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March 10 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12131 diggsThe Pakistan Cricket Board has banned former captains Mohd Yousuf and Younus Khan for life, besides imposing a 1-year ban on Shoaib Malik in the wake of the team's disastrous tour of Australia. 289 diggsWtf 55 diggsLayla Grace Marsh passed away from Neuroblastoma on Tuesday in Houston. Her parents announced her death to her 42,000 fans on Twitter............... 136 diggsChinese military officials had suggested using Beijing's vast holdings of US government debt to pressure the US. However, a top Chinese official said Tuesday that Beijing won't use the debt for political gain -- just a few days after a forecast projected that the U.S. national debt is on course to triple to $20 trillion over the next decade. 105 diggsIn a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird. 151 diggsThe game is going to be browser based and developed with the Unity3D engine. Call me skeptic, but this sounds like a bad idea to me. 236 diggsA terrified 7-year-old boy begged emergency dispatchers to send police to his Southern California home where three armed robbers threatened his parents, according to a recording of the call released Tuesday. 82 diggsInvestors are pumping more and more money into web services that are heavily reliant on Facebook. So how big is the economy around the world's most popular social network? 203 diggsThis cremation can't wait! 187 diggsScientists have discovered tiny amounts of water in some of the famous moon rocks brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts.Recently NASA crashed two spacecraft into the moon and orbiters scanned the lunar surface for telltale light signatures. 246 diggsExperience the power of Elvis Presley and the explosive impact he had on music and popular culture in the Newseum's newest exhibit 'Elvis! His Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story.' 102 diggsA survey of the 1.9 million accounts on AshleyMadison.com, a dating site for people looking to cheat on their spouses, rounds up the most common occupations among the would-be infidelitous. 256 diggsApply an oscillating electric field to the anode of a lithium battery and the recharge drops dramatically, say chemists 186 diggsMongolia is experiencing one of the worst winters in 30 years. Presently the government has declared an emergency requiring foreign aid to alleviate the impact of the "Zud" (Mongolian term for a multiple natural disaster) caused by bitter cold and thick snow. 268 diggsWhere do the characters of The Big Lebowski rank on an alignment chart? 230 diggsThis technology may be the future of computer graphics, and while this video may not look up to par with the most recent of games, remember it was designed by engineers, not artists. Can someone more technical elaborate on this? 196 diggsWhen a creature flick comes along that is so preposterously ridiculous, so patently absurd, so monstrously unscientific that the creature in question could never even exist, well, we have no choice but to scream 307 diggsHave you ever thought that Goofy was just a little bit too goofy? Wonder where Woody Woodpecker gets all that energy? 161 diggsActor Corey Haim died this morning of an apparent overdose, according to LAPD. He was 38. Haim shot to fame in the 80s -- when he co-starred in a number of ... 249 diggsNOURISH HIM!!!!! 192 diggsThere's nothing worse for a bicyclist than finding yourself a mile in to a two-mile stretch of shoulder-less, busy, highway-speed traffic with no alternative route. Before today, this was a common occurrence if you went to trusty Google Maps to get bicycling directions, but starting today, that has all changed. 148 diggsJERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police are improperly arresting Palestinian boys in nighttime raids in Jerusalem that involve assault rifle wielding security forces handcuffing minors and interrogating them without lawyers or parents, an Israeli rights group charged Tuesday. 219 diggsConjoined twins Emma and Taylor Bailey, three, will die if they are not separated because too much strain is being put on their shared heart. It is one of the most agonizing decisions any parent could have to make. 151 diggsNASA is working to finish out the space shuttle program with some key missions. First, the next space shuttle, Discovery, currently is sitting on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 137 diggsEvan Turner, who overcame a broken back after falling off the rim during a dunk, is a triple-double threat every night and has Ohio State in contention for a Final Four appearance. He took the honor over Kentucky's John Wall. 72 diggsA 23-year old Brazilian indoor soccer player, Robson Rocha Costa, died Sunday after sustaining injuries in a match. A piece of floor plank pierced his thigh and went into his intestine. 91 diggsCapcom has revealed the final new character for Super Street Fighter IV, and he's ... well, he's a giant dude covered in oil. Like, Hakan actually oils himself up before each round. 