310 diggsActors perennially name Joel and Ethan Coen when listing their dream directors. And they know when the Brothers Coen do come calling, whatever the part, big or small: You take it. It doesn't hurt that some of the most-memorable characters in the Coen filmography may have looked like insignificant cameos on the page.

289 diggsThere is something sinister about the press's complicity in allowing campaign coverage to feed hungrily on endless lies. It smacks of McCarthyism. Stop repeating stuff that isn't true. It's time for news organizations to stop being shills and for serious political reporters to stop being hacks. Mark Halperin and Campbell Brown have showed the way.

249 diggsAnyone with a keyboard can get "access" to the world´s most secure computers. At least that´s what these unrealistic hacker scenes tell us.

400 diggsFor this exclusive video, we captured all the best boulder crushings, lightsaber impalings, exploding Jawas and Ugnaught beat-downs we could find. Our fave gnarly Force kill? Tossing a dude into the Death Star’s planet-melting apocalypse beam. Now that’s the true nature of the Force.

92 diggsThe house will draw its heat primarily from the people, household appliances and lamps it contains.

169 diggsThe collider’s workings are straightforward: at full power, trillions of protons will be injected into the otherwise empty track and set racing in opposite directions at speeds exceeding 99.999999 percent of the speed of light, fast enough so that every second the protons will cycle the entire track more than 11,000 times

311 diggsThe scientific world is shocked today as Michael Zeller—a professor of physics at Yale who has been working at the Large Hadron Collider—reportedly misquoted the Star Trek tagline "Where no man has gone before" and, further shattering the Universe time-space fabric, attributed it to Star Wars.

292 diggsPaying for college is hard. Sure, there are scholarships out there, but you've got to be some kind of great athlete or genius, right?Not necessarily. Lucky for you, there are groups who have scholarship money sitting around that they pretty much give out just for the hell of it. Who knows, maybe you qualify for...

228 diggsAlways look on the bright side of life. If there’s one lesson we took away from Monty Python’s Life of Brian it was to always have a glass half full outlook on existence. That’s why we’re going to give kudos to the best parts of games we’ve previously kicked the crap out of.

332 diggsThis big update for Apple's iPhone comes with Steve's personal promise of fewer dropped calls, better battery life, less app crashes, major bug fixes, and faster backing up in iTunes.

171 diggsThe Large Hadron Collider may do exactly what it says on the tin but, in an unusual move, scientists have asked members of the public to come up with a catchier name.

91 diggsA remarkable stellar event that mesmerized astronomers in 1843 may have been a previously unknown kind of explosion, researchers say. That explosion, which made the star Eta Carinae one of the brightest in the Southern sky, could have been the precursor to the star’s expected explosion into a supernova.

297 diggsFollowing a turbulent week where The Pirate Bay was smeared by the mainstream media for linking to publicly available autopsy photos of two murdered kids, The Pirate Bay has decided to boycott all press for the time being.

527 diggsHackers have mounted an attack on the Large Hadron Collider, raising concerns about the security of the biggest experiment in the world as it passes an important new milestone. Now it has emerged that, as the first particles were circulating in the machine near Geneva, a Greek group had hacked into the facility.

242 diggsthink I might’ve gotten Kanye West arrested, and now I feel like such a doofus. Especially given my history, I mean, this isn’t the first time I got a hip-hop star in trouble with the law, (devotees will recall that, several months ago, I may or may not have convinced Vanilla Ice to beat his wife).

259 diggsA Catholic priest on the University of Illinois campus has been charged with selling cocaine from his church office and rectory.

147 diggsAre you a Klingon or a computer? (FYI: Klingons are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe.)

221 diggsThe completed two-floor homes come with living room, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms and are constructed using only sustainable and recycled materials. The exterior is covered with non-toxic pinewood, and the roof is covered with grass.

