170 diggsA New Zealand man has found confidential United States military files on an MP3 player he bought at an op shop in the US.

255 diggsBig city mayors and the new presidential administration have made no secret of their intent to pass a new, permanent, greatly expanded ban of so-called "assault weapons."

276 diggsThe RAF has tried to shoot down suspected UFOs as part of a Government directive, it has been claimed.

93 diggsA small but growing number of women with cancer in one breast are deciding to have the other one surgically removed to avoid the possibility that a tumor develops there in the future.

355 diggsInteresting video about the booming marijuana industry in the US.

229 diggsLending fell 1.4% in the fourth quarter at 10 of the 13 biggest beneficiaries of the Treasury's TARP. Banks argue prudent lending takes time and demand is ebbing.Wait...wasn't this one of the primary reasons for the "bailout"?

374 diggsPhotographer: Dieter Biskamp

159 diggsAs states close more prisons, small towns are worrying how they'll replace the cheap labor -- shoveling, mopping, even beaver-dam breaking -- the convicts provide.

165 diggsEveryone needs a best friend, even chimpanzees. A decade-long study shows that nearly all adult male chimps form enduring social bonds with other males, exchanging back scratches, sharing meat, and generally chumming around.

166 diggsAs she attempts to carve a new career for herself as a country singer, the 28-year-old appears to have piled on the pounds over Christmas after she was spotted sporting a heavier frame.

147 diggsMen who are more sexually active in their 20s and 30s may run a higher risk of prostate cancer, research suggests. The Nottingham University study quizzed 800 men on how often they had sex or masturbated. Those who were most active while younger had more chance of developing cancer later in life.

139 diggsWe're not here to scare you. All we're saying is that many of the world's most terrifying serial killers are in fact roaming free, and could be outside your door right now.

153 diggsHere we reproduce a complaint letter sent to Sir Richard Branson, which is currently being emailed globally and is considered by many to be the world's funniest passenger complaint letter.

249 diggshe economic crisis has opened up opportunities for apartment tenants. The inventory of vacant apartments is expanding, and rents are dropping quickly in major metros across the country.

173 diggsEvans rose to fame in another movies about superheroes, FANTASTIC FOUR, and we asked him what the status of that franchise was. Says Evans, "I think they're done. They've closed the book on that franchise. I think if there was talk I think that I would've heard about it by now." (Also, news about PUSH and the sequel to TWILIGHT, NEW MOON)

164 diggsDog owners get the same surge of emotions when looking at their pooch as mothers do with their infants, scientists say.

127 diggsTwo billion years ago parts of an African uranium deposit spontaneously underwent nuclear fission. The details of this remarkable phenomenon are just now becoming clear.

252 diggsSprint Nextel is eliminating 8,000 jobs in the first quarter as it seeks to pare costs by $1.2 billion a year. The company will also suspend 401(k) matches.

262 diggsOnion news piece about how little rice you got in your burrito.

353 diggsWho knew sex was a bad business to be in? That's probably what they're thinking over at Playboy's New York city offices, which are to be closed and its staff either laid off or offered a position at Playboy's headquarters in Chicago.

237 diggsWhen Consumerist reader Eric Zissen's brother died in his Florida apartment, he made a big mistake. He failed to give the landlord 60 days advance notice he was going to die. Or so it would seem judging from the fact that the Sun Harbour apartment complex jacked his security deposit and charged his estate rent for the remaining three months of the

317 diggsTens of thousands of users who've downloaded pirated versions of iWork '09 or Photoshop CS4 may have opened their Macs to remote attacks from malicious users.

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160 diggsQuaid, star of The Rookie, Breaking Away, and three films this year, is a strong favorite to walk away without a Best Actor award during Hollywood's biggest night.

175 diggsForbes Traveler tracks down the rental companies in America and Europe that specialize in vintage cars. I wish I wish I wish.

