124 diggsAustralia will not take any former inmates of the US' Guantanamo Bay detention centre, acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.

263 diggsThe new president must tell the Supreme Court by Feb. 20 where he stands on a Bush administration claim of a right to indefinitely detain legal U.S. residents.

101 diggsPretty much every product that Google works on has to go through gatekeeper Marissa Mayer, who decides whether it's ready to be released or needs more work. From being hired as the first female engineer nine and a half years ago to becoming one of the key decision makers at Google, she's come a long way.

259 diggsStarting in 2011, state regulators want retailers to sell only the most energy-efficient models of power hungry LCD and plasma sets. The industry opposes the new rules and warns of higher prices.

251 diggsOther than taking photos, what other use do you have for your digital camera? With Snapter, you can now use your digital camera for another purpose: turn it into a mobile flatbed scanner.

51 diggsIt's an age-old question debated in pro shops and pubs across America: is golf a sport?

160 diggsThe first robot, named Spirit, landed on 3 January, 2004, followed by its twin, Opportunity, 21 days later.

122 diggsIn this tutorial, we'll look at how to create a magazine cover in InDesign. You'll learn how to set up a page layout and add text. This is an introduction to InDesign and no previous knowledge is required. This is a simple project put together to help get you started with InDesign. Let's get to it!

109 diggs Mayor Robert Cluck said he's 90 percent sure the 2011 NFL Pro Bowl will be played in Arlington, just a week before the region hosts its first Super Bowl.

115 diggsFor Detroit, there is plenty of failure. But there are also plenty of opportunities to begin again. In fact, there are many new technologies to make cars safer, cheaper, cleaner and more convenient. All these could be adopted by the automobile industry in the near future and without too much trouble.

155 diggsToday Springfield, tomorrow the world - and everyone should fear when Homer leaves home.

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232 diggsGertrude Baines, a spry 114-year-old California resident, will likely be crowned the world's oldest woman, according to the organization that keeps track of such honors.

240 diggsUniversity of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving.

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137 diggsWiMax has the muscle to compete against the high-speed, land-based home Web connections provided by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp.

284 diggsGood news from the 'Bad Newz Kennels'....

190 diggsWith President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats considering a massive spending package aimed at pulling the nation out of recession, the national debt is projected to jump by as much as $2 trillion this year, an unprecedented increase that could test the world's appetite for financing U.S. government spending.

118 diggsIf your family is like most, everyone is seriously sleep deprived. A study from the CDC found that only 1 out of 3 Americans gets enough sleep all month long. And 16 percent of adults get less than six hours per night, says the National Sleep Foundation. That's well short of the seven to eight hours needed to ward off obesity, high blood pressure,

80 diggsThis speaks for itself...Turn up your speakers. ;)

110 diggsThe Facebook group entitled "For the love of god -- don't let parents join Facebook" has 5,819 high school and college-aged members who want to stop the growing number of parents who are joining Facebook, the massively popular social networking site, from "spying" on them.

74 diggsMark Ingram was arrested in Flint, Michigan, nearly a month after he disappeared on the day he was scheduled to begin serving a prison sentence for bank fraud and money laundering.

235 diggsMatt Smith has been named as the actor who will take over from David Tennant in Doctor Who - making him the youngest actor to take on the role.At 26, Smith is three years younger than Peter Davison when he signed up to play the fifth Doctor in 1981.Smith will first appear on TV screens as the 11th Doctor in 2010.

114 diggsWhen did Charles Barkley become a broadcasting shock ex-jock whose opinions are accepted as serious commentary when he is so lacking in personal credibility?

163 diggsGaza Ground Invasion Beginning

139 diggsRussians may be in the midst of a collective post-New Year's hangover, but Moscow's chief physician has come out to say that it's an undeserved myth that Russians drink more than most people.

242 diggsIsraeli troops backed by tanks and helicopters advanced into Gaza on Saturday in the first ground action of an offensive against Hamas. “We have just a short while ago launched the second stage,” a spokeswoman for Israel Defense Forces Maj. Avital Leibovich, said in an interview broadcast on CNN.

121 diggsIs Steve Jobs dying? Larry Ellison thinks so — the prospect reportedly moved the Oracle CEO to tears. A Gizmodo source thinks his "health is rapidly declining." For Apple, it could be good news.

544 diggsSoulja Boy, move over.

128 diggsHustler Europe, part of the world’s largest adult entertainment company, has hired anti-piracy company Media Protector to start chasing down file-sharers. The partnership will have a familiar aim - to find alleged infringers on P2P networks and send them threats to pay up - or else.

153 diggsTime travel seems like stuff of science fiction, but in a sense, astronomers do it all the time.

154 diggsA treasure hunter testified in a Texas courtroom Tuesday that he used Google Maps to locate a shipwreck. 39-year-old musician and filmmaker from Los Angeles has been fighting representatives of an estate in Refugio County, Texas, for the right to excavate.

219 diggsNetcraft provided more details on a critical digital certificate vulnerability revealed last week. Although Microsoft downplayed the problem by stating that the successful exploit was not published, Netcraft found that 14% of SSL certificates (135,000 total!) use the vulnerable MD5 hashing algorithm.

117 diggsJust for show. What's the point?

61 diggsSan Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson has a detached tendon that connects one of his adductor (groin) muscles to his pubic bone, according to team sources.

208 diggsSocial-networking giant files claim against start-up that gives users access to several social networks and messaging clients at once.

125 diggs11 year-old Judson King became so enamored with the blue video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, he decided he needed a real one.

135 diggsAuthorities and witnesses say a strong earthquake in eastern Indonesia has sent panicked residents running outside.

