155 diggsA woman held captive since Sunday by an ex-boyfriend was set free Wednesday morning after a chance visit from a debt collector, officials said.

128 diggsSome dogs will try to eat anything - but for dogs like Toby, based in Afghanistan with the military, swallowing things on the ground can be extra dangerous.

143 diggsAfter fighting to get their former boss to compensate them for their dismissal, two girls from the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok finally got 33 sacks of money – but were not happy with the money they got.

158 diggsI think it's safe to say that most of us get excited about new technology or gadgets, can't wait for the next big thing to hit the market and get our hands on it. However some of it that's out there has its flaws, to the degree that it can drive you insane.

175 diggsIt's no surprise that scientists are eager to study as much of the planet's forest canopy as possible before the population does away with trees altogether. However the problem they face in their quest to sit at the top of these masses of greenery is that access to the uppermost layer isn't always easy to come by,

121 diggsThe title has sold through 41% of its shipment, for sales of 155,000 units on day one of availability in Japan - that compares to 130,000 for Super Mario Galaxy on day one.

111 diggsA Tennessee man is facing charges of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor for what authorities say are three pictures -- none of them featuring an actual child's body.

97 diggsWomen are at their happiest at the age of 28, a study has found.

196 diggsThe record player uses a carrier and dock outfitted with a magnetic and auto-calibrating controlsystem which carries the LP into thin air as it is playing music

207 diggsWe've always had a weird double standard toward non-humans. The adorable animals became our buddies, while we obsessively killed the ugly. It might be time to change that standard.

122 diggsScientists at the Gladstone Institutes of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have found another clue that may lead to eradication of HIV from infected patients who have been on antiretroviral therapy.

85 diggsVauban hopes to forge a model community without that great staple of modern life – the car. Now the sound of birdsong has replaced the roar of traffic and children can play in the street.

94 diggsThe D.C. Department of Employment Services fired a contractor who was working with youths in the city's summer jobs program after officials became aware of messages on his Twitter site that Anacostia is "ghetto" and that he was loafing at work.

322 diggsCareful which side you sit on

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186 diggsBREIN may have pretty much lost all of their credibility a long time ago in the eyes of many, but that doesn’t seem to stop them from trying to issue a court summons in the Netherlands. BREIN is seeking to shut down the operations being conducted in that country.

175 diggsHey, Michael, thanks for sending over these storyboards, we're super psyched to have you on board for 'The Great Gatsby'. We did have a couple of issues. Nothing major, just some... Well, let's just get right into it.

78 diggsExpedition 20 Flight Engineer Michael Barratt provides a 20-minute tour of the International Space Station, documenting the full 167 feet of the space station's pressurized modules.

103 diggsThis was the weakest NBA draft in recent memory – no sure-fire superstars, a lack of depth – which meant all the wild action from contenders shifted to trades. This was about the future, but the more immediate one: the playoff chase of next spring...

266 diggsWell, it seem Apple hasn't gotten their freak on after all.

91 diggsImagine yourself, sometime in the next decade, with a fantastic idea for a new business that requires manufacturing in the weightlessness of space. Or maybe, having made your fortune on Earth, you'd simply like to vacation in a very high place.

175 diggsMichael Jackson has sadly passed away. While many will remember the contributions he made as an entertainer to the world of music, Michael Jackson was also one of the world’s most famous comic book fans. There are many stories involving Michael Jackson and comic books, but here are the Top 8 Strangest Comic Book Stories about Michael Jackson.

328 diggsJust seconds after the story hit the internet, messages or 'Tweets' about the singer on the micro-blogging site Twitter doubled, leading to a temporary shutdown of the site.

181 diggsIreland recognized the legal rights of same-sex couples for the first time Friday in a civil partnership bill that gave people in long-term relationships many of the statutory rights of married couples.

134 diggsThe guys get off, the women get D-cups, and everybody’s happy—right?

151 diggsWeb designers use color tools daily. So, i had collect an ultimate list of color tools. In this list, i had collect color wheel, color scheme, color palette and color picker.

108 diggsSega has gone down the rather unusual route of creating a battery powered miniature robot girlfriend for lonely adult males. Called EMA (Eternal Maiden Actualization) Sega hopes this mini-fembot, which it describes as petite, friendly and big-busted, will bring joy to those in need when it is released onto the market in September.

178 diggsTurns out that from now on, according to the current Department of Justice, we can expect our vice presidents to refuse to conduct public interviews, because there's a chance that if (when) they say something stupid (really stupid) then they'll get made fun of on The Daily Show.

131 diggsJackson was at the height of his fame and supposedly loved the mystery and speculation that followed publication of this photo.

91 diggsA raid at the Stonewall Inn that galvanized gays was primarily a crackdown on the Mafia.