307 diggsMany of the posts we do here at GeekDad involve films we enjoying sharing with our children. As I was going through a stack of old DVD's the other day, I came up with small stack of movies I would love to share with my kids... someday. At this point, they are both a little too young.

237 diggsThe Navy is developing a new type of rocket engine to make missiles faster and more deadly.

279 diggsJoel Tenenbaum's file-swapping case is being handled by a Harvard Law prof and his students, but the RIAA wants Professor Nesson censored and fined after he tries to depose a mysterious music industry lawyer.

219 diggsjQuery is ideal because it can create impressive animations and interactions while being simple to understand and easy to use. WordPress awesomeness lies in its fact that it can be customized to power any type of site you like! But what happens when you combine the power of jQuery with WordPress, the possibilities are infinite.

281 diggsNew Jersey often brings to mind pollution and shopping malls, but it's an epicenter of artistic talent. Springsteen, Sinatra, Roth, Stephen Crane and Walt Whitman are just a few examples of artistic giants to come out of Jersey. The state is derided for its turnpike, but there's a reason it's called "The Garden State." Great to grow tomatoes, too.

192 diggsIsraeli archaeologists say they have discovered a rare 1,800-year-old figurine in a Jerusalem excavation. Dating from the time of the Roman Empire, the 2-inch marble bust depicts the head of a man with a short curly beard and almond-shaped eyes.

190 diggsAre you one of the many people who have their heads hidden behind their cubicles hoping the latest economic storm will blow over? If so, you have a lot of company. However, hope is not a strategy. It is better to be prepared than to get caught in a landslide.

113 diggsWhen the Arizona Cardinals meet the Pittsburgh Steelers in Sunday's Super Bowl, every starting offensive lineman will be a member of the 300-pound club. This super-sizing of NFL players has accelerated in recent years, and some studies suggest health risks are growing. But studies are conflicting on this point.

620 diggsWeissman demonstrated the ability to fully cure type I diabetes in mice using stem cells. But he ran into a road block when pharmaceutical companies refused to sponsor clinical trials. Weissman implied that the pharmaceutical companies had put profit over principle, preferring to keep diabetes sufferers dependent on costly insulin than to cure them

487 diggsSeveral marijuana law reform groups, including Americans for Safe Access and MPP — as well as national media outlets — are urging concerned citizens to contact the new administration in opposition to the DEA’s actions.

91 diggsWikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, is proposing a system of flagged revisions, which would mean any changes made by a new or unknown user would have to be approved by one of the site's editors, before the changes were published. This would mean a radical shift from the site's philosophy that allows anyone to make changes to almost any entry.

601 diggsThis is what the song would sound like if he'd stayed in West Philadelphia.

124 diggsNow that we’ve all celebrated the Macintosh’s 25th birthday, it’s time to start focusing on what Apple’s plans may be moving forward. From a home media server to a refreshed Mac Pro, some rumors are starting to brew as interest grows around what Apple may be up to.

185 diggsUS fast-food chain McDonald's says it plans to open 1,000 new restaurants this year. The world's largest hamburger chain also said fourth-quarter net income fell 23% to $985.3m (£710m), from $1.27bn a year before.

161 diggsWhat happens when your past self is an ass to your future self?

105 diggsThe Windows 7 beta from Microsoft continues to generate lots of positive buzz. In fact, the word of mouth reaction is almost the polar opposite of Vista's. Here are six things you need to keep in mind about Windows 7 and what it means for Microsoft . . . and you!

201 diggsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to reconsider California's request to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars, reversing the climate policies of Bush.The new policies will be based on tougher regulations for emissions.

243 diggs"Trust the rogue programmers and Cydia—the independent equivalent to the iTunes App Store—to bring you one of the most awaited features ever for the iPhone: Bluetooth file transfer."

248 diggsResearch has shown that the more estrogen a girl has, the fuller her lips are. Research has also shown that estrogen makes women crazy, so that means these ten women are incredibly insane and incredibly hot. We decided it was time to pay tribute to the most kissable lips in Hollywood. Here are the 10 most amazing lips in Hollywood.

