142 diggsALERT THE AUTHORITIES!!!

364 diggsArtist and vintage illustrator Wilhelm Staehle is known for his eccentric and witty Victorian hand-cut silhouettes.

134 diggsWhen Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the landslide victor in Iran's presidential election - less than 24 hours after polls closed - the shock on the streets of Tehran was palpable.Mr Ahmadinejad had won 63% of the vote, his challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, 34%.

170 diggsThe mother of a seven year-old girl who starved to death and was kept a prisoner in her own home has been found guilty today of murder. Her condition was likened to that of Holocaust victims.

135 diggsA 30-year jail sentence to a former interior minister accused of tricking thousands of people to hide on a hill before they were slaughtered..................................

62 diggsA new report from SquareTrade details the accident-prone nature of Apple’s line of smartphones, reporting that over 20% of iPhones have been damaged in the last 22 months. Cracked screens abound.

179 diggsPop quiz: what source of power doesn't come out of the ground, doesn't burn and isn't radioactive? Hint: it contributed the most new electricity generation to the U.S. grid in 2008.

119 diggsListening to the right kind of music can slow the heart and lower blood pressure, a study has revealed.

84 diggsThe mandatory requirement that all computers sold in China carry security software has caused a stir among Chinese Internet users. Officially, the purpose of the Green Dam-Youth Escort software is to shield kids from online pornography, but most China watchers expect Beijing to use the program to block access to...

221 diggsJosh d from Australia has taken apart an iPod mini unit and rebuilt the case usingnothing but natural wood and screws.

58 diggsPirate Launch - Send your pirate flying through the air in search of gold.

215 diggsPeople protest oil prices in the Philippines, Pakistani cricket fans play with fire, Marines fire mortars in Afghanistan and more

472 diggsA teenage girl who claimed 56 stars were tattooed on her face as she slept when she asked for three has admitted she was awake the whole time - and lied because her father was 'furious'.

132 diggsIn an apparent response to user complaints, Apple released a firmware upgrade that it said fixes an issue with the drive interface in new MacBook Pros.

248 diggsHundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble

81 diggsMonkeys, coots, salamanders and even bees can all understand numbers. What's more, the skills of this growing mathematical menagerie resemble our own innate abilities. Could basic mathematics have evolved hundreds of millions of years ago? [inc vid]

210 diggsIranian state television today reported that the country's top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed 12 June election, in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner.

176 diggsThe myth that has grown up around the plant called the Youtan Poluo or Udumbara has clung on almost as stubbornly as the nonexistent roots with which the plant itself clings on.Said to bloom only once every 3,000 years, this rare & special occasion is supposed to mark the arrival of a future king. Let’s see how much truth there is in this fairytale

104 diggsSurfer dogs catch a wave during the 4th Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial Beach, Calif. The event included rounds for small dogs, large dogs, and tandem surfing, with each dog and/or team judged on confidence, the length of the ride, and overall surfing skills. here is amazing shots of these canine cuties hanging 10.

106 diggsBuzz Aldrin is an astronaut, a hero and a hip hop legend. He hits the studio with Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli to record his latest track: Rocket Experience. Quincy Jones and Soulja Boy also weigh in on Buzz's lyrical genius and impact on the music world.

203 diggsYesterday from the Palace of Versailles, Nicolas Sarkozy became the first president to address Parliament in 150 years. He took the opportunity to show his determination over the proposed HADOPI legislation, promising that he will “go all the way” to enforce law on the Internet.

190 diggs A dayslong absence by South Carolina's governor left fellow state leaders scratching their heads.The explanation came Monday night from his spokesman: The second-term chief executive was hiking along the Appalachian Trail "to kind of clear his head after the legislative session."

78 diggsDamn you, Facebook and Twitter. Damn You!

162 diggsWhen a TV reporter caught up with Bill Murray at the U.S. Open Championship in Bethpage, New York during one of the frequent rain storms that has plagued the tournament, it was no surprise that when asked about the weather, Murray smiled and slipped easily into his Carl Spackler voice as he minimizes the rainfall: "This is by no means a downpour."

222 diggsNew meat! Please don't sue us.

126 diggsSeriously, please don't sue us.

150 diggsAwsome desiong idea for a smaller UK plug. I do hate those bulky plugs we have to live with here in the UK.

