For the last 31 years, Charles Free has lived an ordinary life. He fell in love, married and raised two children. He spent more than 20 years in the Las Vegas construction business, working his way up to project manager. His family calls him a caring man, a model citizen. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

"Return to Earth from the Martian surface is a daunting technical problem for which current technology offers no obvious solution," he wrote in 2006. "Realistically, there aren’t any schemes based on futuristic technology that are likely to be perfected within the next 20 years. When we eliminate the need to launch off Mars, we remove the mission’s most daunting obstacle... read full post picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

John Calvert, who with his wife co-owns the Harbour Town Yacht Basin in Hilton Head Island among other local businesses, failed to meet his employees for morning meetings Tuesday. Elizabeth Calvert, a tax attorney at Hunter McClean in Savannah, also never arrived at work, according to Tony Gibbus, general manager of the Mariner's Club at Harbour Town, a business run by the Calverts. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Can they find him in time?

Mildly NSFW (Language) picked by buddha 5 months ago

or should it be TrekBack Mountain?

Spock finally shows his real emotions picked by suebe 5 months ago

As far as addictive games goes, this one sets the bar high.

Loss of productivity at hand - You are hereby warned! picked by devadander 5 months ago

One moment, the little girl was sitting on the couch in her home. The next, the split-level house in suburban Pittsburgh was obliterated by a natural-gas explosion and the girl was covered with debris in the yard next to a neighbor’s house. picked by MandolinOrange 5 months ago

Pentagon has banned Google Earth teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases. picked by 2longdogs 5 months ago

McDonald's Corporation has redesigned the cups for its McFlurry dessert so that they no longer posed a danger to the spiky woodland creatures. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society has campaigned for years against the containers. picked by MandolinOrange 5 months ago

PhotoOverlay creator has been made specifically to place high resolution imagery into Google Earth. The tool supports full 360x180 degree panoramas, partial cylindrical panoramas and standard photographs or images, all within a simple point and click interface. picked by wildminou 5 months ago

Whoopi Goldberg commented on how Patrick Swayze was the reason she won the Oscar in Ghost. Must make him feel real good to hear all this already. picked by moe 5 months ago

A roadside bomb exploded around 7 pm, once others came to aid the injured, a suicide bomber detonated the second bomb. picked by unzercharlie 5 months ago

The head of the UN World Food Programme has warned that the rise in basic food costs could continue until 2010. It blamed soaring energy and grain prices, the effects of climate change and demand for biofuels. picked by mahler87 5 months ago

I'm not too sure what to make of this... picked by mahler87 5 months ago

Sleezy Dee & The Suck My d**k Krew Presents a little romantic song. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Tripp Isenhour has been charged in Orlando with intentionally killing a protected bird with a golf shot.

He apparently was pissed off because it was squawking while they were trying to film a video segment. So yea, he was totally justified. picked by moe 5 months ago

What happens when a Burger King in the 'hood quits selling Whoppers? Uncensored full version picked by fuzzylogix 5 months ago

Microsoft’s answer to Google Sky, WorldWide Telescope promises to bring us even closer of the planets and stars in our universe. Here is the presentation on TED. The pplication will be available in Spring of 2008 free of charge. picked by wildminou 5 months ago

I thought with St. Patrick's Day coming up this might be appropriate. As a leprechaun, I'm Bonzi O'Neil. picked by MandolinOrange 5 months ago

Viktor Bout was detained at in a Bangkok hotel amid allegations that he supplied Colombian rebels with guns and explosives. Bout was widely believed to be a model for the arms dealer portrayed by Nicholas Cage in the 2005 movie "Lord of War." picked by MandolinOrange 5 months ago

A study of nearly 1,000 pairs of identical and non-identical twins found genes control half the personality traits that make people happy. picked by MandolinOrange 5 months ago

The United States has called for a new initiative to get a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force on the ground in Darfur, where the 5-year conflict has escalated and malnutrition is rising. picked by Marli 5 months ago

This is cool, find out what the number one song was on the day you were born! picked by JOHNDX 5 months ago

Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person’s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to “see” someone else’s dream. picked by MandolinOrange 5 months ago

Ruby was the 373rd most popular name of the 1980s.
Any Dannie's born in the 1970s...you could form a club! There would be 420 of you.

(U.S. only, sorry Brits) picked by scobrakid 5 months ago