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Susan Boyle, the Britain’s Got Talent star, was given subtitles during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The first part was pre-recorded at her home in Blackburn, Scotland. The subtitles were added by bosses who thought American viewers would not understand her strong Scottish accent.

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You don’t want to miss the 5th annual Pro-tec Pool Party going down on Saturday, May 16th 2009! Riders like Bucky Lasek, Rune Glifberg, Omar Hassan, Bob Burnquist and many others will bring their A-game to face the Combi-bowl at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, CA.

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he unannounced MMO in development by World of Warcraft creative studio Blizzard will not be based on one of its established franchises, a representative reiterated today.

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Running big public companies is hard work, so many execs get a little help to keep their noses to the grindstone. Here are some of the most egregious perks from the golden era of executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts.

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All the ladies want a piece of Ronald and Harry in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. Watch as Potter plants the seeds for the the slow and inevitable Hermione cat-fight scene.

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One would have to wonder how much different that statistic would be if Hollywood WEREN’T pressuring teenagers to engage in the horizontal mambo. If Hollywood put all of its “virginity is for suckers” energy into promoting “saving sex till marriage,” I bet we’d see a very different, much more lopsided statistic.

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The boosters of the Soyuz rocket are seen as the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft and boosters are assembled on March 23, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the International Space Station crew of Expedition 19 and a U.S. spaceflight participant on March 26, 2009. Photographer: Bill Ingalls, NASA

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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Pittsburgh have developed the first screening tool that can help predict whether elderly patients are at low, moderate or high risk of developing dementia. The new test takes into account characteristic risk factors for dementia, including advanced age and the

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ASUS Eee Keyboard to launch by end of June
The dream of owning a keyboard embedded with a full-blown PC running XP on an Atom N270 processor and 5-inch, 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display/trackpad is nearly upon us.

Beauty may bag you a man - but brains will bring you more fun in the bedroom. Women blessed with “emotional intelligence” - the ability to express their feelings and read those of others - have better sex lives, research shows.

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Running big public companies is hard work, so many execs get a little help to keep their noses to the grindstone. Here are some of the most egregious perks from the golden era of executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts.

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Dick Cheney stopped CIA Inspector General John Helgerson from completing an investigation into the agency’s use of torture against detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report that implicated CIA interrogators in three detainee deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq and referred eight criminal cases to the Justice Dept. for investigation.

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A new computer model suggests that the outer crusts of so-called neutron stars are the strongest known material in the universe.

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We don’t know where, when, or by whom this was filmed, but it looks very real to us, confirming our earlier suspicions that the Pre will be packaged in a box.

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Casey Wilson responds to rude comments on the web.

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One would have to wonder how much different that statistic would be if Hollywood WEREN’T pressuring teenagers to engage in the horizontal mambo. If Hollywood put all of its “virginity is for suckers” energy into promoting “saving sex till marriage,” I bet we’d see a very different, much more lopsided statistic.

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The mini-sensation has grown formidably on the strength (or, rather, the weakness) of spellbindingly primitive CGI and a redoubtable power-tandem of Lorenzo Lamas and Deborah Gibson. But if it’s fake, it’s a hell of an elaborate ruse.

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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Pittsburgh have developed the first screening tool that can help predict whether elderly patients are at low, moderate or high risk of developing dementia. The new test takes into account characteristic risk factors for dementia, including advanced age and the

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Well, I didn’t see that coming. Any of that, really. My jaw dropped multiple times during last night’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, an episode I had to watch twice in a row. Spoiler rampage!

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In a clerical error to end all clerical errors, a German mathematician named Adam Ries who died 450 years ago has been sent a letter demanding payment for long-overdue television license fees! Read on for more details.

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Zoho Writer 2.0 provides one of the richest feature sets of any online word processor, now more accessible thanks to an interface revamp. And, of course, it’s free…

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Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has always said he would not make any decisions about his future after a tough defeat.But the disappointment of losing to the underdog Spartans, coupled with frustration over allegations that Calhoun’s program violated NCAA recruiting rules, bubbled over…

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xkcd, nuff said.

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As we see more and more businesses move their services online, a greater need arises for websites that are designed and built to sell. A great-looking website may achieve the goal of shaping and delivering a strong brand, but its good looks alone aren’t enough to sell the products or services on offer.

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A complex chemical interaction in the meat is what produces the winning combination of taste and smell in a bacon buttie, according to an expert.

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There’s been a number of really cool mods for Unreal Tournament but nothing lives up to what you’re about to see. Unreal Tournament in Sonic the Hedgehog’s Green Hill Zone.

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If the president releases the Bush torture memos, Republicans are promising to “go nuclear” and filibuster his legal appointments. Scott Horton reports on a serious threat to Obama’s transparency.

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By Kerstin Gemhlich and Mark John PRAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged the European Union on Sunday to accept Turkey as a full member of the 27-nation bloc, in remarks rejected outright by France and met coolly by Germany….

