304 diggsReally, "Everything isn't bigger in Texas".

360 diggsCan the iPhone Digg App deliver the same sort of functionality within Apple's 3.5-inch screen? Read the review

156 diggsCall for government and businesses to put pressure on Beijing after Google's decision to lift censorship from its Chinese search engine. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said issues of censorship in China deserve equal time to the trade issues that are high priority right now.

202 diggsSenate Republicans learned early Thursday that they will be able to kill language in a measure altering President Barack Obama's newly enacted health care overhaul, meaning the bill will have to return to the House for final congressional approval.

164 diggsGENEVA (Reuters) -- The United Nations Human Rights Council passed three resolutions on Wednesday condemning Israel over its policies in occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories, but the United States voted against them all.||A further resolution,...

241 diggsJesus inspires a runner...

175 diggsOnline social networks have become valuable sources of information and camaraderie for people with chronic diseases or disabilities.

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146 diggsThe status of the cover letter is changing in the Web industry. Let’s hear from some great Web and design agencies to get their advice on creating a great cover letter!

171 diggsDubai's government said Thursday it will pump up to $9.5 billion into its chief conglomerate Dubai World and a key subsidiary as part of a long-awaited restructuring plan to rescue it from crippling debt. The proposal, which still needs approval from creditors, comes after months of talks following Dubai World's bombshell announcement in Nov...

152 diggsAstronomers have underestimated the number of galaxies in parts of the Universe by as much as 90 per cent, according to a study, suggesting billions of stars are yet to be recorded.

102 diggsFresh pedophilia cover-up claims hit Pope Benedict XVI late Wednesday as church files suggested he had failed to take action against a US priest accused of molesting up to 200 deaf boys.

311 diggsThe passage of Obama's health-care plan has Republicans on the run. Why Paul Ryan has the ideas and the attitude to make his party competitive this fall—and beyond.

240 diggsFollowing the domain seizure of Russia’s biggest torrent site, Torrents.ru, Moscow’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced it will not only start shutting down BitTorrent sites and pursuing their operators, but also hold users responsible. One proposal suggests that file-sharers should be treated the same as criminal counterfeiters.

212 diggsDutch researcher explains his strategy for outwitting Microsoft defense mechanisms to win $10,000.

110 diggsI think we can all agree he's batsh*t crazy, but does he share Kanye's love of teddy bears and robots?

245 diggsTwo Israeli soldiers have been accused of using a nine-year-old Palestinian boy to check for booby-traps during last year's Gaza war.

56 diggsJust like a happy youngster, birthday boy Riley wolfs down his cake and pulls a satisfied doggy-smile for the camera.

43 diggsHP invited the creative minds from the Austrian art collective PERFEKT*WORLD http://perfektworld.net/ to Dubai and challenged them use their new HP Touchsmar...

109 diggsLet’s get this out of the way right now: 4G, as the word is currently being used, is nothing but a marketing term.

216 diggs"It isn't only "At the Movies" that died Wednesday. It was whole genre of television..."

110 diggsA rare signed first edition of the first full-length work by author George Orwell has sold for £86,000, auctioneers said.

416 diggsOh yeah, 'does' as in 'impersonates'...LOL

61 diggsRep. Russ Carnahan is the latest member to have threatening events take place following the health care vote -- protesters brought a coffin to his home over the weekend.

99 diggsAn audio message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden hints at retaliation if alleged 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed is executed. The tape was aired Thursday by the Arabic-language TV network Al-Jazeera.

220 diggsThe three year old can be seen inhaling and coughing after taking a hit from a glass pipe. According to the Middletown Press, police stumbled across the video while executing a search warrant at the couple's home on Prospect Street.

273 diggsDave Phipps has hooked up a '69 Pontiac GTO to his iPod touch -- he's been rebuilding these cars for a long time. He's replaced all of the wiring in the car and remotely connected it to his iPod, so he can start the engine, open up the doors, put the top up or down, and even control the radio all from the iPod touch.

279 diggsEveryone carries a cellphone these days and whether it’s non-stop texting or loud public calls, there’s no shortage of ways to be completely rude while using them. Here are some tips for adults and children on how to be more polite about cellphone usage.