182 diggsAll new Macs will come with the software, which lets Mac owners edit photos and movies and learn how to play musical instruments, among other things.

126 diggsFollow the guide below and you’ll be having your own custom usplash screen in no time.In Ubuntu Intrepid, there is a bug that prevents you from setting your own usplash screen. To overcome this, we will remove the default usplash and install splashy.

93 diggsExcerpt focuses on Torre's final days as Yankee manager.

407 diggsIt’s hard to imagine but Saved by the Bell aired its first episode 20 years ago. The show launched the careers of several of its cast mates, but many were typecast into their Saved by the Bell roles for years afterwards. All that remains these days are re-runs, so let’s take a look at what everyone is up to 20 years later.

115 diggsWorkers around the world, and particularly in Europe and the United States, faced another round of job cuts on Monday that swept across several industries. 45,000 US cuts were announced today by companies like Caterpillar, Home Depot and Sprint.

119 diggsThe Macintosh turned 25 years old this past weekend, and Apple [AAPL] seems to be celebrating the occasion by sicking its blood-lusting attorneys on Palm [PALM] in a potential patent infringement suit. The intellectual property in question is Apple's multi-touch software, which enables iPhone and iPod Touch users to interact with their devices ...

123 diggsWorried about someone taking pictures of you surreptitiously? A new bill would require all cell phone cameras to make that shutter-click noise so you'll be warned when there's a peeping tom in the locker room with you.

300 diggsEndangered species. Wallpaper pic.

121 diggs"We wanted to give an update on the Mac business from what we are picking up from our latest supply chain checks," Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu wrote in a report to clients Monday. "While new the iMac appears to be almost ready for primetime, what is holding it up appears to be business reasons and a potential small technical hurdle."

107 diggsWe've had Google Earth, Google Sky and various planetary offshoots - now get your Speedos on in preparation for Google Ocean. Next week's rumoured upgrade is expected to provide underwater topography, with a layer showing the depth of the sea floor. It will also allow users to search for famous shipwrecks!

182 diggsSoon we may get the first ever glimpse of the dark side of the sun. Well, no, there's no actual dark side of a luminous ball of burning gas, but there is an effective dark side, as in, the side of the sun we can't see at any given time.

200 diggsREYKJAVIK, Iceland - Iceland's coalition government collapsed Monday, leaving the island nation in political turmoil amid a financial crisis that has pummeled its economy and required an international bailout.

207 diggsPETA asked Michael Vick to take a class on learning empathy for animals. At the end, he had to take a test. Now they've kindly released his answers to the public.

151 diggsGreat iPhone application, wonderful idea.

125 diggsMen might want to remember a new rhyme: a drink a day keeps erectile dysfunction away.

217 diggsOn the Do Not Call list, but still get prerecorded calls from "Heather" and her fellow drones? Terribly annoying, right? Herb Weisbaum, aka ConsumerMan at MSNBC, says you can now opt out of these calls -- and can do it quite easily.

70 diggsThey both make fundamentally bad interface choices

101 diggsIn this economic crisis, many people will be changing directions on their career. Here are ten sustainability-focused career paths to a new work life.

160 diggsThe new US envoy to the UN says Barack Obama's administration would make Iran's nuclear programme a diplomatic priority and pursue "vigorous diplomacy".

168 diggsThis cartoon is guaranteed to anger a lot of people. I wonder what Matt and Trey from South Park Studios would think of this.

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175 diggsThe conventional wisdom in many industry circles is that netbooks, although great for some users, represent a disaster for PC and notebook industry. In fact, the industry should love netbooks. Why? Because declines in PC and notebook sales would have happened anyway, and are unrelated to the netbook craze.

129 diggsThis story almost made me cry. You can hate him for Windows, but i Have to agree that there is no better way to spend your wealth. This is just fascinating.

154 diggsThis quiz will tell you about how many 90 year olds you could fight at once. No weapons, no kicks to the groin, and no mercy.

185 diggsWe asked developers to share what they like and would they would like to see more of from Android, Google’s mobile operating system.

155 diggs"Movie and TV show recommendations appear to be one of the Next Big Things. Jinni's search box entices you to search by just about any element of a film, including name, actor, plot, mood, audience, and more - any piece of metadata that the company's database understands."

155 diggsWhat does an Amazon warrior do before facing certain death? Get some love action and team up with giant talking gorillas, if these preview pages from this week's Wonder Woman is anything to go by.

273 diggsKaren McHale didn't bother telling her husband last month that she had purchased two raffle tickets for the chance to win a million-dollar house in Edgewater. The Idaho Springs, Colo., woman viewed the $100 she spent as a contribution to a Maryland charity, not an opportunity to actually acquire...

250 diggsSince the Great Depression, presidents have frequently experimented with Keynesian economics to combat recessions. Three economists chronicle the history of government policy during past recessions and explain what worked and what didn’t.

182 diggsWe're not buying it, Mr. Sugar Lobbyist.

98 diggsMichael Jackson will help develop his ground-breaking ''Thriller'' video into a musical theater production, producers said on Monday. Jackson's 1982 ''Thriller'' album is the world's biggest selling album ever.

155 diggsAccording to a simulation of planetary warming trends, failure to drastically cut greenhouse gas pollution within the next half century could choke Earth's oceans for the next 100,000 years.

114 diggsJason D. Clinton, maintainer of the GNOME Games module: "I just wanted to continue to praise what the KDE people are doing since I poorly reviewed 4.0. I just installed KDE 4.2 (what is tagged in SVN) and played with it for a few hours. In short: it is amazing! It is so, so impressive. You guys deserve tons of kudos for what you have achieved."

179 diggsA 93-year-old Bay City man froze to death inside his home several days after the city limited his electricity for failing to pay his bills. When Schur's body was discovered by a neighbor Jan. 17, the temperature inside the home was less than 32 degrees.

175 diggsTeens are relatively safe from adults cruising online for sex with minors, a Harvard-led investigation finds. But beware the bullying and harassment by peers.

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284 diggsIn a season of transformational changes, the order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and CIA "black site" prisons, and the order to place interrogation in all American facilities by all U.S. personnel under the guidelines of the Army Field Manual send a powerful message that America's struggle against terrorism will again honor American values.

350 diggsFormer National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice shed new light on the Bush administration's warrantless domestic spying last week when he told MSNBC that the NSA blended credit card transaction records with wiretap data to keep tabs on thousands of Americans.

101 diggsDon't think too much before purchasing that new car or television. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, people who deliberate about decisions make less accurate judgments than people who trust their instincts.

198 diggsIf I seem incredulous at that argument, that's because I am. They never taught me that one in law school. "Look, your honor, we know my client committed this crime, we've already caught him and the victim is already dead. So, let's just move on already!"

172 diggsA surprising Finnish study casts doubts on the common assumption smokers have that their unhealthy habit helps keep them thin. Specifically, the researchers found that teens who smoke heavily were more likely to grow up to be fat.

94 diggsThe new version, which comes after two public beta releases, is now considered “platform complete” - the product is effectively complete and done. Unless there are major critical issues that arise, the final version of the browser should be identical. | Is this finally the end of the IE development headaches?

137 diggsOur bodies are bunches of atoms, and like any rock or star or other bunch of atoms, we have to obey the laws of physics as we move.

145 diggsFrom Swingers to Superbad, Back to the Future II to Terminator 2. 10 clips of videogame scenes in mainstream movies and why they are there.

96 diggsAstronauts that spend long months aboard the International Space Station lose bone strength faster than previously thought and have a higher risk of breaking their hips later in life, a new study reports.

