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Discuss Simplicity by Eric Burke

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Posted 15 hours ago

3 Responses RI cops arrest man with .491 blood alcohol level

For those of that don't know the legal limit is .08. This guy had a few drinks.

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Posted 17 hours ago

1 Response Google In Final Negotiations To Acquire Digg For “Around $200 Million”

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Discuss Robert Kirkman named a partner at Image Comics...

this is pretty cool. Kirkman is a great writer, and considering how much "Invincible" and "Walking Dead" have done for Image, he deserves the promotion/recognition.

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Posted 1 day ago

jhota

1 Response Golden Girls' 'Sophia' Dead at 84

Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's The Golden Girls, has died

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Posted 1 day ago

from TIME.com: Top Stories

Discuss A-Rod Retains William Morris Agency. Good luck to you, William Morris.

Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees is banking on the William Morris Agency LLC to improve his image and boost sponsorship income from companies that are concerned about his off-field profile.

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Posted 1 day ago

2 Responses Baby's First Internet

A satirical look at the internets through the lens of children's storybooks.

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Discuss Garage ordered to pay 11-year-old parking fine...

Garage manager, Terri Adam: "I would normally be the first person the finger would be pointed at - but I was only 15 at the time. No-one even recognises the registration."

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jhota

Discuss China's green monster could be a problem for the Olympics.

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Discuss How to get Apple MobileMe for free

Apple might be having big problems with its cloud computing iPhone contacts dooberry, but as this story points out that might be good news for the user.

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Posted 1 day ago

kikiller

Discuss 'Don't Ask, Don't tell' Gets House Hearing

WASHINGTON (UPI via COMTEX) -- Congressional Democrats say they are taking what some hope will be the first step to changing the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" gay service policy. U.S. Rep....

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Posted 1 day ago

from Hispanic Business Magazine

1 Response Novelty Bavarian Lederhosen With Yodeling Frankfurter Controls: Hurry!

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Discuss The Best, Weirdest, and Most Wonderful Gadget Designs of 2008

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Discuss Milkweed's evolutionary approach to caterpillars: Counter appetite with fast repair

1 Response Wanted - owners of 1,500 stolen bicycles (Reuters)

Reuters - Toronto police are looking for the owners of some 1,500 bicycles they have recovered after raids on a shop, home and storage garages across Canada's biggest city.

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Posted 1 day ago

from Yahoo! News: Odd News

The adage that your enemies know your weaknesses best is especially true in the case of plants and predators that have co-evolved: as the predators evolve new strategies for attack, plants counter with their own unique defenses.

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Posted 2 days ago

from EurekAlert! - Breaking News

1 Response A Week of Car Shows, a Century of Transportation

By Keith Barry There may be no more appropriate commentary on the state of motoring these days than three recent car shows that represent the past, present and future of personal transportation. Ford is throwing a party in Richmond, Indiana,... ...more

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Posted 2 days ago

from Wired: Autopia

Discuss Advice for folks switching from commuting via car to bike

Ty Burr offers some useful advice in The Boston Globe's Sidekick for people considering ditching their cars in favor of biking to work.

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Posted 2 days ago

1 Response New Hampshire passes new bike safety laws

"To celebrate Governor John Lynch's signing of a new bicycle safety bill - and to get about 55 miles worth of exercise - Gene and Judy Andersen hopped on their red Raleigh tandem bike and pedaled from their Lebanon home to the State House. ...more

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Posted 2 days ago

2 Responses hooray for reigning in the FCC!

a Federal appeals court threw out the half-million dollar fine against CBS for the Superbowl "wardrobe malfunction." it's about freaking time.

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Posted 2 days ago

jhota

Discuss Dolphins trade Taylor to the Redskins

The defensive player of the year has been shipped to Washington.

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Discuss Bone marrow donation: deciding to donate and being thankful someone did

In May, the radio show Weekend America featured a piece by Marc Sanchez about his struggle with deciding whether to donate bone marrow after being contacted a few years after registering via the ...more

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Posted 3 days ago

Discuss Power, politics and the Olympics

The Public Radio International show America Abroad provides a history of the Olympics as a political forum, the impact the games have had on host countries, and some of the past controversies.

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Posted 3 days ago

Discuss Autochromes from the George Eastman House

Beautiful examples of the earliest color photos.

