206 diggsLewis wanted the puppy, named Poplin, killed because it was a gift from a female ex-lover with whom she doesn’t get along, said Muskogee County sheriff’s deputy George Roberson.

67 diggsTHE staff at NBC News isn't younger and hotter than the staffs at other network news operations -- it just seems that way. Sources say that when Brian Williams left his desk to deliver Wednesday's nightly broadcast from the middle of the newsroom, producers brought in some ringers. "

160 diggsAn analysis of Iran's Internet reveals a deep level of diversity, with a level of surveillance (and surveillance-dodging) that goes just as deep. During this week's post-election crisis, so many reflections have been bouncing back and forth in this online hall of mirrors that it's sometimes hard to get a fix on where anyone stands...

235 diggsDespite the threats, Iranians who want a better future are planning to rally on Saturday in the face of serious risk.The stern warning has echoed fear of a massacre resembling the one that left 2,500 dead and 10,000 wounded in the Beijing’s Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.

250 diggsTwo patients with inoperable prostate cancer have made dramatic recoveries after receiving one dose of an experimental drug that is creating excitement among cancer specialists.

182 diggsIf you go out and carefully study the sky near dusk or dawn, and you have relatively dark skies, the odds are that you should not have to wait more than 15 minutes before you see one of the more than 35,000 satellites now in orbit around Earth.

110 diggsWhen the FBI investigated the landmark 1972 porno movie "Deep Throat," the case touched the highest levels of the FBI, even its second-in-command W. Mark Felt, the shadowy Watergate informant whose "Deep Throat" alias was taken from the movie's title.

91 diggsSevere weather in Colorado turned extremely dangerous for a golfer in Weld County, who was struck by lightning on the 13th hole of the Boomerang Golf Links Thursday evening.

283 diggsA look at daily life as captured in the images of Associated Press photographers around the world.

146 diggsDriving business away with billions in tax hikes... The Labor Department reported yesterday that Oregon's unemployment rate soared to 12.4% in May, the nation's second highest after Michigan's 14.1%. What to do? If you're the geniuses in the state legislature in Salem, you naturally raise taxes.

170 diggsHere's a surefire way to destroy your expensive TV or severely injure your loved ones: CTA Digital's Wii Bowling Ball, an accessory that'll give Wii Bowling that extra edge of realism that's acquired by nearly guaranteeing you'll break something while using it.

234 diggsWait for it. Waaait for it ... annnd Congrats! She's racist!

137 diggs...the strange and potentially deadly phenomenon we now know as ball lightning. Although often associated with thunderstorms, ball lightning sometimes appears in calm weather with no storm in sight. Meanwhile, in size it can vary from as small as a marble to several metres across.

95 diggsSteve Bierfeldt says the Transportation Security Administration pulled him aside for extra questioning in March. He was carrying a pocket edition of the U.S. Constitution and an iPhone capable of making audio recordings. And he used them.

195 diggsReporting from Cairo and Tehran -- Iranian security forces reportedly used tear gas and water cannons to disperse as many as 3,000 people who attempted to gather in central Tehran today, defying warnings from the country's Supreme Leader against further protests over disputed elections.

195 diggs I adhere to the foreign policy of our Founders, who advised that we not interfere in the internal affairs of countries overseas. I believe that is the best policy for the United States, for our national security and for our prosperity. I urge my colleagues to reject this and all similar meddling resolutions.

99 diggsSince the declaration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide victory in Iran's presidential election, accusations of fraud have swelled. Against expectations from pollsters and pundits alike, Ahmadinejad did surprisingly well in urban areas, including Tehran -- where he is thought to be highly unpopu...

210 diggsThe two million dollar fine handed out to Jammie Thomas by a Minnesota jury this week hasn’t done the music industry’s image much good. While lawyers and high level managers at the major labels cracked open the Champagne, artists such as Moby and Radiohead shook their heads in shame at what the music world has become.

151 diggsThe name of the San Andreas Fault precedes itself like, well, an immense and unavoidable rift in the earth’s surface. Running some 1,300 kilometres through the US state of California and reaching a depth of 15 to 20 kilometres, the San Andreas forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates.

