408 diggsPresident Barack Obama won approval from 68 percent of Americans in his first three days on the job, emerging at the high end of ratings for the last eight first- term predecessors, according to a Gallup poll.

206 diggsThe tragedies that killed three Apollo astronauts and two space shuttle crews have anniversaries during less than one week's time: Apollo 1 on Jan. 27, 1967; Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986; and Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003.

171 diggsDinosaurs were able to survive colder temperatures than was previously thought, according to new research that casts doubt on theories that they were killed off by plummeting temperatures caused by climate change.

175 diggsThe recession turned up late on Silicon Valley's doorstep but is likely to stay awhile, as technology companies slash thousands of jobs and rein in costs to make up for shrinking earnings and tight-fisted...

92 diggsThe ham is a lie!

229 diggsTony Benn to BBC: "If you wont broadcast the Gaza appeal then I will myself"- then does it!!! (via Reddit)

262 diggsAs we already know that the fonts are one of the most important parts of every web Project and choosing them is quit a difficult job for a web designer if his understanding of Typography is low.

103 diggsMany have said that the cold-blooded Tyson we knew in his days of real damage had nothing on today's mixed martial arts dynamo, Fedor Emelianenko. Fedor showed off his coldcock right hand for the ages, a punch that knocked out Andrei Arlovski, dropping him like a bag of stones tossed from a bridge.

783 diggsOnce again, the conservative, sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor.

179 diggsRecently some chick testified before the Senate about porn addiction. The entire red-blooded male internet had a good chuckle. I would have laughed along with them, but I noticed that of the six Firefox tabs I had open, five were tuned to porn.

196 diggsSarah Palin’s general attitude seems to be that their shit don’t stink up there in Alaska.

250 diggsPolice in upstate New York have seized heroin marketed in packages stamped with an "Obama" brand name.Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Claboty described the misuse of the new president's surname as "an absolute disgrace," the New York Daily News reported.

200 diggsCaroline, we hardly knew ye. John Fund, one of the Wall Street Journal's most acute political writers, hopes that the absurd dance Caroline Kennedy did in order to get a Senate seat without facing the voters, means that the myth of Camelot is finally over.

190 diggsHOBART, Australia – The last survivor among a group of 45 sperm whales that became stranded on a remote Australian sandbar died Sunday, ending a long and disappointing rescue effort.The whales became stuck on a sandbar just off the island state of Tasmania's northwest coast on Thursday.. Oh noess! My pet!

95 diggsDitch your laptop's lousy graphics drivers for a speed boost!

61 diggsColumnist Nicholas Kristof talks with Bill Gates about aid to developing countries during the economic downturn and about vaccine breakthroughs on the horizon.

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176 diggsIn the golden age of television it was perfectly normal for a live action show to sport an animated opening title. The craftsmanship of these beautifully illustrated gems still holds up well today: And what's interesting is that while they were used for many silly sitcoms you could also find them in front of action shows like "The Wild Wild West".

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113 diggsRed Sox first baseman Sean Casey, nicknamed "The Mayor" for his friendly personality, is officially retiring, according to a report by WEEI Radio in Boston and has signed on with the MLB Network for a role not yet defined

120 diggsA study carried out by researchers from Stockholm University has found that pedigree dogs are becoming less intelligent. According to researchers this is likely because they are being bred for looks rather for their work ability and strength.

117 diggsAt opposite points in the their careers, the Australian Open will go a long way in deciding whether or not Britain's Andy Murray has what it takes to prove himself better than Roger Federer.

130 diggs - Authorities in France and Spain begin to repair houses, roads and power lines damaged by hurricane-force winds.

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91 diggsIn a new book, the man who sold steroids to Roger Clemens’s former trainer and chief accuser, Brian McNamee, contradicts part of McNamee’s testimony before Congress --raising questions about quality of witness McNamee will be in possible Clemens perjury trial.

149 diggsInvestors this week will face the largest batch of company report cards yet, in what is quickly shaping up to be the worst quarter for corporate profits in a decade.