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Posted 3 days ago

Discuss Space Elevator: Japanese Team Creates Working Space Elevator... Made of Lego Blocks

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Discuss Patra

_Older revision Revision as of 15:25, 20 July 2008 Line 57: Line 57: ==Sleep== ==Sleep== + There is only one Youth Hostel in Patra about 10min walk from the harbour (north) but you don't ...more

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Posted 3 days ago

from wikitravel.org

1 Response Nemesis Now s Lobotomy Coaster Set: The Gift that Keeps On Giving!

Are you tired of looking for that one-of–a-kind gift for that weird, hard-to-please soul who has everything under the sun? Well, look no more. The Lobotomy Coaster Set from Nemesis Now has arrived. Technorati Tags: Food and Drink Fun Funny ...more

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Posted 3 days ago

from Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us

2 Responses Belkin GoStudio Recorder review

Belkin's new GoStudio recorder is an iPod accessory that boasts a full-featured recording dock that is compatible with the iPod 5G, iPod classic, as well as both second and third generations of iPod nano.

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Posted 4 days ago

Discuss Bulgaria and Europe

Funny little cartoon contrasting BG and the (rest of the) EU :)

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Posted 5 days ago

Discuss Improve your fashion style online!

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Posted 5 days ago

sevgie

Discuss Lake Bluff man declares his home a church, gets tax break -- chicagotribune.com

Michael told state officials last month that he began his North Shore congregation more than a year ago after he got a pastor's degree from an online religious site. While only a handful of close friends and family attend the church, Michael opened ...more

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Posted 5 days ago

3 Responses Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief - Part I

Jonathan Miller's 'Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief' explores the development of atheism as a singular mode of being, clarifying quite spectacularly the emergence of secular thought over the past 500 years.

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Posted 5 days ago

Discuss How Strong Is the U.S. Consumer?

A resident of Paris, Hong Kong, or Riyadh can make a purchase on a U.S. e-commerce site (say, Amazon.com or Apple.com) and it may show up in the U.S. retail sales data. Consider Blue Nile, the Seattle-based online jewelry retailer. Its ...more

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Posted 5 days ago

1 Response This Artist Loves His Toy Bricks - Amazing Lego Art

Brick Artist Nathan Sawaya creates amazing sculptures out of_LEGO bricks. Technorati Tags: Art and Design Entertainment Fun Funny Miscellaneous Weird or Wacky

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Posted 5 days ago

from Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us

2 Responses Law Blog - WSJ.com : Covington Partner Demonstrates Treatment of Detainees

Remes continued: “At the press conference in Yemen — this is a society where the rule of morality is so strict — I wanted to drive home the degree of humiliation that these searches cause by illustrating a typical body search. The physical abuse they ...more

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Posted 5 days ago

Discuss Some ladies of Jell-o wrestling

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch introduces us to some women who wrestle in Jell-o in this Weekend America segment. I don't think "'Cause there's always room for Jell-o" is one of the reasons they gave ...more

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Posted 5 days ago

1 Response Here is the ‘WATCHMAN’ TRAILER! - GeekTyrant

I found The New ‘Watchman’ Trailer on youtube! Holy crap this movie is going to be amazing! I honestly can’t belive how amazing this movie is going to be! The Geek blood is really pumping now! My head is spinning! The greatest Graphic Novel ever is ...more

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Posted 6 days ago

Discuss Decapitation by chainsaw is not a suspicious death?

Since when is a decapitation by chainsaw not suspicious? The BBC reports that an inquest concerning the death of a man decapitated by a chainsaw found the death not to be suspicious. What the article fails to note is whether the fellow decapitated ...more

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Posted 6 days ago

3 Responses Yankee Stadium: For Sale, Bit By Bit

The team will sell pieces of Yankee Stadium before the 85- year-old ballpark is torn down. The blue plastic seats alone could generate more than $20 million, according to sports memorabilia experts.

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Posted 6 days ago

Discuss If you think you are having the worst day ever, I bet this guy's day is worse. Video.

1 Response Looking at Libraries

Offline meta data! Valerie Madill proposes a new way of perusing library shelves by inserting the books into colour-coded sleeves that provide substantial at-a-glance bibliographical information about each book. Important information can be accessed ...more

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Posted 6 days ago

from MoCo Loco

Dude, where's my car?? I found it!!

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Posted 6 days ago

Discuss Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Available for a week only! Some new shorts from Joss Whedon starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day.

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Posted 6 days ago

Chuck

1 Response Thursday Tech Tip: Bug Shooting

"It looks weird on my screen. Does it look weird on your screen?" "Um, what do you mean by weird?" "That box. You know the box. It's next to the thing. Well, the box is kind of funny looking" "What kind of funny looking?" "Um......" Yeah, it must ...more

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Posted 7 days ago

from Shiny Shiny

2 Responses How Many Bumper Stickers Make a Bad Driver?

Driving a car can be depersonalizing. That’s why drivers use bumper stickers, bobble-heads, fish brake lights, racing stripes, etc. to show others on the road their personalities.

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Posted 7 days ago

1 Response Bacon Mints!

The best of two worlds collide in this tin: bacon and mint! Curious about the flavor, I brought a box from Archie McPhee to work to share with some fellow bacon lovers. The verdict is mixed, but ...more

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Posted 7 days ago