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Moyers talks with Amy Goodman and David Beckmann about the failures of modern journalism and the importance of truth in our current political climate.

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Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has always said he would not make any decisions about his future after a tough defeat.But the disappointment of losing to the underdog Spartans, coupled with frustration over allegations that Calhoun’s program violated NCAA recruiting rules, bubbled over…

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Coming this Fall …

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Many “normal” people exhibit symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder. OCD symptoms can be near-paralyzing. It’s often treated incorrectly, if at all. And there’s no “cure,” though there are therapies & medications that can help manage it.

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This has got to be the most rickety school bus I’ve ever seen. Looks like it’s in Nepal.

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…the power of the cellphone (is) a one-stop music source and a symbol of working-class immigrant identity. This is no small news, considering that in the United States regional Mexican music is responsible for close to 60 percent of all Latin sales…Despite their commercial success, few norteño or banda artists, with their cowboy hats, horses

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The police of Russia’s Irkutsk region have finished the investigation of a series of brutal crimes committed by teenagers from a gang known as Blood Magic. The teen monsters tortured and slaughtered helpless people and kept their body parts as trophies.

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Getting her to watch the Super Bowl won’t be tough but what about all the other games…..

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By Kerstin Gemhlich and Mark John PRAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged the European Union on Sunday to accept Turkey as a full member of the 27-nation bloc, in remarks rejected outright by France and met coolly by Germany….

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Pennsylavnia cop killer obsessed with conspiracy theories
Richard Andrew Poplawski was a young man convinced the nation was secretly controlled by a cabal that would eradicate freedom of speech, take away his guns and use the military to enslave the citizenry. Believing most media were covering up important events, Mr. Poplawski turned to a far-right conspiracy websites.

Blood Magic gang members decapitated and eviscerated people
The police of Russia’s Irkutsk region have finished the investigation of a series of brutal crimes committed by teenagers from a gang known as Blood Magic. The teen monsters tortured and slaughtered helpless people and kept their body parts as trophies.

Invisibility ‘Carpet’ Expected Soon
“An invisibility cloak has long been the the stuff of fantasy, but fiction is about to become reality.”

Hannity: Obama ‘Harbors Deep Resentment’ Of America
On Friday, President Obama told a town hall audience in Strasbourg, France, that America’s tendency to dismiss Europe — as well as Europe’s tendency to blame America for every problem — had to end. ” That evening, Fox News’s Sean Hannity truncated Obama’s speech, cutting out Obama’s criticism of Europe’s anti-Americanism.

Judge orders parrot to appear in court
An African Grey parrot must appear in a Florida court as part of a civil lawsuit over its rightful owner, a judge says.

Chemical reaction explains the appeal of the bacon sandwich
A complex chemical interaction in the meat is what produces the winning combination of taste and smell in a bacon buttie, according to an expert.

No School Bus Safety Standards Here
This has got to be the most rickety school bus I’ve ever seen. Looks like it’s in Nepal.

Unreal Tournament Meets Sonic the Hedgehog [Video]
There’s been a number of really cool mods for Unreal Tournament but nothing lives up to what you’re about to see. Unreal Tournament in Sonic the Hedgehog’s Green Hill Zone.

Breaking News: Strong quake strikes Italy
ROME, (AFP) – A strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook central Italy including the Rome area early Monday, the ANSA news agency reported quoting Rome fire services.

Satellite Proposals Gain Traction After North Korea’s Launch
U.S. intelligence agencies are capitalizing on North Korea’s weekend rocket launch to advance proposals to deploy two new spy satellite systems estimated to cost a total of about $10 billion, according to government and industry officials.

GOP Budget Proposal: Massive Tax Cut For Wealthy
House Republican leaders called a press conference Thursday to unveil their “alternative budget.” It has one major policy proposal: a huge tax cut for the wealthy.

How to spot a Twitter user with a “Fake” Follower Count
‘They’ have thousands of followers, they adorn themselves with Bio’s which are occasionally obscure but often that of a self proclaimed Guru …and of course you’ve never heard of them before. Should you follow them?

SCIENCE WINS IN TEXAS!! Barely.
Incredible news out of Texas: creationists have lost a big battle to destroy science education in the Lone Star State!

The 12 Bankers Responsible For The Financial Crisis
Rolling Stone: The Dirty Dozen. Meet the bankers and brokers responsible for the financial crisis - and the officials who let them get away with it

16 Awesome Star Wars Papercraft Models
Some time ago I gathered a list of 100 Exceptional Free Paper Models and Toys that was quite well received by the readers of this blog. The amount and quality of paper craft models available for download is amazing. Chances are that anything that’s popular and geeky, has already been converted into a paper craft model.

South Park Explains the US Treasury System
That makes sense.