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174 diggsA new Apple patent application revealed this week describes technology that would allow an external light source, like the sun, to provide the backlight for a display, helping to conserve battery life.

144 diggsIcicles falling from the rooftops in St Petersburg have killed and injured a record number of people after one of the bitterest Russian winters in years.

218 diggsThere's no doubt that the HTC EVO 4G, Sprint's first 4G phone that will release this summer, is impressive. But how long will it take before the "4G" aspect really matters?

226 diggsThe San Diego judge in the case of two shoplifters who confessed to Dr. Phil had some unkind words for the TV personality this week when the pair were sentenced. Judge Gonzalez criticized Dr. Phil, saying he did not give the couple enough help and counseling when they agreed to appear on his show, adding, "what a charlatan this man is."

128 diggsOn the one hand, you have those whose hearts are filled to the brim with hope and love, whose eyes glaze over with tears of pride and compassion whenever a Special Olympic athlete crosses the finish line, even if the aforementioned athlete wasn’t competing in a race of any kind. To these people the human spirit is something to be cherished...

114 diggsFrom last night's South Park, Butters goes on The Today Show to promote The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs, the most disgusting book ever written.

439 diggsA man with a cheap digital camera, a helium balloon and some duct tape managed to get these stunning space pics for just $750. NASA spends millions of dollars getting similar shots of Earth.

263 diggsOh, the tramp stamp - is there any tattoo that more perfectly communicates "buy me three drinks and I'll do anything sexually, and may or may not vomit on your Xbox?" While most tramp stamps are simple tribals or flowers, every once in a while somebody will get one so spectacularly bad that it boggles the mind.

148 diggsToday’s largest data centers feature state-of-the-art technology, operation rooms spanning thousands of square meters, and are required to hold billions of pieces of customer and business information. Here is an inside look at ten of the world’s largest data centers.

129 diggsaccording to a paper in the journal Global Environmental Politics, we might be dangerously ignoring the potential for an environmental terrorist attack with catastrophic consequences.

195 diggsWith his 2-year-old daughter strapped into a car seat in the back of his silver Jaguar, a Virginia man fired 13 shots at the driver of a dump truck that he said tried to cut him off on the interstate.

154 diggsThere aren't many places left on social news sites like Digg that don't already have ads tied to them, but we found a few places the company could use to boost revenue.

169 diggsDoes your girlfriend often make fun of you for some of the products you use? Well if she does, then stop using them already you wuss!

170 diggsFor a lot of us, college is a time for finding yourself: both in your general attitude towards life and, more specifically, in your academic schedule. While most of us just take the occasional strange class (my faves were Parks and Recreation and pre-Glasnost Russian history) for some people that just isn’t enough.

219 diggsThe Level 10 gaming tower is a new over-the-top enclosure made specifically for enthusiasts who want to make a statement without saying a word. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but few can deny the Level 10's eye-catching good looks and extraordinary construction. The case was created by BMW Group Designworks USA for Thermaltake.

159 diggsA BEAGLE cross has become the oldest dog in the world after racking up an incredible 147 dog years, with her owner crediting her longevity to her weekly trip to an English pub.

145 diggsThis is by no means the be all, end all, definitive history of video game development studios... but it's pretty epic!

145 diggsGoogle has introduced a warning system for Gmail that will tell you if your account is being used suspiciously.

172 diggshellz yeah. that's how you get them hoes

214 diggsThe man, known by his online pseudonym is Hacker Croll, was arrested on Tuesday in central France, where he lives with his parents. French police and FBI agents had been tracking him for months.

198 diggsMany firms like asking indirect questions that make it hard to judge what information they're really fishing looking for. Today, we explore twelve common indirect questions that employers often ask and the motivation behind them.

168 diggsThe dwarf festival held in the middle of nowhere in South Africa. I think I'll let the article speak for itself.

130 diggsBlizzCon 2010 has been officially announced! The convention will run October 22nd and October 23rd at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

219 diggsWho knew Shaq was so emo?

310 diggsiTunes has never been great at automatically syncing new songs or folders of music, but with a little finesse and the latest version of iTunes, you can automatically sync any new music you download to iTunes, with relative ease.

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250 diggsChanging values and deeply rooted traditions, particularly one such as early marriage, will be tough here. Fathers believe they are protecting their daughters’ chastity and purity from what are considered the dangers of adolescence when young men and women become sexually aware.

166 diggsBarack Obama's journey to reform America's health care system comes full circle Thursday as he returns to the place where he launched his ideas.

219 diggsI am at Whole Foods in Toronto, where I just bought two plums and a banana for almost $5.00. Steep prices are standard at fancy Whole Foods. But in fact, no matter where you get food - from Safeway to Trader Joe's, to T.G.I. Friday's - price tags have become significantly higher than they were ten years ago. Ever wondered why?

200 diggsRAF jets have been scrambled 20 times in the last year to intercept Russian aircraft over British airspace, it was revealed today.

194 diggsEven before his signature dried on the health care reform bill, pundits were busy speculating about how President Obama planned to capitalize on his momentum and what major policy issue he would tackle next. Here are five theories.

240 diggsYou need a license to fish. You need a license to wed. You need a license to drive...to erect a fence...and to practice law. You need one to sell liquor...run a hot dog cart...practice medicine...breed dogs. But you don't need a license to have kids?

128 diggsResearchers in the field of behavioral genetics have asserted claims for a genetic basis to numerous behaviors, including homosexuality, aggression, alcoholism, and nurturing. Furthermore, a growing scientific and popular focus on genes and behavior has contributed to a resurgence of behavioral genetic determinism.

158 diggsMost of the time, contextual advertising can be extremely beneficial in targeting online marketing campaigns. And then there's these times.

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109 diggsThe Flexible Display Center, at Arizona State University, hopes to have flexible displays ready for test trials in approximately three years. The possibilities of using flexible displays are endless and one day will be used in many portable devices such as e-readers, cell phones, and ...

136 diggsIt's a tale as old as time; when beauty falls in love with the beast.

185 diggsThe iPhone is the highest-risk smartphone to carry into the workplace, a study of security professionals found on Thursday.

123 diggsThe heroes get all the glory, but they don't always do it alone. Here are our picks for the best sidekicks in gaming history.

137 diggsBy the end of the year, more than 2.4 million Americans are expected to lose their homes.

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259 diggsEveryone gets tequila, regardless of their order.

265 diggsFrom pale and plump to tanned and toned -- find out what has defined 'sexy' for hundreds of years.

199 diggsRegardless who your maker is... we all will face death, approximately 58 million a year!

194 diggsGoogle’s (GOOG) principled stand in China has very quickly turned into an ugly clash with the country’s government. On Wednesday, The People’s Daily, a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, lobbed a searing editorial at the company decrying its arrogance and accusing it of collaborating with U.S. intelligence agencies.

200 diggsThe man's alleged take was $46,000 withdrawn at Southern California ATMs between August and November.

398 diggsIntroducing “The A-Z of Awesomeness,” a series of illustrations by Neill Cameron, where he takes each letter of the alphabet, crafts an absurd sentence around it, then brings it to life with an excellent drawing.

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205 diggs“Glenn Beck is a f–king asshole.” So says director James Cameron. And as you probably know, he’s absolutely right. But James Cameron calling Glenn Beck an asshole is like Hitler calling Osama Bin Laden anti-Semitic, or Kanye West calling Jay Leno a douche bag. It’s not inaccurate, it’s just hypocritical.

184 diggsIt's amazing what they can do with special effects.

237 diggsThe Hussaini-Borit Lake Bridge in Pakistan makes the one in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom look like child's play.

301 diggs A scourge on the face of pop culture is no more...

184 diggsOn March 18, consumer rights advocate Ralph Nader appeared on Democracy now alongside congressman Dennis Kucinich. The two men debated the problems of the US healthcare reform bill, which was subsequently passed, as well as issues related to that bill. And during the course of discussion, Nader made the following statement...

177 diggsHowever, some of the true greats of Science Fiction have surpassed the limits of the form, and created vast inter-twined plots set across multiple novels, and multiple time periods.

142 diggsThis is no longer a firing crisis. It's a hiring crisis.

