Shrek 4 and Shrek 5 Announced

Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg has announced that there will be a Shrek 4 (2010) and Shrek 5.



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Scientist Boasts New, Quality Footage of Loch Ness Monster

Gordon Holmes claims he has taken the finest video footage of mythical creature believed to be living in Scotland lake.



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Hurricane Forecast for 2007: 17 Major Storms, 9 Hurricanes

The hurricane forecast for 2007 suggests that there will be 17 major storms and nine hurricanes, five of them intense.



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Sept. 11 First Responders Contracting Blood Cancer at Young Ages

A group of 9/11 responders has contracted blood cancers at an unusually young age, and top doctors suspect the disease was triggered by an unprecedented "synergistic mix" of toxins at the World Trade Center site.



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20 Ways to Use Gmail Filters

One of the coolest things about Gmail is its filters — set up properly, filters can add loads of functionality to your already-powerful Gmail account. Save time and space, rid your inbox of unwanted emails, and turn your Gmail into a multi-functional tool with simple filters.



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Photo of Monster Hog Called Into Question

Is it a humongous hog, a monster mistake, or a huge hoax? That's the question being asked Tuesday about a stunning photo distributed last Friday by the Associated Press that purports to show an 11-year-old Alabama boy standing behind a half-ton wild hog his father said he bagged with a pistol.



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Firefox 2.0.0.4 has been released

Includes security fixes, memory issues, better Vista support and several new languages.



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It's Official: eBay Acquires StumbleUpon for U.S $75 Million

eBay officially announced they have acquired StumbleUpon for U.S $75 Million.



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Pregnant Teen Confesses to Killing, Dismembering Lover

Nicaraguan police say a 17-yeat-old girl, who is eight months pregnant, confessed to shooting her 53-year-old American live-in boyfriend and burying his severed body parts after he allegedly threatened to kill her and destroy fetus.



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Top 20 Free Applications to Increase Your Productivity

The Internet is loaded with free software, making it hard to know which one’s you really need. This article will act as your guide to the top 20 free applications (Web and Windows) for increased productivity.



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Justin Timberlake Goes Corporate With Own Label

Justin Timberlake has launched his own label, Tennman Records, which will be a joint venture with Interscope. Timberlake will serve as chairman and CEO of the new company, which will be distributed internationally by Interscope Geffen A&M.



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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Tries to Mend Relationship With Rosie

Elisabeth Hasselbeck spent Memorial Day weekend trying to patch things up with Rosie O'Donnell after a heated political argument on "The View" last week led O'Donnell to leave the show about a month early.



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Britney Spears Writes New Letter to Fans

In a new letter to her fans, Britney Spears says she doesn't think she was suffering from a problem with alcohol or depression when she want to rehab.



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Spice Girls Reunite - For Real?

Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice, is currently filming her reality show, AND, rumors are that she and her Spice Girls cohorts are in the studio recording a track that will be out this Christmas.



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50 Cent Is Now U.S $400 Million Richer!

50 Cent is U.S $400 Million richer, no thanks to any album sales or music-related deals. The rapper owns 10% of Glaceau, which makes "Vitamin Water" and his "Formula 50" drink. The company was just bought out by Coca Cola for U.S $4.1 Billion.



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BlackBerry 8830 World Edition sells for U.S $199

"The price is $399 for a two years service and and you get an online rebate of $100. Makes it $299. But wait from what I see they will have another $100 mail-in rebate. It’s been a few years since I finished school but that makes it $199, right?".



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A Search Engine, Better Than Google

Google is keeping a close eye on a small, suburban Melbourne start-up that claims to be developing a search engine that improves on the world leader. MyLiveSearch is fundamentally different in the way that it works.



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Restaurant Sued Over TV Ads Spoofing Angus Meat

Parent of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's fast food chains sues to make rival stop suggesting its restaurants use cow anus to make Angus Burgers.



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Powerful Undersea Earthquake Rattles Eastern Indonesia

A powerful undersea earthquake and a series of aftershocks rattled eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing panicked residents to flee their homes.



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Top 100 Scariest Movie Scenes of All Time

It's easy to talk about scary movies, but we wanted to highlight the individual scary scenes that really stick out. Some films aren't scary by design, but happen to have creepy and shocking moments that deserve special recognition. So enjoy this list and have fun discovering a bunch of new movies to see!



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Pearl 2 information leaked

BGR reports that the Pearl 2 or the 8120 will have GPS, Wi-Fi, and some hot new colors.



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12 Tips for Mac OS X Address Book

The Mac OS X Address Book has loads of features that are often overlooked by most users. Here are a few tips to save you time and let you make the most of Address Book. Includes how to share your contacts, search for attachments they sent you, merge duplicate entries, and automatically put contacts' sites in your Safari Bookmarks Bar.



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Cinemas use night goggles to nab pirates

Malaysian cinemas have found a powerful new weapon in their fight against movie pirates -- military-style night-vision goggles. After showing people to their seats, trained ushers are strapping on the goggles and scanning darkened cinemas around the country to spot anyone trying to make illegal copies of movies...



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Worst iPod Knockoffs Ever

Could these be the worst iPod knockoffs ever?



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Must-have mug for when all those "morning people" stop by your cubicle

Optimists need not purchase, this mug's not for you...



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iPod Sex Toy Arouses Apples Ire...

A vibrating sex toy accessory for the iPod appears to have got Apple’s legal team all hot and bothered.



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Matt Damon says No More Jason Bourne Movies For Him

Matt Damon told a room full of press at the Cannes Film Festival that he would not be returning for a fourth Jason Bourne film. Here is an account of some of the conversation thanks to Variety.



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Rosie O'Donnell Says She May Never Speak to Elisabeth Hasselbeck Again

Rosie O'Donnell says she may never speak to Elisabeth Hasselbeck again after a heated argument on "The View" last week.



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Lindsay Lohan cited for drunk driving

Lohan was involved in a single-car traffic accident at about 5:30 am, and was cited (ordered to appear in court) after being admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries.



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Top 10 Reasons Why Pirates 3 Actually Kicks Ass

"It's perfect popcorn fun. Look, even I still don't believe it. So to convince myself that I'm not high off of Bruckheimer's CGI fumes, I worked on a list. Here are ten reasons why Pirates 3 actually kicked ass".



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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" Makes U.S $126 Million at Box Office

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" sold an estimated U.S $126.5 million worth of tickets during the Friday-to-Sunday portion of the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend, distributor Walt Disney Co. said on Sunday.



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MySpace v. Facebook: “It’s Not A Decision. It’s an IQ Test”

Venture capitalist Josh Kopelman rips into MySpace today as he applauds Facebook’s new developer platform.



