687 diggsJohn McCain in Iowa on 10/11/2007 referring to Hillary Clinton's health care plan as putting "lipstick on the pig, but it's still a pig"

63 diggsHere's a scenario that will face many of us in the far future. You're hurtling through the cosmos at nearly the speed of light in your spaceship when you take a wrong turn and pass into the event horizon of a black hole. Uh oh, you're dead - not yet, what can you do to maximize your existence before you join the singularity as a smear of particles?

429 diggsSlipknot vocalist and frontman Corey Taylor says it’s time for the music industry to stop taking legal action against downloaders. He feels it is the labels themselves who are to blame for online piracy, since the quality of released music is so bad, no-one wants to buy it.

129 diggsSince the Large Hadron Collider didn't destroy the world this morning, isn't it high time we forgive and forget? And what better way than with a meaty gallery of industrial goodness from all stages of its development, cataloging the effort to build the largest particle accelerator ever. Of course, today was just a test, the collisions come later...

578 diggsWhen you think of a model, you probably picture a twiggy, alien-like creature who subsists mainly on a diet of nicotine and Tab. But we appreciate the female form in its many different shapes and sizes, from trim to voluptuous. So we decided to lavish some attention on the unsung sister to the runway waif, the plus-size model.

216 diggsAn intelligence forecast being prepared for the next president on future global risks envisions a steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decades, as the world is reshaped by globalization, battered by climate change, and destabilized by regional upheavals over shortages of food, water and energy.

447 diggsA new breed of solar tower may soon be sprouting up in Namibia, providing the nation with a carbon-free source of electricity and food during the day or night.

231 diggsWill the LHC cause the world to end? Here are some other occasions when reports of the Earth's demise have proven to be premature..

97 diggsThe Willow Project is a seriously cool effort to bring robotics to the masses: think of it as Lego Mindstorms all grown up...

355 diggsWe expect our rock stars to be a little crazy. Sex, drugs and trashed hotel rooms are all part of the rocking package. But even in the crazy-ass world of the music industry, sometimes there's an incident that makes you pronounce the phrase 'holy shit' with five syllables.

49 diggs10,000 bacterial samples lost: can it happen again?

230 diggsA New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie "Borat" deceived them. Judge Loretta Preska says all three accepted money and signed agreements releasing the filmmakers from liability. She noted in a Sept. 3 ruling the agreements said the plaintiffs consent

178 diggsIf you are constantly confused over the command line, and wanted to look for an easy way to tweak your Ubuntu, then Ubuntu Tweak is definitely the application for you.

532 diggsThis is the internet, after all, and if something on the internet can be used in an annoying way, you can safely assume that 99% of the population will proceed to use it in exactly that way, repeatedly.

549 diggsMichigan Republicans plan to foreclose African American voters...

766 diggsYour P.S.A. for the day. lol.

760 diggsBarrack Obama wasn't even talking about Palin when he made the lipstick remark. Here, clearly McCain is talking about Hillary. Or was he? Or maybe it's just a common expression and we should all get over it!

216 diggsGoogle's Chrome web browser has received lots of attention since its release last week

349 diggs"When the bill came,"...the birthday girl "smiled and made a big production by way of a toast, saying, 'Thank you all so much for my lovely birthday dinner. I really do appreciate it. You guys are great. Here's to you!' Then she just sat there, waiting for us to decide how to split the bill." The bill for Birthday Girl and the 7 Guests? USD $3,450!

763 diggsBill O'Reilly is not a shameless hypocrite, because Bill O'Reilly says so.

582 diggsWith yesterday's refresh to Apple's iPod line, it was hard not to feel at least a little deja vu. I've been following new iPod announcements—which often come more than once a year—since 2001, when the first iPod showed up in stores for an astronomical $399.

79 diggsOn the day that CERN is dominating the news, Fermilab announces the discovery of the Omega b baryon, which is an exotic relative of the proton. I doubt they will get a lot of media attention though. "Fermi-who?"

312 diggsWhos laughing now? Heh. ME.

331 diggsDuring October 2007, the popular BitTorrent tracker OiNK was shut down in a joint effort by Dutch and British law enforcement. Today, OiNK admin Alan Ellis has been charged with conspiracy to defraud. Charges against four OiNK uploaders will follow later today.

413 diggsIt seems Harley-Davidson doesn’t want to be associated with good fuel economy.

315 diggsWonder what all this means....

384 diggsAs lawsuits become harder to win, families will have less of a say in how their relatives are treated—and that could give administrators the freedom to reverse overcautious policies on intimate contact between residents. If that happens, elderly patients could reap the rewards of more sex.