170 diggsFor years, opinion polls have found Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the most popular leader among ordinary Arabs who decry their own rulers' authoritarianism and impotence. Iran's election debacle could dim his appeal

224 diggsNazis, tribbles, hippies, punks, and whales. What more could you ask for?

100 diggsHow do you spark off an interest in maths when the curriculum seems dreary? It's all about mystery, big stories and journeys to infinity and beyond, says Marcus du Sautoy.

346 diggsEdward Leo Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr. (born March 6, 1923 and died June 23, 2009) is an American comedian, game show host, announcer, and television personality. Most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer on Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, and as the host of the talent show Star Search from 1983 to 1995.

119 diggs125 years of history in pictures from the 1st Roller Coaster that opened on Coney Island, in June 1884 and went by the name Switchback Railway; to the Product of 125 Years of Coaster Science, theTop Thrill Dragster at the Cedar Point in Ohio that takes rides from 0-120mph(190km) in 4sec.

109 diggsBotox, the antiwrinkle injection, is being used as a surprise treatment for baldness.

279 diggsGoogle has reportedly obtained over a million phone numbers in preparation for the public launch of its new Google Voice telephony service. Ars gives you an inside look at the closed beta.

79 diggsA man who stabbed his partner and friend after finding them having sex on a canal boat made a desperate attempt to save their lives, a court heard today.

237 diggsA teacher who was brutally attacked by 15-year-old Dwayne Best, says the school should have warned her that it was unsafe for her to be in her classroom alone after lessons.

257 diggsThe goto operator can be used to jump to another section in the program. The target point is specified by a label followed by a colon, and the instruction is given as goto followed by the desired target label.

91 diggsIn “Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From the Moon,” Aldrin recounts that experience — from takeoff to splashdown — in breathtaking detail, and his harrowing return to normal life after the mission, when the astronaut battled depression and alcoholism.

197 diggsWorld's most powerful camera captures images of Mars.

189 diggsWe all knew the wine one, but there are a bunch in here that I had no idea about. Who would have thought the stress from my job could be a good thing at times?

363 diggsAhh… the friend zone. It’s pretty much nowhere near where you want to be...

187 diggsEven as he neared the end, our beloved Ed didn't take himself too seriously -- as shown in this Cash4Gold spot that ran during the Superbowl.

147 diggsWar Book reveals how Britain planned to cope with nuclear attack

72 diggsEgypt have blamed their Confederations Cup exit on media "lies" about their players consorting with prostitutes after beating world champions Italy. "This was not the only reason for the defeat, we had some injuries," explained Head of Mission Mahmoud Taher.

79 diggsThanks to the skills of artists who work on cold case investigations, people have a chance to see what the University of Chicago’s mummy Meresamun may have looked like in real life.

205 diggsHow to pour, smell, and taste a good brew.

69 diggsDo you need to graduate from a college in order to be successful in life? If you can open a book and read, there is absolutely no reason why you can’t have the same knowledge you will get by graduating from a college.

125 diggsPresident Barack Obama will throw his weight behind legislative bids to reform healthcare and cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions on Tuesday in his fourth White House press conference since taking office. Obama,...

97 diggsGlobal amphibian news tends to be a downer. Acutely vulnerable to the slightest environmental change, frogs, toads and salamanders are too often described as "disappearing."... A team from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) recently encountered a new species of dink frog in the Cordillera de Talamanca mountains near the border with Panama.

87 diggsThe year of 1975-1992 saw an unprecedented growth of Argentina largely due to the effects of growth rate and Argentina currencyrecord trade surpluses but it also saw panic and political unrest between Trotskyists and Peron loylalists in the year of 1973 which saw huge oil crisis.

76 diggsHow catnip gets cats high.

114 diggsDonald Fehr, who will step down as executive director of the baseball union, acknowledges that he might have acted sooner against performance-enhancing drugs.

118 diggsIn 1995, only one hate website existed on the Net. Now, according to a report by the Wiesenthal Center’s Digital Hate and Terrorism Project, there are over 10,000 websites, social networking groups, portals, blogs, chat rooms, videos and hate games, that promote racial violence, anti-Semitism, homophobia, hate music and terrorism.

150 diggsThe recession and the tight credit situation are combining to make it more attractive to fix up an old computer, because a three- or four-year-old PC can be rejuvenated fairly easily.

137 diggsThis year's web wunderkind, Twitter, has been credited as a force in organizing protesters in Thailand, Moldova and, now, Iran. But in Iran, the government has clamped down on the mobile network and put up Internet firewalls, leaving us to wonder how opposition leaders are getting the word out — which they seem to be doing, as reports trickle..

