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New Swedish Service Performs Your Last Online Wishes

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:50:03 EST

My Webwill is set to test launch in Sweden and the United States this month and go live in Britain and Germany in the beginning next year. Users can set up a digital will with directions on what should happen to their e-mail and social network accounts after they die.

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The Tiger Zoo - The Biggest Sports Story of the Decade?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:40:02 EST

With five weeks remaining in the 2000s, the title for Biggest Sports Story of the Decade was up for grabs. Michael Vick? Tim Donaghy? The Mitchell report? The Artest Melee? Barry Bonds? Pat Tillman? Roger Clemens? You could have made a case for any of them. And then ... Tiger happened. Game Over.

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This Cat Is Sleepy... (VID)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:10:03 EST

No prep or wait. (Some of us probably know how he feels.) Gives new meaning to the word, catnap.

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Dynalifter Floats Like a Butterfly, Lands Like a Plane

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:10:02 EST

An aircraft that combines massive freight capacity, high efficiency and low cost is taking shape in a hangar outside Toledo, Ohio, and could be airborne next year.

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WSJ.com - Tiger Woods to Take Indefinite Leave From Golf

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:52:46 EST

Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite leave from professional golf to work on saving his family, using the word infidelity for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site.

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T. Rex-like Fossil Forces Dino Evolution Re-Think

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:40:23 EST

The bones of a newly-found theropod reveal that dinosaurs diversified early on in their evolution.

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The Black List -- Top 11 unproduced screenplays

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:30:04 EST

Last December, we introduced you to Franklin Leonard and The Black List, the list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. This year’s list consists of 97 scripts with 311 people contributing to the ranking — up from 260 in 2008.

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...And THAT Is How We Prove That 11 is Prime (PIC)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:30:03 EST

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Airplane Pass. May Be Exposed to Radiation Through Clouds

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:30:02 EST

Passengers on planes flying near or through lightening storms could be exposed to harmful levels of radiation, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres.

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Reuters: Sovereign Debt Seen as Biggest Threat to Recovery

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:10:02 EST

The specter of sovereign default looms large for world economies in coming years, and the debt tsunami that has engulfed countries from the United States to Dubai poses a threat to recovery, top money managers at the Reuters Investment Summit said this week.

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Couple regrets selling baby to buy new mobile phone

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:40:03 EST

A pair of young lovers in Chongqing Municipality sold their baby boy for 2,500 yuan ($366) The babys mother Zhang Yao, 19, met the boyfriend surnamed Xin, 21, through the Internet. The two quickly developed an intimate relationship. Zhang gave birth to the baby late November, but they have not married.

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Unnecessary Censorship: Sesame Street

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:40:02 EST

Jimmy Kimmels Unnecessary Censorship Come and Play edition, featuring the characters of Sesame Street.

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Ten Most Optimistic Car Names Of All Time

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:20:02 EST

There are laws preventing automakers from making outrageous and false promises about their vehicles — but these laws dont apply to car names.

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Health Insurers Pay Fake Facebook $$ For Anti-Reform Letters

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:00:02 EST

Anti-reform health insurer trade group Get Health Reform Right has been using ;virtual currency on Facebook to get gamers to write anti-reform letters to Congress. Apparently, the group has been buying off Facebook users with the fake money, which is offered to players to help them advance in a particular game.

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A Guide to Crappy Games Youll Get From Old People this Xmas

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:55:21 EST

From the height of generosity comes the bottom of the barrel.

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Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:50:20 EST

Former guards with Blackwater Worldwide said that their involvement in the operations blurred the lines supposedly dividing the Central Intelligence Agency, the military and the private security company.

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LEAKED: Bill Murray Will Be A Ghost In Ghostbusters 3!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:50:02 EST

Sigourney Weaver offers details about Bill Murrays role in the film, which isnt exactly the godfather to current ghostbusters that we were expecting. I think Bill Murray has a little more to do with it - he’s a ghost.

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Americans Consume 3.6 Sextillion Bytes of Info Per Year

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:30:03 EST

The average American sucks down 34 gigabytes of data per day, half of that from videogames, says the latest update ...

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Game of the Decade: Championship Round

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:10:04 EST

Who will sit upon the throne as the top game of the 00s.

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Australian World Cup Soccer Bid Gets Complicated

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:10:03 EST

In order to win a bid as host for the FIFA World Cup in either 2018 or 2022, the country will need to work around sports that are far more popular locally, sports like Aussie Rules Football.

