It's true. I did.And I loved every moment of it.
The Shining II Posted: 2 hours ago by pocksucket
Son of Shining. No. Not really. However, Stephen King has let slip that he's considering a sequel to The Shining, first published in 1977.
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Male inmate convicted of rape while in prison Posted: 10 hours ago by muppet
Awesome.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 181 [+].
Linus Torvalds for Peace Prize? Posted: 5 days ago by 2manyusernames
Sometimes the Nobel Peace Prize is given to those who create international efforts to change the world for the better. Linus Tovalds, named for the 1962 Peace Prize winner, Linus Pauling, fits that definition. His Linux is changing the world and giving computer access and knowledge to the world.
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Drinking Large Quantities of Alcohol is Good for Men Posted: 6 days ago by hoosker
The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men.
...rejoice
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Fox News apologies Posted: 6 days ago by lynxears
A list of stuff Fox News has/n't apologized for in this year's news.
*Disclaimer: I don't really support MediaMatters. I just happened upon this story, and I know the general "Fox News needs to stop making the news into fiction" story is in many places. This is just the first place I've seen a list of more than the most recent and egregious flaunting of media ethics (ie. Don't make stuff up).*
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Bacon Jam - Bacon you can Spread! Posted: 1 week ago by Ankabout
Finally, our lives will never be the same again. I present to you, the best thing for your sliced bread since... well... sliced bread!
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 58 [+].
Dogs welcoming their soldier owners home Posted: 1 week ago by TraumaMamma
A ton of videos of dogs and owners reunited. Touching indeed! Have Kleenex ready.
And if you aren't a dog person, watch the last video of soldiers suprising their children. Tear jerker!
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Gentle Dog Slashed to be used as Bait Posted: 1 week ago by horsefeathers
Two men were foiled in their attempt to start a dogfight by allegedly stealing or finding two "clean" pit bulls that had no injuries or wounds. They also had a female pit bull that they slashed with a box cutter so that the wounds and blood would arouse and incite the two other dogs.
Some humans really do suck.
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How grandmas may play favorites Posted: 1 week ago by ThirDeye
Paternal grandmothers share an X chromosome with their granddaughters but not with their grandsons. Not very surprisingly the data cited in the paper suggests that having a paternal grandmother nearby improves the survival of granddaughters compared to grandsons. Boys seem to have a greater chance of survival if they live with their maternal grandmothers.
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Who doesn't love fractals? Posted: 1 week ago by makuus
For the first time a 3-D representation has been made of the famous Mandelbrot set. Known as the Mandelbulb
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Birth of a new species Posted: 1 week ago by lynxears
Scientists studying finches find that, within four generations, a distinct species evolved, though the future of the species is uncertain.
<--new finch
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Scientists Create Bacteria that Lights Up Around Landmines Posted: 1 week ago by midnightbliss10
It seems like something straight out of a science fiction film, but this new bacteria is very real. According to the BBC, the "scientists produced the bacteria using a new technique called BioBricking, which manipulates packages of DNA.
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Meghan McCain: Republicans are hypocrites Posted: 1 week ago by JoshSF49
"I think if Republicans truly believe in keeping government out of our lives—that should include not dictating who one can marry."
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Conjoined Twins Operation Success Posted: 1 week ago by Ankabout
For 25 hours a team of 16 physicians operated on Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna, who were joined at the head. The operation was apparently successful, even the delicate operation of separating the girls' brain tissue.
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Pier Jumping Posted: 1 week ago by pocksucket
Either Worthing rocks so hard that people jump over piers as a matter of course or Worthing is so dull that people have to do stuff like this for thrills. Whichever it is, it's where I live and these people jumped over a pier with a kite.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 285 [+].
Jobs 'Saved or Created' in Congressional Districts That Don't Exist Posted: 1 week ago by hoosker
Recovery.gov lists hundreds of millions spent and hundreds of jobs created in Congressional districts that don't exist.
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Edward Woodward - 1 June 1930 to 16 November 2009 Posted: 1 week ago by pocksucket
Best known for his roles in The Equalizer and The Wicker Man, Edward Woodward has died in hospital, aged 79.
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Koalas may go extinct in 30 years Posted: 2 weeks ago by bingo
The Australian Koala Foundation reported this week that koala populations are declining because we humans continue to invade their habitats. Wildfires and global warming aren't helping, either. ...
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Water Found on Moon, Scientists Say Posted: 2 weeks ago by DerAlt
There is water on the Moon, scientists stated unequivocally on Friday, and considerable amounts of it.
“We got more than just whiff,” said Peter H. Schultz, a professor of geological sciences at Brown University and a co-investigator of the mission. “We practically tasted it with the impact.”
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Wife posed As Girl In Online Trap To Catch Her Husband Posted: 2 weeks ago by iamamaniac
A suspicious wife posed as a teenager online to catch her husband propositioning girls in a chatroom, Cardiff Crown Court has heard.
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 357 [+].
Meep? Posted: 2 weeks ago by cecilberman
While meep may be nonsense, what it represented was no laughing matter to the high school's administration. High school Principal Thomas Murray said students were using it and other words to disrupt school in a particular part of the building on Cabot Road. The term later became part of a disruption some students were planning online.
I don't get it.
Comments: 10 Score: [-] 273 [+].
'Drunk' woman survives near miss with train Posted: 2 weeks ago by hoosker
A 'drunk' woman who fell onto railway tracks in Boston, Massachusetts, survived a near-miss after an oncoming subway train managed to stop just inches short of her.
Her Drunk Video in story.
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Teacher Suspended For Assigning Story On Masturbation Posted: 2 weeks ago by suebe
A popular high school English teacher has been suspended after assigning his 11th-grade students a short story about masturbation by "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk. The short story, "Guts" details three increasingly catastrophic masturbation attempts by teenagers with props including a carrot, a candle, and the water intake at the bottom of a swimming pool.
Comments: 29 Score: [-] 558 [+].
Snail poop packaging Posted: 2 weeks ago by ozero
Yup, as the title says.
And if you want it yellow or green or whatever, well, no problem, they feed the snail with the desired coloured paper so you get your s**t right.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 152 [+].
+++ Breaking News +++ Berlin Wall Falls! +++ Posted: 2 weeks ago by suckersklub
Thousands are gathering at checkpoints after Politburo member Schabowski announced the permission of private travel at a news conference.
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