151 diggsMarket researcher NPD says that consumers are confused about the difference between a netbook and a notebook. It’s no wonder.

107 diggsCheerleading safety efforts have led to modest reductions in the number of serious injuries in recent years, according to a new report about college and high school sports and cheerleading mishaps.

230 diggsStephen Hawking believes that one of the major factors in the possible scarcity of intelligent life in our galaxy is the high probability of an asteroid or comet colliding with inhabited planets. We have observed, the collision of a comet, Schumacher-Levi, with Jupiter, which produced a series of enormous fireballs.

121 diggsThey say the eyes are the window to the soul, but the ones collected here make you ponder whether they lead straight to the stomach.

112 diggsTo make things a little more fair, the gangly long-legged dude in this video is going to fight a giraffe next.

69 diggsThe final date of the HORSE match between Shaq and Bruce Manley is being worked out, but Manley's rep says it will happen in July sometime. This should be hilarious to see Shaq get whipped in a game of horse by this kid.

222 diggsThe ad reads "Your iPhone contract is coming up. Perfect timing."

100 diggsFiled in U.S. District Court in southern Illinois, the court documents obtained by CNET show that the couple is seeking monetary damages for Apple's "wrongful, illegal, improper and fraudulent acts."

87 diggsMartina Navratilova's ex, Toni Layton, is suing the former tennis star for dumping her. The suit claims "the couple agreed to 'evenly share' all funds and assets earned and obtained by either while together' when they wed in New Hampshire in 2000." Layton is claiming millions of dollars in the suit for emotional, mental and physical trauma...

114 diggsSome fond memories, from "I'll Be There" to Epcot Center to the Jackson 5 Saturday-morning cartoon. He was a creep, but he was a legend, after all.

107 diggsI guess it’s not a spoiler if the scene doesn’t make the final cut, but be warned anyway: Universal lifted a Michael Jackson-related sequence from Brüno just hours before the film’s premiere Thursday night — which happened to be just hours after the King of Pop was confirmed dead at age 50.

451 diggsInnovative bus stop advertisement.

203 diggsEarlier this week, NASA released an amazing photograph of an eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano, taken by astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station (ISS). Seeing that great photo prompted me to dig into the archives and see what other imagery I could find from recent NASA archives.

104 diggsIn a war of Tweets, Shawne Merriman, a social-media savvy linebacker for the Chargers, seems to have the upper hand on Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco, but on the web and on the field. Merriman threatens to "wring [Ochocinco's] neck" if he calls him out again. That's a threat you take seriously from a guy who had a steroid suspension.

61 diggsPick up a golf club and your brain may do more than look for an easy par three. The mere act of holding a mechanical grasping tool "temporarily modifies the cerebral representation of a subject's arm,".

87 diggs"Earlier this month we ordered up some Phiero pheromone cologne to see what all the fuss was about. This stuff is supposed to make a man more irresistible to women than LL Cool J after bathing in a pool of Spanish fly, beaver musk, and balm of Gilead. It arrived last week, and boy does it reek."

156 diggsA mother is being charged with neglecting her obese teenage son, raising issues about whether the government has the right to intervene in one's family life.

104 diggsThe FBI says it has uncovered a $50m (£30m) scam involving the US healthcare system, making arrests in Florida, Michigan and Colorado.

128 diggsEven if you’re on your way to a Hawaii vacation or European getaway, 14 hours of feeling like Dr. Phil and dealing with untrustworthy digestive systems because of who’s sitting next to you makes for a miserable flight...

111 diggsThe authorities in Sri Lanka have arrested a popular astrologer who predicted that the president will be ejected from office, police say. Chandrasiri Bandara announced last week that the government would flounder in September and October because of political and economic problems.

80 diggsWhile Starbucks is opening far fewer stores than it used to, it wants the ones it does open to be environmentally friendly, to be made with local materials, and to have new looks that reflect the neighborhoods they're in.

288 diggsRIP :(

140 diggsThere is an ongoing debate about the size of the losses at YouTube and for how much longer the parent, Google, can afford to fund its errant child’s excessive lifestyle. This author believes that YouTube is used indirectly to drive profits at the parent, and that Google is currently incentivised to keep these profits hidden from prying eyes.

163 diggs When German Countess Carlotta Liebenstein died in 1991, she left her precious canine companion Gunther III about $80 million... you get the idea here.

110 diggsStudies consistently show that by margins of 60% or more, women tend to be the ones who pay the family bills and balance the checkbook. Give your finances the same TLC you give to the rest of your family.

139 diggsIf you shop at the grocery store for tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, salad greens or strawberries, then you are the perfect candidate for becoming a kitchen gardener. Growing your own will save you an incredible amount of money -- more than $1,200 if you plant all five, according to a recent analysis.

136 diggsMoney is useless. Items only please.