150 diggsThe deep frown is a common "Kingo face," says author Mark Jenkins. The gorilla patriarch awaits the return of the females who are feeding elsewhere in the jungle. Click to enlarge... (Photo: Ian Nichols)

62 diggsHouston, we have a problem!

95 diggsA New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban has escaped and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

130 diggsSomeday, Scott Weaver's living room will belong to his wife again. But for now, and the past several decades, it's living proof of what happens when toothpicks, pingpong balls and the imagination collide. 34 years ago, Weaver began gluing the tiny sticks together, eventually recreating a cityscape of San Francisco with 4 pingpong ball tracks.

122 diggsA visualization of "greening" efforts of some cities.

88 diggsA visual comparison of the two social networking giants.

67 diggsSince Apple hasn't given us a comprehensive list of all the little changes in iPhone 3.0, users have taken it upon themselves to compile the treats they've found in the new software, some of which are actually quite nice.

123 diggsIntegrated Ubiquity! Geo-location! Dynamic Color Profiles! YES!

89 diggsGrandparents from coast to coast are getting shaken down and being conned into believing their grandchildren are being held in a Canadian jail and need cash to make bail. As unlikely as this scam might seem, it just keeps coming back -- something that happens when people pay up. So take heed Grandma and Grandpa, and don't get duped.

117 diggsA substitute gym teacher turned into a schoolyard bully after he got into a fight with an 11-year-old Westchester student over a dodgeball game, called him a "crybaby," and put him in a chokehold, New Rochelle police said.

171 diggsDavid Rohde, a New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban, escaped Friday night and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity.

84 diggsFull Motion Tracking - Move the gun and it moves the mouse. Simply Awesome!

92 diggsThe Smart Grid is the hottest thing in Green IT these days, attracting not just lots of press, but attention from heavyweights like Cisco, IBM, Intel, and Google. There's also plenty of venture capital money chasing the Next Big Thing -- but there's some evidence that the Smart Grid may be the next tech bubble to burst.

66 diggsKeyboard Cat is a full-fledged phenomenon. Even my mom knows about it, and I wasn't the one to tell her (Stephen Colbert was). If you've been itching to create your own Keyboard Cat video, but don't have the software to do it, fear not, there's Webware for that. DIY meme...

77 diggsAir Force Base, Washington, D.C. — Air Force dog handlers train canines to search for explosives and narcotics in war zones and for domestic patrols.

96 diggsAdobe AIR is a runtime environment that, at its most basic, allows you to run lightweight applications on your desktop. The advantages are several – installing and uninstalling applications is easy, they’re simple to use, they’re standalone apps, and so on.

58 diggsWe're just trading one closed-source app for another

104 diggsOne in seven NEWLYWEDS will cheat in the very first year of marriage...

362 diggsYou have detention.

125 diggsThough Firebug is already fully packed with features out of the box, several extensions out there can enhance its utility. In this article, you will find the 10 best Firefox extensions for Firebug that will make your life, as a developer or designer, easier.

211 diggsYeah, nope, it didn't work out.

212 diggsGoogle last month reserved 1 million phone numbers with Level 3, signaling that it may finally be ready to roll out its long-anticipated Google Voice service.

89 diggsKobe Bryant said he plans to stay with the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers even if he opts out of his contract this summer. Phil Jackson said his health will dictate whether he returns as coach. Bryant met with Jackson and general manager Mitch Kupchak for an individual exit interview Friday.

63 diggsFacebook's newly minted lobbyist used to be one of the company's most formidable adversaries. Now the former ACLU counsel is working to build the tech firm's beltway clout.

208 diggsGRAPHIC Two perspectives of a woman gunned down during protests in Iran. This is 2 video combined, Originals were http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmi-LePl894 & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlehNLfk90c WATCH SOON THESE ARE BEING BLOCKED & REMOVED to keep it quiet.

65 diggsHUMANS are not alone in struggling to stay slim. Some planets go through a "fat" stage that swells their waistlines temporarily, which possibly explains why some gas giants are unexpectedly large.

117 diggsOrgan virtuoso Qi Zhang plays her electric rendering of "Ridiculous Fellows" from Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges" orchestral suite. This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi herself.