234 diggsIf there is one thing I love, it is the sarcastic nature of Kevin Smith’s sense of humor. He’s not a mean guy, by any means, but he sure does like to bring absurdity to light. In this example, we have the official domestic poster for his upcoming film Zack and Miri Make a Porno...

434 diggs The Senator declared. "I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time."

268 diggsIf Microsoft is secretly readying a new Xbox to succeed the Xbox 360, then surely Sony must be working on a PlayStation 4? Speculation is rife that the next console battle will be fought around 2011-2012. This is when Crytek's CEO Cevat Yerli and industry analyst Colin Sebastian believe that a potential Xbox 720 and PS4 could appear.

225 diggsWhy do people pirate and share video games? Despite great efforts to develop technologies to foil them, and the occasional legal challenge, it seems nobody had ever asked the pirates themselves why they were doing it

83 diggsSome of best pics of elephants you'll ever see. Beautiful, fascinating. 3 galleries--covering 2008, 1998, 1980. 1st gallery is 2008. (To access other galleries click at top icons--Forest Elephants:1998; African:1980)

705 diggsFrom the creator of Family Guy, you are brought this hilarious YouTube video.

126 diggsThere are positively addictive productivity apps available for Linux, along with tools to make switching between Linux and other systems easy, or just running Windows programs themselves if you need to. Today we're detailing a Linux desktop that helps you move quickly, work with Windows, and just get things done

734 diggsAn angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter's boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter's room.

205 diggsMozilla is jumping on the “private browsing” bandwagon, with developers already working hard to ensure the new feature ships in Firefox 3.1, due to arrive at the end of 2008.Private browsing, or “porn mode” as it’s often referred to since that’s the most obvious use, restricts the information that your browser gathers as you visit web sites

354 diggsFrom September 6th to September 17th, Beijing is once again hosting athletes from around the world. Over 4,200 athletes - from six different disability groups - from 148 countries are taking part in the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games.

798 diggsAppearing on “The View” today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) falsely claimed that Sarah Palin never requested earmarks as the governor of Alaska. “Not as governor she didn’t,” McCain told Barbara Walters after she noted Palin “took some earmarks. McCain’s claim that Palin never accepted earmarks as the governor of Alaska is divorced from reality.

775 diggsUnder Sarah Palin's administration as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the city cut funds that paid for medical examinations used to gather evidence from rape victims. Under Palin, victims or their health insurers were charged the $500 to $1200 cost of the exams.

245 diggsWOW! - John McCain: "I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time."

193 diggsAttorneys say the size of Robert R. Dalton’s marijuana crop was within his medical rights. Prosecutors disagree. Dalton's pot crop in Kitsap County, Washington was deemed too big under the law by detectives with the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team last August. The 61-year-old's property was raided and he was charged.

88 diggsPrehistoric cattle remains found close to Stonehenge suggest that partying pilgrims brought the animals from afar, scientists report. The remains support a theory that the megalithic monument near Salisbury, in southern England, drew ancient peoples from distant regions to celebrate important feast ceremonies. And the feasts, it seems, were movable

111 diggsThis page recaps some of the strongest and most damaging and deadly hurricanes ever to affect the Atlantic Basin, including the United States. It is not exhaustive and does not include every notable storm in history. This information is provided by the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service.

215 diggsYahoo has announced an upcoming homepage redesign that will open the page up to third-party content and services. Combine this with ambitious plans for social network, and you may have a Yahoo that is focusing on the right things again.

260 diggsDid I mention that she is a 6-foot, 1-inch 12-year-old?

147 diggsCheck these Coen brother’s films Rankings– do you agree with this rundown?

77 diggsThe New York Bretts and Detroit Cowardly Lions headline the list.

120 diggsOK - so it's not the REAL Wrigley Field, but it's one man's mission to create a cemetery that looks like it. But start saving - the "home run" burial option will cost $5,000.

290 diggsHe was grilled on Sarah Palin, his Obama sex-ed for kids attack ads, his view on Roe v. Wade, the separation of church and state and more.