99 diggsWhen asked by Rep. Duncan on Thursday about the fact that a majority of Congress is co-sponsoring Ron Paul’s HR 1207 bill to audit the Federal Reserve, here's what Ben Bernanke responded...

127 diggsA kite that a geek could appreciate.

464 diggsRIP :(

198 diggsMichael Jackson made a guest appearance on the Simpsons to sing a Birthday Song for Lisa Simpson with Bart. RIP :(

46 diggsArchaeologists say they have unearthed the world's oldest musical instruments. They are flutes, made of vulture bone and mammoth tusks. They were found in caves in southwestern Germany and date back to the time when modern human beings — who actually looked like us — were first venturing into Europe.

148 diggsIGN-Greenpixels: What better way to say "I love you" than with a game-themed wedding cake?

171 diggsAn Apple ad campaign claims that its line of Macbooks is the "world’s greenest family of notebooks" --- but a recent ruling by the ad industry's self-governing body found that claim to be somewhat of an overstatement. Not clear yet is whether Apple will modify its ads.

76 diggsAn explanation of how airlines cut costs, presented in graphical form.

166 diggsPet Sitters International, who founded TYDTWD in 1996 in the UK, hoped that bringing dogs to the work place would inspire dog-less co-workers to adopt one of the many foster animals that need a home.

100 diggsThe historic "Green Monster" at Fenway Park stands at 37ft 2in. This infographic compares it to the Hollywood Sign, The Statue of Liberty, a football goalpost, and more.

122 diggsEach of Michael Bay's movies has made well over $100 million, with only two falling shy of $200 million. The infographic below breaks down his career by the numbers. All figures are adjusted for inflation.

106 diggsThe hack masters at the iPhone Dev Team earlier today announced the iPhone 3GS is officially jailbreakable. The news comes less than a week after Apple released the latest iteration of its wonder gadget featuring new toys like video capability and a digital compass.

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45 diggsWhat's next? Apparently, a credit card in your cell phoneHÃ¥kan Djuphammar, a vice president of Ericsson, predicted all cell phones will come equipped with enabling technology within a year. In the U.S banks and other companies are test-driving an RFID sticker that can be attached to your cell phone so you can use it to buy stuff

90 diggsLight and clean website designs that are simple but very elegant.

561 diggsMurphy-Goode announced their top 50 for their really good job contest. The only problem is that @martinsargent wasn't in it. So, for all those that voted, looks like your votes meant nothing to Murphy-Goode. Forget me, forget you Murphy-Goode!

311 diggsIn the modern era of accelerating change in the tech industry, it is hard to find even five-year trends with any predictive value, let alone trends that span the centuries.

67 diggsBaseball season is in full swing, and if your guy has a thing for the crotch-itching, tobacco-spitting, home run-hitting action and excitement, prepare to sit through some innings. And, do your best not to interrupt the starting lineup with one of these dreadful drop-ins. Doing so might mean one, two, three strikes, you're out!

129 diggs3. Use the iPhone Card Counter App - It's totally cool that "there's an app for that"—card counting that is. But while mental card-counting a la Rain Man is somewhat legal, using any electronic devices to help you count the cards is big-time illegal. You will get arrested and probably blacklisted from not only the casino (and others)...

105 diggsSteve Jobs once said that Microsoft’s products lack “taste”. At the moment, it started a war between Windows and Mac fanboys. But to many people, that statement was justified – OS X was considerably ahead of Windows from a design and usability standpoint.

162 diggsFor the first time, an image of a memory being made at the cellular level has been captured by scientists.

93 diggsScientists looking for Earth-like planets in distant solar systems might find it more productive to focus on pale red dots, rather than blue ones.

175 diggsAs a Canadian living in the US for the past 17 years, I am frequently asked by Americans and Canadians alike to declare one health care system as the better one. Often I'll avoid answering, regardless of the questioner's nationality. To choose one or the other system usually translates into a heated discussion of each one's merits, pitfalls-

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78 diggsRapstar is Guitar Hero for lyricists.

159 diggsMeet Gene Simpkins...

155 diggsUntil recently, most scientists assumed these prehistoric handprints were male. But "even a superficial examination of published photos suggested to me that there were lots of female hands there," Pennsylvania State University archaeologist Dean Snow said of European cave art.

186 diggsA feed under the name "kcna-dprk" provides links to hundreds of North Korea's official news agency's English-language stories. The background of the Twitter page for the feed at http://twitter.com/kcna_dprk shows the North's red-and-blue national flag.

103 diggsWARNING: This video displays disturbing content.

71 diggsMexico vowed to keep looking for a mysterious island that could extend its offshore oil claims after university researchers said they couldn't find it. "The island doesn't exist" in the area where it was shown on maps, a National Autonomous University of Mexico study concluded after conducting studies with underwater sensing devices.

