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May 9 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14456 diggsLori and Chris Coble of Ladera Ranch, who lost three children in a freeway accident almost one year ago, announced the birth of triplets Wednesday night. The babies -- two girls and a boy -- are listed in good condition at Children's Hospital at Mission. They were born each one minute apart. 223 diggs1/3 of what you buy ends up in the garbage. An important message about how much goes to waste. 267 diggsWhat makes them so bad? Some offend with exposed fluorescent lights, gray cubicles and a dystopian corporate sheen. But others, with their pseudo-hip graffiti, kindergarten toys and plastic decorations — all in a desperate attempt to seem "Internet-y" — come off even worse. 104 diggsIt was Asia's Hurricane Katrina—though with a reported 100,000 killed, it was many times more deadly. Packing winds upward of 120 mph (193 kilometers an hour), Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia's deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar (also called Burma) and setting off a storm surge that reached 25 miles inland. 387 diggsAn electric light bulb in California has burned continuously for 107 years. It's housed in a garage bay within a firehouse — and has since outlived its manufacturer. 502 diggsFor the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate. 137 diggsThe Metropolitan Museum offers a playful look at comic book costumes and their influence on radical haute couture. Based on the idea that superheroes, those crusading men and women in tights, can allow us to believe that in a cape or magical second skin we can do the impossible. We can transform ourselves. 110 diggsTurn up your favorite Aerosmith CD, because a new report from NASA is looking at sending a two man crew to rendezvous with 2000 SG344, a 40 meter wide asteroid that was given a high chance of striking Earth. 190 diggsA pair of Harvard researchers say violent games are absolutely fine for teenage boys and girls. In fact, they say boys who don't play any games are considered socially inept. 107 diggsForget touchscreen, solar powered or even self-destructing coffee tables... Kyle Downes has modded the coffee table into its best version ever: a retro-tastic NES controller. Just look at the sleek lines, the high quality finish and classy glass top. And then giggle at the fact that it actually works. Don't believe it? Check out the video 351 diggsThough the description mentions China, I'm guessing this is actually from Japan because the stations masters are speaking Japanese. But ridiculous none the less! 294 diggsReal terrorist plots tend to have two steps: blow stuff up, take credit. Maybe if they're feeling creative they'll blow themselves up or light their shoe on fire first. 213 diggsIf you’re a web worker, mobile computing is either a necessity of the job or something you choose to do to get away from the monotonous confines of your office work station. Here’s a round-up of 10 cool gadgets that can supplement your remote workspace. 101 diggsDescribed as “One of the most prevalent pieces of malware in the last three years,” the Downloader-UA.h trojan is running wild on P2P networks. But thanks to its system strength - and the work of torrent site moderators - such outbreaks are shrugged off by BitTorrent. 94 diggsThis just in: Your employer doesn’t want you social networking on company time. 160 diggsLetterman: "Hillary Clinton barely won my home state of Indiana. And she lost in the State of North Carolina. But here is the good news. She has a substantial lead in the state of denial... I’m no pundit but it occurred to me that Hillary Clinton has one thing in common with President Bush. Neither of them has an exit strategy." 307 diggsHe was just on MSNBC and apparently it slipped out. I will follow up on this and find video. But in light of Edwards' campaign manager--former Rep. David Bonior--coming out for Obama yesterday and many of his top funders and supporters have now embraced the Illinois senator, this should not come as a complete surprise. 86 diggsA powerful federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial on the Tidal Basin be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in totalitarian states. 113 diggsThe world's oldest gorilla celebrated her 55th birthday today with a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf-wrapped treats.Jenny's caretakers at the Dallas Zoo say she's having a few joint issues and her eyesight isn't what it used to be but she still looks good for an old ape. 109 diggsHere are some of the worst--and cheesiest--album covers EVER. 181 diggsFrom "CBS News RAW": While campaigning in Fayetteville, W.Va., Bill Clinton argued with an audience member over claims made by Hillary Clinton that she improved health care during his administration. 