such a hit that they plan on building more, but this time for guests ? so get ready to pack...
New Theory for Why We Cry
We shed tears when in pain, but what purpose does crying have?
Karmic: 1st Artwork Drop Brings Four New Theme
Despite there being no official ?artwork? released from Ubuntu?s Design team as of yet, the community side of the artwork submission has been quite prolific. Of note are the four new themes and two new icon sets.
Fresno's Freakin' -- But Marijuana Dispensary To Stay Open
You've gotta pity the poor, put-upon city officials of Fresno. After all, they've only had 13 years to suss out Proposition 215, this newfangled medical marijuana law that's being forced upon their fair city by more progressive Californians. And, heck, it's only been a little over half a decade since the legislature amplified and clarified the inte
How Our Ancestors Outlasted (and Ate) the Neanderthals
Why our ancestors won out over the Neanderthals is an important anthropological question. Some say we were better at acquiring resources, we bred faster and we adapted better to a changing climate. Oh, and the minor matter of how we hunted them down and ate them -- that helped.
Rex Rammell, Idaho GOPer, Jokes About Hunting Obama
An Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful insists he was joking when he said he'd buy a license to hunt President Barack Obama. He said, "I would never support him being assassinated."
Everything I Know about Computers
You can access information on any desktop computer, even when it's turned off. Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or whenever the screen changes. Some computers also slow down the screen output to reading speed. Really advanced ones emulate the sound of a dot-matrix printer as characters appear on-screen. Malfunctions are always..
Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Worse Than We Thought
It?s a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific Gyre, a vortex where four ocean currents meet.
5 Badass Movie Characters You Didn't Know Were Real People
It turns out some of Hollywood's most grossly unrealistic characters were based on real people.
Nintendo 1988 Inside Edition TV News Report With Super Mario
Bill O'Reilly Introduces a segment on Inside Edition about the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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