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A Handy Guide to Knowing Your Right Wingers (Infographic) - 03/11/2010 08:40 PM

Do you care about America? And the good old days? Well, you SHOULD. So, if you don't, here's a quick rundown.

I Need YouTube To Come and Film Me [PIC] - 03/11/2010 08:31 PM

I have been calling, calling, and calling YouTube like crazy to come film some videos for me but they won't come. I do not understand how other people get there videos on YouTube. YouTube needs to come film me cuz i have some funny things to show the internet...

Play Corey Haim Off, Keyboard Cat - 03/11/2010 08:20 PM

RIP Corey Haim

Should Rush Limbaugh Leave America? - 03/11/2010 08:20 PM

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh told listeners this week that hewould "go to Costa Rica" if the Democratic health-care reform plan ispassed and enacted. Liberal bloggers greeted the threat with frenzieddelight — urging Limbaugh to make good on his promise — while theirexasperated conservative counterparts came to Limbaugh's defense.

The NBA's 5 Underappreciated Stars - 03/11/2010 08:20 PM

Kevin Durant, Tyreke Evans, Russell Westbrook and Brandon Jennings have all been called the NBA's up-and-coming stars. But what about the guys who have been impressive without all the fanfare? This is for the NBA's underappreciated stars -- the ones who put in the work, put up the numbers and deserve more credit.

The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse - 03/11/2010 08:20 PM

In the past decade, recorded music has gotten louder and has deteriorated from a sound-quality standpoint. A recording engineer discusses "The Loudness Wars" and a psychology professor explains why the ubiquity of MP3s has changed what we hear.

Physicists Build Basic Quantum Computing Circuit - 03/11/2010 08:20 PM

Exerting delicate control over a pair of atoms within a mere seven-millionths-of-a-second window of opportunity, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison created an atomic circuit that may help quantum computing become a reality.

10 Taste-Tested Irish Breakfasts for St.Patrick's Day [PICS] - 03/11/2010 08:10 PM

Kiss me om nom nom Irish!

What's Worse: Stingy Banks or Thrifty Consumers? - 03/11/2010 08:10 PM

There have been a lot of people blabbing on for the past few months about the new found thriftiness of the American consumer. The savings rate is up, and credit card balances are down. Well it appears, that that later piece of news does not fit as neatly into the thriftier American thesis as it appears.

Trampoline Tragedy-The Very Best Bouncing YouTube Fails-VIDS - 03/11/2010 08:10 PM

Great news! There are more videos on the Internet of people falling off and/or onto trampolines than there are hats in Canada. (That's completely untr

What The Mario Brothers Do When Not Saving The Princess - 03/11/2010 08:10 PM

This is a real picture from Google Street View, and I can't believe that the two owners here didn't plan this....

9 Reasons Why On Demand is the Greatest Invention Ever - 03/11/2010 08:00 PM

Since the dawn of man, various technological advancements have altered the course of human civilization. The wheel, the light bulb, and the Craigslist “Causal Encounters” section, just to name a few. However, the advent of On Demand television is clearly the most important breakthrough the world has ever known.

10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer - 03/11/2010 07:50 PM

For many years, the Internet was the “final frontier,” operating largely unregulated — in part because of the jurisdictional nightmare involved in trying to enforce laws. That was then; this is now. Legislation that affects the use of Internet-connected computers is springing up everywhere at the local, state and federal levels.

Woman to Become Only Female Head Football Coach in the U.S. - 03/11/2010 07:50 PM

On Friday, Natalie Randolph is scheduled to be formally named the head football coach at Coolidge High School in Northwest Washington. The appointment, which Randolph confirmed in a brief telephone conversation Tuesday, was applauded by some of her peers in the coaching profession.

Ultimate laptop buying guide: 6 types of laptops to consider - 03/11/2010 07:40 PM

Whether you're looking for an uber-powerful desktop replacement or a super-portable netbook, here is what you need to consider before buying a laptop.

Miss. School Prom off After Lesbian's Date Request - 03/11/2010 07:30 PM

A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

Thicker Than Water? Antarctica's Amazing Ecosecret - 03/11/2010 07:30 PM

Blood Falls is a waterfall in Antarctica that spews blood-red water from five stories up. It was first discovered in 1911, but it wasn’t until recently that scientists have begun to dig into just how significant the location really is – both for understanding life on Earth and for speculating about life on other planets.

So you think your pet is Badass! - 03/11/2010 07:20 PM

Does it get you dinner?

Supermarkets begin to charge for both plastic and paper bags - 03/11/2010 07:20 PM

Paper or plastic?" is no longer the question most often on store clerks' lips in the nation's capital these days when shoppers are buying food. Instead, cashiers here routinely ask customers if they want a bag at all, since they have to pay a nickel for each disposable sack they use to hold their groceries, snacks or takeout meals.