50 diggsThe Pentagon has posted the 8,000 pages and audio tapes it was forced to provide to the New York Times regarding its "military analyst" program. Anyone who reads through them, as I've now done, can only be left with one conclusion -- if this wasn't an example of an illegal, systematic "domestic propaganda campaign" by the Pentagon, then nothing is. 231 diggsAfter urging from the MPAA and RIAA, Los Angeles County agrees that piracy is a "public nuisance" and that buildings and equipment used to store or manufacture counterfeit discs can be seized. 559 diggsMembers of Mr Packer's inner circle have confirmed that the billionaire, who had ranked as Scientology's wealthiest member in the world, was no longer undertaking Scientology courses and had moved away from the cult. The cult has got to be VERY upset to lose this cash-cow. 328 diggsAs the Democratic primary nears its long-awaited conclusion, undecided superdelegates have been drowned under a sudden deluge of angry, sometimes vicious emails from Hillary Clinton supporters urging them to not fall in line behind Barack Obama. 108 diggsLike a team of laboratory gearheads, Arizona State University (A.S.U.) researchers have found a way to soup up microscopic "nanomachines" that may someday be used to deliver lifesaving medications or test the quality of drinking water in remote regions of the world. 202 diggsAmbulances and police scrambled to the hamlet of Foleyet, Ont., on Friday after one person died and several others fell ill on a Via Rail passenger train en route from Vancouver to Toronto. The train was under quarantine as authorities rushed to tend to those with flu-like symptoms and find out what was causing the illness. 121 diggsTo mark the 100th anniversary of Ian Fleming's birth later this month, Charlie Higson, the author of the bestselling Young Bond series, has chosen his favorite Bond villains. 203 diggsOne of the most influential (and thus far subdued) voices in the Democratic primary all but declared the contest over on Friday morning. 158 diggsAT&T has flip-flopped yet again on the issue of iPhone customers getting free access to AT&T hotspots. While yesterday the iPhone plans page clearly stated that access to the hotspots was included with all plans, that statement is now gone again. Hey, AT&T: why don't you make up your minds and be clear about this? This is ridiculous 191 diggsRon Paul deserves representation at the Republican national convention in proportion to the support he received in the primaries. And his supporters are prepared to fight like hell to make sure he gets it. 172 diggsApple may open up its iPhone and iPod touch devices to third-party apps next month, but the chances that Linux users will get invited to the party are slim at best. That hasn't stopped some intrepid hackers from coming up with a better music-syncing solution than the one Mac and Windows users have—a two-way wireless transfer 376 diggsThis is a textbook example of how not to look when hot girls are being photographed and you happen to be caught in the frame. 280 diggsA 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order. 113 diggsA woman who has baffled doctors with her ability to remember every detail of every day has broken her anonymity to speak of her condition.Jill Price, 42, can remember every part of her life since she was 14 but considers her ability a curse as she cannot switch off. 277 diggsGamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness those finely honed skills to make medical discoveries, perhaps even finding a cure for HIV. 99 diggsThe historical and predicted extinction timeline from 1950 to around 2050 - just look at how much changes. Buckteeth a thing of the past by 2021? End of oil in the mid '30s? Physical pain (and ugliness!) gone by 2055? How long before no more death? Only time will tell... 67 diggsThe iPhone is not currently available anywhere in the UK%2C and customers may have to wait for the putative 3G Apple iPhone. 418 diggsCalifornia voters would change their February primary vote for Hillary Clinton to a vote for Barack Obama if the vote were held again, according to an exclusive poll commissioned by CBS 5.A new SurveyUSA poll shows that if given the chance to vote again, Californians would choose Barack Obama by a 6-point margin, 49%-43%. 121 diggsHow I got my hands on some marijuana -- the legal (and easy) way. 127 diggsTen steals and deals on gas, food, phones and more.... 119 diggsIt’s been 40 years since Mr. McGuire pulled Benjamin Braddock withdrawal apart from his degree and said: “I just want to say one word to you. … Just one word are you listening? Plastics …. There is a great future in plastics. ” The future is still in plastics, but today Mr. McGuire probably whisper, “bioplastics”. 