262 diggsThe Guitar Hero World Tour setlist has been revealed with 86 songs being selected, two more than Rock Band 2. Among the bands included are Metallica, Sublime, the Bestie Boys, Dream Theater, Jimi Hendrix, The Mars Volta, Motorhead, Nirvana, the Sex Pistols and three songs from Tool.

150 diggsFrom "Fargo" to "Raising Arizona," who are the Coens' most memorable weirdos? Just remember, "Don't f**k with the Jesus"...

174 diggsFor more than five years after 9/11, a messenger bag coated with debris was sealed in a plastic trash bag. Then a scientist tested it and what he discovered will change the way you think about what people inhaled that day.

314 diggsYou love America, don't you? These colors don't run! Freedom isn't free! Smoke 'em out of their caves! USA USB! That's the name of this DIY USB device that attaches a lit, flapping flag to your computer. It'll constantly remind you that America is the best and constantly remind everyone around you that you're more patriotic.

317 diggsGoogle cofounder Larry Page handed him this card, printed from an inkjet printer. Check out the Google logo and its exclamation mark — an artifact of a time when the brightest future Page and cofounder Sergey Brin could imagine was "to be on par with Yahoo, or Amazon, AOL."

246 diggsA new type of drug could alleviate pain in a similar way to cannabis without affecting the brain, according to a new study published in the journal Pain on Monday 15 September.

189 diggsToday, Zhang lines up against her heroes as Team China plays Team USA, the gold-medal favorites, in the opening battle of Murderball, aka wheelchair rugby, a clashing contact sport set to take the Paralympic Games by storm — and smash stereotypes about people with disabilities.

194 diggsIf you decided to have sex every day, would your relationship benefit? Two long-married couples decided to find out. When lovemaking fell off their respective "to-do" lists, they ditched the sweats, bought sex toys and books, stepped up exercise, lit candles, and took trips.

169 diggsParamount pulled out no stops for the Iron Man DVD launch this week with Jon Favreau sitting down with a major contingent of online press to talk about plans for the sequel and beyond.

130 diggsA trip to a Whole Foods market is always a pleasant adventure. A few months ago, I came across a sampling of an odd product called Ghizz. The Ghizz employee handed me a small paper cup of creamy orange pleasure. I must admit it was delightfully refreshing, uplifting, and nourishing. "Interesting," I said. "Is it organic?"

106 diggsAfter spending all that money on the dress and the hair and the makeup (among other things), there is only one thing left to do: make sure you never forget how good you looked on your wedding day. Hence the importance of wedding photos.

139 diggs#3. Joe Namath Guarantees Super Bowl III Victory -- During the pre-game media frenzy emotions ran high as Jets quarterback Joe Namath had been the focus of much of the hatred from Colts fans. After dealing with constant heckling that spanned several days, he made a a bold prediction. "We will win the game, I guarantee you," he said to a heckler.

174 diggsSomehow I managed to miss this episode.

288 diggsYou probably didn't know that CNN censored Putin for being just too darn sensible. Yep, it's true. About two weeks ago, Putin gave the network an exclusive 30-minute interview. And you know what happened? Nothing. It was never allowed to air. CNN doesn't know it yet, but that decision might have cost them their Russian broadcasting rights.

147 diggsAs always, PA is high end webcomic

206 diggsObama camp strikes back. "[The integrity line], of course, is a play off of McCain's own controversial formulation, in which accused Barack Obama of being willing to lose the war in Iraq in order to prevail in a political campaign." -- Huffpo

195 diggsThe controversy and questions surrounded the supposed UPC barcode pictured on Jobs' Mercedes SL55 AMG in lieu of of an official California license plate. We discovered wild rumors have dated back several years spawning constant speculation over Jobs' barcode license plate.