147 diggsCloud computing is quietly taking over the world and changing the way we use our computers forever. Whether you're storing your photo collection on Flickr or logging on to Gmail, everyone's now using the cloud, even if they don't realize it. But how does it work and how can we as web designers and developers make it work for us?

84 diggsHow many syllables are there in "juggern00b" again?

132 diggsThe late Ed McMahon will be remembered for his decades as Johnny Carson's comedic foil on The Tonight Show as well as his various spokesman gigs, but what some may have forgotten is a 1999 episode of The Daily Show that McMahon co-hosted with Jon Stewart.

169 diggsTo find innovative new solutions to the world's toughest technical challenges, we called some of America's smartest engineers and scientists for their quick fixes and long-term plans. Here, we look at 6 future modifications to upgrade our bodies—with custom-molded organs, the ability to mind-control robots and smart pills that tell us what’s wrong.

108 diggsOrang-utans are vanishing at an alarming rate in Borneo but in Sumatra their situation is even more precarious. The Sumatran orang-utan – more intelligent and sociable than its Borneo cousin and with a unique culture of tool use – is likely to be the first great ape species to go extinct, from habitat loss due to new palm oil plantations.

85 diggsOpen world reviews: Red Faction, Infamous and Prototype.

140 diggsThe following are ten of the worst films by Cage, as well as a few choice roles that makes all of us believe that a quality actor may still be lurking around in there somewhere.

110 diggsFrom Robocop's ED-209 to Johnny 5, there have been some fantastic and unique robots created in cinema.

115 diggsBrett Hull confirmed Monday that he is part of the Hockey Hall of Fame's Class of 2009, joining his father Bobby as the first father-son player entries.

121 diggsExtreme sports have gained in popularity over the past few years with break out stars from skateboarding, BMX, and motorcross signing television and endorsement deals. As the popularity grows more sports reach new fans, but there are a lot of extreme sports that have not broken through yet...

214 diggsApple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs was at the company's headquarters on Monday, underscoring speculation the pancreatic cancer survivor may have returned to work.

158 diggsThere's been plenty of hype about the Smart Grid -- some justified and some not. But the gold award for Smart Grid hype has to go to Cisco, whose spokesperson last month said that the grid could end up being up to 1,000 times the size of the Internet.

108 diggsHappy National Pecan Sandy Day, everyone! Any excuse to drink beer or eat chocolate is welcome any day around here. The truth is, there's a different (and often strange) national food holiday for just about every day, even leap years. Here are SFWeekly's picks for 10 of the most awesome.

472 diggsIn their rush to air exclusive photos of Flight 447’s destruction, no one in this newsroom stopped to ask the logical questions, such as: 1) How did the camera survive? and 2) Why are the photos in wide-screen format?The answers, of course, are: 1) Because the footage is from Lost. And, 2) because the footage is from Lost.

86 diggsIn Tehran, chaotic images of riot police beating and shooting protesters have seized the world's attention and heightened pressure on Obama to act — or at least speak out more strongly.

96 diggsAccording to POLITICO's Carol Lee, The Huffington Post reporter was brought out of lower press by Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest and placed just inside the barricade for reporters a few minutes before the start of the press conference.

100 diggsThe two will work hand in hand to develop common technologies for use in the Moblin and Maemo platform projects, which will deliver Linux-based operating systems for these future mobile computing devices. The agreement also nets Intel a solid win in the IP department, as it has acquired the rights to utilize 3G/HSPA (3.6Mbps) technology.

61 diggsArt meets science in photographer James Balog's Extreme Ice Survey. The project, begun in December 2006, will attempt to capture global warming in the act using 26 solar-powered cameras taking time-lapse photographs of glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, the Alps, and the Rocky Mountains.

61 diggsJust days after ISPs in Spain confirmed talks with the music and movie industry had ended without success, entertainment companies have now backed away from their “3 strikes” demands after it became clear the Spanish government does not support their plan. They will go after 200 BitTorrent sites instead.

125 diggsNo minority in this country is more oppressed than the pharmaceutical juggernauts. In fact, last I checked, there are only like three of them left, so they really ought to be on the endangered species list. Luckily, a select few are willing to advocate for this downtrodden lot.

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128 diggsThe music industry, led by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA), is suing two Irish ISPs, BT Ireland and UPC Ireland, to make them take action against illegal file-sharers on their networks.

