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Top news on 3 August 2009 |
The Stay-At-Home Divorce
When his marriage collapsed alongside the real-estate market, Jon Pieja found himself trapped in a house with his ex...
Electronic High-Security Locks Easily Defeated at DefCon
World-renowned lock experts Marc Weber Tobias, Toby Bluzmanis and Matt Fiddler are at it again. The three, who have made numerous headlines for bumping and picking Medeco high-security locks and other brands, have now succeeded to crack state-of-the-art, CLIQ technology electro-mechanical high-security locks.
Apple Tries To Silence Owner Of Exploding iPod
Apple attempted to silence a father and daughter with a gagging order after the child?s iPod music player exploded and the family sought a refund from the company.
Want to lose weight? Cheat on your diet
No sweets, no snacking, no salt, no butter, no oil, no fun whatsoever ? diets are associated with deprivation for a reason. Not surprisingly, they're also associated with a resolve that crumbles like a handful of potato chips in the face of temptation. Give in enough times, and you end up giving up altogether.
State Parks Look for Ways of Surviving the Budget Ax
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's original proposal was to cut $70 million from the parks and recreation budget, which would have shuttered 220 of 279 state parks. That outcome was averted by a last-minute legislative agreement in late July that leaves the parks people needing to cut just $16.6 million. It will still lead to a close down of...
Respect and Credibility: At Twitter, All has been Lost
Is Twitter Losing Respect? With four high profile twits declaring their dislike in how twitter is currently working are they going to listen?
Spielberg Remakes Jimmy Stewart's Big Invisible Bunny Movie
The original 1950 film stars Stewart as an affable, lovable, bachelor named Elwood P. Dowd who wanders about town buying drinks, meeting new people, and introducing them to his best friend: an invisible, six-foot tall rabbit named Harvey.
Orbiting gas station could refuel lunar missions
With conventional rockets, many tonnes of fuel are needed on such missions for each tonne of payload. Sending astronauts or the heftiest robotic probes to these distant destinations therefore requires huge launchers.
Power Up Your Website with the Might of APIs
The popularity of application programming interfaces (APIs) is now such that they're considered just another part of a web developer's arsenal. Reasons for API usage are many, but mostly relate to accessibility, in the sense that you gain access to masses of data and functionality that you wouldn't be able to afford or develop on your own.
USATODAY.com - Penis pump judge gets 4-year jail term
A former judge convicted of exposing himself while presiding over jury trials by using a sexual device under his robe was sentenced Friday to four years in prison.
Revenge of the Rock Nerds: The 10 Biggest Geeks in Music
These musicians are also pretty big thinkers with a passion for the sophisticated, the eccentric and the downright nerdy. So slap on your pocket protectors, grab your black-framed glasses and celebrate rock's biggest geeks.
Hackers Whack Music Industry For Punishing Pirate
Hackers have taken revenge on the music industry after Romania?s first convicted file-sharer was given a heavy fine. The industry said they had selected the individual at random, but hackers responded rather less randomly by causing the music industry website to blocked as malicious by both Google and Firefox.
New warship named for lifesaving Marine
The USS Jason Dunham was christened Saturday at a ceremony in Bath, Maine. The ship is named after the late Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, who was mortally wounded when he covered a live grenade with his body during a battle in Iraq in 2004. Dunham was the first Marine since the Vietnam War to receive the Medal of Honor.
Vending Machines at Hotel Chain to Stock Swimsuits
Quiksilver has partnered up with The Standard to reissue a limited collection of original boardshorts from the 70s and 80s which will be sold poolside in special vending machines.
In Tennessee, Baking Pie With Stimulus Funds
Earlier this year, the unemployment rate in Tennessee's Perry County had skyrocketed to 27 percent. So Tennessee's portion of the stimulus package is going toward workers' wages at local businesses - like a bakery.
MLB probed Red Sox in '08 after staffers fired for steroids
Major League Baseball opened an investigation into performance-enhancing drugs inside the Red Sox clubhouse at the height of last year?s pennant race after two members of the team?s security staff were implicated in steroid use. Both men, including the son of broadcaster Jerry Remy, were fired.
Fake ATM Doesn't Last Long at Hacker Meet
Criminals planted a fake ATM machine at the Defcon hacker conference this week; it was quickly spotted.
Lou Dobbs A "Publicity Nightmare" For CNN: AP
He's become a publicity nightmare for CNN, embarrassed his boss and hosted a show that seemed to contradict the network's no bias brand. And on top of all that, his ratings are slipping.
How Gawker Ripped Off My Newspaper Story
"A few weeks ago, I scored what passes these days for one of journalism's biggest coups, satisfying a holy writ for newspaper impact in the Internet age. Gawker, the snarky New York culture and media Web site, had just blogged about my story in that day's Washington Post."
Britain's dirty money: How loose change is costing the Earth
This vast hole in the ground, visible from space, is the world's biggest copper mine. It supplies the Royal Mint and is responsible for inflicting shocking environmental damage.