256 diggsA Georgian woman is claiming to be the oldest person in the world. Her birth documents show that she was born on July 8 1880 and will turn 130 this summer. 99 diggsTom Friedman explains we should all forget about the death and suffering we caused because it's all working out. 108 diggsBecause so many new technologies involve the handling of our most personal information, online privacy has never been in more jeopardy. China may be making headlines with its highly controversial internet censorship laws and taut surveillance systems, but similar issues seem to be arising at all ends of the globe and the fight between security... 247 diggsThere’s a lot of movement in the rumor mill about technology waiting to be unveiled at E3, so lets take a look. 178 diggsA drunk driver repeatedly smashes his car up in broad daylight. 106 diggsHuge deal! The revolutionary modifications in HTML5 semantics bring the whole new coding (and indexing) experience. But is it really all that new? 105 diggsTrainspotting scribe John Hodge is attached to write the script. 239 diggsA book that defends plagiarism, champions faked memoirs and declares fiction dead has the literary world up in arms. 170 diggsThe best hybrid cars of today can only deliver about 48 miles per gallon. By using this newly developed fuel injection system a test vehicle was measured at achieving 64 miles per gallon in highway driving. This is approximately a 50% increase in fuel efficiency in a gasoline engine. 192 diggsA new study shows that people are more likely to cheat and steal after buying green products. 129 diggsClandestine kitchens are a growing phenomenon in the United States, as supper clubs shun pomp, circumstance and plebian steak dinners in favor of more-offbeat dining experiences. 137 diggsBritish scientists say they've discovered a mechanism that might lead to a new way of converting wood and straw into liquid biofuels. 182 diggsReality shows like Dancing With the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol already do live shows, and Glee recently announced concert dates that include two nights at Radio City Music Hall, so here are a few TV shows that should head out around the country during hiatuses for some up close and personal interactions with their fans. 170 diggsThis is what happens when a have a car and a bunch of crazy people. 282 diggsCome November, the president and his party may find themselves succeeding most by failing the least. 140 diggs“Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, viewed by some as the Hitchcock of superhero cinema after his two Batman films, is “godfathering” a reboot of the Man of Steel, acting as producer and mentor to an as-yet-unnamed-director who will be making a movie based on a story by Nolan and David S. Goyer. 147 diggsCheck out these extremely dangerous travel activities from around the world. 131 diggsNurse Sara Dale was fired from a UK hospital after bedding grieving husbands of deceased cancer-stricken wives she had cared for, reports say. 120 diggsTen years ago today, the NASDAQ composite peaked at 5132.52. But then the dot-com bubble burst dramatically and markets crashed so spectacularly that the affects are still being felt today. But could there be another crash on the horizon? 84 diggsSAN FRANCISCO — In the late 1950s, American space companies jumped into a headlong race to build an aerospace industry that could launch missiles across the world and rockets above. 159 diggsTo boldly go where other companies have failed 153 diggsBTW if you go to Google.com and search for [find chuck norris] and hit, “I’m feeling lucky” button you will be taken to this result that reads:Google won’t search for Chuck Norris… 112 diggsNomar Garciaparra is going back to play with the Red Sox, but also announces his retirement from baseball. 105 diggsMoments after her rescue in the original Donkey Kong, Pauline’s lovelorn simian abductor plummets three stories to the cold steel below. The mighty had fallen. Unfortunately, his beloved franchise would soon follow. 340 diggs 170 diggsBoth the Mustang and the Camaro can be loaded up with more features than your average mid-1980s luxury sedan. The Camaro even offers rear parking assist to help overcome its lack of visibility. The 2011 Mustang's full specs haven't been revealed yet, but the 2010 model's options are sure to carry over for the most part.. 88 diggsBowser, Dr. Robotnik, Gannon and many others are starting to see a pattern. 214 diggsFrom the Falcon-based original to the BOSS baddies of the late 1960s and early 1970s straight through to the anathema of the Mustang II and the redemption of the Fox body, the history of the Mustang is a dramatic story. 338 diggsTheissen got pretty cheesed when Stewart told him that people could only see the full video online. So watch it, I guess. 