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6 Annoying Things Hollywood Needs to Stop Doing

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:10:03 EST

Why is it that for every good movie that comes out of Hollywood that theres at least three times as many that leave viewers shaking their heads in disbelief?

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Plastic bags recycled into nanotubes

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:10:02 EST

Waste polyethylene from shopping bags and other sources can easily be converted into carbon nanotubes suitable for use in batteries.

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Whats a mistress, a fling, and in-between?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:10:02 EST

The headcount of Tiger Woods alleged mistresses is ticking upward faster than unemployment in Detroit, and so is search traffic for the term mistress. Here, a picture-rank of mistresses, from worthy title-holders to hangers-on.

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MIT gestural computing makes multitouch look old hat

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:50:03 EST

Ah, the MIT Media Lab, home to Big Birds illegitimate progeny, augmented reality projects aplenty, and now three-dimensional gestural computing.

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Axl Rose Punches Photographer [VIDEO]

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:40:02 EST

HE HIT MY MOTHER

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Is San Franciscos War on Graffiti Out of Control?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:30:04 EST

Coverup worse than crime? At 3.7 million annually, S.F. outspends other cities fighting graffiti.

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Bank Of America Repays $45 Billion In Bailout Funds

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:30:03 EST

Bank of America funded the repayment through a combination of cash on hand and the sale of $19.29 billion of securities that would convert into common stock. The stock increase is subject to shareholder approval. Repayment frees the bank from government restrictions that have hampered its search for a new CEO, including pay limitations.

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Stroke drug kills cancer cells & leaves normal cells intact

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:30:02 EST

Researchers have found that a stroke drug -- a member of a family of phenanthridine derivatives developed by an American drug company -- worked to kill cancer in mice which had been implanted with human breast cancer cells. Stopping the deadly cycle of cancer cell growth. The immediate results of the study were only one of the promising findings in

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Man pictured sitting on a dead whale[Pic]

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:10:02 EST

An Australian man has been photographed sitting on a dead whale while it was being eaten by tiger sharks in an attempt to dispel myths about the predators. A government spokesman condemned the highly irresponsible and dangerous stunt.

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Meet the Rhino, the male Cougar

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:50:08 EST

Its all well and good to have a fun moniker for mature single women but what about their male counterparts? Meet the Rhino: hes ugly, hes horny, and hes coming to your town.

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Epic Javelin FAIL in Modern Warfare 2 (Video)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:48:27 EST

This is just impossibly bad luck. And hilarious.

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Emma Watson to Have Nude Sex-Scene in Final Harry Potter

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:45:44 EST

Harry Potter fans are abuzz this week with news that the final film installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will likely include a dream sequence featuring Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and Hermione (Emma Watson) in a very sexy nude scene.

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Sarah Palin Hedges On Agreeing To A Debate With Al Gore

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:43:06 EST

Against the backdrop of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, former Vice President Al Gore and former sometime Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin have been nipping and tucking at each other over climate change science.

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Barack Obama’s Nobel Remarks

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:30:02 EST

The prepared text of President Obama’s speech at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.

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Charity: Who Cares? (Infographic)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:20:02 EST

Americans lead the world in charitable contributions, giving $300 billion a year to charities. Sounds like a lot right? But this is just a drop in the bucket compared to the over One Trillion Dollars needed to keep US charities in operation, more than the US government collects in taxes.

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Agent: Barry Bonds Will Never Play Again

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:20:02 EST

Major League home run leader Barry Bonds is done with baseball, his agent, Jeff Borris, told the San Francisco Chronicle...

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Top 6 Visual Effect from James Cameron

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:10:03 EST

From Battle Beyond the Stars’ projection system to Titanic’s moving decks, here are the top visual effects ever created by James Cameron...

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Sketchbook: Calvin &Hobbes Covered by Comic Book Artist

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:10:02 EST

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Our Atmosphere Came From Space Gases, Study Says

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:00:02 EST

The gases that make up Earths atmosphere came from a comet swarm, not from bubbling volcanoes as long thought, a new study says.

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Ohh my God!!… where is my husband?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:50:03 EST

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Watch: Lord Monckton claims Greenhouse gases are harmless

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:43:36 EST

Infamous climate denier Lord Christopher Monckton gets embarassed by a school girl at COP15. All he can do is repeatedly say that CO2 is harmless and that poor countries should burn *more* fossil fuels.