206 diggsRecently, I have tried a few free and open-source RTS games and was really impressed with some of them. The best thing is that I can play them instantly on my Linux box without the need for Wine and without having to spend a single dime.

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799 diggsBarack Obama slams the McCain camp for creating lies and distractions from the real issues, stating that, "The American people deserve a serious debate."The McCain camp took a quote by Obama out of context for a smear ad. Obama had used the saying, "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig," in reference to John McCain's plans...

252 diggsDermestid beetles are well known in forensic circles: They congregate on corpses to feed and breed, and their presence and life stage can help establish when the victim died. Now,new evidence shows that dermestids were recycling carcasses as far back as the Jurassic.

285 diggsThis is what my nightmares once looked like.

673 diggsRon Paul held a press conference urging voters to select a third-party presidential candidate instead of Barack Obama or John McCain...

432 diggsWe have spent some time with iTunes 8 and its many new features, so it's time to lay them out for you. It has been two years since iTunes 7 landed, and Apple has finally brought some new library management features, as well as some rethinking of old features, to the table.

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209 diggsYou're sick, in the hospital, or maybe even undergoing surgery. The last thing you want to contemplate is the thought that your doctor might be making fun of your toe rings while you're anesthetized. But does it happen? Yes.

501 diggsSamantha Ronson has revealed her engagement to Lindsay Lohan, and that the couple are planning to marry by the end of the year.

379 diggsTomorrow marks a somber anniversary, seven years since the attacks of September 11th, 2001. Nearly 3,000 people from 90 different countries were killed that day, in New York City, at the Pentagon in Virginia, and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Here is a brief look back, several views from today, and a peek into the future of these sites.

595 diggsThe Large Hadron Collider, CERN's massive particle accelerator, became fully operational this morning.

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205 diggsApple on Friday will unleash iPhone Software v2.1, a major bug fix release for all iPhone owners that will include a number of other improvements that iPod touch users are discovering as part of yesterday's similarly number iPod touch update.

170 diggsMy entire life, I've always loved some good old-fashioned horseplay, and I assumed everyone else felt the same. So you can imagine my surprise when, out of nowhere, right in the middle of my youngest son's baptism, my wife asks me to please stop putting everybody in headlocks because, as she claims, "No one enjoys it and no one ever did."

198 diggsMore than 100 companies are strutting their stuff at the Demofall '08 and TechCrunch50 conferences out on the West coast this week.

167 diggsHow people spend their discretionary income – the cash that goes to clothing, electronics, recreation, household goods, alcohol – depends a lot on where they live. People in Greece spend almost 13 times more money on clothing as they do on electronics. People living in Japan spend more on recreation than they do on clothing, electronics, etc.

308 diggsSure, seeing your favorite musician on stage, at their best, can be an inspiring thing. But let's be honest: being lucky enough to be around at that special moment when everything goes wrong and that guitar wielding bajillionaire completely loses it...that's way better. Now with Youtube, we get to see it all.

445 diggsWhat happens to various variables as your roommate gets fatter?

702 diggs"SAD :(" ...At least there's no comment limits though, right?

468 diggsThoughts? You guys excited about Arnold in T4?

228 diggsYes, it's probably one of the most overplayed songs ever, but the Eagles' "Hotel California" deserves to be. Here are versions from Majek Fashek, Alabama 3, The Gipsy Kings, The Moog Cookbook, Tupac, Stevie Nicks and even William Hung.

175 diggsThe "biggest experiment of all times" seems to use KDE for monitoring the experiment itself.

272 diggsRoll up to Comic Con in this and you're king for a day.

866 diggs...the hockey mom from Alaska who could be President if McCain doesn't survive his first term.

170 diggsComments by two Italian politicians open old wounds about the role of Italy's former fascist government.

342 diggsInteractive map highlights this year's battlegrounds in the fight to teach evolution

352 diggsWe sat down with Microsoft to hear the company’s side of the Vista story. What lessons have been learned following the worst Windows launch in the company’s history? Is Microsoft doing enough to regain PC users’ faith?

130 diggsBavarian Red Cross stretcher bearers carry a role-player "casualty" to the decontamination site during a force protection exercise held 5 September 2008 at U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Garmisch, Germany. Photographer: John Reese, USAG Garmisch Public Affairs

239 diggsFrom classic same color illusions created by Edward H. Adelson or colors that disappear right before your eyes, to artists whose work plays with perception and “what happens outside the vantage point,” these colorful illusions will make you think twice about your perception of color.