Mass 'Fake Show' Trial for Protesters in Iran
The charges read out in the courtroom were a broadside against virtually every major figure associated with reform in Iran, including some who are not [yet] in detention.
Glenn Beck Fan, Highly Armed, Busted in NY Incident
Chock it up as another instance in the growing list of crazies spurred to craziness by Right-Wing media crazies. A NY mother of three -- armed with an XM-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and 500 rounds of ammunition -- was arrested for scouting out and taking pictures of an Air National Guard base." She was apparently paranoid of "FEMA Camps."
Bragging About Sex on Saudi TV Can Get You Arrested
A Saudi man who boasted about his sexual conquests on an Arabic TV station, provoking a wave of complaints, was arrested for "publicizing vice." He displayed sex toys and boasted of using his Bluetooth phone to pick up women in the kingdom.
Thieves swipe 'perfect' bottle of wine valued at $20,000
A 64-year-old bottle of wine valued at $20,000 was stolen from a Massachusetts wine and liquor store.The Mouton Rothschild wine had recently been tasted by experts who gave it a "perfect" rating. They said it probably has another 50 years of life left in it.
Nissan rolls out electric car at new headquarters
Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn drove quietly out of the Japanese automaker's soon-to-open headquarters Sunday in the first public viewing of its new zero-emission vehicle.
FAILED Attempt to Break the Bikini World Record by UK
A bid to set a new world record for the number of women being photographed wearing bikinis in one place failed, after only 42 of the required 1,924 turned up. Even though the motivation was to get donation for a Hospital, it did not work.
Nuka Cola Machine
I would totally steal this if i could!!!!
Italy Finds 4,500-Year Old Skeleton Of Warrior
A roughly 4,500 year-old skeleton of a man, probably a warrior killed by an arrow to the chest, has been discovered on a beach south of Rome, Italian police said.The well-preserved skeleton, dubbed "Nello", was found during a routine flyover around areas of archaeological interest in May that prompted police to probe a fissure in the ground.
JAG Wins, Calling Out Yoo & Cheney in Court for War Crimes
Major David Frakt gave a blistering argument, a virtual indictment of Cheney, Rumsfeld and Gonzales for enabling war crimes in his request for pretrial dismissal in the case of United States v Mohammed Jawad, the 12 year old child that was tortured by the United States then held in Gitmo indefinitely. The Court has now ordered the release of Jawad.
New HIV Strain Discovered in Woman from Cameroon
A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas.
Officials Weigh-in on Legality of Sex in JoCo Park | KCRG-TV
JOHNSON COUNTY ? Since we told you about a park in Johnson County where people are meeting for sexual encounters, a lot of you have asked why law enforcement isn?t doing anything about it. And we have the answers.
Can the World's Fisheries Survive Our Appetites?
A comprehensive two-year study of the all the world's oceans finds some hopeful gains in marine health, thanks to controls in overfishing. But the improvements aren't enough.
All the banks named in the report declined to comment
?If the bank lost money, where do you get the money to pay the bonus?? Andrew M. Cuomo, the New York attorney general.
Catholics Authorities Warn of Evils of Emails/Texting
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales is concerned that excessive use of emails and mobile phone text messaging is creating shallow friendships and undermining community life, according to an interview published on Sunday.The Archbishop, 63, said too much use of electronic information was "dehumanising.
Numbers Are In: Largest US Soccer Crowd Since '94 World Cup
93,137 people packed the Rose Bowl and witnessed an impressive effort by the Galaxy against global powerhouse FC Barcelona making this the largest soccer crowd in the United States since the 1994 World Cup Final (94,194)? Check out pictures and video of David Beckham bending one over the Barcelona line on a free kick to tie the game 1-1.
'Ebola Cousin' Marburg Virus Isolated From Africa Fruit Bats
Infection with Marburg virus and the related Ebola virus can produce severe disease in people, with fever and bleeding. During outbreaks, as many as 90 percent of those infected have died. The natural reservoir for Marburg virus, and its cousin Ebola virus, has been the subject of much speculation and scientific investigation....
Why The FCC Wants To Smash Open The iPhone
Right about now, Apple probably wishes it had never rejected Google Voice and related apps from the iPhone. Or maybe it was AT&T who rejected the apps. Nobody really knows. But the FCC launched an investigation last night to find out, sending letters to all three companies (Apple, AT&T, and Google)...
Girl learned on Facebook of family's murder
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl whose family was murdered while she was overseas on a school trip learnt of their deaths on the social networking site Facebook.
Breakdown In Planck's Law: Bringing Objects Close Together
A well-established physical law describes the transfer of heat between two objects, but some physicists have long predicted that the law should break down when the objects are very close together. Scientists had never been able to confirm, or measure, this breakdown in practice. For the first time, however, researchers have achieved this feat, and
30 Essential Mac Time-Saving Shortcuts
We all want our Macs to be labour-saving rather than labour-causing devices. Yet, even if you've been using a Mac for a long time, the thought, "There has to be a better of way of doing this," will probably come to mind on a daily basis.
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