NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. has convicted "The Sopranos" of spreading what he says are stereotypes about Italian-Americans. "You have a trifecta — gangsters, Italian-Americans, New Jersey — wedded in the popular American imagination," This is whipping a dead horse. Shouldn't the objections have come while it was still on th... read full post picked by bevissimo 5 months ago

Photo gallery with 35 images with smart products,new inventions and usages ideal for home and office use. picked by tnebojsa 5 months ago

Could we hack geology? Could we use plate tectonics to re-direct whole island chains, color rocks, print cities out of magma, and build mountains where mountains have no right to be? Here are the Entropist's top five ways to change the surface of the earth. picked by tahafcuk 5 months ago

This fifth grader loved basketball. Unfortunately, her leg got so fragile, doctors wouldn't allow her any physical contact. All she could do was keep the stats and yell. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Bakersfield fire crews had a delicate operation Thursday to free a girl whose head was caught in a steering wheel. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

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"Morally and ethically what we're looking at is incorrect.," says SPCA. picked by hisidea 5 months ago

The 911 calls started flooding in last May. The caller responded to emergency operators with bodily noises, muttering and pressing beep tones. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Mothers cradle children in their arms. Fathers smile softly at the helpless bodies they hold. Other parents are bent over from the weight of their teenage kids whose legs fall limp, almost touching the ground. In the absence of basic medical equipment, these parents do this every day. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A man who police said passed out intoxicated on top of his 2-year-old grandson has been charged with reckless homicide in the boy's death. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A 2,000-year-old mine has been discovered high in mountains in Peru. The find offers proof that an ancient people in the Andes mined hematite iron ore centuries before the Inca Empire, archaeologists say. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Scientists hope that a new supercomputer being built by Syracuse University's Department of Physics may help them identify the sound of a celestial black hole. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Zut alors! The popular British cartoon and television series "Mr. Men" has come up with a malodorous Mr. Rude who speaks with a bad French accent. "Pardon me," says Mr. Rude in comedy Franglais as he breaks wind when his finger is pulled on a game played on the television show's website www.mrmen.com. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Icicles merge with Stalactites, chambers are flooded, prop struts lie crushed like matchwood. Despite this, one brave photographer penetrated this disused Siberian mine to bring back these photos - including bats covered in condensation picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

Sheila Smith's husband, Bob, had to go away on business and couldn't make the Valentine's Day recommitment service at Grove City United Methodist Church. So friends brought a life-size inflatable doll to serve as a stand-in. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A boy of ten hanged himself after telling his mother that he wanted to become a girl. Cameron McWilliams, who liked to wear girls' underwear, asked if he could start using make-up just days before committing suicide. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A woman was shell shocked after she cracked an egg - and found another one inside it. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

"In a series of nightmarish experiments straight out of a horror flick, scientists at a leading university have killed dozens of dogs — then brought them back to life. The hapless pooches, who have their blood drained for up to three hours, are being reanimated in a bid to develop the use of suspended animation to help humans who are injured in combat or crime." This was three ye... read full post picked by Jetka 5 months ago

"...I'll bet you that video games will never become a significant form of cultural discourse the way that novels and film have. I'll bet you that fifty years from now they'll be just as mature and well-respected as comic books are today." picked by Bornbad 5 months ago

A young woman’s life was changed in a split-second by a devastating car crash. Now her family wants to know why Chrysler lawyers issued the subpoena for a court order to get inside her MySpace world to see her personal blogs. picked by muppet 5 months ago

When you put the words kids, bath, and entertainment together, the image of a rubber ducky might come up. That’s the inspiration behind the Vak-Vak. With a squish of your heel, water sucks into the duck. Another squish jettisons water in a stream of fun wetness. picked by leopoldogolba 5 months ago

A really awesome compilation video from your friends at Worth1000! picked by punthe 5 months ago

Warren Ellis, one of the hottest comic book authors today, has a new free web-based graphic novel starting today, with art by Paul Duffield. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

No one ever called Bush MachoMan or BadAss. Some of our presidents though were quite the badasses. Here are the top 5 starting with Andrew Jackson the duelin' cane whippin' machine. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who risked his life seeking to set records in high-tech balloons, gliders and jets, was declared dead Friday, 5 months after he vanished while flying in an ordinary small plane.

Update to this post. picked by Marli 5 months ago

Felony charges were filed against a former Chino slaughterhouse manager who allegedly used cruel methods to force at-risk cattle into the slaughter box. A videotape taken at the facility has led to schools nationwide pulling beef from cafeterias. 49-year-old Daniel Ugarte Navarro of Pomona faces up to eight years and eight months in prison. Update to this. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago