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Alleged Deer Slaughterers Ask for Dismissal of Charges
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/42180622.html - Details
listsavalv: Two men accused of running down deer with snowmobiles, killing several of the animals, contend the felony charges of animal mistreatment against them don't apply to wild animals and should be dismissed.
A humorous take on photos from the early days of computing
http://www.lileks.com/institute/compupromo - Details
evil-dr-reef: Here are nine examples of computer promotional photography sent to newspapers in the 60s and 70s.
davidlnobleArmed mobs spread ethnic strife in China's west - Yahoo! New
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listshushkevich: Mobs of Han Chinese wielding meat cleavers and clubs and groups of Muslim Uighur men beat people in the streets of the capital of China's Xinjiang region Tuesday. The government imposed a curfew as it tried to stem communal violence after a...
I'll take my fireplace to go
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10002970-1.html - Details
margosha: Conmoto's Travelmate is an expensive but portable fireplace.
Half Of 26-Year-Old's Memories Nintendo-Related
www.theonion.com/content/news/half_of_26_year_ol... - Details
margosha: Nearly 50 percent of 26-year-old paralegal Philip Jenkins' encoded long-term memories involve button combinations, game-playing experiences, and spatial-cognitive maps of various levels and worlds from Nintendo's line of video-game consoles,...
Green Light for Breaking Dawn?
www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/3114/green-light... - Details
listkatabrinn: Access Hollywood is reporting that the fourth movie in The Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn, has been given the green light for a 2010 release. Up until now, Breaking Dawn's future was uncertain -- it was the only book not contracted for a movie.
Stories From The Tell-All MySpace Book
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/24/myspacebook - Details
xentrix-101: The book, which is really being published a year too late, goes into excruciating detail about the history of MySpace, its founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, and others involved in the business. Here's an in-depth look at it.
Fox Business News responsible for 50% drop in Dow
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/21/711428/-Fox... - Details
tirend86: In response to a post about how Fox News falsely claimed the Dow dropped 56 points during a speech by President Obama, an e-mailer offers up a snarky question (subject line Fauxviating):"So what has the DOW done since Faux came into existence?"...
Sneaky speed bumps actually power supermarket's check out
www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/06/15/sainsburys-roll... - Details
listshushkevich: Saintsbury's has installed "Kinetic Road Plates" at the supermarket giant's new store in Gloucester, U.K. The new technology harnesses enough energy from vehicles driving in and out of the store's car park to power all the store's check outs....
Breaking Down The Draft: The Tight Ends
www.rootzoo.com/articles/view/NFL/NFL-General/Br... - Details
dimon-chesnokov: An in-depth look at the top 5 Tight Ends coming into the draft.
WSOP day 8 preview: Can anyone stop Phil Ivey - PokerForums.
www.pokerforums.org/news-forum/33612-wsop-day-8-... - Details
margosha: There are likely just three well known poker players rooting against Phil Ivey: Jeff Shulman and Antonio Esfandiari; because they are still alive in
What Is The Real Cost Of Bottled Water?
www.environmentalgraffiti.com/green-living/what-... - Details
margosha: Three gallons of the wet stuff is required to produce one gallon of what you will happily pay a dollar for, largely because of the length and complexity of the various "purification" processes and the evaporation loss that takes place while...
7 People Who Will Definitely Be In Your English 101 Class
www.holytaco.com/7-people-who-will-definitely-be... - Details
svet-le4ok-ly4ik: English 101 is like the Ellis Island of college. It doesn't matter what your major is, you have to take English 101. Because of this mandate, your English 101 classmates are the most eccentric and varied bunch that you'll ever encounter on...
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Un-American : Have you listened to the right-wing media?
http://www.cjr.org/essay/unamerican_1.php?page=1 - Details
julie365: In light of Obamas victory, one might be tempted to [the lies and smears] pass. That would be a mistake. For the effects of that campaign remain with us. Whats more, the campaign itself is still going on.
Teenagers Are Becoming Increasingly Logical
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/0905111812... - Details
margosha: A research project at the University of Gothenburg has been testing large groups of 13-year-olds in Sweden since the early 1960s using the same intelligence test. The tests have taken place at approximately five year intervals and consist of...
True Cost Of Smoking - $10,000 In Hidden Costs For Smokers
http://www.costofsmoking.com - Details
vicks111: "There are numerous hidden costs associated with smoking that most people fail to consider. These costs are rarely examined when people talk about how much their smoking habit costs. Some of these costs arise due to higher payments associated...
Anatomy Of A Smear: Keith Olbermann Debunks Stimulus Attacks
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/13/press-ably-pic... - Details
margosha: ...McCaughey claimed that the plan contained health technology language that let the federal government could "monitor" patient care in order to "guide your doctor's decisions." In short, a top-down bureaucracy that would enforce its own set...
Nintendo launches: Touch! Generations Website
http://touchgenerations.com/enGB/home/home.php - Details
gaisensei44: Nintendo, it seems, is trying to spread the word about the unique style of game play that it offers through the DS by launching the Touch! Generations website and including a marketing sticker on games that use the touch screen on the DS in...
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