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Firefox Reaches 25%

People are switching to Firefox fast as ever, while IE's share drops every day!



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WWE Wrestles Good Samaritan Over BlackBerry

According to Louis Glennon Jr., he found a BlackBerry during a game at Yankee Stadium in April. Weeks later, after he turned it on for the first time, Glennon says he determined the device probably belonged to someone who worked for WWE, whereupon Glennon contacted the WWE to try and return it.



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Apple confirms MySpace ban in retail stores

In New York City, you can go to the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in midtown 24 hours a day, seven days a week and browse the Web from the Macs on display. But due to a new Apple regulation, you can no longer access MySpace.com.



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Cool OS X WiFi App - WiFind 1.1

Shows you if wireless networks are locked or unlocked and their signal strength - right in the airport menu. It’s a tiny lightweight plugin for OS X that makes connecting to reliable wireless networks quicker and easier.



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iPhone Used to Browse MacRumors.com?

It looks like someone at Apple has started more extensively testing the Apple iPhone across web sites, including MacRumors.com. One reader tipped us off that they had come across iPhone browser identification strings in the Apache logs of their eBay images. After this tip, we were able to confirm similar findings in our own logs.



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Adult Body Found in a Vent on the Roof of Arizona Elementary School

An adult's body was discovered Friday in a vent on the roof of a cafeteria at a Phoenix elementary school, officials said.



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Alabama Boy Kills 1,051-Pound Monster Pig, Bigger Than 'Hogzilla'

An 11-year-old Alabama boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog that just may be the biggest pig ever found.



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Bill Gates & Steve Jobs Set For Historic Conversation

Although Gates made a famous phone call to Jobs in 1997 and the two shared a stage briefly at a 1983 Apple promotional event, the two industry icons have never had a public conversation.



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Apple iPhone to be released on June 20th

A number of reader reports and Google Groups message board posting indicates that CNBC's is reporting that the iPhone will be released on the 20th of June.



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Sirius Satellite Radio Boss: 'We Suck Less!'

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI) CEO Mel Karmazin sought to allay shareholder concerns at the company's annual meeting Thursday, saying he was just as disappointed as other investors in Sirius' lagging stock price. Compared to rival XM (XMSR), however, he said: "We suck less."



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Georgia Sleepwalker Found Guilty of Aggravated Sexual Battery

A Georgia man has been found guilty of sexual battery even though he claims he has no recollection of assaulting the family babysitter because he was sleepwalking.



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Top 10 New Features in Windows Server 2008

There are a myriad of both subtle and fundamental differences in the basic architecture of Windows Server 2008, which could dramatically change not only the way it's used in the enterprise, but also the logical and physical structure of networks where it's the dominant OS.



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Pink Zune Outselling White, Brown

Microsoft may have found a way to better compete with Apple's ubiquitous iPod: the color pink. Since introducing the limited edition pink Zune before Mother's Day, the color has become the second most popular, only trailing black in sales, the company said Thursday.



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So neighbors steal your Wi-Fi net access, kill the connection or have fun?

So you find out that everyone in on your block is using your network without your permission. Do you lock it down or...? Or maybe you want to have a little fun.



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Bar Owner Fined for Allegedly Passing Coors Light Off as Miller Lite

A bar owner's attempt to avoid wasting leftover beer got him a sharp reprimand and a U.S $172 ticket. Ray Wendt used a Miller Lite tap to serve Coors Light. He said he told customers they were drinking Colorado beer, not that from nearby Milwaukee.



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New Tests Raise Doubts About JFK Shooter

New testing on the type of ammunition used in the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy raises questions about whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, according to a study by researchers at Texas A&M University.



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Tennessee Trooper Canned Over Tryst With Porn Star

A state trooper has been fired over allegations that he disregarded a drug possession charge in exchange for oral sex from a Knoxville porn star, the Tennessee Highway Patrol announced Thursday.



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In Brief: Apple Stores Ban MySpace

Apple bans MySpace.com access in Apple Stores.



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MMMBop Hit #1 Ten Years Ago Today

I can't believe it's been 10 years since MMMBop.... ? And in an MMMBop, it's gone..?



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Mike Tyson In Adult Movies

Guess that's all he can do for now.



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Microsoft offers Amnesty Bin for iPods

From the entry way at Zune headquarters: the iPod Amnesty Bin. It's like seeing adorable puppies in a pound. I instinctively wanted to grab those poor sweet neglected iPods into my arms and give them a proper home. Someone ought to notify the association for the prevention of iPod cruelty.



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Intel unveils world's thinnest laptop, almost as skinny as RAZR

Codenamed the Intel Mobile Metro Notebook, this prototype was designed by Intel along with Ziba Design, and it's a mere 0.7 inches thick and weighs just 2.25 pounds. It's no dumb blonde, either, packed with Intel's speediest and most efficient components, which will probably be plenty fast by the time this machine is manufactured...



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Study Correlates Finger Length to Performance on SAT

A quick look at the lengths of children's index and ring fingers can be used to predict how well students will perform on the SAT, new research claims.



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Why Buying FeedBurner is Really Smart of Google

"Techcrunch is confirming a rumor surfaced last week by former TechCrunch UK writer Sam Sethi - that Google is going to buy FeedBurner for U.S $100 million. Smart, smart, smart I say. Here's a couple of things I want to throw into the conversation."



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Creed's Stapp arrested for assault; his crimes against music go unpunished

Scott Stapp gets drunk, beats up his wife, gets arrested. But where was the law when we were being assaulted on a daily basis by "Arms Wide Open"?



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Man gets 5 years for blowing up toilet

A man once called one of the Internet's most notorious pirates of music and movies was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for plowing up a portable toilet.



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How Much Does It Cost To Get Martha Stewart To Say Whatever You Want?

Here's a heck of a deal: For only U.S $250,000, Martha Stewart will personally shill your product on her show. She even promises to "work in an advertiser's talking points." If you don't have that much dough, you can grab a "one-time in-show oral mention with product close-up" for only U.S $100,000.



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Landlord forced to live in own building (no heat, water, stoves, ovens)

A Lakewood, Ohio, landlord has been ordered by a judge to house arrest in one of his derelict buildings until he makes the proper repairs.



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6 Great Free Alternatives to Quicken & MS Money

Cheap, simple, easy to use -- but which one is the best?



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80% of People Believe Gas Prices Are Being Manipulated

According to a recent poll, nearly four out of every five people believe that oil and gasoline companies have manipulated the supply of gas in order to cause prices to shoot through the roof. Is it still a conspiracy theory if seemingly everyone believes in it?



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30 pieces of trivia about Star Wars

The original Star Wars film was released on 25 May 1977. Much to the surprise of many involved in the project, including the studio which backed it, it became a runaway success.