166 diggsYou know, you don't have to wait for the weekend to have fun—you could be partying every day. Not only that, you wouldn't have to waste time planning and getting things set up. Using the following 10 gadgets, you could have a party on demand. That's right—anytime, anywhere. Now all you need is some friends.

184 diggsIt seems an imposition on somebody's part to ask Robert De Niro and Al Pacino to use their iconic power to prop up and inflate "Righteous Kill," a tricked-up and often turgid police thriller. At least these two aging virtuosi of the Method don't altogether submit to the temptation of mailing in their performances.

267 diggsRecent research has revealed that beach sand contains high concentrations of E. coli and other fecal indicator bacteria, often greatly exceeding the concentration in beach water. Further, there is evidence that beach closings due to elevated fecal indicator bacteria may be linked to these sand populations.

140 diggsFollowing a wave of negative reviews and DRM-focused protests on the official Amazon.com Spore product page, Amazon has deleted all customer reviews for the game.

334 diggsCrude oil on the futures market briefly sank below the $100-a-barrel mark for the first time since April 2. The fact that U.S. fuel demand is so weak right now might mean the recent surge in the wholesale price of gasoline—which rose to about $4.85 a gallon in the Gulf Coast market Friday—might not be passed along to consumers.

366 diggsA Phoenix photography teacher is currently under investigation for unwittingly showing pornography to a class of 13 students.

358 diggsWith news that some South American leaders have recently kicked out U.S. Ambassadors this week, the question now is, who gets along with the U.S. and who does not?

922 diggsLooks like one of our friends paid a special visit.

375 diggsPreviously believed to be a food-borne disease, researchers have discovered that some cows are genetically predisposed to contract bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The report shows that up to 48,000 cattle in the United States *alone* could carry the gene.

278 diggsEleven middle school pupils and a driver were taken to a hospital Thursday after a girl dropped a bottle of perfume on the bus.

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330 diggsSunflowers are already used for oil production and to make biodiesel— now scientists want to look into its viability as an ethanol producer in the state of Georgia and beyond.

259 diggsWhen you truly love gaming, you tend to dress up as your favorite video game character and sometimes do a roleplay/cosplay (not me though). But what about if you have a kid? Would you dress them up as your favorite video game character?Well, these parents did!

63 diggsCheck out this slideshow of concept cars going as far back as the 1930s to see what car designers of the day imagined the future would be like.

119 diggsTech and the Olympics are a recipe for controversy. Before double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (right) was finally approved to compete in the Olympics (he failed to qualify, barely), naysayers claimed his carbon-fiber Cheetah blade prostheses gave him an advantage over non-cyborg competitors.

532 diggsThis Youtube video shows The Door To Hell, as the locals in Darvaz,Turkmenistan call it. Thirty-five years ago, geologists were drilling when then encountered a very large cavern filled with poisonous gas. They ignited the gas expecting it to burn off in a few hours. It still burns today.

151 diggsAskMen.com offers their opinion on the top 10 battle scenes.

152 diggsThe fellas over at Latino Review have the inside scoop directly from director Marc Abraham regarding his new 'Thing' remake project.

114 diggsMySpace Music, scheduled to launch in September, promises to be the most significant rollout of a digital-music service since Apple's iTunes. It will enable MySpace users to listen to any song from the catalogs of the three music giants free.

218 diggsA wannabe gangster became one of the first to be convicted by YouTube today after he posted a video of himself holding two semi-automatic handguns on the internet site.

105 diggsI was beginning to wonder why i was growing breast. The good news is the government tells me i have absolutely nothing to worry about! And hey, the next time i need antibiotics ill just drink some fucking tap water!

118 diggsA study published in Science suggests the dinosaurs ruled the roost for some 135 million years not so much because they were superior to the competition, but because they were lucky.

150 diggsDespite the fact that working on a green screen while wearing a bulky motion capture suit shouldn’t be comfortable for any actor or actress, for Billy Crudup, who stars as Dr. Manhattan in the upcoming “Watchmen” film, it was almost second nature. “I look like a 40-year-old jackass, which is kind of what I am,” joked Crudup.