197 diggsA post by Jesse Ventura has been removed from the Huffington Post for violating a policy against spreading conspiracy theories. Considering that the post identifies Ventura as the author of a book called Conspiracy Theories, you'd think HuffPo would have known what to expect from the former Minnesota governor. Apparently Not. 145 diggsOn last night's Colbert Report, Stephen covered the Pringles recall that's rocking the nation. Evidently, two flavors of Pringles are being pulled from the shelves, because they may be tainted with salmonella. 150 diggsMilton Bradley said he was a prisoner in his own home while he was playing for the Chicago Cubs. 280 diggsAfter slamming South Park in defense of his carrot-topped brethren on YouTube to the tune of nearly four million views, the famous "Gingers do have souls" kid has now been immortalized by the very show he claims to hate in this preview clip from South Park's upcoming 14th season. 406 diggsThe parents of a Kentuckiana seventh grade student say their young daughter was suspended from school for doing exactly what she's been taught to do for years - to just say no to drugs. 126 diggsDo you sleep with your iPhone? A recent survey found a lot of people who do. Among 200 Stanford University students questioned about their iPhone habits, 75 percent said they fall asleep with the iPhone snuggled next to them. But they're just as attached to their phone at daytime. 137 diggsWhat the videogame industry doesn't want you to know. 187 diggsI'm 48 now and I must find an alternative to tobacco. I can't bear to think of my blackening lungs anymore, not to mention the $50-a-week cost. So here goes. I screw the atomizer into the battery, fit a cartridge and I am ready to fake smoke. 162 diggsFew people consider that these small gadgets in our pockets could be causing a lot of damage to the environment. The negative impact of cellphones on the environment can be reduced in some ways, but some of the serious environmental damage cellphones may be causing will be more difficult to fix. 164 diggsA lonely cave on a cliff in the rugged Pinnacles Monument is the setting for a story of two love birds who found one another despite unimaginable hardship and decided to bring new life into a world that almost destroyed them. They are giant corpse-munching vultures, but wildlife biologists could not be more thrilled if they were Romeo and Juliet. 171 diggsI guess this is what happens when you pay for your friends in a fraternity. 135 diggsA race over 1,150 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain including jagged mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Idita 185 diggsLooking on the bright side about a dead-end job can kill your drive to find a new one. 196 diggs 196 diggsMortally wounded by legal assaults from Facebook, the “Web 2.0 Suicide Machine” is no longer helping users of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace automatically dump their friends and wash their hands of those services. However, those behind the site are planning a last great act of defiance: Soon they’ll be giving away their code. 113 diggsThis week, Zero Punctuation reviews Aliens vs Predator. 317 diggs 247 diggsThe sleazy yet curious internet elves here at Amog have put together a list of frightening fetishes guaranteed to either tickle your fancy (for our disturbed audience members) or alternatively make you never think about sex the same way again. 157 diggsIt’s not just a red and blue glass that makes things fly at you! Well sort of but its much cooler than that. 138 diggsThey've been plugging away for awhile now on ways to get directions for cyclists that avoids hills, excessive traffic, and points you in the best directions for pedaling to your destination. Now it's live! 111 diggsAlthough the nation's major airlines continue to boast improved on-time arrival rates and less lost luggage, air travelers are still unhappy with America's airports. And Los Angeles International Airport is rated among the worst. San Francisco International Airport doesn't rate much better. 144 diggsWhat if you car plunges down a steep ravine into the rushing waters below, or you flip your ride on its roof and hang, dangling helplessly from the seatbelt while the gasoline drips ever closer to the broken mirror focusing burning sunlight onto the hot asphalt? 63 diggsFather Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican's chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power struggles at the Vatican as well as "cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon". 162 diggsAmericans are too tired to go out and socialize, too tired to work, and even too tired for sex, according to a new survey from the National Sleep Foundation. But while the poll results highlight a nation of sleep-deprived adults, they also pull back the curtain on what we're doing, collectively and by race, instead of sleeping. 191 diggsWhen you look at these photos, do you think death and derelict nightmare or do you think urban explorers’ dream? Let’s go off the rails on a crazy train to explore the decomposing mental hospital since it is at this moment being torn down. Here’s an ode to abandoned Hellingly Mental Asylum with 33 creepy photos. R.I.P. 208 diggsWhether you're looking for an uber-powerful desktop replacement or a super-portable netbook, here is what you need to consider before buying a laptop. 120 diggsFood is sustenance; it provides necessary nutrients to sustain life and, when done right, it can be a gratifying gustatory experience. Unfortunately, far too often, food can also just make you sick -- or worse. More than four in 10 Americans say they've become ill during the past two years because of something they've eaten. 120 diggsA team of UCI scientists has created a video game that can be driven down the street. Glance over and check out this ride, as he zooms away at top speed: 15 miles per hour. It may not seem particularly swift, but Hertz won’t be able to see the actual road ahead of him. 162 diggsBruce Davis says it was a difficult decision for the committee that assembles the segment to omit Fawcett and that he's not surprised that some fans and family members are upset. 70 diggsIt seems an ever-more common scenario: a death is captured in a photograph or video. The images are uploaded onto the Web. Within days, thousands, if not millions, of strangers have pierced their way into a family’s grief—gawking at the final moments of a life that were never meant to be public. 216 diggsLet's face it. Words really are nothing more than sounds that east coast, big city, lesbian poets make in coffee houses to get people to snap their fingers in agreement. 149 diggsJohn McCain, who spent millions of taxpayer money chasing after baseball players he believed were taking steroids, has once again buckled under pressure from the real distributors of steroids and other illegal substances—the nation’s supplement makers. 83 diggsGoogle today announced that it will now be adding banner dvertising to its YouTube mobile sites. According to the company’s blog, the ads will appear on U.S. and Japanese mobile websites for home, browser and search pages. 100 diggsThe NBP will ask the government to "consider use of spectrum for a free or very low cost wireless broadband service.'' That's odd, we thought, since the FCC and Congress have been considering such an idea for years. 143 diggsTo understand radical Islam, American writer Theo Padnos pretended he was a Muslim and settled himself into Yemen’s radical mosque scene. Years later, his cover has finally been blown. 298 diggsSo what if comics were actually given titles based on what you said when you read them? ComicsAlliance senior writer Chris Sims has a few ideas. 227 diggsA nonprofit called Kopernik hopes to connect the creators of the low-cost, innovative and life-saving inventions with the people who need them most. 153 diggsTake a look at how much these top five NCAA basketball players would be making if they played in the NBA this season: 102 diggsHouse Democratic leaders banned Wednesday the practice of doling out multimillion-dollar, no-bid contracts to private contractors, a move that will shake up the lobbying industry that has come to rely on securing these so-called earmarks for their corporate clients. 191 diggsDid you think that @conanobrien was the only way to follow Conan on Twitter? So did I. But Conan actually has 8 different accounts, each of which is just as hilarious as the next. 199 diggs 139 diggsThis is the sad story of RealDVD, the company that recently screwed consumers everywhere by settling a lawsuit that makes it illegal to rip DVDs. 173 diggsIn an exclusive interview with IFC.com, John Hamm describes his love for comics, saying he "grew up in a very fortunate time, comic book-wise" 140 diggs*********** 223 diggsBlood Falls is a waterfall in Antarctica that spews blood-red water from five stories up. It was first discovered in 1911, but it wasn’t until recently that scientists have begun to dig into just how significant the location really is – both for understanding life on Earth and for speculating about life on other planets. 72 diggsSleep problems and sleep habits vary among different ethnic groups, according to a new national survey. But among all ethnicities, there remains a common denominator: Many of us simply don't get enough sleep. 99 diggs Four top training videos that can get you moving and into shape.... 108 diggsThis could be the worst child abuse case we've ever heard. Last month, after receiving a tip that a 9-year-old boy was being abused, police arrived at the Lake Charles, Louisiana home of Jaime and Murray Day. What they found... 135 diggsOnLive has announced that its cloud-based game streaming service will launch in the 48 contiguous US states on June 17, 2010. The service will initially be available to PC and Mac owners for a monthly service fee of $14.95. Each game purchase and rental will carry a charge on top of the base subscription. 254 diggsAs those who have kept in touch with the cosmos will tell you, space is one damn interesting place, chock-full of wacky phenomena. 268 diggsRIP Corey Haim 144 diggsBen Cooper combines photography with rocket science. 123 diggsYes, it's not vaporware, and it's releasing sooner than you think... 137 diggsTips on how to expand its reach—or just blow it up entirely. 