94 diggsCan a woman be a douche? It's possible to be a wiener without actually having one. Here are The 12 Biggest Celebrity She-Douchebags.

93 diggsVineet Nayar is reported to have called Americans graduates "unemployable"; the CEO of IT services vendor HCL Technologies was speaking recently in New York.

87 diggsPedro discovered that ConAgra Foods focused the Grocery Shrink Ray on Peter Pan peanut butter and came up with an excuse for the downsizing straight out of Never Never Land: It's good for the environment.

124 diggsRewind Theater...

192 diggsBrooke Greenberg is the size of an infant, with the mental capacity of a toddler. She turned 16 in January. "Why doesn't she age?" Howard Greenberg, 52, asked of his daughter. "Is she the fountain of youth?"

90 diggsScientists are coming ever closer to understanding the cellular navigation tools that guide birds in their unerring, globe-spanning migrations. The latest piece of the puzzle is superoxide, an oxygen molecule that may combine with light-sensitive proteins to form an in-eye compass, allowing birds to see Earth’s magnetic field.

231 diggsReports claim the Iranian government charged the family of a dead Iranian man $3,000 as a 'bullet fee' before the family could take the body back.

168 diggsNot a good location or choice of words for this bench.

263 diggsThe major labels want to see Irish ISPs adopt a "three strikes" policy toward repeat online copyright infringers, and they've decided that suing the ISPs is a good way to make it happen.

109 diggs"If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination." And that's just the beginning. I have a feeling this review will end up being more entertaining than the movie itself.

123 diggsIt’s a long way from Hercules and Xena, where the two began, and they’d be the first to admit their journey wasn’t the one they planned on. Now, as all they touch turns to gold (and even the projects they’ve recently produced — including Eagle Eye, The Proposal, and Fringe — have become unqualified hits) they sat down with Movieline to discuss...

86 diggsShe is definitely gorgeous, and I would LOVE to see this...but besides that, this interview = "giggle giggle, like totally, blessing, love, grateful, tee hee!"

52 diggsWe can add Depp to the short list of "Class Acts" in today's hollywood (and forgive him for The Astronaut's Wife).

138 diggsFord chief executive Alan Mulally makes no secret about his love for the Taurus. Ford had already killed the car when Mulally joined the company in '06, but he brought it back.Now, he's is hoping a new version of the Taurus will help save his struggling company. There's no doubt that Taurus was a huge hit for Ford. But can lightning strike twice?

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143 diggsPresident Obama at a press conference on Tuesday asked private health insurance companies why are they so afraid of competing with a government sponsored health care plan since for a long time business themselves have said that they can do better than the "inefficient" government. If they offer better service and rates, what's the worry...

285 diggsNewly disclosed tapes recorded by secret microphones in the Oval Office from January and February 1973 shed new light on an intense moment in American history. Nixon: "“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white,” he told an aide, before adding: “Or a rape.”

142 diggsThe recession may have a silver lining in the form of better quality of life. Learn how to save money and live well.

109 diggsHamburg startup Thermodyna is on the cusp of cracking a nagging problem: How to provide cool air cheaply using solar energy

99 diggsToday, Electronic Arts confirmed to Kotaku that Woods has accepted the challenge and that the two would be playing rounds of golf on the Wii version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. I'd assume it will include MotionPlus, which means Fallon better start practicing.

129 diggsYes, Perez is a pain; a pain who ridicules both gay rights activists and gay rights critics when not drawing crude genitalia on paparazzi photos. Did he deserve a beating? No: no one does. And yet that fact gets obscured when the victim of said beating is a churlish gadfly.

136 diggsAuthorities say former Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett died of an overdose of a pain killer, and that they’re investigating his death as an accident.

124 diggsRuby on Rails is a web application framework that promotes rapid development. Clients’ demands are ever increasing yet they still expect the same quality of output. In the first part of this three part series, we cover setting up a simple message model, which will hold the messages posted. Further to this, we will learn how to post a message asynch

75 diggsDozens of holidaymakers returning to Newcastle refused to fly after they were asked to act as human ballast. Passengers were asked to move seats to distribute the weight, but 71 left the plane, fearing for their safety.