90 diggsDutch police have arrested twin brothers on suspicion of robbery after their alleged victim spotted a picture of them following him on Google's Street View map application, a spokesman said Friday.

115 diggsThe man behind the Terrafugia Transition, dubbed "The Flying Car," says you could see his vehicle on the road and in the skies as early as 2011. The two-seater vehicle completed its first flight last March and just recently completed 27 additional flights, wrapping up the first of a four stage process to bring the Transition into production.

278 diggsAwesome! Grenades can launch applications, health bar shows track information and more

83 diggsThe oldest bird of prey nest ever recorded, that was first used before the time of Jesus, has been discovered in Greenland.

110 diggsThe 72 x 160-foot LED wall at the center of the new Cowboys Stadium is certainly impressive enough when it's showing game highlights or concert footage, but no giant screen ever truly earns its credentials until it's been put to some real use: playing video games.

83 diggsiPhone developer Manomio has been secretly working on a major App Store project for the past year that has just been completed, but may never see the light of day in its current form.

97 diggsRecent study: 1 in 4 people legally drunk before committing suicide; 1 in 3 had some level of alcohol.

544 diggsLive-blogging the Iran uprising -- latest news, video, and pictures from Saturday.

109 diggsRather than (always) acting as the source of mental illness, work can also serve as a significant aid in finding balance, emotional health.

69 diggsAs protesters defied a warning from Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country faces its gravest test since the founding of the Islamic Republic.

75 diggsThere are tons of great, creative user interface options featured here, from modal windows to live search to hover effects. Each one adds valuable functionality and improves the user experience of your site. And to help you try out each of these techniques, we’ve also included tutorials and plugins to get you on your way to creating your own dynami

106 diggsOf all the plants that have ever lived most are long since extinct, but still around a third of a million plant species are estimated to be surviving today. Evolution has created some particularly strange examples, and this list showcases those we find to be the most amazing.

136 diggsThe Peppered Moth was white with small black speckles but over time it evolved to being almost black in parts of the UK because of heavy industrial pollution. Now in post-industrial Britain, the moth is changing back to its original white color.

59 diggsWith Giants Stadium scheduled to be torn down next year, authorities could have the opportunity to see if Jimmy Hoffa really is buried under the turf.

136 diggsMontreal Canadiens owner George N. Gillett Jr. has reached an agreement in principle to sell the Habs and the Bell Centre to the Molson family.

76 diggsResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created bright, stable and bio-friendly nanocrystals that act as individual investigators of activity within a cell.

123 diggsAlready on Twitter there are some online folks who saw the film last night saying negative things about it and by the looks of this clip they MIGHT be right.

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164 diggsYou're in the mood for a sandwich, so you pull out two hearty slices of wheat bread and spread a tablespoon of mayo on each slice. You add a couple slices of Swiss cheese, about four slices of ham, plus some lettuce and tomato.

159 diggsIncredible proof of Iran's illegitimate government.

271 diggsCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had his flight, uh, terminated on Friday evening when the cockpit of his jet filled with smoke.

130 diggsLlama 1, kid 0, this sport definitely needs to be televised

101 diggs"Why is open source going to help raise these phones above the competition? I have 10 reasons why."

49 diggsBreaking News.

87 diggsThis Father's Day, instead of the usual chocolate golf balls and barely concealed festering resentment, why not give Dad a gift that shows how you really feel?Make Sunday count with something deeply confrontational (and yet resigned) from our helpful list...

121 diggsIt's hard to know whether a risqué image will have customers recoiling or grinning. The best are so likable and clever that they can make even a reserved feminist laugh. But the worst are demeaning enough to make even a frat boy cringe.

102 diggsAt one time, Terry Eickhoff had accepted Liberty Dollars at his gun store near Cynthiana, Ind. A poster on his wall had proclaimed him a "Liberty Merchant," one among a small group of business owners willing to exchange goods and services for silver, gold and copper coins meant as alternatives to U.S. currency. But Eickhoff, whose store is called

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207 diggsAmericans favor a plan for government-run insurance to compete with private insurers, a Times/CBS poll finds.