560 diggsThe WP reports that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) is “being asked by a local Republican activist to release more than 1,100 e-mails she withheld from a public records request, including 40 that were copied to her husband, Todd.” Invoking a favored practice of the Bush administration, Palin has claimed executive privilege to keep the e-mails secret.

143 diggsWhile compulsive gambling is only beginning to be addressed by mental health professionals, they must now face a new affliction: Internet addiction.

901 diggsRon Paul telling like it is. Thank you Dr, Paul

206 diggsWe can't lie. Seeing individuals come up with crazy things to do to gaming hardware is often the highlight of our day, when we're lucky enough to see a great piece of work. So check out 5 of our favorite Wiimote mods...

1035 diggsRepublican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas called on supporters to back a third-party candidate for president Wednesday, rejecting his party's nominee and offering equally harsh words for the Democratic candidate.

140 diggsImages that purport to show in living color the parts of the brain that generate such virtues as compassion, fairness and wisdom are invading turf that was once reserved for philosophers, theologians and psychologists.

189 diggsAll I ever read lately is news about how Sarah Palin eats babies or Barack Obama is the AntiChrist. I'm sick of it and I found this refreshing and touching.Walter Marino shouted to his 12-year-old son, Christopher, as he drifted farther away in the Atlantic Ocean....

347 diggsGive me a brain-dead “click and kill” game, and I’m all over it. So it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that I’m a big fan of the ‘First Person Shooter’ genre. Even though I’m regularly fragged by 6 year olds across the world, it just goes to show you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it. So here are my top 5 free cross-platform FPS

288 diggsApple's mobile gaming goals go far beyond fancy new versions of Bejeweled and Tetris—Jobs yesterday called for "a whole new class of games." It's now clear that the company is gunning for the big boys: Nintendo and Sony, whose DS and PSP platforms, respectively, have dominated the portable video-game market for years.

284 diggs2008 will be remembered as the year where the laptops will outsell their desktop counterparts. Where are the mobile computers headed to? I predict that the mobile revolution is bound to happen for the new decade, with mobile computer replacing desktops.

326 diggsThe chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has said the US is "not winning" in Afghanistan and needs a new strategy which includes Pakistan's border area.

174 diggs15-year-old ginger cat, disappeared in 1999 and her owners thought she had been killed by a car "Dixie's personality, behavior and little mannerisms have not changed at all," said Gilly Delaney. "We don't think she has stopped purring since she came back through the door."

163 diggsWebcams of the LHC and the CERN Parking Lot

154 diggs125 years ago this week, Krakatoa exploded over Indonesia, unleashing the deadliest eruption in modern memory. A gallery of some of its most spectacular successors suggests that a similar disaster may lurk beneath the planet surface....

113 diggsI had no idea Batman had such bad language.. but this is pretty funny. You know these are going to be worth a fortune!

398 diggsThis Star Wars Landspeeder is a full-sized, drivable, Jedi-approved replica built by former Lucas Film employee Daniel Deutsch, who designed his version from the ground up.

147 diggsFamily Guy creator Seth McFarlane has launched his new site, which focuses on ad-supported comedy shorts, located at sethcomedy.com. The site's offerings, titled "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy," is part of Google's Content Network, which in turn is part of Google's AdSense network.

255 diggsBlog: YouTube has removed a webad that casts Sarah Palin as the victim of sexism on the request of CBS, whose anchor Katie Couric was featured in the ad.&

399 diggsWant more action? A little bit of forking around may help you and your lady score the best sex ever.

569 diggsGovernment officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties are accused of receiving improper gifts and having sex with employees.

198 diggsThey live in the past and never shut up. They're sore losers and worse winners.

217 diggsThis is the Life Wall by Panasonic. An extremely thin 150″ TV that does amazing things. It has face recognition so that it recognizes the face(s) that watch it and adjusts the display or program to that person’s preferences automatically.

261 diggsIn 2009, NASA will launch the first test flight of its next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system. The test flight, called Ares I-X, will bring NASA one step closer to its exploration goals -- to return to the moon for more ambitious exploration of the lunar surface and to travel to Mars and destinations beyond.

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417 diggsNorth Carolina State University has just been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to create the National Research Center for Future Renewable Energy Delivery Management Systems— in other words, the Internet for energy.

287 diggsIf we received a message from an extraterrestrial civilization, would we necessarily realize it? SETI has long scanned the skies for evidence of alien transmissions, while others have proposed a hunt for physical artifacts sent by our distant neighbors. But neutrino physicists at the University of Hawaii have proposed yet another possibility:...

269 diggsAT&T's just updated its terms of service for broadband customers, and starting next month, if you're a heavy downloader, get ready to have your connection squeezed to a trickle. While they haven't implemented usage caps a la Comcast (yet) they are using a similar traffic management technique starting on Oct. 18 that will slow down your whole...

159 diggsEvery few years, the mainstream media gets pissed about the kids getting high. Even after all the dangerous drugs (and even some healthy ones) were outlawed, resourceful teens always seem to find new ways to achieve those mind-altering experiences.

428 diggs13 Interior Department employees in Denver and Washington rigged contracts, worked part-time as private oil consultants, and had sexual relationships with -- and accepting golf and ski trips and dinners from -- oil company employees.

490 diggsPossibly sorriest & nuttiest rental house & sign you'll see this week...or year. Great news for would-be renters: "Rodents Better Than Before." Nice--Sign me up! Funny, bizarre...owners are either funny crazy or just crazy. Either way, entertaining. [Pics give close-up & wide views.]

255 diggsIt's not often that disappearing Arctic ice is presented as good news for the planet.

273 diggsYesterday's new iPods were lovely and all, but if you're like me, you wanted something more. Like some notebooks. Not to worry, Daring Fireball's John Gruber says according to the standard "sources familiar with Apple's hardware plans" that its "Let's Notebook" event will happen on Oct. 14.

621 diggsThis war hero and his self-described pit bull are so sensitive! If I were a pit bull, I might be offended. But right now I'm a little more worried about my mortgage, the price of gas and the economy, stupid.

147 diggsHey, not everyone can hit gold on the first try like Edward Norton. For every actor like him there's a thousand Jennifer Anistons shrieking and running away from leprechauns...

211 diggsA SCOTTISH-born postman who felt stressed out by the workload of his night class hoarded 20,000 letters instead of delivering them, German police revealed today. The 23-year-old, originally from Edinburgh, had failed to deliver any correspondence since August last year.

406 diggsToday, after almost a year, the OiNK investigation came to an end. Earlier today we reported that OiNK administrator Alan Ellis was charged with “conspiracy to defraud”. Now, just hours later the alleged uploaders are charged with copyright infringement for uploading one CD.

382 diggsWhile gas-gouged Americans were dropping their jaws this week at the unveiling of the VW Golf BlueMotion—and its claimed 62 miles per gallon from the 1.6-liter TDi engine—we were busy driving the non-concept version of the sixth-gen Golf on some of the wettest and roughest Nordic roads imaginable.

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186 diggsA Dog is a man's best friend...until there is $25,000 on the line.

99 diggsTiming Is Everything, Get results for "bluegrass this weekend" or "gallery openings next Saturday." If you're searching on Tuesday for a Mexican restaurant for Saturday night, you're not looking for a Taco Bell.

116 diggsbut Linux CAN NOT have a “Look”...A Linux distro is basically someone saying: here’s a collection of packages that works well together, now keep it or change it as you wish.

216 diggsThe psychiatric experts that are football analysts have been running wild ever since the fragile Young tried to remove himself from Sunday’s game because fans booed him for throwing two interceptions. Has the pressure to be a star at the next level dropped Young for a loss? It wouldn’t be the first time in pro sports.

357 diggsI believe that strong advertisement is a fastest way to convey the message to the audience and if they are attractive as become inspiration for others so it’s more useful. Sometimes they are just an advertisement but some companies works very hard to make their promotional / advertisement campaign very unique, striking and successful.

321 diggsTrace Kerouac's Path or Marco Polo...one of the coolest interactive graphics I have seen recently. I'm not sure why they didn't use that one extra space to map Harry and Lloyd's journey to the Rocky Mountains.

156 diggs#11. 'Don't be fooled by low-carb claims.' Although many fast-food outlets have added low-carb offerings to their menus, it doesn't mean the selections are any healthier for you. For instance, the Carl's Jr. Breakfast Bowl has only 5 grams of carbs, but it packs a whopping 900 calories and 73 grams of fat, nearly half of them saturated....

203 diggsA bionic lens that could restore perfect vision to long and short sighted people is five years away, experts claim.

183 diggsDevelopers have created robots that appear to make human expressions and show human-like emotions.

265 diggsGuys love movies. Girls love movies too. Unfortunately, guys and girls don't always love the same movies. When you've got a girlfriend, even the simplest movie date necessitates negotiation. You want explosions; she wants emotion. You want Bruce Willis; she wants Reese Witherspoon.

210 diggsSarah Palin, brilliantly portrayed by the lovely Gina Gershon, answers her critics on all the hard hitting issues. She's not taking any of their polarbear shit.