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Sexy Glo-Go Bikini Top and Skirt Shed Light on the Subject

Nobody noticing you there, girl? Put on this Glow-Go bikini top and skirt, and be the center of attention until your batteries run down after about 10 hours. They're part of the GloFur collection by designer David Lee, who won't really say how they work but we suspect it has something to do with a bunch of wires and LEDs.



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20 Productive Ways to Use Your Free Time

If you’ve got a big block of free time, the best way to put that to use is to relax, have fun, decompress from a stressful day, or spend time with a loved one. But if you’ve just got a little chunk — say 5 or 10 minutes — there’s no time to do any of the fun stuff.



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Technorati Gets All New Redesign

Blog search engine Technorati made significant changes to its data architecture and user interface this evening. CEO Dave Sifry outlined the details on his personal blog. The changes, Sifry says, are largely in response to Technorati’s changing user base - more and more mainstream Internet users are using the service.



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40 Albums That Deserved Rolling Stone's 5 Stars

In celebration of Rolling Stone's 40th Anniversary, here are 40 albums they got wrong. Each and every one of these gems deserved their greatest praise: 5 Stars.



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7,000 royalty free, high resolution stock photos

Browse and search their photo gallery of over 7,000 royalty free, high resolution stock photos, templates and logos to use in your personal and educational design projects.



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RIAA: Radio needs to pay up

Artists and music labels want radio stations to start paying royalties on the music they broadcast, in part to make up for revenue shortfalls in the industry. Radio stations aren't thrilled about the idea



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Confirmed: Google paying U.S $100 Million for Feedburner

Rumors about Google acquiring RSS management company Feedburner from last week, started by ex-TechCrunch UK editor Sam Sethi, are accurate and are now confirmed according to a source close to the deal.



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NINE INCH NAILS Frontman Says His Record Company Is Run By 'Thieves'

"It's a very odd time to be a musician on a major label, because there's so much resentment towards the record industry that it's hard to position yourself in a place with the fans where you don't look like a greedy asshole. But at the same time, when our record came out I was disappointed at the number of people that actually bought it."



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Steve Jobs: Gore will become President if he runs

Apple chief Steve Jobs recently spoke with TIME Magazine to reveal his opinion on the former vice president of the United States, Al Gore, with regard to the upcoming presidential election.



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Paris Hilton seen with a Self-Help Book, a Bible and a BlackBerry 8800

The "new" Paris?



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Angelina Jolie: I'm taking a year off from acting

Must be nice to be able to take a year off of work! 'Angelina Jolie says she plans to take a year off from filmmaking to spend more time with her partner, Brad Pitt, and their children.'



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Google to scan 800,000 manuscripts, books from Indian university

Google's dream of organizing all the world's information has come one step closer to reality with the announcement that it will digitize 800,000 Indian books and manuscripts for inclusion in its Google Book Search program.



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Google bans essay writing ads

Google is to ban adverts for essay writing services - following claims that plagiarism is threatening the integrity of university degrees.



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Why Apple's iPhone is Not the Next iPod

"Apple's latest creation is unlikely to dominate the cell phone market the way the iPod has impacted the digital music market."



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'RGX Girl' Rachel Specter Wants To Be Known For More Than Body-Spray Ads

Stardom — or, at the very least, notoriety — can come in any number of ways. It came for Lana Turner after she was discovered in a soda shop. Paris Hilton shot up to the A-list (or at least the cover of the tabloids) thanks to a sex tape. So why can't a career be made from four commercials for a men's body spray?



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15 Worst iPhone Product Concepts

The 15 Worst iPhone Concepts from Apple fans who thankfully were NOT on the design team.



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A daily "Top 100" from Google

Google is going to start sharing more insights about what's on its users' minds by showing a daily list of the 100 hottest topics on its search engine.



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California Mom Beaten, Daughter Found Dead; Other Body Could Be Father

The burned body of a young woman was found on a hiking trail hours after her bludgeoned, unconscious mother was discovered in the driveway of their burning Anaheim home, police said Tuesday.



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Trooper Suspended After Porn Star Claims She Gave Him Oral Sex

A porn star claims a state trooper who stopped her on a highway let drug charges slide in exchange for oral sex. And she says she's got proof — the trooper's own video images of the roadside tryst.



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Colorado Man Charged for Allegedly Stealing 1,300 Women's Undergarments

A man faces a felony theft charge in the disappearance of more than 1,300 women's undergarments near the Colorado State University campus, police announced Tuesday.



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Man Accused of Biting Off Wife's Lip After She Called Him Short

A man accused of biting off his wife's bottom lip after she called him short has rejected a plea offer and will stand trial next month, prosecutors said.



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College Basketball Legend Found Severely Beaten in Alley

Former Villanova basketball star Howard Porter was found severely beaten in a Minneapolis alley, and remained hospitalized Tuesday.



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Motley Crue launch petition to Throw Paris Hilton In Jail!

Motley Crue are not big fans of Paris Hilton and are supporting a ‘Throw Paris Hilton In Jail’ petition. In answer to an online petition asking the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to show leniency, the aging rockers have put their full support behind a rival petition asking the Governor to ensure Paris serves her full 45-day sentence.



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Digg ranked #58 in PC World's Best Products of 2007

(1) Google Apps Premier Edition, (2) Intel Core 2 Duo, (3) Nintendo Wii (4) Verizon FiOS (5) RIM Blackberry 8800 (6) Parallels Desktop (7) Pioneer Elite 1080p PRO-FHD1 (8) Infrant Technologies ReadyNAS NV (9) Apple Mac OS X (10) Adobe Premiere Elements 3... (58) Digg.com



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Gmail Doubles Maximum Attachment Size to 20 MB

Gmail upgraded the maximum attachment size from 10 MB to 20 MB. Gmail was quite forgiving and you could send more than 10 MB in some cases, but now it's possible to send at least 20 MB in one message.



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Internal Investigation on Fake Apple Email

In the wake of the fake iPhone and Leopard delay rumor that hit the web on May 16th, there's been a number of stories and claims regarding the events. Engadget posted their sequence of events, which involved the fake email sent through an internal Apple distribution list to employees...



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Massive outage hits XM Radio

XM Radio is experiencing massive outages after one of its satellites was disabled. The company says satellite number 1 is down for “performance” reasons and the company is currently performing a “software update”. While the company has a spare satellite, many customers in the United States and Canada are still experiencing problems.



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Michigan man arrested for using cafe's free WiFi from his car

"Another arrest has been made over someone leeching a WiFi network without authorization, this time in Michigan."



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Woman Gets Prison Sentence for Slashing Neighbor's Belly to Steal Fetus

A woman who tried to steal the fetus of her pregnant neighbor was sentenced Tuesday to 22 to 50 years in prison.