135 diggsWhat's the value of a pint of beer? Let the market decide, says a new restaurant in Manhattan where prices for food and beverages will fluctuate like stock prices in increments according to demand.

47 diggsHouse Minority Whip Eric Cantor directly blamed top Democrats for “fanning the flames” regarding threats to members of Congress – and says his own office in Richmond was shot at earlier this week. Cantor said the heads of the DNC and the DCCC are using allegations of harassment and threats to Democrats nationwide for political purposes.

213 diggsNetflix announced via its blog that it has started shipping out the discs that enable Instant Streaming on Wii, to "some of our Netflix members."If the PS3 rollout is any indication, you'll receive an e-mail sometime soon telling you if you're a lucky winner. Of course, if you didn't sign up for a disc, you're not going to get one.

106 diggsThe health care law signed Tuesday by President Obama is designed to provide health insurance coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans but it carries a big risk, according to analyst Fareed Zakaria.

155 diggsGraphic timeline on the history of the love glove...

75 diggsShe claims to be Jesse James' third mistress -- but says her relationship with Jesse was much more of a flash in the pan than the other two. Brigitte ...

197 diggsWe are very excited to announce the launch of Digg's official app for the iPhone. This free app was designed to create a seamless browsing experience between Digg and the most popular content on the web, as chosen by the Digg community.

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90 diggsBoston Globe sportswriter Dan Shaughnessy penned a pro-Cornell article highlighting the disparate nature of the two schools, taking a few potshots at Kentucky's poor graduation rate for athletes and coach John Calipari's checkered past. Though Shaughnessy's article was relatively tame, a host of Kentucky fans accused him of racism in the comments.

105 diggsTV Guide Network has acquired the off-network rights to Showtime’s comedy series “Weeds" and will begin airing on the cable network in September 2010. Created by Jenji Kohan, “Weeds” stars Mary-Louise Parker as a pot-dealing suburban mom.

451 diggsThe Digg app is finally here for your iPhone. Grab it now and also enter for a chance to win one of 14 pimped-out iPads!

132 diggsOn Wednesday, Digg finally launched its iPhone app, and within about 24 hours, it’s shot to the top of the app store’s “news” category in many countries around the world, including the US

192 diggsThe German producer of a popular device used to vaporize marijuana is claiming a North American dealer is bogarting its domain names...

199 diggsIf you haven’t been constantly refreshing your news feed in anticipation of the fanboy-pleasing Scott Pilgrim vs. the World trailer, it’ll play a lot better as a witty spin on your usual Michael Cera film.

211 diggsI don't know if there is anything wrong because I don't know how other people are.

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125 diggsSmart luxury companies have capitalized by getting back to basics during the recession.

170 diggsMore than $100,000 spilled out the back of an armored car in Whitehall yesterday, and most of it is still missing. Police urged anyone who couldn't resist temptation to reconsider before officers come calling.

119 diggsLetter references &"health care" vote

406 diggsSpecs aren't everything, but for those of you obsessed with them instead of only caring about what you actually like about a gadget, here's the latest spec smackdown between the Apple iPhone and the HTC Nexus One.

119 diggsPerhaps feeling that the worldwide fascination with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and the "Twilight" movie series has focused attention on the wrong vampires, a relative of the creator of the grand-daddy Gothic novel "Dracula" wants to have a memorial erected in Dublin in time for the 100th anniversary of Bram Stoker's death this year.

64 diggs16 incredible facts you may not know about this year's Sweet 16:

207 diggsDigg released its official iPhone app and in many ways it's more usable than the website itself. The app is a little buggy, doesn't allow you to post comments and doesn't include the video or images section of the site - but it's still quite good.

160 diggsThis projection animation test presented on a semi truck results in amazing eyecandy.

259 diggsThree poachers snuck into the nature reserve under cover of night to check some illegal traps they had assembled, they were apparently ambushed by a group of angry hippos. The three men all ran in different directions, but only two made it out of the park with their lives. The third, park officials say, was devoured by lions.

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69 diggsDriving slowly in the fast lane is more than just annoying, it's also illegal in many states. Wanna know if your 45-mph, Buick-borne grandma is breaking the law on the interstate? Just consult our handy map.

307 diggsWhether you’re a dog or a cat person, there’s no question that our four-legged friends provide us with the kind of companionship you just can’t put a price on. That didn’t stop us from doing just that however.

244 diggsBerlin-based newcomer neofonie launches a surprise alternative to Apple. The German 'WePad' hopes to draw fans by offering features the iPad is lacking.

32 diggsA Frenchman will face trial after hacking into Twitter accounts, including that of U.S President Barack Obama.

147 diggsYou probably get an annual physical. But instead of analyzing your good and bad cholesterol levels, a financial planner may evaluate your good debts (mortgage) and bad debts (credit card). And instead of testing your reflexes, they may look at your savings and assess your ability to respond to a financial emergency.

112 diggs"Tell me fast...are you faster than a bullet?"

199 diggsDon't understand what is going to change or when? Here is a snapshot of key changes over the next decade to give you an idea of what is going to impact you and how soon it will take effect.

373 diggsChina's first two female reserve astronauts, selected earlier this month from a pool of 15 female fighter pilots, were required to be wives and mothers. Why?

218 diggsIt's a bingo!

117 diggsThe FDA will meet with its Medical Devices Advisory Panel Thursday to review the classification of tanning beds. If the FDA decides to reclassify indoor tanning beds as class II devices with restrictions, it could mean that minors could be prevented from indoor tanning and that a registry could be required to monitor use.

136 diggs Here's why San Diego should still lay claim to the mammoth pop culture nerd fest.

83 diggsFormer George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum has resigned from the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, Frum announced on his Web site Thursday afternoon -- a move which suggests the conservative movement has cut ties with Frum over the straight talk he has been providing all week.

148 diggsAlongside Bergman, Fellini, Antonioni and, honestly, not many others -- Kurosawa made films that became de rigeur viewing. As the 100th anniversary of Akira Kurosawa's birth passes, a centennial that's already been celebrated with a good deal of pomp, it's a curious fact that Kurosawa's popularity.

125 diggsLike many people, I have been following the Obama administration's preparation for the renewed debate on immigration reform in Congress, a debate that largely concerns Mexicans living in the U.S. So when I read the tragic news about the murder of American consulate workers in Ciudad Juarez, there was an added resonance.

169 diggsIs there anything more irritating on your morning commute than slow-moving drivers who refuse to extricate themselves from the passing lane?

358 diggsIt perhaps was not the endorsement President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress were looking for.Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform "a miracle" and a major victory for Obama's presidency, but couldn't help chide the United States for taking so long to enact what communist...

140 diggsBill Gates set to commit billions in a partnership between Toshiba and next-generation nuclear company TerraPower .Gates announced his plans to fund a viable, next-generation nuclear technology called traveling-wave reactor (TWR).

125 diggsFor a head of state to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare.

236 diggsEven after her death, a high school soccer star's Facebook memorial pageis littered with insults, sexually suggestive comments, even pictures ofnooses and people with their heads blown off.

234 diggsSixteen key moments in the evolution of nanotechnology... From Richard Feynman's talk at the American Physical Society meeting titled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" in 1959 to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee continued gathering of evidence on revisions to the 30-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act in 2010.

190 diggsThe state high court ended a long-running legal battle Thursday when it barred the Hare Krishnas from soliciting donations at Los Angeles International Airport. The unanimous ruling written by Justice Carlos Moreno upheld the Los Angeles ordinance barring solicitations as a reasonable security measure.

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170 diggsU.S. Rep. Bart Stupak has been at the center of the national health-care debate since striking a deal with the president to pass national health-care legislation earlier this week. And things have turned ugly...

376 diggsThere's a certain group of Internet users who are still opening spam, and nearly half of them are doing it intentionally. They're responding to it, clicking links, and even forwarding it around, too. Is it any wonder IT admins think that we are our own worst enemies?

104 diggsDazzling diamonds, pure gold & gems or the rare genuine leather could lift anything ordinary to a luxurious extraordinaire. However, the finest expression of techno-luxury could be achieved only when the bling-bling is also accompanied with sleek design and full practical utility.

344 diggsMajor U.S. movie-theater chains, seeking to capitalize on the surge in revenues fueled by such 3-D hits as "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland," are imposing some of the steepest increases in ticket prices in at least a decade.