290 diggsIn an announcement with grave implications for the primacy of the species of man, marine biologists reported Monday that dolphins, or family Delphinidae, have evolved opposable thumbs on their pectoral fins."I believe I speak for the entire human race when I say, 'Holy fuck,'" said Dr. James Aoki. "That's it for us monkeys."

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335 diggsGoogle’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox captured the browser headlines this week, igniting a new discussion about performance increases and possible new features that are likely to drive a new round of innovations. Here is our list of the ten features - five for Chrome, five for Firefox - which we would like to see in the next versions

268 diggsA Metrolink commuter train and a freight train collided Friday in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, injuring an unknown number of people. At least two people were taken to hospitals, KNBC-TV reported, and rescuers were looking for victims.

136 diggsTherapist told coach Jeff Fisher the quarterback mentioned suicide several times before driving away from his home with a gun.

213 diggsThis film is getting tons of Oscar buzz and for good reason. Check out the trailer.

168 diggsIt's all clear to me now!

393 diggsWill McCain now condemn the Bush administration's decision to go into Pakistan? Or was this idea only naive ten months ago? Was it only naive because it came from Obama? The Obama campaign should be making a much bigger deal about this.

266 diggsFlower-shaped nanoparticles, or “nanoflowers”, might lead to superior batteries in the near future. Chemist Gaoping Cao and colleagues report in the latest issue of Nano Letters that they are working on developing nanoflowers which could lead to longer battery life for cell phones, laptops, and more.

470 diggsRobert Delaware, was fired from his job at Microsoft this Wednesday for speaking to VentureBeat on defects associated with the Xbox 360.

404 diggsHTML 5 represents the biggest leap forward in web standards in almost a decade. And it may be a long way off still, but elements of HTML 5 are already reshaping the way we use the web

120 diggsA sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in Arizona schools has pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges, two stemming from the charade he pulled for two years, and will go to prison for more than 70 years, a prosecutor said.

216 diggsMultiple sources tell Chi-ball that Mark Cuban is out in his bid to buy the Chicago Cubs.Here is what we are hearing: Cuban was reported to have bid 1.3 billion. We have been told Cuban’s actual bid was 1 bil. There was an offer to include 300 million in advertising to WGN, owned by the Tribune. That is how the 1.3 figure came about.

381 diggsBlizzard fan site BattleForums.com reports on the latest andmost surprising rumor concerning the recently-announced and long-awaited

553 diggsYou shouldn't always believe what people tell you on the internet.

355 diggsJohn McCain has drawn an avalanche of criticism for stretching the truth in attacking Barack Obama’s record and positions.

166 diggsThese photos deserve a wide viewing audience: the amount of thought and engineering that goes into every launch is immense; each successful take-off represents the Mankind's finest effort, and is a wonder to behold.

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131 diggsNine Inch Nails have pulled out all the stops for their high-tech new tour, creating a groundbreaking, fully interactive visual display that is as much a part of the show as the band's instruments. Reviews have called it everything from a "vision of splendor" to "the pinnacle of video art."

655 diggsThis guy got exactly what he deserved.

114 diggsA high resolution shot of the Texas sized hurricane from outer space.

689 diggsWith Gov. Sarah Palin, it’s not about agreeing or disagreeing with her on the issues. It is that she doesn’t appear to understand the important issues.

191 diggsIf John McCain seriously thought Gov. Sarah Palin was qualified to be president, it raises profound questions about his judgment.

369 diggsScientists Say Substances Derived From Cannabis Could Outdo Conventional Antibiotics In Killing Some Bacteria.

285 diggsDespite its low profile, Opera offers a host of features that set it apart from the browser pack. According to Jack Wallen, Opera is fast and stable — and it contains many features other browsers can’t touch.