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IRONY: Anti-Cellphone Senator Crashes while talking on CELLPHONE

Carole Migden -- former voter on a state bill that fines people for using their cellphones while driving -- rear-ended her state-issued SUV into a Honda sedan on Highway 12 in Solano County, today.



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Breaking: Bomb Blast in Turkish Capital Kills 4, Injures 50

A bomb exploded in a busy commercial neighborhood of the Turkish capital Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding 50, Mayor Melih Gokcek said.



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Denver Zoo Monkey Dies of Plague

A capuchin monkey at the Denver Zoo has died of plague and officials are trying to prevent an epidemic by isolating the primates and treating them with antibiotics. Zoo officials learned late Friday that the 8-year-old animal that died Wednesday tested positive for the flea-borne disease, according to a zoo statement.



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Experts Predict Busy Hurricane Season Along Gulf, East Coasts

Government forecasters called for a busier than normal hurricane season Tuesday. National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes.



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John Edwards Wants to End War in Iraq to Honor Veterans

Presidential hopeful John Edwards said Monday that Americans should speak out against the war in Iraq this Memorial Day weekend, renewing an anti-war call that has been criticized by the leader of the American Legion.



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Man Sentenced for Posing as Dying Boy to Sexually Coerce Girls

A 31-year-old man was sentenced Monday to more than 24 years in federal prison for posing online as a teenage boy dying of leukemia in an effort to coerce young girls into sending him sexually explicit images.



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Why there are so many people out on the street all day, not working?

"Who are these people? At any given hour on any given workday, well, it turns out it's not a workday at all. Not for these hordes roaming free, anyway. I didn't doubt that the packers had sound explanations. I just wanted to hear them."



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Hugo Chavez to Finance Danny Glover Movies

Venezuela's Congress says it has approved financing for two films by actor Danny Glover, a close supporter of President Hugo Chavez. The lawmaking body, which is closely allied with Chavez, said in a statement on its Web site Thursday that it approved $20 million for two Glover productions.



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Donald Trump's Not Fired from NBC; He Quits

Donald Trump, whose low-rated reality show "The Apprentice" was left off the new prime-time schedule unveiled this week by NBC, says the network can't fire him — he quits.



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Pac-Man's Skeleton

Someone has killed Pac-Man and put his skeleton on display!!



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XM Satellite Radio Owes Opie and Anthony Fans An Apology

Someone that "GETS IT"!



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Fan Sold Idea for Black Spider-Man Suit for $220 in 1982

Back in 1982, Schueller was a 22-year-old comic-book fan living in Chicago. Marvel, the publisher of "Spider-Man," asked readers to send in ideas for the hero, and Schueller jumped at the chance. He spent two weeks crafting a story in which Spidey dons a new costume.



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Cool Things You Can Do With Google

Smart Google users know how to turn Google into a quick calculator, translate foreign sites, create their own customized search engine, and search for movie reviews and stock quotes with special search queries. In this article, we’ll show you how to do all of that and more.



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Report: John Edwards Charges U.S $55,000 for Speech on Poverty

John Edwards has an example to teach University of California at Davis students how to avoid poverty — charge U.S $55,000 for a speech. That's how much the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate negotiated for his fee to speak to 1,787 people at the taxpayer-funded school in January 2006, according to financial disclosures.



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Apple iPhone vs. Palm Treo 700p

This article takes an in-depth look at the soon-to-be-released iPhone and compares many of its features to a phone that you can purchase today. The findings may surprise you.



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USB Mini Fridge

We know you've been waiting for it. Now finally, Brando brings you the $33 USB Mini Fridge. Sure, it takes 5 minutes to bring the fridge down to 8.5 degrees centigrade (47 degrees fahrenheit) and it holds just one can.



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311 Ready For Reinvention On Next Album

After taking more than a year-and-a-half off, 311 is revving back up with a summer tour and a fall studio date looming.



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Dont look now, but Tablet PCs are on the rise

Considered a flop by many, the Tablet PC is poised to prove the naysayers wrong. Recent moves by Dell and Microsoft, as well as an aftermarket mod for Apples MacBook, give a glimpse of a potentially bright future for the concept.



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MySpace Announces It Will Share Data on Registered Sex Offenders with State

MySpace.com will provide law enforcement officials with data on registered sex offenders who use the popular social networking Web site, the company said Monday.



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'Shrek The Third' Knocks 'Spider-Man 3' Out Of First

Sequel scores U.S $122-million opening weekend, is #1 on the all-time animated openings list.



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Wii Continues to Shine as PS3 Sales Slide Further

For the fourth month in a row, the Nintendo Wii outsold its competitors, even showing impressive strength at a time that is traditionally one of the slower periods for video game sales.



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Overclock Your Reading Speed

By simply learning how to process information at a more rapid rate, you’re not only going to be able to move through books more quickly, but you will also be able to comprehend and process more of what you have read. Speed reading is an excellent skill that can be used in your workplace, your home life, as well as your personal hobbies.



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Ex-Creed Singer Scott Stapp Arrested, Faces Domestic Violence Charge

Former Creed frontman Scott Stapp was arrested at his home Sunday and charged with assault related to domestic violence, authorities said.



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How to survive a Mosh Pit

Are you going to a concert this weekend? Have you seen the pits and have always been curious, but are concerned that you may come out with a broken face? With a little know-how and a lot of courage, you can make your way through a mosh pit and who knows? You might jump right back in.



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How to survive a Mosh Pit

Are you going to a concert this weekend? Have you seen the pits and have always been curious, but are concerned that you may come out with a broken face? With a little know-how and a lot of courage, you can make your way through a mosh pit and who knows? You might jump right back in.



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John Travolta’s attack on BBC man in Scientology expose

John Travolta has launched a bitter attack on a veteran BBC reporter over a Panorama film that exposes the methods used by Scientology and questions whether it is a “brainwashing cult“.



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New Smashing Pumpkins Track

Here's a stream of "Tarantula", the first single from "Zeitgeist."



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Don't let people interupt you while you're busy!

Even been busy, yet this one annoying person keeps sending you messages through an IM or email? Send them a link to this page and it should shut them up!



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Did you know these basic Firefox tips?

You may know those BIG things but did you know these?



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Pictures: Paris smokes a joint before heading to the joint

Just when she thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, pictures have surfaced of Paris Hilton surreptitiously smoking cannabis.



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First Rambo IV Feature Trailer!

It's a full 3 and 1/2 minutes, and it goes through some good back story then for the last minute goes into a full-on R-rated ass kicking fest with Rambo himself!! If you're even slightly interested in Rambo IV, simply titled John Rambo, you'll want to watch this.