Here is a picture of Andre the Giant on a Honda ATV. - 03/11/2010 07:20 PM

*****

Does Going Green Make You Less Virtuous - 03/11/2010 07:00 PM

A new study shows that people are more likely to cheat and steal after buying green products.

Top 10 Political Memoirs - 03/11/2010 06:50 PM

Sarah Palin's new memoir is hardly the first to stir controversy ...

Breaking: 7.2 magnitude quake reported in Chile - 03/11/2010 06:32 PM

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 has struck south of Santiago, Chile, the United States Geological Survey reports.The quake struck near Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile, the USGS reported.

RIP: The Novel - 03/11/2010 06:31 PM

A book that defends plagiarism, champions faked memoirs and declares fiction dead has the literary world up in arms.

For Iran, Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier - 03/11/2010 06:30 PM

In the Iranian desert, a shift in the enrichment of uranium is producing global jitters because it could shorten Iran’s path to nuclear weapons. The tricky process accelerates as it moves ahead - The higher the concentration, the easier it gets. Diplomacy is moving slowly but Iran is moving quickly towards nuclear weapons.

New MySpace Chiefs Plan Major Relaunch - 03/11/2010 06:10 PM

In their first interview since the shock departure of Owen Van Natta, MySpace’s former chief executive, Mike Jones and Jason Hirschorn, the company’s new co-presidents, say they will be ready to “win back old users” by the end of this year.

All-black penguin discovered | Yahoo! Green - 03/11/2010 05:50 PM

An extremely rare sight in Antarctica makes one bird appear underdressed.

New Rendering Method Claims Unlimited Detail, Kills Polygons - 03/11/2010 05:50 PM

This technology may be the future of computer graphics, and while this video may not look up to par with the most recent of games, remember it was designed by engineers, not artists. Can someone more technical elaborate on this?

The internet earns a nomination for 2010 Nobel Prize - 03/11/2010 05:30 PM

Those crazy Ai-talians. After the country's judiciary kicked Google in the gonads for something the Mountain View outfit could hardly have prevented,

Brain Scans Depict Gulf War Syndrome Damage - 03/11/2010 05:30 PM

SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly two decades after vets began returning from the Middle East complaining of Gulf War Syndrome, the federal government has yet to formally accept that their vague jumble of symptoms constitutes a legitimate illness.

LimeWire enlists AVG for user protection - 03/11/2010 05:20 PM

Notorious as a malware ghetto, LimeWire takes its first steps to integrate authoritative threat protection by signing on AVG to provide premium users with download scanning and blocking.

Renaming Comics As What You Really Say About Them [PICS] - 03/11/2010 05:20 PM

So what if comics were actually given titles based on what you said when you read them? ComicsAlliance senior writer Chris Sims has a few ideas.

House Democrats ban earmarks for private contractors - 03/11/2010 05:11 PM

House Democratic leaders banned Wednesday the practice of doling out multimillion-dollar, no-bid contracts to private contractors, a move that will shake up the lobbying industry that has come to rely on securing these so-called earmarks for their corporate clients.

What's an Oscar Worth? It Depends on Your Contract - 03/11/2010 04:43 PM

Win yourself a Nobel Prize, and you know you just scored roughly 1.4 million U.S. dollars. Get a Pulitzer Prize, and you can count on $10,000. But win an Oscar? Your cash prize is more of a crapshoot. When signing on for films that are possible Oscar contenders, actors often have award-triggered bonuses built into their contracts that vary

How the Chile Earthquake Went Nuclear - 03/11/2010 04:41 PM

As has been widely reported, the Chile quake was a megathrust earthquake, the largest class of tremor we know of. At magnitude 8.8, it was over 500 times more powerful than the Haiti quake.

How to Win the War of Ideas on Violent Extremism - 03/11/2010 04:02 PM

Much of the past public diplomacy effort focused on America's own image, on how Americans are seen by others. But today, in the war of ideas, our core task is not how to fix foreigners' perceptions of the United States but how to isolate and reduce the threat of violent extremism. In other words, it's not about us.

Move your f---ing car! - 03/11/2010 03:59 PM

A security camera captured the moment a drunk woman intentionally drove into a man at a Northern Territory service station - flipping him over her car's bonnet and into the air.

The Video Game Villains' Lament - 03/11/2010 03:55 PM

Bowser, Dr. Robotnik, Gannon and many others are starting to see a pattern.

Meet the Math Master of the Internet - 03/11/2010 03:52 PM

During the years Salman Khan spent scrutinizing financials for hedge funds, he rationalized the profit-obsessed work by telling himself he would one day quit and use his market winnings to open a free school. Instead, he started one almost by accident.

John Yoo's Email Fail - 03/11/2010 03:52 PM

Government investigators can't find the Bush lawyer's emails. His explanation makes about as much sense as his legal rationale for torture.