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Jon Stewart Exposes Glenn Beck for Manipulating Gold Market

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:40:26 EST

Glenn Beck has been contributing to the rising price of gold while also serving as a paid spokesman.

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U.S. in red for 14th straight month

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:12:33 EST

Treasury reports $120.3 billion November shortfall. Thats better than October but steep revenue fall brings year-to-date total higher than recorded a year ago.

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Books About The Internet From The 1960s Would Look Like This

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:11:41 EST

Fortunately we dont have to think too hard about what theyd look like, because French artist Stéphane Massa-Bidal has designed a series of book covers for 10 of our favourite web services.

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Fishing Show Blooper Reel [Video]

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:04 EST

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Obamas Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (Infographic)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:03 EST

President Barack Obama was briefly in Oslo, Norway today to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. He gave a speech. Below is an infographic that gives prominence to the words he used the most during his remarks...

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New Sabateur Game: The Pope Mobile That Never Was (Video)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:02 EST

How did an Irish racing driver end up designing an armored Pope Mobile?

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Earth’s Atmosphere May Have Alien Origin

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:02 EST

Isotopic analyses of the gases krypton and xenon suggest that much of Earth’s atmosphere came from outer space, not inner space.

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Jersey Shore: Worst Thing to Happen to East Coast Since 9/11

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:44:16 EST

Its exactly like the Corleone family, except everyone is Fredo.

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Flight of the Conchords Will Not Make a 3rd Season

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:27:10 EST

Let us bow our heads in silence. We have sad news to confirm. Flight of the Conchords creators Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie and James Bobin announced on their official website today that the HBO comedy will not get a third season.

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A Real Guide To Holding Your Liquor (video)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:20:02 EST

Youll need some honey...

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Grave robbers steal former Cyprus presidents corpse

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:18:56 EST

Thieves steal the corpse of Tassos Papadopoulos, the former president of the Republic of Cyprus, state television reports.

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Average Federal worker pay $30,000 over private sector

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:12:50 EST

Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recessions first 18 months... Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time in pay and hiring during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector.

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Lawmakers Want to Bar Sites From Posting Sensitive Docs

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:02 EST

Three Republican lawmakers have asked the Department of Homeland Security what can be done to bar or criminally penalize whistleblower sites that re-posted a sensitive airport screening manual that was published on the internet by a government worker.

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How to mobilize social networking resources during emergency

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:50:02 EST

An MIT team’s savvy use of social media to locate weather balloons as part of a $40,000 DARPA contest may shed light on how to mobilize resources during emergencies.

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A 19th-Century Mathematician Finally Proves Himself

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:41:49 EST

In the mid-1800s, Charles Babbage got fed up with doing complex calculations by hand, so he designed what he called a Difference Engine. He never built the machine in his lifetime, but 150 years later, engineers built the engine to Babbages specifications and the 5-ton calculator actually works.

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Kucinich Over A Million Innocent People Died Based On A Lie!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:41:29 EST

http://MOXNews.com/ December 10, 2009 C-SPAN

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Tea Party Activists to Storm Senate Offices in Protest

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:39:20 EST

We call this plan “Government Waiting Rooms”. The intention is to go inside the Senate offices and hallways, and play out the role of patients waiting for treatment in government controlled medical facilities (despite the fact that there is no plan for the government to control any medical facilities).

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Space Station and Astronaut viewed with a telescope

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:31:50 EST

These two frames, taken with a video camera and a telescope, reveal remarkable details of the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting some 350 kilometers above planet Earth.

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What Not To Do In Paris: The Top 5 Tourist Mistakes

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:20:02 EST

#4. DONT don a beret, striped shirt, red neck kerchief, grow out a thin mustache, or do any combination of those things.....

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Need to Make a Jihadist Sane Again? Call The Deradicalizer!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:10:03 EST

Deradicalizers now find themselves busier than ever, dealing with young Muslim men who live in America but want to wage jihad in Pakistan, Somalia or Afghanistan. Influenced by radicalized friends or preachers, sometimes by what they read, see and hear on the Internet, they become fixated by a sense of injustice toward Muslims around the world.