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Firefox Is Getting Mac OS X-native Controls

Mozilla’s Firefox is one of the most popular browsers out there; however, Mac users don’t love it nearly as much as they could. One of the main reasons why this happens is the lack of an OS X look and feel for the application. Fortunately, it looks like the developers have listened to the users....



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British PM Tony Blair May Succeed Wolfowitz at World Bank

Tony Blair may be asked to head the World Bank after its current president quit over an ethics flap, according to London's Daily Mail.



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Illinois Zoo Searches for Missing Eagle Egg

One of two eggs laid by a bald eagle at a central Illinois zoo is missing and authorities think the culprit could be a raccoon or a human.



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Thief Hit by Bus as He Flees NYC Store

A thief fleeing a jewelry store was killed when his bicycle was struck by a bus, police said. Authorities said the 42-year-old man snatched a U.S $2,000 gold chain from the Bronx jewelry store on Friday and was making his getaway.



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Google Acquiring Feedburner?

Feedburner has been a prime acquisition target for over a year, and Google needs to get into the RSS ad market. They could even merge Feedburner’s stat tracking with Google Analytics, providing all your stats in one place. The question is: why wouldn’t Google buy Feedburner?



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Counting Crows Touring With Live, Collective Soul

In a bill straight out of 1995, Counting Crows will tour minor-league baseball stadiums this summer with support from Live and Collective Soul. Third Eye Blind will also join the lineup for a handful of shows.



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Top 10 High Definition TVs

"High-definition tellies come in all shapes and sizes, from compact 15-inch LCDs to yawning great 70-inch plasmas for the ultimate in home cinema. These are the 10 we've come across that have made the biggest impression."



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Shark attacks mother holding her 3 year old, beats it off with her camera

A WOMAN who was attacked by a shark on a West Australian reef says all she could think of was beating it off before it could savage her teenage son wading alongside or the three-year-old on her hip.



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Eight Google Apps in Your Future

Google office is finally taking shape. Web Worker Daily makes some guesses at what you might find in Google Apps in the future. So far it adds up to eight new apps in the near future.



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Google Wins Appeal on Copyright of Nude Images

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Google did not infringe on the copyrights of an adult publishing company by displaying thumbnail images of its nude photographs, handing Internet search companies a victory by allowing the display of such miniature pictures in search results.



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Florida Lottery Rejects U.S $500,000 Payment After Misprint

The Florida Lottery is refusing to pay a U.S $500,000 prize until it can inspect the $20 scratch-off ticket, which officials said Thursday appears to be a misprint.



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People Smash XM Receivers in Response to Opie & Anthony Suspension

People are going bonkers about The Opie & Anthony show being suspended—so bonkers that they are even smashing their XM receivers and canceling their XM service. According to a Digg member XM is now offering three to six months of free service if you call and cancel because of the O&A suspension.



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New Exclusive Transformers Trailer

"Yahoo! Movies just dropped the new trailer for Transformers. First reaction: school girl giddiness. Second reaction: Ok, there isn’t too much in here that we haven’t seen before, but I still like it."



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Apple iPhone receives FCC approval!

Apple Inc. on Thursday received the official go-ahead on its first ever mobile handset, with the Federal Communications Commission giving the iPod maker the green light to commence sales of the device in the United States.



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More Firefox Bloat? Say It Ain't So, Mozilla

Anecdotal reports of problems, from sluggishness to slow page loads and frequent crashes, have begun circulating in web forums, along with increasingly loud calls for Firefox to return to its roots. The alleged culprit: bloat, the same problem that once plagued Mozilla...



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Apple preps first builds of Mac OS X 10.4.10 for testing

With the release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard pushed back to October, Apple has bought itself more time to tie loose ends in the current Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger operating system and will put forth those fixes via its first "dot ten" software update in quite some time, AppleInsider has learned.



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Pakistani Christians Seek Government Protection After Taliban Threats

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Christians in a Pakistani town beset by pro-Taliban militants sought government protection Wednesday, the eve of a deadline for them to convert to Islam or face violence.



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Paris Hilton’s sentence has been reduced to 23 days for Good Behavior

How Did Paris Hilton Get Credit For Good Behavior Already?



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British Prime Minister Tony Blair Makes Farewell Visit to White House

Prime Minister Tony Blair is making the final White House visit of his tenure to mark a friendship with President Bush that many believe tarnished the legacy of the once-popular British leader.



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Next Gen of Wi-Fi Is Planned for Summer

"The next generation of wireless Internet products certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance is expected to hit shelves this summer, even though a final standard for the technology isn't due for another year, the industry group says."



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Anna Nicole Smith's Diary: Sex, Fear, Sadness and Plastic Surgery

"Don't Read!! Personall," warns the diary's inside cover. But its author, Anna Nicole Smith, has no hold in death on the remnants of her life.



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The Consumerist: XM Radio Subscribers Are Pretty Darn Ticked Off

Reader Al writes in to appraise us on the satellite radio backlash that is currently going on. Satellite radio is a hot mess!



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20 of the best Free Photoshop Plugins and Filters...

Plugins and filters extend Photoshop by providing new funtionality and effects that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to achieve or by simplifying a process - here we round up the best Freebies.



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Google Experimental: Try Out New User Interface & Other Experiments (NEW)

Want to test the latest layouts Google is trying? Want results on a timeline basis? This new service at Google lets you have fun.



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Engadget Knocks $4 billion off Apple Market Cap on Bogus iPhone email

"Apple’s stock promptly tanked on massive selling, going from $107.89 to $103.42 in six minutes (11:56 - 12:02). This wiped just over $4 billion off of Apple’s market capitalization. A lot of people lost a lot of money very quickly."



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GM lets a blogger take the Camaro convertible concept for a drive [PICS]

29 new never-before-seen pictures of the new Camaro convertible concept, as General Motors lets a blogger from Jalopnik take their brand new baby out for a drive.



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Google 2.0 Unleashed Today: Universal Search, Invisible Tabs, and More

Google is undertaking the most radical change to its search results ever, introducing a "Universal Search" system that will blend listings from its news, video, images, local and book search engines among those it gathers from crawling web pages.



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A Real-Life Trip to the Googleplex Gone Awry

One insider’s brief and fascinating journey through the Googleplex leads to the conclusion “Google may not have a heart, but its brain is breathtaking.”



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Britney Is Back … to Parading Her Panties

The title says it all.



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More than 3,000 Reasons to not work for the Post Office

Over 3,000 dogbites reported by postmen last year. Enough of a reason for me to keep my day job.



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How to: Supercharge a Paper Airplane

"How to send a folded flyer screaming 100 feet or more: Just add a motor—and a lot of juice".



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BBC: Web 2.0 'distracts good design'

Hype about Web 2.0 is making web firms neglect the basics of good design, web usability guru Jakob Nielsen has said.



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Don't believe everything you hear. Leopard and iPhone NOT delayed

As it turns out, the internal memo was (apparently) a hoax. Apple sent out a followup memo to its employees saying: "You may have received what appeared to be a Bullet*News from Apple. This communication is fake and did not come from Apple. Apple is on track to ship iPhone in late June and Mac OS X Leopard in October."



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5 Things NOT to do on your Mac

I'd like to discuss some things to avoid -- 5 common Mac-istakes that can stop you in your tracks.



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Top 10 Reasons Why Bill Gates will fail at MSN

Bill Gates has decided to have some fun during his last year or so at the helm of Microsoft. For some reason he thinks he can right the MSN ship. Here are 10 reasons why he may challenge Dubaya as the top listing in Google for "miserable failure" if he actually attempts to fix MSN/Live.com.



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14 Great Ways You Can Use OpenID Right Now

OpenID has the ambitious goal of providing a decentralized single sign-on for the Web. Firefox and Digg say they will support it soon. However, we've found 14 ways you can use OpenID on the web right now.



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Dozens of High Quality Firefox Wallpapers

A nice collection of Firefox wallpapers, up to 1600x1200 and 2560x1600 widescreen.



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The Smashing Pumpkins reveal album art of upcoming 6th album (PIC)

The Smashing Pumpkins have enlisted artist Shepard Fairey to create the artwork for their first album in seven years, "Zeitgeist," due July 10 via Martha's Music/Reprise. The red-dominated cover image depicts the Statue of Liberty drowning...



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Arnold Schwarzenegger "too busy to help Paris Hilton"

Schwarzenegger refuses to help Paris Hilton saying that requests to free the heiress haven't reached him.



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Video: One Seriously Pimped-Out Wheelchair

This, my friends, is the sweetest wheelchair around. It's got a rear-view camera, exterior and interior lights, built-in air conditioning, storage compartments, a water tank, a webcam, and a laptop equipped with WiFi, a DVD player, and voice activated software to control it. Oh, and it's an electric wheelchair that can move pretty quickly, too.



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Incredible: Helmet Saves Man Whose Head Was Run Over by Truck

If you ride a bike and don't want to wear one of those nerdy-looking biking helmets, perhaps the miraculous story of Ryan Lipscomb will change your mind. His head was run over by a truck in Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, while he was riding on a biking path. He left the hospital three hours later with nothing but a concussion.



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GOP Candidates Bask in Own Glory Following Feisty Debate

Republican presidential candidates were basking in their own glory on Wednesday after a tough primary debate that featured several jabs among the White House hopefuls but afterward drew compliments about their own and each other's performances.



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XM subscribers backlash over O&A suspension

XM subscribers have been reportedly canceling their subscriptions ever since the announcement that Opie & Anthony were suspended mid-day yesterday. The hold times for customer service yesterday escalated from a 30 minute wait, to an 1.5 hour wait, according to those who were on hold to cancel.



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Internet Captures 50% of Spare Time

Broadband users spend almost half their spare time in a typical weekday online, according to Media-Screen's "Netpop|Play" report.



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Amazon officially announces long-rumored DRM-free music store

Amazon announced this morning that it plans to launch a music store later this year that will sell unprotected MP3 files from thousands of record labels.



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Prince Harry not to serve in Iraq

Prince Harry will not be sent to Iraq, the head of the British Army has said.



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Lindsay Lohan: "I have my first sex scene"

Lindsay Lohan, despite her wish to never do a sex scene on the silver screen, has let Chris Silverton, the director of “I Know Who Killed Me,” coerce her into taking her career to the next level - a very sexual level.



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Simply Google - all of Google's hidden features in one webpage!

Google accounts, maps, blogs, pack, desktop, pigeonrank, talk, toolbar - WOW they've made a lot of stuff!



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Breaking down 52 ways to speed up your Mac - A great list of tips

"It looks like I may have to make debunking Mac speed tips a regular feature. I already criticized a list of 11 things, finding a large portion that were really not helping. With a list of 52, I’m going to be doing a lot of typing. Follow me down the extended section for the smackdown."



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Motorola Cozies Up to Napster for ROKR

"Motorola severed its ties with Apple on Tuesday, announcing that it would partner with Napster in the US, UK and German markets to bring the subscription music service to its new ROKR phones."



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MySpace Tom Hopes U.S. Prez Hopefuls Have Deep 'Impact' On Site

Impact Channel to cater to political activists; in the meantime, will Anderson ever change his infamous profile pic?



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Top 10 Washable Tech Products

If you drink coffee or coke at you desk, read this.



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Bill Clinton Set to Give 16 Cities a Green Makeover

Sixteen cities around the world will begin cutting carbon emissions by renovating city-owned buildings with green technology under a program spearheaded by former U.S. President Bill Clinton's foundation.



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Wireless USB is the Future

Forget cables; the way you'll connect devices to your PC will be wireless. That's according to new research from In-Stat...



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Feds: N.Y. Couple Held Indonesian Servants as Slaves

A millionaire couple were arrested on federal charges that they kept two Indonesian women as slaves in their swank Long Island home for more than five years, beating and abusing them and paying them almost nothing.



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Car Bomb Kills at Least 32 in Iraq

A parked car bomb exploded near a market in a Shiite enclave northeast of the capital, killing at least 32 people and wounding 50, police said Wednesday. Hospital officials and some of the wounded said it appeared that chlorine gas was used in the attack, but police denied the reports.



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LOOK OUT Kevin Rose! 19 IM Startups You Need to Beat

Kevin Rose is said to be working on an IM or communications tool for his next startup. It's a crowded space: here are 19 services he'll need to beat.



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Motorola Razr 2: Hands-on gallery

The folks at "engadget" got their hands on the new Moto Razr 2. Lots of pictures and features.



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Arnold Schwarzenegger WILL Appear in "Terminator 4"

As reported last week, the "Terminator" franchise is about to experience a reboot after a company, Halcyon, purchased the film rights. It was said that none of the actors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, would come back.



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MySpace Launches Branded Video Channels

Following in the footsteps of YouTube, MySpace will announce the launch tomorrow of branded channels from news outlets like National Geographic, The New York Times, Reuters, The Daily Reel, Expert Village, Flow, IGN Entertainment, Octane TV, Kush TV, Ripe TV, VBS tv, and Young Hollywood.



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Apple Releases New MacBooks

As predicted, Apple released revised MacBooks today. Apple today updated its MacBook consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model. The MacBook is just one-inch thin and features built-in 802.11n wireless networking...



