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Top Ten Angry On-Camera Meltdowns Posted: 2 days ago by tigertony
A collection of on-air personalities losing their 'professionalism', from New York's Sue Simmons dropping the F-bomb this week, to classic clips of Sam Donaldson and Leslie Stahl. (NSFW language)
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The World's Most Terrifying Weapons Posted: 2 days ago by Bornbad
The World's Most Terrifying Weapons.If you have ever lost sleep thinking about what military labs the world over are cooking up to shoot up, blow up, or otherwise maim their enemies (and sometimes innocent civilians).
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Determined Clinton wins W.Va., says race not over Posted: 2 days ago by Bornbad
Iron my tomorrow pantsuit!
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"Blockbuster" Living History Museum Offers Insight Into the Past Posted: 2 days ago by Bornbad
Don't want to spoil anything here more than the headline already has.
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U. of Okla. freshman, 19, elected mayor of Muskogee Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state. Picture source.
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What Military Recruiters Won't Tell You Posted: 2 days ago by JoshSF49
Find out what recruits are told, and the difference between what really happens.
Eye opening, particularly as I visited a recruiting office this week.
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Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C. Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.
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Woman mistaken for man wins suit Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
A woman kicked out of a women's toilet after a New York City restaurant mistook her for a man has settled her discrimination lawsuit for $US35,000 ($37,116).
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Traffickers target child cyclone survivors Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
Child traffickers are targeting the youngest and most vulnerable survivors of Burma's catastrophic cyclone and two suspects have already been arrested, the United Nations has reported.
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'Thanks for cleaning my boots...have a £30,000 Mercedes': Soccer star's amazing gift to boot boy Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
After a season shadowing a star footballer, a lucky boot boy might find himself the recipient of some souvenir kit. Or maybe even a pair of the player's old boots.
James McPike got a Mercedes.
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The world's first mobile phone was the size of a dustbin lid - and had a range of just half a mile in 1902 Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
It was the size of a dustbin lid and had a range of just half a mile.
The world's first mobile phone could hardly be more different to today's devices, which are small enough to slip inside a pocket and can call almost anywhere in the world.
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Doubt cast on source of universe's mightiest particles Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
The most energetic particles in the universe have regained some of their former mystery. Last year, it seemed that the origin of these particles had finally been tracked down to a set of giant black holes in nearby galaxies, but a new study casts doubt on that conclusion
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The truth is out: X-Files go public Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
British UFO 'sightings' investigated by a secret branch of the MoD are soon to be revealed and officials are braced for a torrent of inquiries.
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Cub Born; Pittsburgh Zoo Hopes Tiger Accepts Baby Posted: 2 days ago by dollyllama
An adorable cub was born at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, but its mother has not been taking care of it. The cub is now under veterinarians' care and will be reintroduced to its mother on Tuesday.
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Jane Doe rape kits are going national Posted: 2 days ago by dollyllama
The new federal requirement that states pay for "Jane Doe rape kits" is aimed at removing one of the biggest obstacles to prosecuting rape cases: Some women are so traumatized they don't come forward until it is too late to collect hair, semen or other samples.
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Unfastened Coins Posted: 2 days ago by mewhitenoise
New Titanic Conspiracy will blow your mind. (created by maddox)
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Islamic Creationist Gets Sentenced to Prison for 3 Years Posted: 2 days ago by Jetka
Oktar, born in 1956, is the driving force behind a richly funded movement based in Turkey that champions creationism, the belief that God literally created the world in six days as told in the Bible and the Koran.
Istanbul-based Oktar, who writes under the pen name Harun Yahya, has created waves in the past few years by sending out thousands of unsolicited texts advocating Islamic creationism to schools in several European countries.
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Einstein's view of religion revised Posted: 2 days ago by pocksucket
It has long been assumed that Albert Einstein weighted science and religion equally, but a letter written by him in 1954 may well revise that.
Describing god as the expression and product of human weakness and the bible as a collection of primitive legends does not sit well with the previously held assumption that he weighted science and religious belief in equal regard.
An abridged version of the letter, which is due to be auctioned on Thursday, can be read here
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Craigslist sues eBay, alleges corporate spy plan Posted: 2 days ago by jhordie
Online classifieds leader Craigslist.com filed a countersuit on Tuesday against business rival eBay Inc, alleging eBay used its minority stake in Craigslist to steal corporate trade secrets.
Let the games begin.
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Apple among most gay friendly brands. Posted: 2 days ago by 2longdogs
Apple was considered to be gay-friendly by 23 percent of the general population, 39 percent of the gay/lesbian population, and 54 percent of the PlanetOut "universe."
Only Bravo Network was higher.
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Annika Sorenstam is hanging up her clubs Posted: 3 days ago by suebe
The best woman golfer is retiring after this season to start a family.
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Vatican says aliens could exist Posted: 3 days ago by 2longdogs
Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space.
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Feds: Girl, 12, trained to work as dominatrix Posted: 3 days ago by neo3979
Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment accusing a man and woman of training the woman's child to be a dominatrix, selling her sexual services and photographing some of the acts.
U.S. Attorney John Wood said the case is unusual in that a parent has been charged with the commercial sex trafficking of his or her own minor child.
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Senate votes 97-1 to halt oil reserve shipments Posted: 3 days ago by 2manyusernames
The Senate voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel.
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The Giant Pool of Money Posted: 3 days ago by cheeselog1234
An NPR program explaining exactly what happened with the current real estate and economic problems plaguing the US. Get through the first couple minutes (past the raspy voice guy) and you get to the actual program. Long listen but worth it.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 92 [+].
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