120 diggs"The Birth Clock is a fragile glass object containing a digital clock that is not working; it is designed to help you to come to a decision when you're stuck at a specific point in life. Smash the glass, and the clock will start to work, leaving you with the broken object as a reminder of your dramatic decision." -Alexandra Von Feldmann 125 diggsAmerica may well be only halfway through the house-price bust ........The biggest uncertainty hanging over the economy is how red will things get. 453 diggsThe checkpoint in this video was nearly 50 miles north of the Mexican border, so it would have been utterly pointless in stopping illegal immigration.The real purpose of these checkpoints is to condition Americans to get used to the police state. 97 diggsThales UK released photos of the new Watchkeeper UAV maiden flight in Northern Israel after permission to publish the pictures had been blocked for three weeks because of political considerations, according to industry press reports. The Watchkeeper, a fully autonomous (including automatic takeoff and landing) unmanned aerial vehicle. 145 diggs"They are real heroes," says Josefa Cabada, a technician at the Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District, a government agency. "I've never seen a mosquito in a pool with mosquito fish." 257 diggs"When Mass Effect comes to the computer it will not use SecuROM.... The developer said the decision came after listening "very closely" to its fans and that the new system will also allow gamers to play the game without the DVD in the drive." 231 diggs"Facebook will announce Facebook Connect later today, which is essentially a new version of their 2 year old API for third party websites. It will allow users to “connect” their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any website. One of their initial launch partners will be Digg." 90 diggsDesigner Jens Praet makes furniture from shredded paper. 131 diggsKeeping the technology of poker bot building secret is like declaring that only criminals can carry handguns. So here's everything you ever wanted to know about building a poker bot, part 1. 53 diggsCyborg Animals, psychotropics and Flying Lasers 190 diggsJon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. 562 diggsA White Plains, NY woman who was the victim of burglary, including her MacBook, used the Back To My Mac screen sharing feature to turn on her webcam and capture images of the unwitting culprits using the computer. As a result, police were able to arrest the thieves and recover most of the stolen goods. 207 diggsA video demo and Python-GTK script of a new kind of scrollbar that should be faster to use and look more neat. 194 diggsJay Adelson and wife last night at the Time 100 Gala 338 diggsDemocrat Barack Obama earned more support from party leaders and won praise from former rival John Edwards on Friday as he gathered momentum in his drive to the U.S. presidential nomination. 47 diggsNevada health officials said Thursday that they had identified 77 new cases of hepatitis C among patients treated at a Las Vegas endoscopy practice, in one of the country’s largest outbreaks of the liver disease. 191 diggsWhat's new in this release: Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze. 164 diggsBarack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign. 208 diggsAt the same time that former West Wingers Brad Whitford and Richard Schiff were stepping forward to say that they too had heard John McCain say that he didn't vote for George Bush in 2000, McCain was grabbing a shovel and digging himself deeper with yet another denial. 292 diggsDare I say...Barack Obama is going to turn things rightside-up? 88 diggsSometimes our expectation that everyone speaks English can make for some pretty funny (and risque) misunderstandings. Take, for example, this Indian video that's been subtitled with the English words that it sounds like they're singing. 182 diggsYour recession buster deal from Domino's has arrived! 271 diggsWow. 174 diggsVW’s ultra-low emission Jetta BlueTDI will be coming to the US mid-summer, according to an announcement made late last month at the Vienna Motor Symposium.This newer version of the Jetta will meet the strictest emissions standards in the world—BIN5/LEV2—which are enforced by 5 US states: California, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, and Vermont. 188 diggsThe chorus from major news outlets saying Hillary Clinton's candidacy is almost impossible is growing louder as the Clintons continue to push on. 212 diggsReactions have been unsympathetic. The New York Post called her “toast” in three-inch-high letters on Wednesday. The collapse of her candidacy is abrupt in the context of her long claim of inevitability and the near-universal expectation a year ago that she would be the Democratic nominee.It could be that a still-startled Hillary just can't let go. 165 diggsThis is a library that allows you to do simple animation and effects with javascript. Ported from the loved processing.org language. 143 diggsToday Obama picked up a whopping nine superdelegates, and is now only 160 delegates short of clinching the Democratic nomination. Here are some quotes from, and links to today's endorsements. 