94 diggsThe venerable Associated Press seems to have crossed the line by asking its employees to not only control what they say, but what their friends say. AP employee policy: It’s a good idea to monitor your profile page to make sure material posted by others doesn’t violate AP standards

97 diggsInterview at the US Open

109 diggsDramatically weakened by recession, U.S. automakers in the next few years are likely to be challenged on their home turf by car manufacturers from the developing world. But while the Chinese were expected to be the first to land in North America, it now looks like India will beat China to the U.S. market — and not with cars, but with light trucks.

99 diggsIf the Internet is evidence of anything, there are a hell of a lot more hilariously horrible tattoos out there than anyone would like to admit. It's our duty to scour for all the worst pictures the Internet has to off, giving you hundreds of examples of what not to get as your next tat.

84 diggsSex sells and these ten highly-suggestive automotive print ads show how far automakers are willing to go to sell cars. The best examples come from the "Mad Men" of the 1960s, when men were men and copywriters were horribly sexist.

96 diggsChildren have also been given detention in the past for undoing shirt top buttons, taking off blazers on hot days or wearing the wrong shade of black trousers.

102 diggsThe 4,000-year-old tomb provides a glimpse of the burial customs of the area's inhabitants during the Canaanite period.

80 diggsJust in time for the 2009 Cannes Advertising Festival, Schematic, an interactive agency who helped come up with the futuristic advertising seen in Minority Report, is debuting their large multi-touch wall. It's a 12-foot by 5-foot display.

50 diggsLos Angeles police released security video today that captures unruly celebrants of the Lakers NBA finals victory helping themselves to merchandise at a Shell gas station convenience store blocks from the Staples Center. The footage shows about two dozen men swarming the store and helping themselves primarily to juice, soda and energy drinks (!).

59 diggsResearchers in India and Italy say they have seen two types of liquid water that have long been suspected to exist below water's normal freezing point.

126 diggsA kid gets a rocket shot at his nuts and epic fails!!!!

169 diggsBeing a parent isn't just about nurturing your child, giving them support and safety. Where would be the fun in that?

99 diggsFar below the Black Hills of South Dakota, crews are building the world's deepest underground science lab at a depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings — a place uniquely suited to scientists' quest for mysterious particles known as dark matter.

133 diggsIn the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mullahs rule supreme. They are the country's conservative clerics; the guardians of the Islamic revolution and its ideologies. They're loyal only to God and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

195 diggsThe problem with the iPod’s freeware games market is Apple’s overprotectiveness. It’s not easy to put games on your iPod that weren’t bought in iTunes. But today, we’re going to show you how it’s done.

199 diggsPeter Craig, the script writer for the upcoming Cowboy Bebop live-action film starring Keanu Reeves, sat down and answered a few questions at Anime Vice, talking about the involvement of the Japanese studio that created the original anime the film is based on, how he got in on the project, and more.

125 diggsIT'S official: the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.Of course---it is from a SURVEY!

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159 diggsPresident Barack Obama will throw out the first pitch at the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

123 diggsAhmadinejad gets a Twitter account and tries to master the new social media.

67 diggsNothing like a girl on girl fight to make a horrible movie watchable. And sexy!

95 diggsYes, caterpillars. And hairy ones. The hairiest. The kind you’d ask if you can see their barber – so you can go and tell him what for. Bad hair days abound among this lot, though some may beg to differ and see some pretty raging styles on display.

159 diggsCameron encouraged theater owners to add 3-D capability as quickly as possible. But acknowledging "Avatar" will have to play in a mix of conventional and extra-dimensional venues due to insufficient number of 3-D auditoriums, he added, "I just want to say that I think 'Avatar' is going to play great in 3-D, 2-D, any 'D.' "

111 diggs“Parts of the policy seem to be snuffing out peoples’ First Amendment rights of expression by a company that wraps itself in the First Amendment.”

73 diggsWatch closely the 4 year old that falls at the bottom of the video. Actually two children escaped serious injury.

248 diggsEating pet horses is being banned under new EU legislation, it has been reported. The rule is aimed at continental Europe where two million horses are reportedly eaten every year. Anyone who refuses to sign up to the regulations could face prison or an unlimited fine, according to The Sun.

168 diggsSan Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today signed the nation's first mandatory composting policy into law. The ambitious rule will help the city reach what are arguably the most aggressive organics waste targets in the U.S.

117 diggsGiant limbs and random lumps of fat. Music-induced seizures. Persistent sexual arousal syndrome. While rare medical conditions are cocktail-party fodder for some, they can be a source of difficulty and shame for those who experience them.