241 diggsApple could be waiting to time the launch of the new iMacs with the launch of Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system, which is expected to ship sometime around June.

105 diggsApple has again failed to make a list of the best American companies to work for, according to Fortune. In its 2009 compilation, the top company is named as brokerage firm Edward Jones, which has managed to avoid any ties to the credit crisis and during 2008 hired 698 new financial advisors in the first 10 months. In the upcoming year, the firm is

473 diggsWhat happens when The Joker meets Curious George?

172 diggsDesigners love all of those textures that can help their designs to become more beautiful and attractive. We know this very well and SmashingApps is all about to feature all those smashing stuffs that are free and useful for designers.

175 diggsToday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. issued a subpoena to Karl Rove requiring him to testify regarding his role in the Bush Administration’s politicization of the Department of Justice, including the US Attorney firings and the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.

228 diggsInfamous items up for bid at the "Death Row Auction" on Jan. 25, ordered up by the US Bankruptcy Court on behalf of Suge Knight and Death Row Records. The controversial L.A. gangster rap label and its fearsome owner ran their pop culture course into the ground shortly after its flagship star, Tupac Shakur, was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996.

202 diggsOn February 16th 2009, the trial of The Pirate Bay will start in Sweden. Details of the case have been scarce thus far, but one of the witnesses for the prosecution will be a police officer who got a job at Warner Bros. last year. Pirate Bay’s co-founder Peter Sunde promised to bring more competent witnesses to court.

182 diggsKen Holmes aka "The Harmonica Dude" has been playing blues harmonica for 30 years. Watch him blow the socks off the entire crowds at Carnegie Hall. In two words: He Rocks!

177 diggsIt’s no secret - sports stars get the hottest tail out of anyone on the planet. In fact, the girls they pull are so fly, they have their own category of hottness: WAGs - wives and girlfriends. And though this category originated with soccer, it’s come a long way in the past couple years to include all big-time professional sports.

198 diggsIn honor of Martin Luther King Day, one Oakland student got to follow around reporters, interview players and sit courtside at a Warriors game.On a side note, this young man's father passed away 2 months earlier so this has really been a big boost in his moral.

875 diggsIt looks like it's trying to eat its own face, it could easily be guarding the gates of Hades if it had a couple more heads!

102 diggsHome Depot Inc. plans to eliminate 7,000 jobs while shutting down its smaller home improvement brands as the recession continues to batter the nation's housing market. Its shares climbed more than 5 percent in morning trading.

112 diggsThere's Lip Stixx and Centerfolds and the Bliss Cabaret. There's Diamond Dolls and Bare Assets and the Wild Gentlemen's Club. In fact, there are, by one count, 43 strip clubs in the Tampa metropolitan area — one for each Super Bowl. And the week of Super Bowl XLIII is to Tampa's naughty nightlife what Black Friday is to America's shopping malls.

124 diggsInspired by the success of Hooters’ wings-toting female staff, restaurants such as Twin Peaks, Bone Daddy’s and other local operators with cute waitresses, cold beer and a male clientele are, well, busting out all over.

56 diggsHaha, I haven't seen this in an actual game yet, unless it was a one timer or in the shootout. Good for Geno.

327 diggsThe Senate voted to confirm Timothy Geithner, President Barack Obama's pick for treasury secretary, Monday evening, after delaying a vote because Geithner failed to pay some of his federal taxes in 2001.

164 diggsThe latest news about the Easter Doctor Who special, which, sadly, may be late in coming.

205 diggsMRI testing in America has revealed startling differences in the brains of soldiers with combat stress - and could take us closer to being able to identify those at risk.

288 diggsWe've still got a long way to go before human beings can be beamed from one place to another Star Trek-style, but on Friday a team of scientists at the University of Maryland achieved, nonetheless, a milestone in teleportation.