464 diggsA consortium of the world's top physicists descended upon Stanford University Monday to discuss some of the difficult questions. Among the revolutionary ideas expected to be raised at the historic week-long summit is the possibility that, like, our whole universe might be just one big atom in, say, some super-duper huge thing out there.

276 diggsA mid-October MacBook launch misses the back-to-school rush, but has Apple in the right place for the holidays.

454 diggsWhat would you say if I told you that meat and dairy consumption are associated with heart disease, cancer and diabetes? Or if I told you that the meat industry kills more than 10 billion animals a year, in the US alone, and contributes more toward pollution than the exhaust from all the cars in the world?

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142 diggsAn African animal so secretive it was once believed to be a mythical unicorn has been caught on camera in the wild.Camera traps set by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured rare pictures of wild okapi.

324 diggsJamie Foxx plays Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. The question now is: Oscar performance?

182 diggsSan Antonio, Texas will be the first city in the United States to produce natural gas from the methane that comes from the human waste of its residents on a large, profitable scale. Our excrement is being more technically referred to as “biosolids” by the companies and agencies involved in the project. And the project is by no means a joke.

158 diggsGreat pic gallery & list -- 50 tough guys featured -- covering variety of sports & eras. From Dick Butkus & Brett Favre (football), Rocky Marciano & Evander Holyfield (boxing) to Pete Rose & Jackie Robinson (baseball).Also includes car racing, hockey, wrestling, tennis, other sports. (Sorry, no curling or team handball.)

266 diggsWomen experience far more terrifying nightmares than men, a study has found. Their dreams are also more intense and leave more of an impression when they wake up, scientists say.

346 diggsBolivia's leftist president, Evo Morales, asked the U.S. ambassador on Wednesday to leave the country, blaming him for intensified opposition protests that shut down a natural gas pipeline to Brazil.

198 diggsAccording to Jason Forston, Executive VP of marketing and sales at Texas Armoring Corporation, the NFL has contacted his company for the purpose of building armored cars for its players. Following the shooting of Jacksonville Jaguars' Richard Collier last week, no doubt agent-driven interest in armored cars for NFL players has spiked

252 diggsSquare-burger marketer Wendy's is trying to get the viral buzz headed its way with a new video called "Crazy Lettuce."

252 diggsNature works in weird ways, especially when you're recreating energies last seen during the Big Bang. So there's a fighting chance that the LHC will be much more than a $10 billion validator: It won't destroy the world, but it certainly could turn the physics world upside-down.

195 diggsIf Vince Young isn't sure he wants to play football anymore, he didn't show it Wednesday. He reported to work, watched part of practice with a wrap around his sprained left knee and avoided reporters wanting to talk about his mother's comments indicating he doesn't want to play because of the negativity he's faced since being booed recently.

239 diggsAre you addicted to e-mail? Study finds the odds are good you checked your e-mail within the last 15 minutes. Here are five warning signs. When's the last time you checked your e-mail? If you're like most Americans, the answer is likely within the last 15 minutes -- even if you're not at work. And if you carry a PDA in your pocket, your problem...

339 diggs"PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?"

339 diggsAmerica garrison the globe in ways that really are unprecedented, and yet, if you live in the United States, you basically wouldn't know it.

352 diggsBritish scientists are preparing to launch a revolutionary satellite that will provide precise measurements of the earth’s gravitational field, which will in turn provide exact measurements of ocean currents. So why is that important? Well, ocean currents transport heat around the planet— that means that the currents have a huge impact on the earth

360 diggsDespite GOP rhetoric you will find that small-town America is not doing too well. Main Street is largely boarded up; closed schools & hospitals, and massive depopulation. Why? Because for decades we've been electing people like Gov. Palin who claim to love & respect them, but have unfailingly enacted laws to aid the small town's mortal enemies.

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206 diggsEntomologist humor.

188 diggsThe detection of extra dimensions beyond the familiar four—the three dimensions of space and one of time—would be among the most earth-shattering discoveries in the history of physics. Now scientists are designing a new experiment that would investigate tantalizing hints that extra dimensions may indeed exist.

352 diggsAre you the dictator of a country that's desperate to seem powerful to its neighbors, but not quite rich enough to afford the armaments it wants? Take a page from the Fortitude South and buy these inflatable versions of scary military equipment!

295 diggsResearchers analyzing the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China's Sichuan province have found that geological stress has significantly increased on three major fault systems in the region. The magnitude 7.9 quake on May 12 has brought several nearby faults closer to failure and could trigger another major earthquake in the region.