330 diggsProbably the quickest save I've ever seen! Its a shame they lost in the 4th overtime. Oh well, it takes nothing away from this. 852 diggs"C'mon, you wanna piece of me?! C'MON!! Ahh, fugeddaboudit." 129 diggsCannabis significantly reduces neuropathic pain compared to placebo and is well tolerated by patients with chronic pain conditions, according to clinical trial data to be published in The Journal of Pain... 160 diggsPlease don't grimace when you see this... 216 diggs"Despite some hand-wringing by fans, EA today announced that their hugely anticipated Will Wright game Spore will not make use of SecuROM's 10-day periodic re-authentication and instead use a modified version to require online authentication."Hurray! 125 diggs"I could not help but ask his views about then candidate George W. Bush."He's as dumb as a stump" McCain offered." 142 diggsSecret Service supervisors engaged in crude sexual jokes and racially derogatory banter about blacks, and passed around an anecdote about a possible assassination of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, according to internal e-mails disclosed in a federal court filing on Friday by lawyers for black Secret Service agents. 84 diggsDaniel Burka, co-founder and head designer for Pownce, has generated some buzz by posting a screenshot teaser of an upcoming release. 96 diggsThis is possibly the worst album cover so far. 97 diggsA dream list of stuff we want to see in future GTA games (someday). 210 diggsTracy Ingle was asleep in his house when armed police using a no-knock warrant burst in. Unsure about what was happening, he reached for a non-functioning pistol, but began to drop it as soon as he realized who they were. The gesture was too late -- officers shot him 5 times. 81 diggsNew research on cane toads in Northern Australia has discovered a way to control the cane toad invasion using parasites and toad communication signals. Professor Rick Shine from the University of Sydney has been studying the biology of cane toads, and will reveal his new research May 7 at the Academy of Science's peak annual event... 291 diggs"Hitler is alive in Burma” reads the words scrawled on a cardboard sign, held aloft by a sweet-faced Ellen Page, the “Juno” star, in a 90-second human-rights public awareness message that began showing on video-sharing Web sites last week. 207 diggsJeralyn at TalkLeft does a round-up of recent marijuana news, including the false claims of Minnesota law enforcement on the Minnesota medical marijuana bill. 394 diggsWhen you see it... 50 diggsGreat list. Particularly the evil moms. Videos included. 54 diggsWandering through the evening sky, on May 4th planet Mars stood in line with Castor and Pollux, the two bright stars of the constellation Gemini. In this time exposure of the celestial alignment, Mars actually takes on a distinct yellowish hue, contrasting in color with Pollux; a giant star known to have a Jupiter-class planet, and Castor 88 diggs"She does not have the political skills of her husband. Or Barack. You need somebody who can bring people together. She criticized my health care bill because it wouldn't achieve universal coverage until 1998. Well, today we'd be celebrating the 10th anniversary of having every American with insurance." 70 diggsIt's here, the first ever video footage of Gears of War 2 for Xbox 360! It's two full minutes of freaking awesome gameplay video. 350 diggsThey haven't made an offer to Brad Pitt yet, but that's who they want. As far as Hannible - you just have to trust Latino Review on this one. 195 diggsThe Yoo memo is just one example. The memos on torture policy that have been leaked hint at a much bigger body of law about which we know nothing. Memo filled with references to other Justice Department memos that have yet to see the light of day on subjects including the government's ability to detain US citizens without congressional authorizatio 43 diggsDon’t they say good things come in threes? Well, regardless, we’ve heard from multiple sources that Google will launch a new product on Monday called “Friend Connect,” which will be a set of APIs for Open Social participants to pull profile information from social networks into third party websites. 54 diggsA animated allegory of power, religion, sex and money. A little old, but still lovely. 363 diggsAt first I thought it was just me. But then I googled for it and found a forum where people were experiencing the same problem. On MSN, type www.youtube.com and the message won't pass.The curious thing is that if you alter any of the letters in the domain (i.e. changing it to youtuve.com ) the message gets effectively passed.WTF, Microsoft? 127 diggsthe first in-game footage of the cover-heavy action game sequel Gears of War 2 (X360). 101 diggsGet the low down on that religiously revered drink 393 diggsAKA "40 more reasons to get psyched about this movie."
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