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234 diggsIf you need further evidence of how delusional the GOP really is, take a look at this screen shot from the NRCC website. The first line is all you need to see: "Thanks to Republican economic policies, the U.S. economy is robust, and job creation is strong." Well, they got one thing right: all of this is "thanks to Republucan economic policies."

216 diggsCall me predictable, but I'm excited about "500 Days of Summer". Which films are you looking forward to seeing?

108 diggsThe city has issued 10 permits to cannabis clubs, with 13 more in progress. Officials said there are currently 23 pot clubs in the city, compared with more than 40 when the regulatory process began in 2005.

175 diggsA megachurch paid a 20-year-old man to keep silent about a sexual relationship he had with disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard, a senior church pastor said. Haggard, who was fired amid allegations that he used drugs and patronized a male prostitute in 2006, had a sexual relationship with a second man -- a 20-year-old volunteer at his church.

521 diggsEarly adopters!

237 diggsEven if carbon dioxide emissions were halted today, global warming and the environmental disruption that comes with it would continue for 1,000 years, says a sobering study. Scientists are urging politicians to proceed with caution as they set new target levels for emissions.

139 diggsA woman has given birth to octuplets at a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower, hospital officials confirmed today. KCAL Channel 9 reported that the babies were born today and quoted a doctor as saying they were "doing quite well."

146 diggsMicrosoft made the release candidate of Internet Explorer 8, the next version of its popular web browser, available for download midday Monday.

153 diggsThese games blow you away right from the start!

147 diggsThe Sundance Film Festival is usually associated with quaint and quirky independent films—hardly the kind of features that get geeks lined up for weeks, in costume. But while limited budgets might prevent Sundance directors from pulling out Lucas-esque special effects, they can still ask and answer serious questions about science and technology....

327 diggsBarack Obama will do his first formal interview as president with an Arabic cable TV network. The interview is set to air at 11pm EST, it reports. Al Arabiya is a 24-hour Arabic news channel based in Dubai that broadcasts across five continents, according to its website. A 2003 BBC report said it was one of the top-rated pan-Arab network.

244 diggsIn this post I’ve found 10 DIY Flash and Lighting Hacks that put some of these lighting techniques within the grasp of the rest of us. Some are more involved than others but all are fun and will provide you with some new lighting gear to experiment with.

82 diggsThe Girls Scouts of the U.S.A. have announced that because of the economy, fewer cookies will be packaged into boxes of Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs. And it gets worse. The Lemon Chalet Creme cookies are getting smaller, too.

262 diggsThe Senate on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12.

161 diggsDanny Mahlouf, a 70-year-old Israeli plasterer from Ashkelon, has a message for Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, and it’s personal. "Tell Ismail Haniyeh to lose the beard, and stop making trouble!"They go way back. In the late ‘80s, Haniyeh worked for five years as a plasterer in Ashkelon and Mahlouf was his boss, and were close friends.

637 diggs"We have clear evidence," he said. "In our report that we sent to the United Nations, we made it clear that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld clearly authorized torture methods and he was told at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the Navy, 'Mr. Secretary, what you are actual ordering here amounts to torture.'

69 diggsUbuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is available from Amazon for $10, but—best of all—the book is also available as a free PDF download from the official web site. Can't go wrong with free.

277 diggsEven in a universal recession, they find funding for a new fleet of savage hoverdogs.

250 diggsThis is just too funny. Hitler really hates Valve.

138 diggsIs she just working…or is she working it? We'll help you determine when to be concerned…

121 diggsBlack Dynamite: What it is, jive turkeys! There’s a new sheriff in town and his name’s Black Dynamite. Ok, technically the lead character of the film Black Dynamite isn’t a sheriff but he sure is a master of taking down bad guys, bedding women and keeping drug dealing fools off the streets.

66 diggsThe Dallas Cowboys' controversial wide receiver will star in his own show on VH1 this summer, giving fans a look into his life off the field. T.O.'s best friends and publicists will help him re-examine his personal life and work as "matchmakers and therapists".