160 diggsDigg is committed to the use & development of open source software & we're keen to avoid the cost of proprietary large-scale storage solutions. We were inspired by Google & Amazon's broad use of their non-relational BigTable and Dynamo systems. We evaluated all the usual open source NoSQL suspects. After considerable debate, we decided to go with 98 diggs20th Century Fox TV and Fox appear ready to end the long-running hit after this season, the show's eighth 104 diggsNo computer runs perfectly forever. Somewhere along the line, something will go wrong. While each successive version of Windows has been that much more reliable and self-healing, that's never been an argument to forgo a good collection of software tools. 117 diggsGary Busey? Bat-shit crazy? No! (He really gets going toward the end) 137 diggsThe equipment Canada's Sidney Crosby whipped off his person after scoring the gold medal-winning goal against the U.S. two Sundays ago has been recovered. 92 diggsThe Open Graph API will allow any page on the Web to have all the features of a Facebook Page – users will be able to become a Fan of the page, it will show up on that user’s profile and in search results, and that page will be able to publish stories to the stream of its fans. 129 diggsWin yourself a Nobel Prize, and you know you just scored roughly 1.4 million U.S. dollars. Get a Pulitzer Prize, and you can count on $10,000. But win an Oscar? Your cash prize is more of a crapshoot. When signing on for films that are possible Oscar contenders, actors often have award-triggered bonuses built into their contracts that vary 108 diggsGovernment investigators can't find the Bush lawyer's emails. His explanation makes about as much sense as his legal rationale for torture. 154 diggsThey say crime doesn't pay. For one robber in California, it did — but not much. Authorities in Riverside County say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got away with $6. Nobody was hurt. 142 diggsYou may be dying, figuratively, to get off the government's no-fly list, but death won't guarantee removal. The government's no-fly list includes the names of dead suspects, according to government officials who spoke with the Associated Press, to help catch people who may try to assume the suspect’s identity... 147 diggsTyreke Evans is the top rookie point guard, but just barely over Stephen Curry. Brandon Jennings is fourth. 157 diggsJoystick Division (and just about every other gaming news outlet) was buzzing about the firing of Infinity Ward executives Jason West and Vince Zampella last week, especially Activision's mysterious charge of "insubordination". We had to wonder: What is insubordination at Activision, and how often are people fired for it? We've got the an 256 diggsBehold a star from the second generation of generation of stars after the Big Bang, something scientists have been seeking for a while. Its unique make-up may prove that our galaxy developed by cannibalizing dwarf galaxies. 98 diggsBank of America just announced it will stop charging overdraft fees of $35 for most of its debit card customers. You may think that if you pay your bills on time and don't suffer overdraft fees that the changes don’t apply to you. Well, think again. 72 diggsShould unemployment benefits be cut off after, say, six months or a year, even in tough times, forcing the jobless to take any job they can find -- if they can find one? Or, as supporters say, do the benefits bolster not just individual families but also the entire economy? 153 diggsKevin Durant, Tyreke Evans, Russell Westbrook and Brandon Jennings have all been called the NBA's up-and-coming stars. But what about the guys who have been impressive without all the fanfare? This is for the NBA's underappreciated stars -- the ones who put in the work, put up the numbers and deserve more credit. 230 diggsIt's a fact that everyone loves the PuppyCam, except for those few people with an abnormal hatred of puppies. (And, frankly, we don't speak to those people.) 165 diggsThe App Store censorship horse may have been beaten to dead, but the German media --now under Apple's fire-- isn't surrendering. Hopefully, their blitzkrieg will be successful, and the European Union will open an investigation that the US would follow. 181 diggsInstead of playing only songs about the end of the world, Gunaxin syncs up the last remaining moments to relevant songs until the last man falls. 209 diggsSure, nobody's going to be rushing to make diamonds out of locks of his hair, but still, when Corey Haim dies, the world cries. 211 diggsNo matter which city or state you're in, you'll find all of this crap. 210 diggs When a rockslide closed a major Colorado highway, officials created an alternate route -- on which a woman was killed by a falling rock today. Moral of the story: Don't leave your house! Ever again! 89 diggsThe expression "as good as gold" suggests that gold is something of a sure thing when it comes to investments. But, while gold and other commodities remain a solid investment choice, when it comes to investing there's no such thing as a sure thing. 