311 diggsCan you guess what happened? Apparently the printing process is mostly automatic and is printed directly from the website in edible ink. The designer didn't catch it and they tried to sell it to the purchaser.

243 diggsThe Obama presidential campaign's list of supporters and donors — some 13 million e-mail addresses — is being transformed into a permanent grassroots organization that could give the president a powerful tool for dealing with Congress.

217 diggsRescue Experts Say Obama Dog Puts Spotlight on Adoption Movement...Like fellow candidates vying to be First Dog. Bear is a born networker. He doesn't just kiss babies, he plants big wet ones on anyone who crosses his path, and he likes to sit down (on your feet) and share a quiet moment. "There are probably a hundred shelters in the US that would

181 diggsThe truth is coming out: "Mostly the war was not as fast or as chaotic as I expected," Mr Shriteh said. "We would co-ordinate with the Israelis before we pick up patients, because they have all our names, and IDs, so they would not shoot at us. The more immediate threat was from Hamas."

123 diggsScientists are planning this week to start a highly controversial experiment in changing the composition of the oceans, in apparent contravention of international law. The experiment – to be conducted in the Southern Ocean – aims to create a bloom of plankton so big that it will be visible from outer space.

222 diggsFollowing the success of Slumdog Millionaire, set in the squalid underbelly of Mumbai, Nigel Richardson reports on a growing phenomenon: the slum tour.

257 diggsNeed to do a little online detective work? Track down anyone from long lost schoolmates to the new friend whose number you've lost with this assortment of powerful people-search engines.

181 diggsWe recently reported the story of the pirated iPhone game ‘Whack em All’, where the developer actually engaged the game’s cracker instead of taking an aggressive stance. The dialogue had a surprising effect. Sales increased 100%, pirates donated and the game is now available free of charge.

131 diggsAt 2-5 in the Pac-10, Arizona itself might be a bit of a doormat, but that doesn't make it OK to just go around and wipe your feet on Chase Budinger's face.

268 diggsThese pictures supposedly come from a new build of the Windows 7 beta, 7025. It goes without saying that while we knew this was a possibility, we've been seriously wishing against it. We hope these are fake (and they very well could be), but seriously Microsoft... don't even think about this.

344 diggsWhen Michael's son used his Christmas money to buy a copy of Madden 09 from Walmart, he though he was buying a copy of Madden 09, not a blank disc that said "Redneck Sh*t."

121 diggsAfter a dramatic decline over several years, the availability of methamphetamine -- a highly addictive stimulant "cooked" with chemicals from over-the-counter cold medications -- began to creep up in 2008. The reversal, reported by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), worries law enforcement agencies.

218 diggsBy Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - International calls to investigate Israel over alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip prompted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday to promise military personnel state protection from foreign prosecution. ''The...

161 diggsWhen city inspectors toured some of downtown's vacant buildings, armed with search warrants, this is what they found. Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert announced details of the city's Downtown Vacant Building Initiative Tuesday. Photos courtesy the City of Dallas.

326 diggsMemory has long been described as a function of brain cells getting together and forming connections. A new study finds single cells can remember things.

176 diggsPresident Barack Obama's ban on earmarks in the $825 billion economic stimulus bill doesn't mean interest groups, lobbyists and lawmakers won't be able to funnel money to pet projects.They're just working around it -- and perhaps inadvertently making the process more secretive.

173 diggsWe’ve already seen that Twitter is turning into a source of breaking news. But it’s also clearly turning into a way of organising social movements extremely quickly. “Tweetup” (as in a meetup facilitated by Twitter) has passed into common parlance amongst regular users but now the concept has spawned a global event for charity.

215 diggsFormer Secretary of Labor Robert Reich writes an open letter to Limbaugh, Hannity, and Malkin, responding to how they have been "manifestly distorting my words and pulling them out of context."

