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Income of Top world Leaders (Infographic)

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 09:02
England, Ireland, Russia, France, USA and GermanyWho do you think gets paid the most?


Sam Stein: Boehner: Obama 'Slapped Table,' Scolded Me

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 08:50
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said on Thursday that President Barack Obama "slapped the table, wagged his finger and scolded him' at a recent White House meeting. Boehner's crime? Allegedly scaring the American public into a state of economic anxiety.


Steve Jobs: Ditch Flash Technology

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 08:50
Apple CEO Steve Jobs told WSJ staffers to ditch Flash and replace Flash-based content with other web standards, a move that's doable, but not necessarily trivial.


xkcd: Principle of Explosion

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 08:50
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Megan Fox Doesn't Think She Looks Good In Underwear

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 08:50
She is one of the most popular pin-up’s in the world today, but sexy Transformers beauty Megan Fox doesn’t think that she looks classy in underwear.


HP slate to undercut iPad's price?

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 07:44
HP's slate PC should cost less than an equivalent iPad when it goes on sale, a leak has revealed late on Wednesday. Sources say that an entry version of the Windows 7 tablet with 3G will have similar specs to an iPad but will cost less than the $629 Apple wants to charge.


Anti-gay Ugandan preacher shows gay porn during church

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 07:20
Outside-the-box thinking defined: A Ugandan pastor who’s been showing gay porn in church to get people to support legislation that would give the death penalty to some Ugandan homosexuals.


Avatar with Babies from The Midnight Show

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 07:01
James Cameron's epic tells the story a baby given a adult/baby hybrid body, which he must pilot to learn the ways of the grown-up world.


Lock-picking technique that uses the lock to form a new key

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 06:21
Here's a fascinating post on "foil impressioning" -- a simple lock picking technique that uses the lock itself to fashion a working key out of soft aluminum tape. You just stick a key loaded with this stuff into a lock and wiggle it around in a special way and the lock opens itself.


Fat birds get laid sooner, have more one-night stands

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 06:18
Plumpness led to sexual success for the wobblebottomed group, while their spindly counterparts took longer to get any action.


The World’s Biggest Foods (PICS)

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 06:17
A look at some of the world’s biggest (and edible) foods.


BREAKING: Documents prove Toyota hid evidence, lawyer says

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 06:06
A House panel on Thursday subpoenaed confidential company documents that a former Toyota lawyer has said proves the automaker routinely concealed evidence from the courts and federal regulators, a committee staffer said.


Flesh-Eating Ants

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 06:03
Teamwork helps fire ants reproduce, take down prey, and strip bones clean.


U.S. Could Beat China in Race Back to the Moon

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 06:00
WHEN America’s space agency, NASA, announced its spending plans in February, some people worried that its cancellation of the Constellation moon programme had ended any hopes of Americans returning to the Earth’s rocky satellite. The next footprints on the lunar regolith were therefore thought likely to be Chinese...


Python Explosive Snake Saves Soldiers, Opens Gates of Hell

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 05:59
The Python is a huge snake of explosives, a fire whip half a kilometer long launched from Trojan bulldozer tanks. It opens safe passages for convoys in hostile territory. This video shows it in combat for the first time.


The Councilman and the $177 Bagel and Soda Receipt

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 05:57
A city councilman from the Bronx who was slapped with a 13-count corruption indictment this month is alleged to have sought $177 reimbursement for a soda and bagel sandwich he bought for $7 outside city hall in New York.


Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero (TED)

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 05:55
TED Talks At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.


Rajaan Bennett, Vandy Prospect, Killed in Murder-Suicide

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 05:52
Another tragic and unexplainable death of a high school prospect headed for amazing things on the football field leaves everyone wondering, "Why?"


Plane Crash Suspect's Online Diatribe

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 05:49
Suicide note of Austin plane crash suspect. Posting rages at IRS, claims, "I have had all I can stand"The man suspected of intentionally crashing an airplane into a Texas office building appears to have posted a lengthy online diatribe attacking the Internal Revenue Service and declaring that, "I know I'm hardly the first one to d


Britain releases new UFO files - CNN.com

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 04:47
A hovering Toblerone and a silky-white residue join near-misses and strange lights in the British government's latest release of its files on UFO sightings.