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http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Quebec+spammer+must+Facebook+billion/3627083/story.html The Quebec Superior Court issued a judgment last week upholding a ruling in a California court that ordered Montrealer Adam Guerbuez to pay...
Ted Williams was homeless. His former career as a DJ had ended in part due to drugs and alcohol in 1996. He's been clean and sober for two and a half years, but was still living on the streets. Video of his amazing voice posted on Monday went viral,...
Or at least that's what one blogger who was quoted in this article had to say. :roll: Obama throws support behind controversial Islamic center Washington (CNN) -- President Obama threw his support behind a controversial proposal to build an...
On Monday afternoon, this video was posted to a thread on /b/ with the words, "Find this dumb little bitch and throw her into a river." This is a much worse situation than the lady tossing the cat in the garbage can for a couple of reasons. The...
100 years ago, the Titanic was launched from its Belfast shipyards. It was the largest moving man-made object at its time and as everyone remembers sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. A service was held at he dockyards to...
Normally, when a crash test is certified, it is rated at 40mph for how much the car survives and protects the driver and passengers. Motoring show Fifth Gear decided to up the ante and perform a crash test at 120mph on a Ford Focus, a speed it is...
And I actually have some (very limited) sympathy for him. The long version of what's going on: Last Friday night a worker at a California Boston Market was seriously burned when a customer at the drive-thru threw a hot serving of ceamed...
So it's Romney/Ryan v. Obama/Biden. My money's on the latter, but it'll definitely be closer than four years ago.
It was a slightly unusual morning on the ship. The shuttle launch was getting extra coverage as the school teacher was going up with the Astronauts. I was always a space buff anyway and a bunch of us arranged to be in the shop and glued to the TV...
A really rare find, maybe not as impressive as the Terracotta Army but still quite incredible. The well preserved remains of several horses and chariots from approximately 770BC in a previously uncovered tomb. It was found when a new hospital...
That's an accurate headline describing the study, at least. In a study of 434 straight couples where both partners are between eighteen and twenty-five it was found that 40% of the couples were confused on whether or not they were sexually...
60 years ago, Mount Everest was conquered for the first time by Hilary and Tenzing. Since then it has been climbed by lots of people and currently there is a waiting list of people all trying to get to the top. It's become one of those bucket...
Okay, it's not quite a serious article, but this is really amusing and does actually make some good points about why even if there were flesh-eating, walking corpses we wouldn't have to worry about them for long. Dead bodies bloat because of the...
It seems that Balloons really can do the kind of damage that has been sung about. A child's helium balloon floated and knocked out power to Greece's main flight radar grounding planes until they managed to fix the issue. I never knew they could...
It's amazing what you can find in old books these days. While looking through an old medical manuscript describing the method of getting rid of a stye, researchers decided to see what happened if they tried it out. Well, it appears that when you...
From the reports, it looks as though Ian Duncan Smith is going to carry out one of the biggest shake-ups in British Social Welfare. He is going to scrap all the existing and separate benefits and replace it with a single Universal Credit. He is...
Here is a link to the world's largest insect, happily sat on someone's hand and eating a carrot. Link for those not squeamish Unfortunately, it's an endangered species, so it wont be taking over any time soon.
Parthenogenesis has been observed in vertebrates before, but this one is a bit unique. Sex chromosomes are packages of DNA that drive the development of sexual characteristics; they essentially make animals genetically male or genetically female....
It's been one of those promises that has been around forever, but now it seems that a Cambridge Laboratory has shown that the body deals with viruses in a far more expansive way than originally thought. It was assumed that once a virus has...
Politicians are still a great source of interesting dialogue when they forget to turn off their microphones and go for a private chat. This time round, it is Presidents Obama and Sarkozy being just a little bit rude about Israeli Prime Minister,...
Tonight at some stage, the Moon, Earth and Sun will be in perfect alignment with the Moon in the Earth's shadow causing the moon to turn pink or possibly red. The best view will be from North America, but if the skies are clear here I may see if...
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Today a fairly historic declaration has been made, allowing the Scots to have a referendum saying whether they want in or out of the UK. There were several options being considered by both sides, and from it, there is no second question about...
When 11am comes round on the 11th day of the 11th month, spare two minutes silence for those who have died in conflict.
Here's the CNN story on a former Pentagon official whose body was found in a dumpster and whose death is being called a homicide. The details so far are bizarre - in the hours before his death he was captured on video camera and seen by witnesses...
Drat - I missed it, it was 14th October. A celebration of the world's first computer programmer. This is someone who needs way more attention in the real world. I keep forgetting she was Lord Byron's daughter, and I'm glad her predilection was...
Sometimes sending instructions to your future daughter-in-law by email is not such a good idea, in case she decides to forward it on to all her friends, who pass it on to their friends, and well, you know the routine...it's gone viral. What was...
Another legend in the Bay Area, though perhaps less beloved than Steve Jobs, has passed away. Al Davis, for those who don't follow American football, was the coach, and later owner, of the Oakland Raiders team. He pioneered the "vertical...
NASA Telescope Confirms Alien Planet in Habitable Zone The potentially habitable alien world, a first for Kepler, orbits a star very much like our own sun. The discovery brings scientists one step closer to finding a planet like our own — one...
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content/amendment-could-require-%E2%80%98family-values%E2%80%99-centers-ut The amendment text defines alternative sexual practices as “gay, lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, transsexual, transgender, gender...
One in Five Americans believe the sun revolves around the Earth.At the AAAS meeting in February, scientists warned of increasing attacks on science and scientific research, at a time when the tools of science are ever more needed to cope with an...
Tasty closeups of bacteria and fungi beyond. The "Bradshaw art" rock art in Western Australia has apparently maintained its vivid colors with the aid of bacteria and fungi colonizing them. The pigments of the original have been replaced by...
Gordie Howe gone at 88. Since they come in 3s, who's next?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/21/todd-palin-sex-scandal_n_812245.html Todd shopping around for love. Watch for awesome stuff that will make the Monica Lewinski scandal look tame. No way even Fox will be able to take Sarah seriously...
After the fun and games of United Airlines and United Breaks Guitars, it seems that SouthWest Airlines decided that the fat guy in the seat should be ejected from the plane on the grounds he was a safety hazard. Now Kevin Smith may be slightly on...
and this time its a rat. It seems that great African pouched rats are being trained to detect the smell of the explosives in landmines and as they are not heavy enough to set them off, they can safely show where they are. Whether this is true...
The England cricketer Steven Davies, has outed himself as gay in a major newspaper. Considering that a lot of the major sports are still fairly uneasy about their players being homosexual, this is another big step. Why, because unlike a lot of...
No this is not a Dan Brown novel, they actually have managed to capture anti-matter in an electric field at CERN. Apparently, they managed to capture 38 particles of anti-hydrogen in an electric field for one sixth of a second. It will not be...
A farmer in China mistimed the application of various growth chemicals to his watermelon crop resulting in the literal explosion of his crop. Now, I knew that the Chinese were slightly lax when it came to chemicals in food, then again they have a...
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From beyond the grave does Steve Jobs spit hate at Android, or perhaps the US Patent system really does need an overhaul. Patent 8,046,721 has been granted and covers the unlocking of a device using a gesture on the screen or using images to show...
First of all... :smack That's how all of the headlines are putting it, though, so there you go. Here's one of the many articles on this. The cave-dweller was placed in his grave with his head pointing eastward, along with several domestic pots...
Simple just got simpler. I do hope this isn't a hoax but this is a great idea, a carton that perfectly boils an egg for you without water in a cardboard sleeve. If this ever came to market, I would probably go for it. I love boiled eggs,...
This is in reference to today's news that Elizabeth Edwards is separating from that scoundrel husband of hers, John. I feel terribly sorry for what Elizabeth Edwards has been through over the last few years. It's none of my business what she...
A recent University of Washington graduate has developed a prosthetic tentacle to replace amputated arms. And, frankly, it's awesome. Instead of trying to mimic the look of a human hand, it's a different limb entirely and serves as a sort of...
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Basically a couple of lads mooned the google street view camera. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1001/breaking42.html
The Basque Separatists Eta have declared a permanent end to their violent activities in the region of Spain. Since their political wing was banned and their effectiveness has been lessened by several high profile arrests in France and Spain,...
Whern making rude gestures to your co-presenters who are on-screen, make sure you get your timing right. Otherwise everyone is going to see you making rude gestures when they cut to you. I'm not sure what's more amusing, the fact he made the...
As happens at this time of year, everyone starts making lists of the best and worst films/stories/people etc. etc. This particular list is one that the BBC really, really should have thought a little harder about. The 2011 Women of year and in...
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