135 diggsBeware! You can actually smell the sweat and blood from Max’s wife beater tank.

69 diggsFrom wayward nuns to convicted witches, the global custom of burying people "prone" was likely used to disrespect or humiliate the dead, according to the first study of its kind.

138 diggsSilver was first used as currency over four thousand years ago and its name is synonymous with the true value that can only come from a real-world commodity. Here we take a look at the history of this oldest of oldschool currencies, explore how it is used today and let you in on the basics of making silver your own personal hedge against inflation.

101 diggsHow many times in the past has someone tried to explain something amazing to you and then gave up because you have to see it to understand how great it is. Those conversations continue to happen, but now they all end with: "Just look it up on YouTube...

199 diggsSometime tomorrow, Comcast and Time Warner will announce a partnership to promote the concept of TV Everywhere. Jeff Bewkes, chairman and CEO of Time Warner and Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast will have a joint media conference tomorrow in New York.

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94 diggsAPOD: 2009 June 24 - Noctilucent Clouds Over Germany

146 diggsBookmarklets (or favlets for IE) can perform many useful functions that will make your life easier without having to go 2-3 steps to perform the same task.

129 diggsTonight at its event in San Francisco, Boxee showed off the first shots of what it’s working on for the beta release of its software. CEO Avner Ronen says Boxee users should expect this in September, though it could be pushed to October.

439 diggsI wish I was Inspector Gadget.

359 diggsBen Bernanke has been seeking a larger role for the central bank in regulating several aspects of the economy.

149 diggsA photographer spent a week with sponge fishermen in the Bahamas. The slideshow is amazing, especially if you go fullscreen with it.

214 diggsAfter being diagnosed with bone cancer, 67-year-old Elvira Tellez of Tucson was understandably stressed. But that stress quickly elevated to panic last week when she went for a CT scan and was left in the machine for five hours after a technician forgot about her.

135 diggsIf you like apps or the Internet, go buy the iPhone 3G S right now. The new model's improved processor and graphics chipset significantly boost the speed of everything from Web browsing to games, cementing the iPhone's role as the nation's most flexible handheld computer.

114 diggsThe flow of seawater across Earth's surface could be responsible for small fluctuations in the planet's magnetic field, a controversial new study says.If so, the research would challenge the widely accepted theory that Earth's magnetic field is generated by a churning molten core, or dynamo, in the planet's interior.

231 diggsLet's see that again in slow-mo please....

169 diggsAn 84-year-old registered sex offender has been arrested on a charge of sexual abuse of a woman at a Frankfort nursing home, police said. Harrison Blankenship of Versailles was charged with first-degree sexual abuse of an 87-year-old woman for subjecting her to sexual contact without her consent.

133 diggsIn 2003, The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act was instituted to ensure that American soldiers who were sent to combat positions overseas wouldn't be financially penalized upon their return. For Leon Batie, however, it looks like a year spent in a mud hut in Afghanistan may have cost him his businesses and credit rating.

83 diggsIt is not exactly the surfer’s dream scenario: the sea is flat and discoloured greenish-grey by the vast amounts of sewage seeping into it; the nearby fisherman’s wharf has been reinforced by the rubble of war-smashed buildings. Just beyond the horizon, Israeli gunboats prowl to make sure no one is trying to smuggle in weapons by sea.

221 diggsA man identifying himself as the boyfriend of a young woman whose grisly death in Iran's postelection protests was captured on amateur video said Monday that she only wanted democracy and freedom for the people of Iran.

277 diggsNot to say that the iPhone 3GS isn’t good. In fact, this new model is among the best handsets on the market today. Still, the 3GS’s combination of hardware and software continues to miss the mark in a few critical areas, and these deficiencies prevent the iPhone from leaping far ahead the competition.

137 diggsBritain is to appoint its first national cyber security chief to protect the country from terrorist computer hackers and electronic espionage, Gordon Brown will announce tomorrow.

144 diggsNever has it been more clear that Bush II's war in Iraq was a pre-decided war in desperate search of a public rationale. In this Wednsday segment of Olbermann's "Worst Person's in the World." Keith decimates Bush and his legacy.

156 diggsThis one is a bit hard to watch even though you cannot see the hammer land. The perpetrator got 3.5 years in prison for the attack.

161 diggsKobian, a "humanoid" robot, which can express seven human emotions, has been unveiled by researchers at Waseda University in Japan.