180 diggsPeople from all over the world got together last night to dance and celebrate Michael Jackson’s music.

75 diggsIntel Corporation will again be the subject of some good-humored laughs with Conan O'Brien, having signed on as a sponsor of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," which launched under its new host on June 1. Following up on O'Brien's successful 2007 visit to the San Francisco Bay Area, which was underwritten by Intel, this partnership leverages O'

122 diggsHot or not? Men agree on the answer. Women don't. There is much more consensus among men about whom they find attractive than there is among women, according to a new study by Wake Forest University psychologist Dustin Wood.

235 diggsScience fiction is all about discovery and invention, but only a few books have actually created whole new genres. Here are 10 books that pioneered a new type of science-fictional story.

255 diggsPeople laugh when I wear my water wings to cut my lawn. I bet they wont laugh when they read this article.

174 diggsThe U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping climate change bill today that will significantly change the way Americans use and produce energy. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), which passed on a 219-212 vote, now moves to the Senate, where experts predict another battle. Environmentalists hailed the bill's passage

207 diggsTwo cable powerhouses have announced an ambitious pilot program that aims to convince their customers that, actually, TV on the web should not be free. With a service called TV Everywhere, Comcast and Time Warner will give cable subscribers access to "premium" television content via broadband, and later cellphone connections.

93 diggsThe New York Islanders have chosen to rebuild around high-scoring centre John Tavares. He was selected first overall by the Islanders at the NHL draft on Friday night.

77 diggsCollection of modern teapots and unusual kettle designs that will look great in any kitchen.

127 diggsA new telescope may let scientists see what happened after the big bang

240 diggsApparently nostalgic for the bad old days of pot paraphernalia raids, our law enforcement friends down in San Diego have taken time off from pursuing what seem to be less pressing matters -- like, you know, murder and rape and stuff -- to bust four smoke shops for selling marijuana pipes.

137 diggsNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) Bernard Madoff, mastermind behind the largest and most sweeping Ponzi scheme ever, on Monday faces the possibility of spending the rest of his natural life in prison. Madoff is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Manhattan before Judge Denny Chin, who could sentence him to as many as 150 years in federal prison.

334 diggsPresident Obama on Friday had some of his strongest words for Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his country's disputed election, which has resulted in protesters being beaten and killed.

87 diggsCheck out this collection of 40 of the best icon design tutorials from across the web, each covering the process of designing a highly detailed icon graphic in Illustrator or Photoshop.

148 diggsThe winner of this year's charity auction to dine with billionaire Warren Buffett gets a slight discount over last year, but will still plunk down more than $1.68 million dollars for lunch.

92 diggsOn June 22nd, photographer Brian Whittaker was flying 35,000 feet above Nunavut, Canada, when he witnessed "the most spectacular sunset that I have ever seen," he says. "The giant volcanic cloud from Russia's Sarychev Peak...was illuminated by the arctic sun--and this completely transformed the landscape. For a moment, I thought I was on Mars."...

93 diggsDiscussion of recent book/phenomenon, "Shop Class" and interviews with variety of people who work in some real form with their hands...from musician to mechanic to hair dresser.

400 diggs"This avatar does not have the requirements to be here."

67 diggsShaquille O'Neal hasn't picked out a house in Cleveland yet. He has chosen a jersey number -- his old one. Shaq is going back to No. 33. Traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday, the 15-time All-Star has decided to wear 33, the team confirmed Friday. That's the number O'Neal wore in high school and at LSU before turning pro.

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175 diggsThe Australian government has set their eyes on gamers, promising to user its internet censorship regime to block websites hosting and selling video games that are not suitable for 15 year olds. Can you imagine the number of games that will be included?

169 diggsMembers of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market. As financial markets tumbled and the government worked to stave off panic by pumping billions of dollars into banks last fall, several members of Congress who oversee the banking industry were grabbing up or dumping bank stocks

112 diggsMost people were initially pretty excited when the game was announced back in March, but since then some people have started to feel a little bit concerned that Max Payne 3 won’t live up to it’s predecessors. Here are some of the concerns fans are having.

78 diggsThe online simple webpage creation tool is going offline as the transition from .Mac to MobileMe is nearly complete. As of July 7, those who use .Mac HomePage will have to move on to something else.

46 diggsA 34-year-old man fell headfirst from the upper deck at Busch Stadium on to the concourse below before the St. Louis Cardinals played the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.

105 diggsHe oversees the entire whiskey-making process, which includes taking a nip or two to make sure the popular brands are up to standards. For him, every day is happy hour."I'm the luckiest guy I know," says Arnett, who is in his second year on the job.

69 diggsCongressional roll call votes on the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

80 diggsBrazil's president Lula has approved a controversial law which grants land rights to squatters occupying land in the Amazon — campaigners fear it will result in a further increase in deforestation of the Amazon region.