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O RLY?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:10:02 EST

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What if the Internet breaks?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:57:40 EST

What happens if the Internet breaks? Picture people wandering the streets lost without GPS or maps on their iPhones, unable to pay for food or other goods with a simple swipe of a card. Companies would have to resort to faxes and phone calls instead of e-mail. The obvious question is, could it happen?

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Anti-Piracy Group Wants To Ban You From Talking About Usenet

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:46:15 EST

The first rule of Usenet is, you don’t talk about Usenet. This rule kept Usenet providers and users out of sight from anti-piracy organizations for years. Ironically, the Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN are now the first ones trying to enforce this rule in court.

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PayPal scammer attempts to hire 2 hit men to kill informant

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:39:03 EST

Federal authorities say Pavel Valkovich got into hot water after an informant helped them arrest him for a PayPal scheme. Valkovich did the natural thing and tried to hire a hit man to kill the informant. When authorities caught wind of the scheme, Valkovich allegedly attempted to hire another hit man to kill the first hit man and the informant.

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Muslim men who force wives to wear the burkha not welcome Fr

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:35:41 EST

Muslim men who force their wives to wear a burkha are not welcome in France, the countrys justice minister has said. Michelle Alliot-Marie said husbands making their wives wear a full body coverings did not share the nations values.

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The Senates Scary Health Care Deal

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:34:51 EST

Harry Reid may have gotten a health-care deal, but he’s not doing his party—or the country—any favors. Tunku Varadarajan on the scary Medicare buy-in, and other goblins lurking within.

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Mega Man 10 Announced

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:30:03 EST

Nintendo Power reveals another 8-bit style Mega Man game is headed to Nintendos WiiWare service.

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After Twitter, Post Blog Feeds to Facebook

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:10:02 EST

Now that Facebook has become like Twitter, it has also inherited posting feeds. Buzzom now enables blogger to feed their articles directly from the blog.

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The 10 Worst Things About the Worst Decade Ever

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:00:03 EST

From wars to financial meltdowns, TIME looks back on the low points of the last ten years.

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Darren Just Wants A Drama-Free Relationship [PIC]

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:50:02 EST

Poor Darren. Nobody understands.

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Who Is Who in Commercial Space Travel

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:30:03 EST

While Virgin Galactic may be the first company to officially enter the market, a Russian Space Agency has been offering flights into space for a number years. For a mere USD$20-35 million, the rich and powerful have been able to buy a seat aboard the Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Palin says Obama should boycott Copenhagen climate talks

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:30:02 EST

In the practice of preaching to the choir, Sarah Palin appears to have all but patented the art of saying what a few want to hear. Palin, who was the Republican nominee for vice president, is suggesting that President Obama boycott an international conference on climate change underway in Copenhagen...

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14 Insanely Stunning 3D Cyborgs (Pics)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:20:03 EST

The best thing about them are the 3D metal breasts - but we love them no matter what theyre made of!

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The man behind the droid mask: Star Wars Anthony Daniels

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:20:02 EST

He was C-3PO in all six Star Wars films. And after years of marching up the hill for Star Wars in embarrassing holiday specials, Christmas albums and a litany of promotional appearances, the England-born stage actor is getting his just desserts with a classy tribute to the music of Star Wars - as the shows emcee.

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Chinese Rocket Buzzes Passed Commercial Plane

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:10:02 EST

A Chinese made rocket is launched within just a few miles of this commercial airliner and is caught on tape by one of the passengers.

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Obama Defends U.S. Wars As He Accepts Nobel Prize

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:50:02 EST

A wartime president being honored for peace, Barack Obama says he reserves the right as commander in chief to act unilaterally to defend the U.S. but that the U.S. must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. Obama also says criticism of his award as premature might recede if he advances goals such as a nuclear-free world and tackling clima

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The Black Christmas of 1944

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:40:05 EST

No GI is so warmly dressed. I dont have to sleep in the snow or eat cold rations. And I never return to my warm, lighted quarters at night without a deep sense of my own unworthiness and shame. After dark, theres no light in the cold, lonely foxhole in the pine forests. Theres no warmth except that of the bodies of the living men who sleep...

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APOD: 2009 December 11 - Messier Craters in Stereo

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:40:05 EST

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

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ATF = Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fellatio?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:40:04 EST

What began as a routine investigation of a malfunctioning fire-alarm system at a New Orleans hotel suite ended with police arresting 44-year-old Russell Vanderwerf, an ATF agent, after discovering a homemade glory hole in the bedroom door along with a childs sock and an Elmo doll.