213 diggsThe Google-owned RSS feed-management service FeedBurner has received criticism from bloggers in recent months.When FeedBurner cofounder Steve Olechowski, now Business Product Manager at AdSense, expressed his desire to respond to these criticisms on behalf of Google, we took the blogosphere’s questions to him.

301 diggsBooks let us imagine the impossible. Movies let us see the impossible. Video games let us do the impossible.

265 diggsJust how incompetent was the Bush Administration? President Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison were set back last week when incoming officials discovered that there were no comprehensive case files on many of the detainees. Instead, they found that information on prisoners is "scattered throughout the executive branch."

388 diggsMen's Health magazine has released its annual "Worst Foods" list. Scoring the top spot as the absolute worst food in the country? A large Chocolate Oreo Shake from Baskin Robbins. This bad boy has 2,600 calories, 135 grams of fat (59 of which are saturated), 263 grams of sugar and 1,700 milligrams of sodium.

208 diggsA 42-year-old West Virginia man died from a gunshot wound in the stomach early Saturday after playing a game of quick draw at a home in the Falls Mills area of Tazewell County

209 diggs“But our wedding is in four months!” I flashed forward to an image of me in a wedding gown with a shaved head. Just what every groom wants, I thought.

106 diggsLance Armstrong departed Australia confident that the two key areas of his comeback are on track. The seven-time Tour de France winner finished 29th overall in the Tour Down Under, 49 seconds behind winner Allan Davis of Australia, but was satisfied with his ability to keep up with top riders after 3 1/2 years out of professional cycling.

198 diggsWhat a difference a preposition makes. Oscar for is one thing - Oscar in is quite another. Rare as it is for a film to win an Academy Award, it's rarer still for a film to include an Academy Awards scene...

449 diggsMonster.com was attacked by hackers again. Monster is recommending that all users change their passwords and be on the watch for phishing emails.

134 diggsA collection of Super Computers from History showing the size, details and beauty.

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219 diggsWhen researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater taken from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Enough of a single, powerful antibiotic was being spewed into one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000.

143 diggsThe Dane County Coroner John Stanley identified the person struck and killed by a monster truck Saturday night at the Alliant Energy Center Coliseum.

220 diggsBlank checks, bankruptcy, nationalization: the options are dire, but governments must choose between them

227 diggsA bomb attack by Sudanese government planes on a town in southern Darfur killed and wounded civilians, peacekeepers said. Air attacks in Darfur are forbidden under a 2006 peace deal and U.N. Security Council resolutions.

169 diggsIncludes a couple of major rewrites, some exciting performance enhancements and a few new features to one of the most popular JavaScript libraries out there.

126 diggs Mons Venus strip club dancer Bernie Notte knows the cash a Super Bowl can bring. It flew at her like confetti during Tampa's 2001 game. She earned $6,000 in four days. She danced so much that her feet bled. Customers didn't flinch at paying $100 for a $25 lap dance.

190 diggsThe Uros people of Lake Titicaca have a unique way of life - they build their own islands, float them on the lake and then proceed to live on them. Here is a glimpse of their world, where their home made "islands" are truly "in the stream".

68 diggsForty-five former Tennessee players have followed Pat Summitt, their demanding mentor, into coaching careers.

104 diggsThe mother of former Chicago Bulls center Eddy Curry's 3-year-old son and her baby daughter were found slain with multiple gunshot wounds Saturday in a South Loop condo.But the boy she had with the NBA player was found unhurt in the building in the 50th block of West 15th Street.

188 diggsA new trade in parrot heads and tail feathers is adding to the pressure on the world’s wild population of African Grey Parrots, which is confined to the tropical forest area of West and Central Africa. One suspect arrested by game rangers who was found to be carrying 353 parrot heads and 2000 tail feathers.

129 diggsThere seems to be no shortage of the impressive art gamers are both willing to pay for and have etched into their skin. Kotaku reader Aaron S. sent in this one, which he says is a picture of his friend. Not him. Because that's a lady that sat in a chair while Solid Snake was rendered up and down her midriff. Wow.

