Catholic and other religious social service groups must provide contraceptive coverage through their workplace-sponsored medical insurance programs even if they consider contraception a sin, according to Thursday's ruling by New York state's highest court. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

A moose's friendly behavior has Vermont wildlife officials concerned. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

One of the most unusual deals is to take place next week - the networking and communications technology giant Cisco Systems will acquire the technology asset of Tribe.net, which is a social networking website that is lost and forgotten in the jungles of the Internet. picked by Maxriter 3 years ago

Culture-bound syndromes, Nigeria, and disappearing penises. "And as he felt his penis shrink, Wasiu Karimu screamed and demanded the woman put his penis back. The conductor told them both to get off the bus, and a crowd closed in on the accused, not doubting for an instant that the woman could do such a thing. But as soon as she saw trouble coming, Bad Teeth said, she replaced Wasiu’... read full post picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

It's said, since it starts it never stops. Same count for starting a nice conversation. But how to start it, well with a good mood and nice smile the distrust with the people around you is fading, that’s the first step to the way of gain people’s favor. picked by goldy 3 years ago

Honeybees sterilise their hives with antimicrobial resin, scientists have discovered.

In doing so, they give the whole colony a form of "social immunity", which lessens the need for each individual bee to have a strong immune system. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The government maintains that an Omaha woman is dead, but Margaret Carol Morris said she's very much alive and fighting to prove it. picked by dollyllama 3 years ago

The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet. picked by shuallyo 3 months ago

Personally I think computerized voting is worse than hanging chads. But that's me.

Update: Conservatives win. picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

Should you reject a friend on MySpace? How do you ward off an old lover on Facebook? picked by pvisi111 1 year ago

Writing in Policy Review, Mary Eberstadt of the Hoover Institution wonders if the “prevailing social consensus about pornography” will crumble in the long run much the way acceptance of tobacco eroded after the Surgeon General’s landmark 1964 “Report on Smoking and Health.” picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Reddit is taking a page out of Fark's and others playbooks, selling spots on its page. Most users of sites such as Plime don't like traditional ads. There are companies who pay people to secretly post articles to increase their traffic. Take out the middleman and allow for sponsored articles = potentially millions of $$$$ picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

If you are going to be "enjoying" the Cinco de Mayo sunshine it's best not to do it with an open sun roof - below the offices of a social networking website.
Enjoy. picked by equinox 7 months ago

While cannibalism is obviously a somewhat extreme response, regular social calls from creditors can help one see the wisdom of Hannibal Lector, who proudly bragged of eating a census-taker's liver with "fava beans and a nice chianti." picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

We all want our children to be unintimidated by differences and have the social skills necessary for a diverse world. Do we make it worse, or do we make it better, by calling attention to race? picked by meggysue 3 months ago

Social Security must really be going down hill. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

Virtual characters and digital tutors are helping children and adults develop advanced social and language skills that can be tough to learn via conventional approaches, according to researchers who briefed reporters here last week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. picked by TchEngRox 2 years ago

Police are to use unprecedented powers to force an entire town to stop selling alcohol and halt a beach party organised on Facebook.

The event has been advertised on the social networking site as 'the biggest ever beach party', with organisers using the catchline: 'Lots of people, lots of alcohol...f***in' rave.' picked by doodlechild 1 year ago

Controversial social satire "American Psycho" is headed for Broadway, eight years after the novel became a movie starring Christian Bale, the companies adapting the book to the stage said on Tuesday. Imagine what the musical numbers will be like??? picked by pvisi111 1 year ago

Body piercing has increased in popularity and social acceptance, long healing time, infections and scarring can plague those who pierce.
What have you pierced? picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago