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March 19 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26250 diggsUnless you have been living under a rock, you are likely well aware of Tiger Woods' sexual escapades and the women he has made mistresses of.With the 207 diggsBad Company 2's sales are on track to make it EA's best-selling March release on record. EA's stats show over 2.9 million hours of multiplayer have been racked up during the last 24 hours alone, and that players have earned a total of more than 81 billion points, unlocking over 43 million pieces of equipment in the process. 468 diggsIt’s all about transparent windows! 130 diggsSpace and wrap around theaters...is there a better combination for a mind blowing experience? Hubble 3D debuts in Imax theaters nationwide today. To celebrate, find the top 10 Hubble images below. 159 diggsA short movie inspired on numbers, geometry and nature, by Cristóbal Vila. Absolutely stunning. 187 diggsEA just announced that upcoming Command & Conquer 4 will have no DRM, but also mentioned that the game will sort of need you to be connected to the internet to play the game. 192 diggsArmy leaders who fight wars with night-vision goggles and aerial drones will find out what they can learn from the ghosts of the Civil War. "What it takes to advance — that hasn't changed whether you're a Roman legion soldier or a soldier fighting in Afghanistan," said William Glenn Robertson, director of the Combat Studies Institute. 109 diggsA Mini-SAR radar map of the lunar north pole. Craters circled in green are believed to contain significant deposits of frozen water. 144 diggsShe was accused of conspiring with jihadist fighters and pledging to commit murder in the name of a Muslim holy war. Authorities say she wanted to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims. Colleen LaRose, 46, of Pennsburg, appeared in court wearing a green jumpsuit and corn rows in her blond hair. A May 3 trial date was set. 193 diggsFor times immemorial, people have tried to reproduce their surroundings into pictures of their own. These are few of the most ancient and historical photographs that you will ever find. 163 diggsFor 60 years, the French village of Pont-Saint-Esprit has been famous for the events of a few days in August, 1951, when dozens of villagers were struck with unexplainable and horrifying hallucinations of fire and snakes and beasts of all kinds. 190 diggsDiary of a Wimpy Kid, a movie based on a best-selling book series, is out this weekend. Here are the top 10 cinematic scaredy-cats. 159 diggs 298 diggsDespite sagging poll numbers, the president has bottomed out, and Republicans still lack the leaders and the ideas to beat him, argues former Bush strategist Mark McKinnon. 90 diggsIn space, no one can hear you bark. Two mongrels named Belka and Strelka made history in 1960 when they went into orbit in a Soviet space ship and then returned to Earth -- the first animals ever to survive the trip. 214 diggsOne of the more interesting hard drives to hit the scene recently is the Seagate Barracuda XT. Its 2TB capacity, 64MB of cache, and 7200 RPM spindle speed will automatically pique the interest of many enthusiast and file hogs. Couple those features with the drive's support for SATA 6G and the story gets all the more interesting. 137 diggsThis is mainly for people in my generation, who had crushes on girls before we really even understood what crushes were. Most of these shows are in the early to mid nineties, and even though the girls may not have been particularly hot at the time, we still loved them. 250 diggsSince 1977, George Lucas licensed companies like Del-Rey, Marvel, Dark Horse, and Bantam Publishing to sell you paper with the words "Star Wars" somewhere on the cover. 112 diggsLaDiDa a “reverse karaoke” app that makes it simple for anyone with an iPhone or iPod Touch to make songs with full instrumentation using only their voice in seconds. 150 diggsAmazon has already fought and lost one battle over e-book pricing. The online retail giant looks intent on forcing the issue with a couple of other publishers. At issue is Amazon's wholesale pricing model which publishers believe undervalues e-books. 201 diggsIf you are progressive, you are a metastasizing malignancy on America's colon. 175 diggsOperators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe. 182 diggsDo cats have nine lives? Do guinea pigs eat their offspring? Guardian debunks some common animal myths. 190 diggsWhat if Darwin's theory of natural selection is inaccurate? What if the way you live now affects the life expectancy of your descendants? Evolutionary thinking is having a revolution. 207 diggsA smartphone is only as good as its apps. Here are 10 free ones to supercharge your shiny new Palm phone. 82 diggsWhich upcoming movies are pushing the 3D envelope and which ones are just hopping on the bandwagon? 162 diggsDo you reach for your iPhone first thing before giving your wife a good morning kiss? Do you spend more time looking at your shiny new 3GS in bed than reading one of the growing pile of great books next to you? Do you get more excited about new apps than you do about new albums? 