156 diggsLeading Republicans Sunday indicated that they would oppose passage of the stimulus package as it is currently written. While there is bi-partisan acknowledgment that some sort of stimulus package needs to be passed to provide a jolt to the economy, Democrats are attaching a sense of urgency to the situation that Republicans do not seem to share.

142 diggsEvery weekday at the Steel Ice Center, students from the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts spend two hours working on turns, jumps and spins as music pumps through the speakers. ''We are the only public high school in the United States that provides figure skating,'' said Superintendent Tom Lubben, who founded the school.

135 diggsAn 11-year-old Franco-Mexican bullfighter killed six young bulls on Saturday in a controversial performance that child protection and anti-bullfighting campaigners had hoped to stop.

143 diggsPresident Barack Obama, who arguably won a large chunk of political capital in the 2008 election, is now looking to cash in as he urges Congress to pass a massive economic stimulus package.

194 diggsEton launches the world's most expensive shirt, the Eton Diamond Shirt. This exclusive shirt is worth $40, 000. Woven from the finest Egyptian cotton and detailed with natural colored diamond studs.

116 diggsAustralian writer Harry Nicolaides was sentenced to three years in a Thai prison for insulting Thailand's royal family in his 2005 novel "Verisimilitude," which sold seven copies. The offending passage was just a few sentences long and referred to the marital relations of a fictional prince. | If you digg this, be sure to never visit Thailand.

146 diggsWe all want to know what's going to happen with the job market in 2009, especially where salaries are concerned. Is a raise in your future? It might just come down to where you live.

164 diggsMajor plot points from Battlestar Galactica were also front page headlines over the past few years: terrorism, secret tribunals, prisoner abuse, war. Will the show continue to feel relevant with Obama running America?

125 diggsWhile much of the media is tripping over itself to mark the Second Coming of Windows (aka the Windows 7 beta), I recall the First Install of Vista. Though I have been running Vista without major incident since January of 2008, the initial switch consigned me immediately to my own private Vista hell. Let's hope Microsoft makes the upgrade to Windows

134 diggsYou never really know what you're gonna see...

120 diggsA matchup of the Western Conference's best teams turned out to be a mismatch. Kobe Bryant scored 22 points before sitting out the fourth quarter, Pau Gasol added 16 points, five rebounds and four assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers routed the San Antonio Spurs 99-85 Sunday.

216 diggsA 10 meter-wide asteroid named 2009 BD discovered earlier this month is making a slow pass of the Earth, coming within 400,000 miles of our planet. The near-Earth asteroid (NEO) poses no threat to us, but it is an oddity worth studying. Astronomers believe the rock is a rare "co-orbital asteroid" which follows the orbit of the Earth, not receding m

147 diggsSteve Jobs's announcement on Jan. 14 that he will be taking a medical leave from Apple is not the first time the company will go without his services, as Mr. Jobs was not at Apple from 1985 to 1997. A look at Apple's products before, during and after that time shows what effect Mr. Jobs has had on the company.

126 diggsIt gives the phrase "a stiff drink" a whole new meaning: Australian researchers have made the surprise discovery that alcohol improves, rather than damages, men's performance in the bedroom.

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134 diggsSorry ladies We're told Jon Favreau Barack Obama's -year-old single speechwriter now has a girlfriend With ample clearance Favreau used

149 diggsIn a sharp reversal of Bush administration policy, California and 13 other states will be allowed to set stricter automobile emissions and fuel efficiency standards. Under the policy, automobile manufacturers must begin producing and selling cars and trucks that get higher mileage than the national standard, against the wishes of auto companies.

80 diggsSome people are scratching their heads over recent Windows 7-related comments attributed to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. But Shuttleworth’s words provide an important reminder that innovation and competition from Microsoft will help to propel Ubuntu and Linux forward.