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Psychiatrist: Paris Hilton 'Distraught' and 'Traumatized' Over Jail Sentence

Paris Hilton is "emotionally distraught and traumatized" over her 45-day jail sentence and isn't capable of testifying in a civil lawsuit against her, the socalite-reality TV star's psychiatrist said.



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Motorola Razr 2

Motorola releases the Razr 2!



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Shortcuts for Special Gmail Labels

In Gmail every built-in view (e.g.: inbox, trash, read mail) is actually a label. So if you want to view all the unread messages from the inbox, you could...



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PHOTOS: How not to ship a plasma TV

The title says it all.



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Teen Carrying Mother's Severed Head Turns Self In at Japanese Police Station

A teenage boy carrying a severed head walked into a Japanese police station Tuesday saying he killed his mother, the latest in a series of grisly dismemberments that have horrified a nation renowned for its low crime rates.



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Things Sure Are Quiet At MySpace News

When the largest site on the Internet announced their new MySpace News service, people expected it to get at least some traction, quickly. But a month later, as former TechCrunch writer Marshall Kirkpatrick noted in Twitter today, the site appears to be nothing more than a ghost town.



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Anna Nicole Smith's Will Leaves Assets Estimated at U.S $710,000 to Son Daniel

Four months after she died of an accidental drug overdose, Anna Nicole Smith's six-year-old will was filed Monday by her attorney and companion Howard K. Stern.



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Steve Jobs makes U.S $646 Million per year! (that's a lot of iPods)

In its annual CEO paycheck scorecard of America's 500 biggest companies, Forbes said the U.S $646.6 Million for Jobs was more than twice the compensation of the next person on the list: Ray Irani of Occidental Petroleum, who took home U.S $321.6 Million -- the bulk of it from exercised stock options.



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RIAA Sending out Emails to College Students Threatening Lawsuits

"Any student on any campus in the country who is illegally downloading music may receive one of these letters in the coming months," said Jenni Engebretsen, an RIAA spokeswoman.



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Top 20 Craziest Wardrobe Malfunctions of All Time

Caught in a fashion faux pas? Blame this amusing little phrase - ‘wardrobe malfunction’.



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Spider-Man 3 Earns U.S $622 Million In First 10 Days

Spider-Man 3 took in another U.S $60 million domestically (4,252 theaters), for a worldwide total of 145.5 million. That’s a lot of cash, not enough to break the record, but instead coming in at the fourth biggest second weekend and fourth fastest movie to hit U.S $200 million in the States.



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Facebook Marketplace Launched

Facebook has launched their marketplace. Cool!



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Old Coca-Cola Ads

Very old ads and posters from Coca-Cola. Enjoy!



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PICTURE: What happens if you scan a mirror?

The answer may surprise you.



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Tennessee Teachers Terrify Students

Elementary school staff members stage a fake gunman attack as learning experience — One Problem.... they forget to tell students that it's just a drill.



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Australian Officials Want to Kill More Than 3,000 Kangaroos to Cull Herd

Authorities said Monday they want to shoot more than 3,000 kangaroos on the fringes of Australia's capital, noting the animals were growing in population and eating through the grassy habitats of endangered species.



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Iran: We Will Retaliate Against Any U.S. Strike

The Iranian president said Monday Iran will retaliate if the U.S. strikes the country — a tough response to recent comments by the Vice President Dick Cheney that Washington would prevent the Islamic republic from dominating the Middle East.



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Apartments in Dubai - What you get for $10 Million

They will each be reached by their own private voice-activated elevator. All apartments come with a maid’s room and every apartment will have its very own swimming pool, personal gymnasium and steam room.



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"Spider-Man 3" Remains #1 Despite 60% Drop

"Spider-Man 3" remains #1 over the weekend, despite a 60% drop. The film was able to take in another U.S $60 million, making its two week domestic total U.S $242 million.



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Apple.com sees a whopping 46% increase in US visitors

comScore's data shows that the number of American visitors at Apple.com went from 27.3 million in March to 38.8 million in April, making Apple the 13th most visited web property in the US. What can explain this big spike?



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Microsoft to sell $1B in software to Lenovo

China's largest PC maker says the purchase advances goal of protecting intellectual property worldwide.



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Apple snags nearly 10 percent of U.S. retail notebook sales in March

"Apple's line of MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks combined for nearly 10 percent of all notebook sales at U.S.-based retail stores during the month of March."



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Apple "wrestles" with 3rd party iPhone apps

Contradicting earlier statements that the iPhone would definitely be a closed platform, Steve Jobs cracked open the door a bit. Supporting this semi-statement is the upcoming Developing Websites for iPhone session at WWDC.



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Hitachi announces 1000GB Blu-ray Recorder

Hitachi has revealed a 1 Terrabyte Blu-ray recorder at the Harvey Norman retail conference being held at the Melbourne Convention Centre.



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Google: Why we remember information about searches

We recently announced a new policy to anonymize our server logs after 18–24 months. We’re the only leading search company to have taken this step publicly. We believe it’s an important part of our commitment to respect user privacy while balancing a number of important factors.



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15 coolest firefox tricks ever

A bunch of hacks to tweak, maximize and customize your firefox browser.



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New "Terminator" Trilogy Planned

The Halcyon Co. has acquired the franchise rights to the popular "Terminator" movie series and intend to make a new trilogy that would anchor their movie company.



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Nokia becomes the first phone maker to add energy saving alerts to mobiles

Nokia has launched the first mobile phones to include alerts encouraging people to unplug the charger once the battery is full, a move that could save enough electricity to power 85,000 homes a year. Starting with the new Nokia 1200, Nokia 1208 and the Nokia 1650, the alerts will be rolled out across the Nokia product range.



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Steve Jobs: 'I make fifty cents just for showing up'

Jobs drew a particularly warm response during Apple's shareholders meeting when deflecting a Teamsters Union agent's question about how Apple linked executive pay and performance, referring to his now legendary $1 annual salary. "I get 50 cents a year for showing up," he quipped. "And the other 50 cents is based on my performance."



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Halo 3 Preorders Reach Over Four-Million in North America

While Spider-Man 3 is breaking records at the box office, Halo 3 is apparently breaking records of its own—before it is even out.



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Warning! Thousands of Jellyfish Invading Hawaii

Vacationers to the Hawaiian island of Oahu are being warned to avoid going into the ocean today, as hundreds, if not thousands, of lethal jellyfish swarm the coast.



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Bush and Big Oil Blamed for Gas Price Hike

Somebody’s going to have to take the blame for the nearly 40% jump in gas prices since the end of January - and according to The Washington Post, if the Democrats have their say, the blame is going to be shared between Big Oil and the Bush administration.



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Woman drives through a puddle [PIC]

A lady thought that the puddle was only a few inches deep, but she was very surprised to find out how deep it was.