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2nd James Madison High School sex investigation this week!

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:40:03 EST

A third teacher at Brooklyns James Madison High School is under investigation for illicit sexual activity, albeit unrelated to the now-infamous alleged naked classroom romp. According to the News, Allison Musacchio, a social studies teacher, is being investigated for having an inappropriate relationship with a male student.

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Computing with a wave of the hand

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:40:02 EST

A new Media Lab system turns LCD displays into giant cameras that provide gestural control of objects on-screen. And that’s just for starters.

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xkcd - Natural Parenting

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:30:03 EST

xkcd - Natural Parenting

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Taser to Police: Shots to the Chest Could Be Fatal

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:30:02 EST

For the company to finally acknowledge that these things can endanger peoples lives ... what were police waiting for? said Mary Catherine Roper, a staff attorney with the ACLU. Instead of looking out for us, they waited until a company with a commercial interest in selling them finally said these things are dangerous.

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Most Elaborate Gingerbread Houses Ever [PICS]

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:20:03 EST

Some of the most ogle-worthy gingerbread houses out there. Try not to nom through your computer monitor

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Incredible Sculptures Made Using Everyday Items

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:20:02 EST

As much as we admire sculptures made of stone and clay, there’s something incredible about sculptures made of everyday items... like an Obama sculpture made of human hair.

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7 Easy Guy Meals

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:10:03 EST

Good food in 5 minutes flat. There are many dishes you can whip up in a matter of minutes that actually won’t send you running for the can with a case of the violent squirts. We’re here to break down some of the tastiest dishes you can make in a matter of minutes.

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Woman Sues NFL Player for $70 Million

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:10:02 EST

A woman has filed a $70 million lawsuit against Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs, claiming he is father of her two children and assaulted her multiple times (knocking her down and pouring bleach on her and their son)

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108-year-old Editor & Publisher going out of business

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:00:03 EST

A going concern since 1901, Editor & Publisher -- Americas Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry -- is going away at a time when that industry continues to get smaller by the day.

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TSA Puts 5 Employees on Leave Over Online Posting

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:50:03 EST

Five Transportation Security Administration employees have been placed on administrative leave since it was discovered that sensitive guidelines about airport passenger screening were posted on the Internet.

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FOX News fails at constructing a Yes/No poll

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:50:02 EST

195% of the viewers too inbred to notice.

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The Scottish Advent Calendar

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:50:02 EST

More fun than chocolate, theyll have to deep fry it if they want it to genuinely Scottish.

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Meet Real-Life Vampires [PICS]

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:40:02 EST

Self-described vampires say they feed on human energy and bloood to stay alive. Quote: I am a vampire. I was born with a physiological condition that prohibits me from creating enough of the essential daily energies to get through even the basic tasks. Type of Vampire: Sanguinarian (Blood Drinker) and Psychic (Energy Feeder)

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Why Facebook and Google Hate Privacy

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:20:02 EST

Only bad people need privacy. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google reckons that if you have something that you dont want anybody to know, maybe you shouldnt be doing it in the first place.

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8 Technologies That Will Change The Future For the Better

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:00:02 EST

What will be the tech breakthroughs of the next decade? Watch the energy and transportation sectors. Here are eight forecasts that look at some promising developments to come -- everything from spray-on solar cells to new ways of relieving traffic congestion.

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F*ck Winter (pic)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:40:02 EST

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U.S. Military Joins CIA’s Drone War in Pakistan

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:20:11 EST

The headquarters for the American military’s air war in Central Asia and the Middle East a is located in a converted medical warehouse on an undisclosed base in a country the U.S. Air Force would rather not name.

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Nikola Tesla: We have a message from another world

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:10:01 EST

In the summer of 1899, whilst alone in his Colorado Springs laboratory working with his magnifying transmitter, the inimitable Nikola Tesla observed a series of unusual rhythmic signals which he believed to be attempted communications from an intelligent life-form on either Venus or Mars...

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The Top Ten Actors to Watch in 2010

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:50:02 EST

The end of 2009 is near, and a new batch of actors are gearing up to take over Hollywood. Next year you’ll see plenty of big budget films and long awaited sequels headlined by unfamiliar faces.

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I Pity The Fool That Dont Like Christmas! (PIC)

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:40:02 EST

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