219 diggsFreedom Fries? Remember those? If not, here's a brief refresher: the anti anti-war politicians (and those who loved them) spent the lead-up to Iraq war by trumpeting this name change in 2003 because of the French government's refusal to go along with the Bush Administration's plan to invade Iraq. 148 diggsScroll Down till end to see what's inside! 87 diggsThis year there were victories by seven higher seeded teams. There was one double-overtime game. There were two single-overtime games. There were three games decided by one point and one game decided by two points and three games decided by three points. 209 diggsThe A-list actor didn't even vote for himself to win the best actor Oscar at this year's Academy Awards, as he checked off the name of fellow actor (and eventual winner) Jeff Bridges instead. 130 diggsThe sex products Dutch Muslims used to bring back from the Middle East are now available online. 112 diggsRichard Starke could die in prison for what he says was a show of force to compensate for being disabled in a wheelchair. He’s doing time because a jury believed he pulled out a small handgun and used it to threaten two young men who towed his vehicle out of a snow bank in January of 2009 and had come inside his house to collect their towing fee. 187 diggsI polled some of the most vigilant sources of this information for their recent data, and put together a rough chart indicating the Top Ten most prevalent ISPs from each of their vantage points. 152 diggsGuns. In real life, kinda scary. Or awesome. But Fictional guns are ALWAYS awesome, because they usually cause more damage and don’t kill any real people. 10 Guns From Movies that are awesome! 127 diggsJames Toney is back with a new video about how he deserves to be in the UFC. He wants to knock out Kimbo and seems to be friends with an emaciated version of Dr. Dre. 116 diggsIs there a link between left-handedness and creativity? Well for years...... 184 diggsThey will be judged by the color of their skin and not by the content of their character. 126 diggsToday I found our priciest alcohol at the liquor store. It costs $599.99. It got me thinking...how much are people willing to pay to get intoxicated? 252 diggsIt is the most mysterious wildflower in Britain, the strangest, the rarest, the hardest to see, and it was given up for lost. But like a wandering phantom, the ghost orchid has reappeared. 124 diggsA freelance videographer who worked on programming for the Orlando-based Golf Channel says he was harassed and ultimately fired after reporting that his co-workers smoked pot on the job. 289 diggsA group of Japanese researchers has developed a mosquito that spreads vaccine instead of disease. 139 diggsHe'd been doing it on the streets of Jersey City since December, but was caught in a police stakeout. 136 diggsDid ESPN's Kornheiser forget to take his medication before a recent show? I don't know what happened, but he ended up spewing hate against Washington DC cyclists, telling his listeners and co-hosts that he could barely contain himself from "running them down". Rockstar cyclist Lance Armstrong responds. 151 diggsAs Feargal Sharkey, head of UK Music, speaks of his confidence that the massively controversial Digital Economy Bill will be passed before the general election, the Open Rights Group has revealed that in the last 3 days more than 10,000 outraged citizens have written to MPs demanding a debate on the issue. 116 diggsEver wanted to get a Mario with 4.25ct worth of diamonds, 10k gold lining? It may just become possible. 121 diggsThe headline around the Web was that, for the first time, Facebook had eclipsed Google as the most-visited site in the U.S. for a full week. Seeing the numbers in a chart is staggering. 127 diggsIf you want to see online Spike Jonze's Sundance-premiered short 'robot' film, now you can. It's up on a website offering limited 'virtual' seating and may only be available for a short time. For Spike Jonze fans, definitely good stuff.... 123 diggsTwitter's rise to global popularity has been pretty astonishing. It has turned into the world's biggest social networking and micro-blogging phenomenon. However, growth in the number of users peaked at nearly 20 percent last April, but had dropped down to 0.15 percent in December 2009, according to a new study released this week. 111 diggsThe pictures here have illustrate some examples of some of the ruins and remains of such churches. 80 diggsYoung people who spend excessive amounts of time online can now get treatment if they are diagnosed with addiction. The 28-day program isn't designed to wean people off tech completely though. Even the doctor heading up the new treatment admits abstinence from tech is impossible. 125 diggsStarting Friday evening, a campaign largely spread via Twitter, Facebook, and all things new media wants you to do something counter-intuitive. It wants you to log off from Twitter, Facebook, and all things new media. 147 diggsAuthorities seized 35 miniature rabbits, apparently being marketed for Easter. 184 diggsJulia Alexandratou, a 23-year-old minor Greek-British celebrity, attained Paris Hilton-esque infamy overnight when a controversial porn film starring her went on sale across Greece this month. Rather than focusing on Greece's unprecedented economic crisis and the harsh new measures aimed at reducing the state deficit, 240,000 copies have been sold. 159 diggsA look at 10 particularly ridiculous scenes from 10 ridiculous SyFy original movies. 135 diggsYoung men took more risks in front of attractive woman than in front of man. 45 diggs>...Boccieri has been pressured on the issue. Labor unions and other groups backing health care reform ran ads in his district. >> 154 diggsFor a brief instant, it appears, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island recently discovered a law of nature had been broken. 148 diggsThese actors crash a show's vitals quicker than NBC. 167 diggsBy any measure, the unemployment rate is on the rise. But exactly how bad is the problem and what are the implications for the broader economy? To put things in perspective, we need to consider how the unemployment rate is calculated, who is considered employed and who isn't and how that is reflected over time. 248 diggsAs more details pour in on the state of Sandra Bullock's marriage and husband Jesse James' alleged infidelity, it's clear that we'll be hearing from James' alleged mistress, Michelle McGee, for some time to come. The generously-tattooed model and ex-stripper has started talking to news outlets about the details of her alleged 11-month affair with J 92 diggsTwo Arizona women are in critical condition with hundreds of bee stings after a swarm attacked them while they were out for an evening walk. 246 diggsAs we celebrate Mustache March by paying homage to the greatest fuzz this side of Tom Selleck's upper lip, let us not forget about the whiskers that roam elsewhere on a man's face. And most importantly, what women think about them. 142 diggsA Pittsburgh woman is suing the Bank of America after it wrongfullyforeclosed on her home, ransacking her possessions, cutting powerlines, padlocking her doors, and confiscating her pet parrot. AngelaIannelli, 46—who was away when repo men made off with her beloved bluemacaw, Luke—says she's now "afraid to set foot in her house. 137 diggsAs part of a briefing on IE9 at Microsoft's Redmond campus, visitors toured the company's Internet Explorer testing lab. Here's what they saw. 135 diggsMcDonald's could replace all its beef with beef-flavored seitan and NO ONE would notice the difference. McDonald's would save a fortune, health would be improved, and the carbon and resource footprint of McDonald's would be massively slashed. 158 diggsWe knew the folks at NASA had brains and courage, but who knew they had a sense of humor, too? Turns out the National Aeronautics and Space Administration celebrates every mission that gets sent out into space with its own poster, and some of them are amazing! 195 diggsA retired American general has blamed the UN's historic failure to protect the Bosnian "safe haven" of Srebrenica on the fact that there were openly gay soldiers in the Dutch peacekeeping battalion assigned to it. 130 diggsFew automotive engineers believe in so-called "sudden acceleration." But until recently, there's been no way to determine what a driver what doing when he (or she) swears that he was pressing the brake pedal with all his strength even as the car accelerated. Now, that's changed. 138 diggsPreviously unobservable events occurring between insemination and fertilization are the subject of a groundbreaking new article in Science magazine. 108 diggsA look at the funniest aliens from film and television. 127 diggsThough Marylanders live just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, their attitudes and even their accents straddle that border. These days, leaders feel they've got more in common with states to the north. 163 diggsTests in mice show potential for reversing the slowdown in learning that comes with puberty... 215 diggsComputer hacker Albert Gonzalez deserves a quarter-century behind bars for leading a gang of cyber-thieves that stole tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers from a transaction processor and giant retail chains, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing Thursday night. 194 diggsThere are few upcoming MMOs that have generated more hype than BioWare's epic science fiction tale, Star Wars: The Old Republic. From the very beginning, every rumor generated new speculation about the game and what features might be included. 167 diggsOn March 16, Tea Partiers gathered (in disappointing numbers) in front of the Capitol building for their final protest against health care reform. Also in town, appropriately, was Barnum & Bailey’s circus. Averse to facts, no one interviewed could cite evidence for their false beliefs about the proposal and said they get their facts from Fox & Beck 216 diggsDo you believe in miracles? If you clap your hands, will Tinkerbell appear? Are you willing to submit an application developed solely in a simulator and hope that it will work on real hardware? With real customers? In a real App Store? 233 diggsSometimes you've got to ask, where the hell were these celebritiy's stylists when they decided to go with facial fur? 204 diggsThe Pacific, produced by Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg WWII has again come into the living rooms of American families. The Pacific will focus on the US Marines in the Pacific Theater of the war. This photo collection focuses on The Pacific War, a term referring to parts of World War II that took place in the Pacific Ocean, the islands of.... 87 diggsNobody wants to find out how rubber tastes, especially not this way! 268 diggsFlorida authorities said an 80-year-old man was arrested for attacking his neighbors' door with a garden hoe because he thought they stole his cookies. 124 diggsAcross the country, we are landing major blows in our fight to reduce tobacco use and save lives. Earlier this year, North Carolina, which grows more tobacco than any other state, banned smoking in bars and restaurants. 131 diggsCenturies ago, scientists began reducing the physics of the universe into a few, key laws described by a handful of parameters. Such simple descriptions have remained elusive for complex biological systems -- until now. 133 diggsIn early January, 27-year-old artist Mike Mitchell was hopping between sparse freelance gigs, wondering if he'd soon have to leave Los Angeles. Instead, fate stepped in. 106 diggsFive years into the digital 3D revolution, the race to corner the market on theatrical systems is proving to be more of a marathon than a sprint. 134 diggsOh Palm. Just a little over a year ago your future seemed so bright, so renewed. You walked away from CES 2009 reborn, held aloft by a completely innovative new mobile operating system, a striking piece of hardware, and a feeling amongst the press and investors that you were back in the game and playing to win.... 152 diggsBurglar Helps Washington Police Find Him By Using Store's Computer To Log Onto MySpace 152 diggsThe Indian government wants to ban her from ever setting foot in their nation again. 118 diggsGrey's Anatomy beauty Katherine Heigl avoids a potentially embarrassing situation at the ShoWest awards. 92 diggsIf March is the month when we fall in love again, when all of sport's ills are ignored and infatuation is found in the fury of college basketball, then Murray State is the cute girl in the Ugg boots. 139 diggsThe first known robot was created around 400-350 BC by the mathematician Archytas and was a steam powered pigeon. 98 diggsA metaphor for life, courtesy of the office snack machine. 154 diggsIt was less than one year ago when acting U.S. DEA administrator Michelle Leonhart publicly declared that the escalating violence on the U.S./Mexico border should be viewed as a sign of the “success” of America’s drug war strategies. 147 diggsNate VanArendonk, a basketball player at Grand Haven High School in Michigan, shattered the backboard on a dunk during a playoff game, causing the game to be halted and then moved to another school to be completed an hour and a half later. 190 diggsThere is no spoon. - When you start complaining about a Meta score while also complaining about the state of the review system, take a long look into the mirror and realize: I'm part of the problem. 111 diggsInnocent until proven guilty, yes, but Alton, Illinois firefighter Jeffrey W. Manns has been accused for the third time since 2005 of exposing himself. Manns is already fighting a different charge from 2007, when he allegedly flashed a female police intern at a car wash. 156 diggsToday in “Really? She was in a relationship?” news, an ex-boyfriend of Lady Gaga is suing the oddball popstar and “Poker Face” singer’s company for $30 million. The ex is Robert Fusari, a New Jersey record producer responsible for producing such horrors as “Wild Wild West” for Will Smith and “Bootylicious” for Destiny’s Child. 144 diggsIt's entirely possible that we've taken this whole "hate crime" idea a step too far. 94 diggsA report naming the most polluted places in the world makes for depressing reading. While the world's developed nations are known for being the most polluting, they can afford the cost of reducing greenhouse emissions. But, developing nations who also produce lots of carbon but do not have the resources to counter-balance their emissions. 89 diggsFood giant Nestle, already under pressure from environmentalists, became the subject of a Facebook- and Twitter-based twitstorm 118 diggsSo your hard drive just died, and you didn't back it up. I'm so, so sorry. You can expect to go through the following five stages once you discover that all of your photos, files and music are gone forever. 334 diggsThere is no such thing as safe harbor from Zombies. Over the years they’ve infiltrated peaceful towns, ominous mansions, space, and even Nazi Germany. 270 diggsMozilla Labs is developing a new contacts add-on that will integrate an address book into the Web browser and make it possible for users to share their contact data with Web services. 