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eCigarette makes smoking safe, fun again

It's an electronic cigarette that provides smokers with the nicotine they crave without all those pesky carcinogens. And unlike nicotine gum or patches, it replicates the action of smoking, even providing a vapor to exhale. It's just like the real thing, except it won't rob you of a few decades of life or your voice box.



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Inmates Threaten Paris Hilton in Between Shanking and Group Showers

The future friends of Paris Hilton at California's Century Regional Detention facility threaten Paris Hilton on Myspace.



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John Travolta refuses to treat his Autistic son!

Since Scientology does not recognize any psychiatric disorders, the Travolta family will not admit or treat their son Jett's reported autism. How is this not child abuse?



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Pimp Your iGoogle With These Greasemonkey Hacks

Google’s personalized portal - iGoogle - is good but is missing on quite some detail. But don't worry, using these Greasemonkey hacks, there is nothing you can't achieve with iGoogle.



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Gmail Users are Younger, Richer, Good in Bed

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, the latest stats show that Gmail users skew younger and richer than those on Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.



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NASA: Summer Temperatures May Rise 10 Degrees by 2080

A new NASA study projects that the eastern United States may see summer temperatures rise by 10 degrees by 2080 if carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow.



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NY state to issue stripper permits: Where do you display the sticker?

The "Dance Performer Registration Act" would create a database of the Empire State's exotic dancers. To bare it all, each stripper would have to register — under their real name — with the state's Labor Department every three years. Anyone caught shimmying without a permit would be fined — $20 for the first offense and $50 for every offense after.



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New iPod Patent Reveals Touch Surface On Back

According to a patent published today, a future iPod could have touch sensitivity on the back, allowing for finger navigation without obscuring the screen.



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10-Year-Old Found Guilty of Homeless War Veteran Beating

A 10-year-old boy is guilty of beating a homeless Army veteran two months ago, a judge ruled Thursday as the child was in court shackled and wearing an oversized white jumpsuit.



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George Lucas Announces Two More Star Wars Movies

We absolutely knew that George Lucas was not done with the Star Wars universe. The Star Wars creator revealed to Fox News that he will make two more live-action Star Wars films.



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Above the law? 5 years, 6 albums and still no trial for R. Kelly

Since being charged with child pornography five years ago for allegedly videotaping sex acts with a young teenager, R. Kelly has had six best-selling albums, three nationwide tours, a multitude of hits and awards -- but no trial...



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Despite what you may have heard, MORE reality TV is coming

ABC has nine. CBS has at least five. NBC, CW, Fox...they've all got them too. They're new reality shows, and they're coming, coming coming.



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Paris Hilton Is Too Beautiful For Jail, Says Paris Hilton

Terrified that her 45-day prison sentence will plunge her into a world of daily beatings and a total absence of anything that's even vaguely hot, Paris Hilton has started up a petition to keep her out of jail, on the basis that she "provides beauty and excitement" to everyone's lives.



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Apple filing reveals multi-sided iPod with touch-screen interface (images)!

Apple Inc. is looking to patent a design for a handheld device (or iPod) that displays its output on a small front-side display screen but receives input through a larger touch and force-sensitive back-side interface, AppleInsider has discovered.



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Colorado High School Locked Down After Reports of Masked Men in Building

A high school was locked down Thursday after a cafeteria worker saw two men in camouflage and ski masks enter the building more than an hour before classes, a district spokesman said.



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Romney Blasts Sharpton Over 'Bigoted Comment'

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney denounced the Rev. Al Sharpton's remarks about God and his Mormon faith, saying it could be construed as "a bigoted comment".



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Kevin 'Digg' Rose goes for 3rd startup

Kevin Rose is said to have teamed up with Daniel Burka of Stamen Design and Leah Culver and has started yet another new company. Rose and Burka have worked closely on tools like Digg Spy. Burka is one of the designers of Digg.com. The trio are currently working on a new kind of a communications tool, that can be dubbed as an IM competitor.



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Marine in Iraq urinated on Haditha victim

A US marine angered by the death of a comrade has admitted that he urinated on the body of an Iraqi civilian killed by his unit in Haditha in 2005.



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Sounds bring Google Earth to life

As well as homing in on visual feasts around the globe, users of Google Earth may soon be able to listen to the sounds that accompany them.



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Mobile TV predicted to be a hit

TV could overtake gaming and music as the consumer's favoured application for mobile phones, according to research.



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Oral sex linked to throat cancer

A virus contracted through oral sex is the cause of some throat cancers, say US scientists.



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Microsoft pranks with oFone, Apple rolls eyes

Seeing as the Zune was such a hit, Microsoft decided to repeat the success and tackle the iPhone before it even gets out the gate; friends, we give you the Microsoft oFone.



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California Man Cuts Off Mom's Head With Saw, Dies Trying to Cut Off His Own

An Orange County man cut off his mother's head with a circular saw and then died after trying to decapitate himself, authorities said.



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Photofakery: how to detect fake photos

Identifying falsified images can be straightforward if you know a few tricks.



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Obama: '10,000 People Died' in Kansas Tornado

What the HELL is wrong with Obama? Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died!



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Major Mistakes Women Make In Bed

Is your man starting to get bored with your bedside manner? Are you willing to make some change in order to keep the fires burning? Well, it’s time you started facing the truth about your sexual prowess and began making improvements, by avoiding the following.



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Bear Kills Moose in Alaska Driveway as Residents Watch

Odd sounds outside their home woke Gary and Terri Lyon early Sunday morning, so Gary got up to check it out. He looked outside and saw a 500-pound grizzly bear killing an adult moose in their driveway.



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Mother's Day Gifts a Go-Go: A Guide for Every Mom

Flowers and cards are a given. Department store perfumes are as outdated as plastic-covered furniture.



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Steakhouse Owner Refuses to Serve O.J. Simpson

The owner of an upscale steakhouse in Louisville said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts.



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The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World

There's no shortage of sad songs about rainy days and lovers who don't bring flowers. And then there are songs that truly bring the pain -- songs so despairing they can make us wonder why we even bother. Here are 25 little ditties so crushing, they could knock Dick Cheney to his knees.



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Brad Pitt to Play He-Man!?

A movie source said: “They are very keen on Brad for the role. He’ll have to bulk up though — he’s very fit but not to He-Man proportions”.



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Spybot Search & Destroy Bows To No One!!

The well known free anti-malware application was recently served a "Cease & Desist". Their reply is priceless.



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Secure Your Laptop With The LaptopLock

Free data protection and computer recovery service LaptopLock can keep sensitive files safe and prevent identity theft or worse after your computer's been lifted. As soon as you report your computer stolen on their web site, the free Windows-only LaptopLock agent can wipe sensitive files into oblivion, encrypt files, launch programs, and more



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