121 diggsThe documentary The People vs. George Lucas gives voice to all the fanboy arguments against the special editions of the Star Wars trilogy, the quality of the prequel movies and even Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. But filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe also argues that we should give Lucas a break:

196 diggsAmerica's billionaires are an elite and diverse group of people who either through luck or hard work and strategy have managed to build fortunes that most of us will only ever dream of having.

103 diggsCoral reefs are dying, and scientists and governments around the world are contemplating what will happen if they disappear altogether.

96 diggsFor today’s stylishly lazy slacker, time travel is only worth the trouble if it doesn’t take much effort. So what if you to visit the future and pick up one of those sweet flying cars but don’t want to have to put forward more effort than it takes to open a can of Pepsi? Don’t worry, science fiction history is full of easy, effort free ways to leap

230 diggsMultiple agencies with diverse missions and overlapping interests mean management of public lands in the U.S. can get pretty confusing. But at their very root, public lands all have at least one thing in common:  they are all public.

129 diggsSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid got caught up in the moment again and accidentally voted against the reconciliation bill before the Senate today, his spokesman Jim Manley confirmed. The senator from Nevada quickly realized his error, bent his head toward his hands, looked around, waved his hands in apology and clarified that yes...

234 diggsWe want to make sure that you use the power we bestow to enhance your life, not just watch videos of dancing fools and women covered in mud. So, as a spring cleaning gift for you, here are a few tips to increase your computer productivity.

105 diggsWhile so many scientists spend their time trying to create nanobots the size of bacteria, Canadian researchers decided to simply take direct control of live bacteria. By using a computer-controlled magnetic field, the researchers turned the bacteria into fully-compliant biological nanorobots

131 diggsJohnny Maestro, singer for The Brooklyn Bridge and The Crests whohad big doo-wop hits like "16 Candles," "Worst That Could Happen," and "Model Girl," died

195 diggsOn the day that Twitter CEO Evan Williams would be the keynote speaker at SXSW, pranksters decided to dress a guy up as a fake Twitter mascot, then crash a conference of 10,000 rabid Twitter fans. Moments before Evan Williams took the stage, "security" attempts to escort the fake twitter mascot out, then chaos ensues.

140 diggsA woman pushing a stroller with her baby inside down a Slatington street Thursday afternoon was so drunk, police said, that she was charged with endangering the welfare of the child.

131 diggsAfrica's tallest dam is being built on the Omo river in southern Ethiopia. The centrepiece of the nation's hydropower boom, the controversial Gibe III will feature a 243-metre tall wall and will treble the power supply.

120 diggsHere is a new international poster for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe.  Interestingly, instead of a bow and arrow or sword, Russell Crowe is

195 diggsEven governments can disagree one which foods are safe. In many ways the US is still a "wild west" when it comes to food safety.

91 diggsSome of the allegations became public years ago. But they got renewed attention this week after documents obtained by The New York Times showed that Murphy was spared a defrocking in the mid-1990s because he was protected by the Vatican office led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now the pope.

413 diggsSomehow, I don't think this is what they meant.

247 diggsWhy Pot will Definitely be legalized in California in November. One effort to legalize pot is raking in more than $100 an hour at this point and there are several months left.

169 diggsSo you come across a major narcotic checkpoint 1/2 mile ahead. Do you: A) throw out your drugs and keep going B) take the next exit and detour around the road block or C) stay on the interstate and take your chances?

223 diggsGood for publishers? Yes. But it’s also very, very good for Facebook as hundreds of thousands of websites will rush to format their content to exactly Facebook preference and send over their data without a second thought.

269 diggsA sun-baked replica of Hogwarts castle opens its doors to the public June 18 when The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme-park attraction finally goes live in Florida.

232 diggsCompanies are lining up to get their ads on the iPad, despite the lingering questions of whether such campaigns will be successful. Whether the iPad will change publishing or advertising, advertisers are paying big bucks to hopefully cash in on launch hype. A report from The New York Times notes that a number of large corporations, including...

118 diggsEvidently local residents disagree that the down payment is as easy as scoring with your waitress.