170 diggsIn this post, I wrap up the the Top 10 Fast Food Series with the worst foods to eat. You should definitely avoid these foods at all cost unless you are trying to become a Sumo wrestler. 275 diggsJust click through and check it out. 155 diggsWe may finally have proof that general relativity applies to cosmic bodies great and small, and that dark matter and dark energy are real. The theory of gravity proposed by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago can explain the dance of galaxies around one another just as well as it can model the motion of planets around the sun. 115 diggsThe Green Bay Packers have reached deep into their past to add an alternate color scheme to their traditional green-and-gold uniform repertoire. The new "third uniforms" are so old, in fact, that an 80-year-old photo had to be colorized to show what they originally looked like. 240 diggsKiss me om nom nom Irish! 131 diggs"And in every region investigated, researchers have found that as pornography has increased in availability, sex crimes have either decreased or not increased." 113 diggsWhile Ngmoco has emerged as one of the iPhone's top original developers, they've also lost a lot of fans by sticking with a model they call "freemium," even to the detriment of some of their most popular games. 107 diggsCarlos Slim Helu takes No. 1 spot on Forbes World's Billionaires list as a record 164 10-figure titans return to the ranking amid the global economic recovery. 158 diggsStove broken? No problem, whip up a near gourmet meal with your dishwasher, simple ingredients and foil. 386 diggsI have been calling, calling, and calling YouTube like crazy to come film some videos for me but they won't come. I do not understand how other people get there videos on YouTube. YouTube needs to come film me cuz i have some funny things to show the internet... 109 diggsPart Twitter, part Google Maps, IJustMadeLove.com is the brainchild of Cyprian Cieÿkiewicz, a 26-year-old programmer in Poland who got the idea for the site in May. While driving home one night, he started wondering what it would take to create a Web site with flashing notifications representing where people have exchanged bodily fluids. 166 diggsScientist from the University of Michigan reports to have found a weakness in the key encryption system used for almost all authentication process. They also describe the associated way to exploit it to crack the key in about 100 hours while it would have taken years by brute force attack. Most ... 111 diggsNo surprise here: Sony just officially announced the PlayStation Move at GDC 2010, saying that it's the most precise solution on the market. 166 diggsA soon to be classic Flash platformer. Upgrade your robots abilities (jumping and shooting) to reach the Kitty. Build up your robot and rescue the kitty! 100 diggsA newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, researchers believe. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste of fat tended to eat less fatty foods and were less likely to be overweight. The research team developed a screening procedure to test the ability of people to taste... 140 diggsChefs Call Proposed New York Salt Ban 'Absurd', MyFoxNY Fox 5 News WNYW:More Liberal big brother control proposed. What's next, National ID cards? Oh wait. 281 diggsIncredible flash flood in melbourne which saw a trickle turn into a hailstorm then a massive downpour. But that wasn't the end of it as the rain continued to pour and turn into a flash flood on the city streets! 66 diggsI'll say it again: The party of Palin and Limbaugh can win in 2010 -- but not in 2012, and beyond 192 diggsFor many California areas, unemployment rates moved persistently higher in January, indicating that the national economic recovery hasn't yet translated into jobs for the Golden State. The state's jobless rate of 12.5% in January was its worst on record and fifth-highest in the nation, but for eight counties it is over 20%. 476 diggs 277 diggsActivision announced today during the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco that the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 stimlulus package! 283 diggsPaper or plastic?" is no longer the question most often on store clerks' lips in the nation's capital these days when shoppers are buying food. Instead, cashiers here routinely ask customers if they want a bag at all, since they have to pay a nickel for each disposable sack they use to hold their groceries, snacks or takeout meals. 294 diggsThe Wizard of Oz is to be remade for the 21st century, with 3-D special effects and a very modern Dorothy. Inspired by the box office success of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, executives at Warner Bros are pressing ahead with an update of the childhood classic.The studio is weighing up two rival projects which take Frank Baum's original story 103 diggsThese sites have tools you can trust to help you make better money decisions 67 diggsA security camera captured the moment a drunk woman intentionally drove into a man at a Northern Territory service station - flipping him over her car's bonnet and into the air. 228 diggsOne day Chipper Jones says he looks like a linebacker. One day Bobby Cox compares him to Hank Aaron. Another day he is smashing cars with his homeruns. Just yesterday Jim Leyland compared him to Albert Pujols. 