220 diggsNEW YORK (Reuters) - The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States continued to rise over the last two weeks in January, according to the nationwide Lundberg survey on Sunday. The national average for self-serve, regular unleaded...

240 diggsGoogle’s decision to discontinue development of Google Notebook had some users petitioning to save it, while rival service Evernote is already offering Google Notebook imports. So for those left in the cold, and those not yet sold on Evernote, what are your options for alternatives?

157 diggsAfter two weeks sitting by his wife's bedside hoping she would wake from a coma, Andrew Ray was at his wits' end.

221 diggsThis compact device called the YoGen Max from a company called Easy Energy allows you to charge up your laptop anywhere in the world with the power of your foot. If you are at an airport with no outlets in sight or on a plane and you don’t mind looking a bit silly and getting weird looks this could be perfect for you.

96 diggsWith the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants on the edge of collapse, the most dangerous job in Gaza — digging tunnels into Egypt — just got a lot more dangerous.

119 diggsChief executive's descrition of internet telephony group as great standalone business fires speculation. Speculation is mounting that eBay, the internet auction website, is preparing to sell Skype, its internet telephone company.

123 diggsFor the first time, renewable energy sources accounted for the biggest share in the increase of US's electrical capacity. This means that, thanks mostly to the burgeoning wind power industry, more renewable energy sources sprung up in 2007 than environmental ne'er do wells like coal-burning plants.

116 diggs"Sparsh" is an interactive multi-touch table made by using FTIR techniques. In an 8 week research project, we designed, developed and built a fully functional working prototype of a multi-touch console based on Jeff Hann's FTIR, with a wide range of software and applications that we were able to run using this new platform.

149 diggsA very strange music video that could almost be described as too strange, messed up and weird. I was shocked.

65 diggsPat Perez won the Bob Hope Classic for his first PGA Tour title, taking advantage of Steve Stricker's collapse and holding off John Merrick by three strokes Sunday in the wind-swept final round.

102 diggsThere are plenty of open source applications that can help you tremendously as a web designer. In this article, you’ll find 30 exceptionally handy open source applications for web designers.

180 diggsBush, you sly dog you.

92 diggsThe biggest of the Fat Cat Nations right now: China. What are they spending money on? They’re building more and more railroads! And trains. Not buying iPods, SUVs or a world-beating military. Trains. Last year China spent about $50 billion on railroads. They expect to nearly double that this year.

179 diggsThis is only one data point. But at least the Wikipedia entry on TechCrunch doesn’t state that we sell corn and oat cereal, and it wasn’t written by someone whose bio simply reads “Troll“. Other than that, it’s pretty accurate. So much for units of knowledge.

160 diggsGERMAN authorities are preparing to clear hundreds bombs left from World War II that are strewn under Berlin's busiest airport. There are so many explosives - bombs and grenades - that litter the ground around Tegel airport that more than 500 sites will be excavated to finally make it safe for passenger jets if they stray off the tarmac.

121 diggsWomen who drink coffee or tea during pregnancy may increase their baby’s odds of developing cancer, doctors believe. Experts say caffeine may damage the DNA of babies in the womb, making them more susceptible to leukaemia, the most common cancer in children.

146 diggsHeath Ledger was just awarded a SAG award for his performance as the Joker. Is this a prelude to the Oscars?

161 diggsObviously the video starts the highlights...I'll link to some specifically good clips in the comments.

129 diggsOvechkin scores in shootout to seal East's victory in All-Star Game

150 diggsVote Now! for your favorite superbowl commercial

269 diggsWhat Citi's history illustrates is that these are not new dilemmas and that they've never been perfectly resolved. Banks and financial systems are inherently fragile, beset by a natural tendency to careen from fear to greed and back. We're deep in the fear part of the cycle right now. So what should government do?

294 diggsAmericans may still possess what the 19th-century historian Frederick Jackson Turner described as "an antipathy to control," but lately, they seem willing to submit themselves to an unprecedented dose of it. A financial collapse - falling, ironically, on the supposedly anti-Washington Republicans' watch - has only increased this.