222 diggsNewsweek magazine online plus daily news, features and commentary from our global network of correspondents

66 diggsA look into how the journalism industry is dealing (or not dealing) with Twitter including guidelines and censorship and thoughts on their obligation as professionals to use Twitter appropriately.

155 diggsSix months ago, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs took a leave of absence from his company to focus on his health, leaving the company in the hands of COO Tim Cook and other Apple execs. Since that seismic shift, there’s been speculation over his return – or even if he would return at all.

93 diggsRegardless of what operating system you run on your computer, it doesn't have to be all work and no play. Heck, that could turn you into some kind of axe-wielding homicidal maniac bent on destroying your own family while watching over a remote resort hotel in the dead of winter.

184 diggsMany of you have been letting us know through Tweets, emails, blog posts, message boards, and even an online petition that you're very interested in seeing recent satellite imagery of Tehran. Well, we've heard your requests We just received updated satellite imagery of Tehran, taken on Thursday the 18th at approximatly 11:18am local time.

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150 diggsWhen the National Socialist Movement (a neo-Nazi hate group) got official recognition from Missouri in the form of an Adopt-a-Highway sign, state officials turned the tables by renaming the stretch of road in honor of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who fled Nazi Germany and became a prominent Jewish theologian and civil rights advocate.

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187 diggsThis is why we protest. - Anonymous

356 diggsA family ritual of taking images that started in 1976. Really cool!

108 diggsA "navy F-18 pilot out of NAS Lemoore came up on frequency. You knew right away it was a Navy jock because he sounded very cool on the radios. 'Center, Dusty 52 ground speed check.' Before Center could reply, I'm thinking to myself, hey, Dusty 52 has a ground speed indicator in that million-dollar cockpit, so why is he asking Center for a read-out?

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259 diggsThere's only three endings to this story. Either the industry regulates itself, or the FTC steps in and regulates us, or we get hit with a class-action lawsuit. I suggest the industry go with the first option.

38 diggsA 103-year-old believed to be the oldest living professional baseball player throws out the ceremonial first pitch before an Oakland Athletics-San Diego Padres game in a salute to the Negro Leagues.

64 diggsFTA: "The new 3GS renders web pages 54% faster, on average, than the old iPhone 3G. The 45% clock speed boost alone isn't enough to generate such a large performance increase, this is a new microarchitecture. Also, note that the 3GS' performance mimics that of the Palm Pre - another Cortex A8 based phone."

130 diggsSunrise over the Parthenon

152 diggs If you're hoping to see a few text-filled blue screens or play a few games that have reached the American legal drinking age on your iPhone, you're going to have to wait -- perhaps indefinitely.

153 diggsWatch the video.

116 diggsReal-time search engines have proliferated over the last month, with a series of launches from start-ups like Topsy, almost.at and Scoopler. The companies are hoping to edge in on a space that Google co-founder Larry Page has admitted is a weakness for the search giant.

120 diggsIn the wake of the revelation of Sen. John Ensign's extramarital affair, The Post asked politicians, former officials and others to take stock of the GOP field for 2012.

97 diggsA truck bomb exploded on Saturday, killing 72 people and injuring over 200. The deadliest bombing this year.

174 diggsThe tyrants are on the run from the people, keep the truth coming, the world know and Iranians know we as a people are behind them.

171 diggsIt is 40 years since the words, 'The Eagle has landed,' sent a thrill around the world. The Apollo moon missions were to herald a new dawn of space exploration, of lunar bases, manned missions to Mars, and more. But in the decades since - and after the Shuttle disasters - America's appetite for interplanetary flight dwindled.

224 diggsHUGE new expose of the Scientology cult by the St. Petersburg Times! High-ranking defectors (Rathbun, Rinder, others) tell all about the cult's insane, violent leader David Miscavige.

70 diggsThere were times during the kidnapping ordeal of New York Times reporter David Rohde when his boss wavered in his determination to suppress the story. The unusual arrangement raises questions about whether journalists were giving special treatment to one of their own.

161 diggsThe bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler are changing the landscape of the auto industry. The two U.S. companies are shuttering plants, shedding dealers and reducing their product lines. As a result, Toyota Motor will become the largest seller of light vehicles in the U.S. It has held the top spot globally since last year.