132 diggsThe Butler Bulldogs are one win from the Final Four. Butler gets 17 points from Gordon Hayward and rallies past top-seeded Syracuse 63-59.

127 diggsSet beside the Imperial Valley in southeastern California, the Salton Sea area was supposed to be Hollywood's answer to the Riviera back in the '50s. But its developers failed to anticipate the raw sewage that would run up the New River from Mexico and make survival impossible for many aquatic species.

108 diggsWith all due respect to Alexander Graham Bell, he couldn't possibly have known that his patent for "the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically" would one day give birth to the modern day smartphone. He couldn't have foreseen the wonders that we take for granted today, like text messaging and voice-to-text s

122 diggsResearchers have to get down and dirty, and sometimes downright icky, in the name of science.

149 diggsCiting customs and religious practices recorded since the earliest contact with Europeans, two local tribes have blocked, at least for now, America's first planned offshore wind farm and the Obama administration's efforts to promote renewable sources of energy.

215 diggsA networking error has caused computers in Chile and the U.S. to come under the control of the Great Firewall of China, redirecting Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube users to Chinese servers.

220 diggs They're done. For good, this time.Tonight, the House took Congress' final health care vote, when it passed a reconciliation bill fixing problems with the reforms that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday. The final tally was 220-207. The changes will take effect as soon as Obama signs the fixes package into law, which could come tomorrow.

179 diggsWhile the Senate yet to consider the bill, The House has passed a bill that would prevent government employees from using peer-to-peer file-sharing software either in the office or when accessing government networks remotely from home.

168 diggsThe wild response to health care reform becoming law has exposed the dangerous state of the Republican Party.

227 diggsWhether you’re in the mood for a new car, or just fantasizing about your dream ride of the future, the New York Auto Show has got just what you’re looking for...

160 diggsOuch, that's gotta hurt.

71 diggsGlobal cooling: What happens if the Iceland volcano blows - Science Fair: Science and Space News - USATODAY.com

333 diggsIs getting married in the 21st century such a great idea for women? In her recent bestseller, Elizabeth Gilbert claims that her research shows that married women are less successful, more depressed, less healthy and more likely to die a violent death than single women.

151 diggsCongressional auditors posing as companies found it easy to win the official stamp of approval for energy-saving products.

270 diggsNorth Korea's military warned South Korea and the United States on Friday of "unprecedented nuclear strikes" over a report the two countries plan to prepare for possible instability in the totalitarian country.

315 diggsAssociated Press photographer David Guttenfelder not only documents the war in Afghanistan with traditional digital cameras, he also used an iPhone camera, carried in his flak jacket pocket, coupled with a Polaroid film filter application to photograph the daily lives of Marines, Afghan soldiers and fellow journalists during the military offensive.

429 diggsShe solves a Rubik cube while balancing ten books on her head and reciting pi to the 100th decimal

153 diggs3-D’s sweeping the land! This week we’ve had almost non-stop news of projects to be filmed in the process, discussion of movies that are being converted and the retro-stereoscoping of other recent hits. Soon, we're betting there will begin a flurry of conversions of actual classics.

173 diggsIn a casting call for actresses, the makers of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie have said that women with artificially-enhanced breasts will not be considered for a role. According to the New York Post, interested parties will even be subject to a "jiggle" test to ensure their assets are real.

107 diggsThe UK's beaches are being swamped by a tide of plastic litter, the Marine Conservation Society warns.

208 diggsMy own review: I literally came home 5 min ago after watching a pre premier of How to Train Your Dragon. My son, my wife and I we LOVED it! I can strongly recommend to anyone. If you have kids this will be a must watch. Oh and this digg is to the official review from LA Times.

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192 diggsAn study of 100 teen bloggers from around the United States found that the vast majority use blogs to nurture relationships with their peers and build a sense of community -- rather than to admit misbehavior. This preliminary study suggests that blogging could be used therapeutically to help troubled teens express themselves in positive ways.

185 diggsExperts believe more than 14,000 women a year would probably not develop the disease if they had adopted healthier behavior from an early age.

259 diggsFrom 'The Hobbit' to 'The Last Airbender' - a comprehensive guide to all the Fantasy and Sci-Fi films getting rolling.