193 diggsA study published today in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence maintains that video games - including the non-violent kind - are linked to a variety of negative findings among college students.

291 diggsThe campaign, called "Free Your Phone," asks consumers to sign the EFF's petition to the U.S. Copyright Office for an exemption, as well as asking consumers to share their stories about locked cell phone frustrations. As the EFF says, rather than protecting copyrighted material, the locks instituted by cell phone manufacturers and carriers are buil

242 diggsNothing makes the economy appear sound like scores of corporations lining up to spend $3 million for a 30-second advertisement that may or may not help their company.

71 diggsSCORES of blingtastic R&B stars are having to ditch their bejewelled lifestyles because of the credit crunch. Among the victims is Wyclef Jean, who is now a genuine re-Fugee after losing his Malibu mansion.

354 diggsAccording a report on i-hacked.com, the programmable road signs that are ubiquitous these days are often unprotected against being re-programmed by unauthorized people.

182 diggsBarack Obama's inauguration was the formal point at which the reigning ideology in Washington changed from "conservative" to "liberal." We use those terms without apology, as they are used in American political discourse.

379 diggsIts binding is thicker than its actual pages. It feels startlingly flimsy to the touch. The issue numbers just 113 pages in total.

152 diggsFrom 1967, the Beatles dream they are back in the time of Merry Olde England, and try to pay Ringo's whopping tax bill with the aid of Robin Hood and that swingin' hepcat, Little John!

269 diggsA TEENAGE boy dressed as a police officer went on patrol in a squad car with a qualified cop for five hours before he was busted.The 14-year-old walked into a Chicago police station and managed to secure an assignment. He did not have a gun, issue any tickets or drive the patrol car.Officers noticed his uniform didn't have an official star.

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219 diggsA merger of Pfizer and Wyeth could trigger a wave of consolidation in the cash-rich pharmaceutical sector as drug makers look to diversify revenues in the face of competition from generic-drug rivals, analysts said. "Consolidation is a necessary evil in Big Pharma. This sector must consolidate now and Pfizer is the poster child."

316 diggsPlentiful jobs, excellent schools, affordable housing - America's best small cities have all that and more. See the top 100 best places to live - including detailed city profiles, homes for sale and million-dollar homes, according to CNN Money magazine.

181 diggsGoogle recently started placing ads on its image search and finance properties, both of which were previously free of marketing messages. The changes highlight how Google is trying to squeeze more money from its business during tough financial times.

159 diggsUnderneath the flag-waving swagger, Mr. Hannity’s show is riddled with leftist subliminal suggestion and degrading, un-American images of violence and pornography.

128 diggsThe California Highway Patrol uses their track for a high-speed presentation. The most impressive move would probably be back to back 360 spins of the police cruisers at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour.

174 diggsFortune's annual ranking of America's leading businesswomen. While Oprah Winfrey is only on the eight place, the list is topped by the Pepsi's CEO Indra Nooyi.

165 diggsWe had thought Google was all about frugality and focus now: In recent months, the search giant has been killing off failed experiments like Twitter-rival Jaiku, mobile social networking service Dodgeball and virtual world Lively.

155 diggsTattoos on the skin can say a lot about person. On a deeper level, chemical tattoos on a person’s DNA are just as distinctive and individual — and say far more about a person’s life history.

437 diggsApparently little girls want to grow up to have super ginormous sized heads... Who knew?

234 diggsKevin Rose, the founder of Digg, who has over 88,000 followers on Twitter (making him the second most followed after President Obama) gives ten tips on how to get more followers on Twitter. Bonus Tip: 11. Submit a story about how to get more twitter followers to Digg with your twitter link in the description. =] Follow http://twitter.com/FirstDigg

269 diggsThese pictures come from a friends friend who lives in Alaska. This caribou froze while standing up in -80°F winds on the North slope at the top of Alaska.

223 diggsWhich part of your brain does what? Take a tour with this slide show.