133 diggsHey, Bart. If you really want to reduce abortions, ask yourself this: Why does godless France, where abortion is nearly free (it's covered by their universal health insurance), have 20% fewer abortions per capita than we do? 157 diggsA Manhattan judge Friday tore up a $575 million settlement agreement for Ground Zero heroes and sent the lawyers back to renegotiate a better deal for the ailing workers. 90 diggsThe Chinese are breeding tigers for their parts. 213 diggsWe're no photography critics, but the Kentucky cops who busted the man may want to review the focusing section of their camera's instruction manual. Especially considering that the perp in question was collared for sexual abuse of a minor (it's always good to know what those guys look like). 156 diggsAs with earthquakes, we can make general predictions about the phenomenon in terms of magnitude and recurrence, but the size and timing of each specific event are random, especially when we're asleep. Ecologically, farts are an important part of the cycling of matter and energy on which all of life depends, in this case nitrogen, hydrogen & oxygen. 164 diggsAnd that's how you do business. 169 diggsHmm. Notice something missing? A close look reveals most major media outlets have neglected to mention that today is the 7th anniversary of the Iraq War. Not a single major op-ed to be found. Nor a trending Twitter hashtag. It's almost as though where the media is concerned the Iraq War didn't happen. 133 diggsWidely publicized errors in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report on global warming prompt the organization to tighten its standards. 196 diggsEven despite some controversy, Final Fantasy XIII is selling well. Square Enix sent word today that the RPG has sold more than a million units in North America, in the five days following its March 9 launch. This makes it set the record for the best first-week sales in Final Fantasy history. 159 diggsOver the last 6 months, at least 15 of the group’s 30 state chapters have disbanded and have no plans of re-forming, Acorn officials said. The California and New York chapters, two of the largest, have severed their ties to the national group and have independently reconstituted themselves with new names. 111 diggsFoster transparency, force accountability, and fight needless secrecy -- we need to keep fighting for honest disclosure. 101 diggsJohns Hopkins scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive antibiotic in use since the 1970s for treating acne effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, lies dormant and prevents them from reactivating and replicating. 165 diggsThe Cost of Laughing Index -- a compilation of 16 leading humor indicators -- is up 3.4 percent over last year. Novelty glasses alone are up 40 percent. WWGD? (That's Groucho.) 153 diggsA really funny faux movie poster for an upcoming Jennifer Aniston and Boba Fett romantic comedy. Probably a step up from George Lucas' last few films. 446 diggsA caption of "no, I did not photoshop this" accompanied this silly picture and I didn't believe it. I still don't, but that's just because I have proof: The crop tool was used. 140 diggsImmigration reform appears to be moving forward and so does health care reform with the support of the Hispanic Caucus. The complicated relationship between the forces fighting for immigration reform and the labor movement have been on display this week. 121 diggsThe European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has released a study of the real state of the drug problem in the EU. In the report, users today rarely restrict their drug use to one single substance. 30 diggsVernal Equinox 2010, also known as the Spring Equinox or March Equinox, occurs on Saturday, March 20, 2010. The Vernal Equinox (equinox meaning equal night) officially marks the beginning of Spring in the northern hemisphere and fall in the southern hemisphere...He is Risen! 160 diggsThe ECA bills itself as an advocacy group for gamers, so in light of Ubisoft’s new anti-piracy scheme that requires a constant Internet connection to play its PC games, I was curious whether the ECA was going to bat against the publisher. Beau Hunter, the ECA’s digital rights consultant, answered my questions by e-mail. 209 diggsIndian temple decorations and design 119 diggsFitness these days means balancing physical health with financial health. If the goal is to shrink that bulge under your clothes, you'll do it, but it will be coming from your wallet, not your spare tire. Before you sign a gym contract, consider these three frugal tips. 143 diggsMajor car companies and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers want strong climate action. Or, at the least, they don't want Murkowski's Dirty Air Act to pass. 158 diggsDog breeders should really consider this match between the Microsoft office Fonts and the certain resemblance between the dog breed personality and a certain writing style.
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