148 diggsThere’s an imaginary level of immaturity that comes with game playing, a less-than-serious aura more identifiable with kids and older teens. Many gamers realize this, and would rather not reveal their game playing habits just as porn addicts wouldn’t want to admit their sins to fellow church members.

516 diggsPrograms mandated to teach only "the social, psychological and health gains (of) abstaining from sexual activity" have been awarded failing grades for truth and effectiveness. The programs that work best combine honest information about sexuality, including contraception.

190 diggsA senior HSBC banker found hanged in a five-star London hotel is believed to have spent tens of thousands of pounds on cocaine and women in the months leading up to his death.Christen Schnor, who was independently wealthy, had regularly gone missing from his six-figure post as he embarked on a personal journey of destruction.

156 diggsSearching for answers in the death of John Travolta and Kelly Preston's 16 year old son, who was said to suffer from Kawasaki disease.

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68 diggsA month ago, Andruw Jones was considered untradeable within the baseball industry. Now that his contract has been restructured, to make him more affordable to any interested suitors, the Dodgers intend to weigh his market value again, according to baseball sources. One way or another, the 10-time Gold Glove winner will be moving to another team.

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301 diggsRemember the Soulja Boy video where he was hanging out at his house, and six thugs armed with pistols and AK-47s busted in and robbed the place? Wait...that really happened. The incident took place at Soulja Boy's home Dec. 30. No one was injured. In a video released the next day, two masked dudes took credit and said there was only one weapon.

299 diggsAs expected, Al Franken's lead over Norm Coleman in the Minnesota recount has grown to 223, after absentee ballots that both campaigns and the office of Secretary of State agreed were improperly rejected on election night were opened and counted. The former SNL star and presumable victor in the recount led Coleman by nearly 20% among the ballots.

197 diggsPfc. Lynndie England became a focal point of the Abu Ghraib scandal when she was pictured in graphic photos, including one that showed her smiling and posing with nude prisoners stacked in a pyramid. "I wouldn't want to go back and change anything," she says. "We thought it was unusual, weird and wrong, but the example was already set."

145 diggstic of Gov. Sarah Palin claimed the Alaska politician may have once again abused her power to obtain an apprenticeship for her soon-to-be son-in-law Levi Johnston.

74 diggsIf it seems like technology and cartoon humor don't fit as well together as crusty old millionaires and big-boob gold-diggers, it's probably true.

227 diggsIn the grip of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, America has undergone radical changes. Greed is no longer good and luxury is a shameful word. Paul Harris in New York analyzes the tests facing the new president of a shattered nation.

105 diggsIt's getting harder to get a meaningful resolution out of our NBA heroes. Not that it will keep me from persisting, as long as I have a column due that week. David Stern: I don't hear you pestering me about seeding anymore. We could have the Lakers and Celtics in the Finals again! Did you see that 5.3 rating we got for Christmas?

161 diggsOn the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family. Peters bought two Connecticut Lottery tickets at a local 7-Eleven store on Nov. 1 as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker passed away.

155 diggsEver tried playing yourself in a flash game? Well this is what this game is all about. It's an addictive game that makes you plan your movements in advanced to stay alive!

205 diggsThe Department of Energy announced that the government is resuming purchases for their oil reserves due to the recent low prices of crude oil.

332 diggsBrain scans have proved that a small number of couples can respond with as much passion after 20 years as most people exhibit only in the first flush of love...researchers nicknamed the couples “swans” because they have similar mental “love maps” to animals that mate for life such as swans, voles and grey foxes.

139 diggsThe head of a new $6 mil. institution in Sheffield banned the use of the word 'school' because it has 'negative connotations'.

243 diggsRussia leads Canada 5-4 in the third period of their semifinal game in Kanata...then enter Jordan Eberle.

321 diggsBack in 2005, two Russian artists, Leonid Tishkov and Boris Bendikov, created their own “Private Moon” and used it to take these breathtaking photographs.

175 diggsThe day after election day, Norm Coleman told America, "If I were trailing, I'd step back [and concede]." Now that all legally and properly cast votes have been counted and recounted--including challenges and absentees--Al Franken widens his lead to a probably insurmountable 225 votes. Hey, Norm, it's time to do the right thing and concede.

97 diggsThe Chargers, who entered tonight's contest with the Indianapolis Colts with just an 8-8 record, will play the Tennessee Titans or Pittsburgh Steelers next ...

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180 diggsReporting from Cincinnati -- In this Ohio city, it seems, it really is tough to stop the bedbugs from biting. When complaints about the bloodsucking insects first trickled in to Cincinnati's public health department three years ago, officials assumed it was an anomaly -- or perhaps the overactive imagination of a bug-phobic public.

175 diggsA new building with affordable rents in the Bronx will be powered partly by 10 wind turbines, which should cut its utility bills for common areas in half.

287 diggsearth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!

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124 diggsA recent US study that compares the environmental costs of developing various power sources found that almost 700m tonnes of CO2 would be released into the Earth's atmosphere by even the smallest nuclear conflict.

308 diggsA new book shows that it is not just the cost of nuke plants and their deadly waste that is the energy source's only problems.

125 diggsTariq Griffin entered the world at 12:17 a.m. on New Year's Day at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester, Mich. Twin brother Tarrance was born a bit earlier — 26 minutes to be exact.

223 diggsToddlers could be screened for speech problems after evidence that many are so addicted to television and video games that they are failing to learn basic communication skills.An ambitious nationwide screening programme for two-year-olds is reportedly being considered to tackle the problem which experts say is now more prevalent than dyslexia...