130 diggsHarris goes on to claim “Windows 7 is the final nail in the desktop Linux market’s coffin. Unless Microsoft gets stupid on pricing, it is game over for Linux netbook market share.” Wait … is Linux losing the desktop market, or the netbook market?

281 diggsThe US Patent Office has signed, sealed, and delivered a late Christmas present to Apple. On January 20th, the powers that be awarded patent #7,479,949, titled Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics, to Apple.

268 diggsIn a way that was inconceivable when he took office, Bush—the advance man for the "ownership society," smaller and more trustworthy government, and a humble foreign policy—increased the size and scope of the federal government to unprecedented levels. At the same time, he constantly flashed signs of secrecy, duplicity, and ineffectiveness.

340 diggsOkay, this is ridiculous: police revealed today that some panhandlers make as much as $400 CDN/day in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. That means an average of $2800/ week or $11,200/month or...$134,400/year! According to today's market, $134,400 Canadian dollars means $110,000 USD.

146 diggsFC Jimeta had been heading to the capital for a professional league match when their bus was involved in an accident. Unfortunately, 15 players died, and only two survived.

111 diggsMy hand got tired on level 8. how far can you get?

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181 diggsThe creator of "Star Trek" and his wife will spend eternity together in space. Celestis Inc., a company that specializes in "memorial spaceflights," said Monday that it will ship the remains of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry into space next year.

96 diggsMore buttons than you can shake a monkey at...

185 diggsIGN has learned from several credible sources that the PSP 2 is indeed on the horizon, and will be packing multi-touch technology. According to our sources, the PSP 2 will feature a widescreen multi-touch interface comparable to that of the iPhone for both in-game control and menu navigation.

203 diggsScientists are systematically following children exposed to cocaine before birth and the findings suggest long-term effects may be relatively small.

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93 diggswe recognize there’s a whole lot of Batman love being spread about. To quench your thirst for the masked vigilante, we’re bringing you a look back at every Bat game ever made.

267 diggs... or at least in the sky above it. This is just one extraordinary piece of information being sent back to us by the landers, probes and rovers scanning the planet.

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424 diggsHave you ever seen the band of our Milky Way Galaxy? In a clear sky from a dark location at the right time, a faint band of light becomes visible across the sky. Soon after your eyes become dark adapted, you might spot the band for the first time. It may then become obvious. Then spectacular.

170 diggsSea sponges have been thought by some scientists to be the most primitive living animals, the closest living things to approximate Earth's original animal, down at the base of the tree of life for the animal kingdom.

278 diggsTop executives at Hewlett-Packard are ringing an alarm bell about what they see as a looming disaster, not just for HP, but for the entire U.S. tech industry. They say that unless we boost government spending on science, technology, engineering and math, we will be unable to keep up with countries such as China and India.

337 diggsGrand Piano Edition.

195 diggsParallels and VMware are the two top contenders in the Mac virtualization game, but there's another virtualization package that you should know about: VirtualBox. Put out by Sun, VirtualBox is free, and in today's world that means something. So we took VirtualBox for a spin, to see how it stacks up against the non-free competition.

152 diggsPresident Barack Obama presented a humble and conciliatory face of America to the Islamic world Monday in the first formal interview since he assumed office, stressing his own Muslim ties and hopes for a Palestinian state, and avoiding a belligerent tone — even when asked if America could "live with" an Iranian nuclear weapon.

200 diggsStudents at a Mississippi high school said a fellow student spoke in tongues and made grave predictions for her classmates for three days. Where is Constantine when you need him?

213 diggs"Yippee-ki-yay... Mr. Falcon"? When TV editors devise phrases to replace foul language, they're often not so clever.

185 diggsAnd the data security you should get.

122 diggsMany of the 40 million American adults who suffer from anxiety disorders also have problems with balance. As increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with anxiety, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that the link between balance and anxiety can be assessed at an early age and that something can be done about it before it becomes...