Is there life after Windows?
Linux is free, easy-to-use and is shedding its geeky image, thanks to fans who prefer it to Microsoft’s mighty operating systems. But is it for everyone? Jamie Merrill asks four rookies to put it to the test.

“Fifth Force” Could Make Detection of Dark Matter Unlikely
No one knows exactly what a “fifth force” might be, but studies have shown that, if a long-range fifth force does exist, it could have surprising effects on the universe’s structure formation. A fifth force could reduce discrepancies between theory and observation in several areas of cosmology.

A Finite Simple Group of Order Two
Technically old news, but this was one of my favorite songs as an undergraduate physics major. You really need at least 4 years of undergraduate math to get most of the jokes, but I think that most geeks should be able to appreciate the endeavor.

Left 4 Dead Photoshoot Looks Perfectly Deadly!! [PICS]

Worst Man Drafted Tournament: Biggest NFL Draft Bust Ever
What is the Worst Man Drafted (WMD) Tourney? To celebrate March Madness, the FanSided.com sports network compiled a field of the 64 worst NFL Draft busts of all time. Why the name WMD? Because like the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, these accidental WMDs never showed up either.

We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can’t get high from it. So why is it still illegal? Because as history shows, industrial Hemp was the REAL target when Cannabis was made illegal, but a racist reefer madness fear campaign would not have worked against it as well as it did ‘marihuana’.

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Left 4 Dead Photoshoot Looks Perfectly Deadly!! [PICS]

Hemp Is Not Pot: It’s the Economic Stimulus We Need
We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can’t get high from it. So why is it still illegal? Because as history shows, industrial Hemp was the REAL target when Cannabis was made illegal, but a racist reefer madness fear campaign would not have worked against it as well as it did ‘marihuana’.

5 Ridiculous Andy Samberg Spoof Music Videos
5 Ridiculous Andy Samberg Music Spoof Videos

The Best (and Worst) of DreamWorks Animation
From ‘Shrek’ to ‘Sinbad’, a really entertaining analysis of Dreamworks animation wins and losses.

SCIENCE WINS IN TEXAS!! Barely.
Incredible news out of Texas: creationists have lost a big battle to destroy science education in the Lone Star State!

How to spot a Twitter user with a “Fake” Follower Count
‘They’ have thousands of followers, they adorn themselves with Bio’s which are occasionally obscure but often that of a self proclaimed Guru …and of course you’ve never heard of them before. Should you follow them?

Stimulus money starts flowing for Green Tech
After weeks of supportive words from the president, U.S. green-tech professionals saw something else this week: money starting to flow.The Department of Energy said last Friday that it expects to provide $535 million in loans to California start-up Solyndra, which has a novel design for rooftop solar arrays.

16 Awesome Star Wars Papercraft Models
Some time ago I gathered a list of 100 Exceptional Free Paper Models and Toys that was quite well received by the readers of this blog. The amount and quality of paper craft models available for download is amazing. Chances are that anything that’s popular and geeky, has already been converted into a paper craft model.

Why You Should Pack Your Bags and Travel Now
As the economy has taken even more of a nosedive, travel-shy consumers can now benefit from the deep discounts being offered by resorts and airlines, discounts so deep that you just might be tempted to pack your bags.

Mario Has A Change Of Heart

An auto-engineering company from Germany has built a prototype car that uses OLED displays on its front and back windshields, the better to communicate with surrounding vehicles.

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In an apparent privacy error that underscores some of the biggest problems surrounding cloud-based services, we’re hearing that Google has sent a notice to a number of users of its Document and Spreadsheets products stating that it may have inadvertently shared some of their documents with contacts who were never granted access to them.

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The ACLU has received new information about 92 interrogation videotapes which were previously revealed to have been destroyed by the CIA. Documents provided on Friday to a federal court in New York indicated that 12 of the tapes depicted “enhanced interrogation methods.” However, the inventory of the tapes was almost entirely redacted.

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What happens when you shoplift…

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Roberto Luongo is still looking for his stick

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Having lost his eye in a childhood accident and suffered a lot of pain, Rob Spense, a 36-year-old filmmaker, has decided to do something that’ll put filming and seeing into just one eye, quite literally

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Six love letters (photo) that reveal a young Prince Charles enamoured with a British woman living in Montreal, called Janet Jenkins, are now up for sale for a hefty price on eBay - $30,000.

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All five of these systems have the geek factor, the ability to take what comes in the base system and turn it into something very distinctive, and very YOU.

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An ex-UN prosecutor has said that following the issuance of an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, former US President George W. Bush could — and should — be next on the International Criminal Court’s list. -= W/ VIDEO =-

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When Britta Osberg’s ex-boyfriend asked her to return a ring, she punched him in the face twice, leaving the ring’s imprint on his cheek, police allege.

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Who will be sharing the spotlight with Gisele Bundchen and Alessandra Ambrosio this year?

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