230 diggsFor many years, the Internet was the “final frontier,” operating largely unregulated — in part because of the jurisdictional nightmare involved in trying to enforce laws. That was then; this is now. Legislation that affects the use of Internet-connected computers is springing up everywhere at the local, state and federal levels. 71 diggsMuch of the past public diplomacy effort focused on America's own image, on how Americans are seen by others. But today, in the war of ideas, our core task is not how to fix foreigners' perceptions of the United States but how to isolate and reduce the threat of violent extremism. In other words, it's not about us. 47 diggsAlex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training. 254 diggsIf a huge crane collapses and there's a camera to film it, does it make a horrendous sound? Yeah, it does. 228 diggsAn extremely rare sight in Antarctica makes one bird appear underdressed. 149 diggsGoogle Reader Play is a full-screen treatment that shows you an image, video, or text from websites that are popular on Google Reader. You can navigate from page to page with right and left arrows at the sides of the screen, or by selecting a site from the assorted options below. You don't even have to be signed in to use it. 234 diggsAlthough better known for its cosmetic applications, Botox is approved to treat such therapeutic conditions as underarm sweating, neck spasms, and eye-muscle disorders. Therapeutic sales of Botox accounted for approximately 52% of Allergan sales last year and increased about 4% over 2008. 162 diggsThe ebb and flow of gas and electricity into your home contains surprisingly detailed information about your daily life. Energy usage data, measured moment by moment, allows the reconstruction of a household's activities: when people wake up, when they come home, when they go on vacation, and maybe even when they take a hot bath... 116 diggsHollywood Reporter - Universal shot out the new trailer for "Robin Hood" today, and it's better than the previous one with focus on story and character... 124 diggsCome on Ben, that's terrible... 305 diggsA northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. 294 diggsAfter a Zerg rush of critics have been pressing forward to slam StarCraft 2, the beautiful beta gives players all the reason they need to fall in love with StarCraft all over again. 300 diggs...anyone who wants one faces a 12-month wait; to get on the list, you'll need to put 10 percent down ($9,000). 148 diggsWhether it was bad notes or just flubbed lines, this reporter just had enough at the end of his report. 89 diggsThroughout product stipulation, Sony hasn't said much about the device. However, during the companies development programing presentation at GDC, the console-maker released all the "need to know" information about its motion controller device, something that they call Move. 368 diggsBiggie On Fulton Avenue in Brooklyn spittin fire as a young'n! 111 diggsAustralian scientists claim they've stumbled upon a sixth sense -- but not the kind where you see dead people. No, researchers down under have found a new flavor sense: fat. 105 diggsMarch 10 (Bloomberg) -- Comic book creator Stan Lee talks with Bloomberg's Jon Erlichman about new comic-book characters ( Nick Ratchet/Tigress) that may be featured in future films. 104 diggsA global seed vault dug out of an arctic mountainside has just reached its half-million mark of seed varieties. 147 diggsNotorious as a malware ghetto, LimeWire takes its first steps to integrate authoritative threat protection by signing on AVG to provide premium users with download scanning and blocking. 109 diggsThe German Constitutional Court issued a much-anticipated decision, striking down its data retention law as violating human rights. It was an important victory for Europe’s Freedom Not Fear movement, which was formed to oppose the EU Data Retention Directive. 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It's the season where folks celebrate St. Patrick, the man best known for banishing snakes from the green fields of Ireland. 155 diggsReally cool GIF 103 diggsDuring the years Salman Khan spent scrutinizing financials for hedge funds, he rationalized the profit-obsessed work by telling himself he would one day quit and use his market winnings to open a free school. Instead, he started one almost by accident. 146 diggsIt was up to her sons to carry out their father's promise. The carriage is fitted with three beds, windows and heat-retaining panels to make mom comfortable. On the road, Wang Kai pulls the carriage from the front while younger brother Wang Rui, 57, pushes it from behind. The brothers' love for their mother has moved thousands of people. 236 diggsRussia’s latest endeavor to produce commercial grade lighter-than-air aircraft seems a little strange. 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