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March 21 2010

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248 diggsOK, admit it: The thought of two women together turns you on. But have you really thought about what women do together -- sexually? Have you ever wondered if you might be able to learn something from lesbians about what turns women on?
805 diggsBen Folds Does Merton live before an audience at the Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 20th, 2010.
120 diggsA look at daily life in various countries around the world by photographers at the Associated Press.
378 diggsNew Zealand’s most notorious pornographer is planning to have bare breasted women on show over Anzac weekend. Steve Crow says he means no disrespect to war veterans, but some are angry. Crow say they fought for the freedoms that we as a society now enjoy. One of those freedoms is to be able to do things like Boobs on Bikes.
155 diggsOpera has always had a tough time taking on the big guys in the desktop browser market, but anyone who has given Opera Mini a try on their smart phone platform of choice would probably be pleasantly surprised
160 diggsIf you think the delightfully bizarre world of the new Alice in Wonderland movie (opening today) exists only on the big screen, you're in for a surprise. In reality, many places around the USA cater to the quirky and downright weird. Janet Friedman...
183 diggsWhat is it about us geeks that makes us such great catches for non-geeks? It’s easy to see how geeks would find partners within the world of geekdom, provided they had compatible geek interests. But many of us have managed to find spouses or significant others who are if not completely “normal,” then at least significantly less geeky than ourselves
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101 diggsThen suppose that, in 19th-century America, the forces of good and evil battled for the soul of the new republic; what we now know as the Civil War. Author Seth Grahame-Smith explores that premise in a new book you can really sink your teeth into.
106 diggsAs Speaker of the House, Pelosi will draw upon all her experience as a leader (and parent) in doling out sticks and carrots to reach the magic number of 216 votes to pass health care reform.
203 diggsThough they’re no longer in production, certain varieties remain steadfastly in consumers' memories - and hearts.
64 diggsNatalie Tran is a typical university student with one big difference - she's one of the most viewed people in the world on YouTube attracting 224 million hits globally, and has made it to the list of the 20 most-watched videos of all time on YouTube. Her most popular video is "How to fake a six-pack"
213 diggsTwo Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank.Palestinian medical sources confirmed the deaths on Sunday to Al Jazeera, saying that they had been told to pick up two bodies.
168 diggsFrench cars in general have massive reputation issues in the American market. Most were econoboxes that trickled over in low numbers over a few odd decades, and odd they were. Even if you liked their interpretation of style, they were typically crude and crabby. Sadly, we were never fully exposed to France’s best stuff.
71 diggs"Reimann's snake-necked turtle, a New Guinea native, has a seven-inch-long shell and strong jaws to crunch snails, and it smells like a skunk. 'Not the prettiest snakeneck by a long way,' says one scientist. Chelodina reimanni." Photographer: Joel Sartore
133 diggsHollywood and the motion picture industry has influenced the world in ways of money, fashion, romance, dance and even literature. These seven very talented hot silver screen couples were inspired by literature....
150 diggsSunday March 21st marks the fourth anniversary of the social networking, information service that has taken the world by storm. They continue to add features that enhance the experience, and they're quite confident about Twitter's lasting impact.
93 diggsDear Digg, please construct a sentence with the three words The Brainstormer gives you and leave your sentence in the comments section. Let's roll the dice and see what happens!
176 diggsLocal authorities in Hvolsvollur, in Iceland have confirmed that a volcanic eruption under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier has begun today.
141 diggsYour existing iPhone (yeah, even the original) can surf the information superhighway at 4G speeds. Today. Who knew, right? Sprint's Overdrive -- whic
251 diggsPC mods, or modifications, are one of the primary reasons why the PC is often looked on as superior to its console brothers. Behind the mods are a team of focused, dedicated people, who rarely get the accolades they deserve. So here are top 15 list of PC modders.
298 diggsDaylight saving time is supposed to reduce energy use, but data gathered from a state in the US suggests it actually does the opposite.
141 diggsFor spring/summer 2010, edgy budget labels have started shilling sham specs - once restricted to hipsters who craved smarty street cred, the fake frame phenom is spreading...another factor: recession chic. "People looking for a job focus on their appearance, and feel like buying a pair of glasses will make them at least appear smarter to help
231 diggsA state appeals court ruled this week that online threats, specifically in comments posted on the web, do not constitute protected free speech....
149 diggsSimply put, Margaret Moth made an impression.
173 diggsUp to 20 million people in Bangladesh are at risk of suffering early deaths because of arsenic poisoning – the legacy of a well-intentioned but ill-planned water project that created a devastating public health catastrophe.
113 diggsHolding a whiteboard and yelling about the cost of health care reform, former Senior Bush adviser Karl Rove melted down on ABC's This Week Sunday. Rove faced off against David Plouffe, one of President Barack Obama's senior advisers.Rove is a paid contributor for Fox News where he rarely receives the kind of debate offered by Plouffe.
107 diggsThe musician on chunky shoes, owning more than 30 hats, and not having a figure for jeans.Who knew he was into style!
252 diggsWhat the future of protests will look like.
150 diggsYou owe it to the American people to do what's right for the country... not what's lucrative for you and your corporate cronies.
124 diggsCalling the bill "the most radical social experiment . . . in modern times," Gingrich said: "They will have destroyed their party much as Lyndon Johnson shattered the Democratic Party for 40 years" with the enactment of civil rights legislation in the 1960s.
109 diggsKotaku diggs up as to what Bioware are doing next.
139 diggsSo, there was a naked man on top of the Baylor billboard -- the one that says, "A stroke almost took my life. Baylor saved it." But four, five cops went up a fireman's ladder and talked him down. He was a buck-naked young guy with a crazy Mohawk. He's been handcuffed. But it was quite the performance -- more of a performance art piece.
109 diggsThe mob was baying for blood. When a South African rapper known as "Jub Jub" appeared in court last week on murder charges, thousands of schoolchildren wielded sticks, threw stones and tried to storm the building. "We will kill him today, but we are thinking of ways to kill him," one pupil was reported to have said.
150 diggs"When I got home and I saw it, I have to say, it was disgusting,” Amy commented. When she contacted MS, the company told her to just delete the message.
241 diggsAccording to Japanese trade paper Nikkei, McDonalds will indeed soon be using the DS to train their part-time employees in Japan, using a proprietary program called "eSmart" that they're developing themselves.
241 diggsChinese media organs lashed out at Google (GOOG) in an apparently coordinated assault on Saturday -- with one paper suggesting Google is linked to the U.S. intelligence agencies -- just days before the web giant may announce plans to close its Chinese-language search engine.
341 diggsThis is the type of treatment even the "biggest" bloggers get in the real world.
128 diggsA good sports curse is like a fine wine: it usually gets better with age. Short-term sporting woes can usually be explained away by a litany of excuses, from poor management to plain bad luck. Here's 4 of the best (or worst) ever....
166 diggsIF the predatory molls and purse-snatching lassies in the next Pirates of the Caribbean blockbuster seem a little deflated compared with their swashbuckling predecessors, blame it on Walt Disney’s new ban on actresses with artificial enhancements.
196 diggsAfter cost overruns, a series of delays, and almost a decade of hype, the F-35 Lighting finally performed a vertical landing for the first time. Yesterday at 1 P.M., after descending from a 150-foot-high hover, the test plane touched down on the tarmac at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
170 diggsMarsha Blackburn apparently thinks it's a good idea for Republicans to be attacking Social Security. There's a whole lot of projection going on during this fear mongering rant. They weren't too worried about our childrens' future when they were passing those Bush tax cuts for the rich or approving of invading countries that weren't a threat to us.
176 diggsJust a month after the proposals were first outlined in full, the Swiss National Council has now officially passed a law that will ultimately lead to the complete ban of any violent video games in the country.
99 diggsLunch-hour cosmetic surgery a 45-minute boob jabs, nonsurgical rhinoplasty is booming in the UK. But nightmare stories are also on the rise. So are the treatments safe? We speak to doctors to find
101 diggsCan anyone tell me where I can find a non-chemical foodingredient?
129 diggsTwo more teams will enter the Indian Premier League, the world's richest cricket tournament, after bids worth a combined $703 million for team franchise rights were announced on Sunday. "Our ambition is of course to become number one in the world in terms of sporting league."
77 diggsMaryland stormed back from 15 down, but the best part of the game was the final 30 seconds, which featured no timeouts and three back-to-back-to-back huge shots, with the final being a buzzer beater that propelled Michigan State into the Sweet Sixteen.
227 diggsAn ad for dog food...and if more ads were as sweet as this, people without dogs might even start buying dog food. Seriously...some beautiful images and camera work -- especially toward the end capturing some pretty special shots of the dogs....
126 diggsTwo "guests" help make "an open-faced frisco meltey type" thing while dancing and beat-boxing.
125 diggsJoe Mauer, the pride of St. Paul, agreed Sunday to an eight-year contract extension worth $184 million that begins next season and runs through 2018.
101 diggsBy promising to obey speed limits, motorists who are caught driving 100 mph or greater can keep speeding tickets off driving records again and again and again - and keep insurance rates low.
328 diggsI'm getting tired of working for the man. Not The Baltimore Sun. I mean my job with Capital One, the credit-card company.
445 diggsHours later, perhaps realizing the severity of his comments, the blogger backtracked, posting, "Let us all renounce the harsh rhetoric about the POTUS [president of the U.S.]. Several, including myself, hv used inappropriate language. Let's remain civil! #tcot." The Secret Service confirmed it's investigating.
151 diggsThe only way I can describe it and the way she told me to play like her and it’s the only way that feels right is to like – you have to @#$% your guitar.
145 diggsWe have learned, for example, that one basic assumption about pandemics was wrong: You don't need a radical mutation in a flu virus to produce a pandemic. All you need is enough change within a surface protein for a new strain to blow past acquired immunity and blaze around the world, as this one did.
187 diggsIn his first one-on-one interview since his November 27 car accident, Tiger Woods speaks with Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman on the state of his game, his time away from golf and how this ordeal has changed his life.
74 diggsWith time running out in overtime, Purdue's Chris Kramer drives and lays in the game-winner with 4.2 second left against the Texas A&M Aggies. March simply cannot contain this madness.
164 diggsLarry Pearson suffered a terrible car wreck at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday night. With five laps remaining in his exhibition race, Pearson hit the side wall and was T-boned at a high speed by Charlie Glotzbach.
62 diggsIt doesn't matter that Volkswagen's iconic mobile is shaped like a loaf of bread and turns 60 this month - it is still an object of desire for countless young-at-heart.
165 diggsOf all the things that the beleaguered network must do the minute the Olympic flame is extinguished, nothing is more important than re-establishing itself as a viable viewing option at 10 p.m. weeknights.
109 diggsMarch 22 (Bloomberg) -- The bond market is saying that it’s safer to lend to Warren Buffett than Barack Obama.
125 diggsWhen a home budget needs trimming, contraception often becomes a discretionary expense, said Susan Yolen, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Connecticut. Imagine. At a time when some families can least afford a new baby, they're cutting back on birth control and playing roulette with the cosmic fertility wheel.
70 diggsAn animal welfare group wants New York City prosecutors to investigate Mike Tyson's reality television show about pigeon racing.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says the Brooklyn-based show is cruel to animals and its races could involve illegal gambling.
77 diggsWe've come across an iPhone-inspired font that looks to have been created by collating and color coding a vast collection of apps in order to properly represent the English alphabet. No, we can't give you a clear reason why this particular chap did this particular thing, but good gravy, look at the pretty pictures!
146 diggsCHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have developed tiny nanoparticle robots that can travel through a patient's blood and into tumors where they deliver a therapy that turns off an important cancer gene.The
118 diggsChina’s state media on Sunday accused Google of pushing a political agenda by “groundlessly accusing the Chinese government” of supporting hacker attacks and by trying to export its own culture, values and ideas.
181 diggsIt seems as though we've been waiting ages for Microsoft to deliver Windows Live Wave 4. Now that there's finally a download floating around the Internet, it probably won't come as a surprise to anyone where you can find it: The Pirate Bay. Like pretty much every build of Windows 7 that went public, this, too is a leak.
171 diggsGaming has always been more of a male activity, there are good reasons for that. Females just don’t have what it takes to be gamers. Here are the top 5 reasons why.
708 diggsFor the first time in generations, the US Congress has passed a bill reforming our nations health care system. Historical Attempts This lofty goal has eluded reformers ever since Teddy Roosevelt attempted it during his 1912 run for president.
211 diggsInterviews with Tea Partiers across the country paint a picture of a genuine, amorphous, conservative grassroots movement united by three core principles: constitutionally limited government, free market ideology and low taxes. Many feel GOP politicians have betrayed the party's ideals. For many, purging the party of moderates is a major goal.
101 diggsCYOA was a book series with a non-linear structure that allowed you to explore multiple possible endings via making your own decisions as per what the protagonist should do. Yes, it was awesome. And now Jonah Peretti has managed to use Twitter as a medium for the CYOA style.
142 diggsSummoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.
332 diggsIn response to Rep. Bart Stupak's announcement that he and other self-labeled "pro-life" Democrats will vote in favor of Healthcare reform legislation with the addition of an Executive Order from the White House to address concerns about abortion funding, Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund President Marjorie Dannenfelser offered the following...
160 diggsWith housing values depressed and jobs disappearing, divorce has become a luxury beyond the reach of some couples. There is often not enough money to pay for separate households or to hire lawyers, fight over children and go to court.
234 diggsIf there's anyone who could give sage advice to Lady Gaga, whose over-the-top outfits and performances seem to be wearing her down, it's veteran rockers Joan Jett and Steven Van Zandt.
85 diggsWhen a cancer patient changed her address, the move triggered a review of her health insurance from Medicare, which eventually led to a loss of coverage, including a drug that kept her brain tumor at bay.
232 diggsAfter a two-week stall, Fox and Conan O'Brien have resumed talks about a potential late-night talk show fronted by the former "Tonight Show" host.
247 diggsIt doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the big political winner in tonight's House vote is the president of the United States. But the list of winners and losers only begins with the president.
267 diggsReporters in the House chamber said the “baby killer” shout seemed to come from a group of lawmakers that included Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.)
98 diggsThis is what the Onion might have published had they spent the week in Austin.
114 diggsTom Cruise and his Scientology buddies must be upset this morning...
384 diggsI'm gonna go with Pooping tiny trees prohibited.
125 diggsA different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
168 diggsWhat shapes the remarkable dust tapestry of the nearby Milky Way Galaxy? No one knows for sure. The intricate structures, shown above, were resolved in new detail recently in a wide region of the sky imaged in far infrared light by the European Space Agency's Planck satellite.
142 diggsA report sought recommendations for drawing more women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
208 diggsThe Maya believed natural wells, such as the Xkeken cenote in Mexico’s Yucatán, led to the underworld.