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Emergency Alerts Over Your XBox System? Posted: 4 days ago by suebe
Online gamers, get ready for possible alerts on your consoles! New York State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels.
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Meteor Lights Up the Night Skies Over Utah Posted: 4 days ago by cb__
"..this thing lit up the sky, literally. It was like daylight."
*Includes some great footage and photos*
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Unraveling the Real 3D Mandelbrot Posted: 4 days ago by suebe
The Mandelbrot fractal, finally rendered in 3D and thoroughly explained.
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Saudi Arabia puts Man on Death Row for Witchcraft Posted: 4 days ago by equinox
A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. The case is causing outrage among human rights campaigners. The Lebanese citizen was only visiting Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage when he was arrested in Medina last year.
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Former teacher Heidemarie Schwermer has lived without money in Germany for 13 years Posted: 5 days ago by iamamaniac
Twenty-two years ago Heidemarie Schwermer, a middle-aged secondary school teacher just emerging from a difficult marriage, moved with her two children from the village of Lueneburg to the city of Dortmund, in the Ruhr area of Germany, whose homeless population, she immediately noticed, was above average and striking in its intransigent hopelessness.
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U.S. Refuses to Join Landmine Ban Posted: 5 days ago by Chamale
Washington (CNN) -- The United States won't join its NATO allies and many other countries in formally banning landmines, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said during his midday briefing Tuesday.
Russia and China also have not joined the 156 nations that have endorsed the ban, he said.
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The 10 best NHL players of the last decade Posted: 5 days ago by iamamaniac
How you choose to define, or quantify, the "best" player in the NHL over the last decade will determine your level of agreement with this ranking, which is sure to be one of our most controversial End of Decade lists.
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Giant Cannibal Galaxy's Last Meal Posted: 5 days ago by AutumnLotus
New images show the "last meal" of a giant cannibal galaxy as it gobbles down a smaller spiral galaxy, which has been twisted and warped from being devoured.
The giant galaxy, Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years.
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Universe peppered with 'blue fuzzies' Posted: 5 days ago by AutumnLotus
Australian astronomers have discovered that the universe is full of tiny blue dwarf galaxies.
Known as 'blue fuzzies', these tiny galaxies are made up mostly of young hot stars that shine brightly, dominating the light from the galaxies they're in.
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Under the microscope: Glowing alien-like flea takes top photography prize Posted: 5 days ago by AutumnLotus
This strange alien-like creature is not a character from a science-fiction blockbuster but actually from far closer to home. The eerily beautiful image is of a water flea with a radiant green 'crown of thorns' to protect it from predators.
It took top prize in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, the world's foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and movies.
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Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights (w/ Video) Posted: 5 days ago by AutumnLotus
In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet.
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Mariah Carey carries own toilet paper Posted: 5 days ago by Bornbad
I would too if I had a slow leak.
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Tweets on Ice: Dispatches from Jail in 140 Characters or Less Posted: 5 days ago by Bornbad
We live in a world where people are arrested and honestly think: "I should tweet about this." From celebrities, to hipsters, to rappers and journalists, here is a compilation of the best tweets from the Inside.
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Feeling Nervous? 3,000 Behavior Detection Officers Will Be Watching You at the Airport This Thanksgiving Posted: 5 days ago by Bornbad
Nearly 100,000 passengers were pulled aside by TSA behavior watchers last year, and it remains to be proven whether you can spot terrorists by the looks on their faces.
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Japanese man weds anime game character Posted: 5 days ago by cecilberman
His parents must be so proud.
In attendance were a live audience, an MC, the bride's virtual video game girlfriend — who made a speech — and a real human priest.
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Boat crash, one survivor, one dead, one missing Posted: 5 days ago by maven
This was here on base--they closed all the coast line area earlier today, wasn't sure why, been a flurry of air planes and emergency vehicles.
There's also another fire on base!
(pic of Minuteman Beach)
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Norway opens world's first osmotic power plant Posted: 5 days ago by DAVEthefish
Osmotic power is one of a number of experimental renewable energy projects betting on a expected climate pact in Copenhagen next month unlocking funding and subsidy schemes that will help develop the technology and slash production costs.
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Olympics and Olympic Sports - Paralympian's wheelchair taken away Posted: 5 days ago by DAVEthefish
Australian Kurt Fearnley, who won the marathon gold in the Beijing and Athens Paralympics, had just completed a gruelling 60 mile crawl using his hands along a Papua New Guinea jungle track and complained bitterly about the weekend incident.
The equivalent for an able-bodied person "would be having your legs tied together, your pants pulled down and be carried or pushed through an airport", he said.
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34,000 more to Afghanistan Posted: 5 days ago by Qpon
White House finally makes decision.
"Obama is expected to announce his Afghanistan strategy "early next week,""
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Police: Census worker staged death to conceal suicide Posted: 5 days ago by hoosker
Authorities are saying a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest committed suicide and staged his death to look like a homicide.
Update to this
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No "Full-Frontal Hugging" until AFTER marriage! Posted: 5 days ago by icepigs
If we have a full-frontal hug, it could lead us into temptation. So, please just give me the Christian "Side-Hug" until we are married.
<---not going to hell
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Study: Political Bent Affects How We View Skin Tone Posted: 5 days ago by lynxears
A new study suggests that people's political views may affect how they perceive President Obama's skin tone, with liberals tending to "lighten" his skin and conservatives tending to "darken" it.
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eBooks Vs. Books: A publishing smackdown Posted: 5 days ago by iamamaniac
There's a fight brewing this Christmas between the good old traditional book and the flashy newcomer: the e Reader.
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Students of the University of North Texas say no to same sex homecoming court Posted: 5 days ago by icepigs
University of North Texas students, voting in an online referendum, have rejected the possibility of same-sex couples running for homecoming court in 2010.
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Boy with Asperger's Syndrome Rides Subway for 11 Days Posted: 5 days ago by suebe
A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome—a form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interaction—spent 11 days in the NYC subway system last month.
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