258 diggsBuild prisons on the moon.

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154 diggsThe Catholic League, as well as In God We Trust, have made their contempt for the American Constitution abundantly clear. Their demand for continued political power, coupled with their intolerance of views or beliefs divergent to their own, has fueled a debate about their continued preferential status and treatment.

244 diggsAs far as mobile, ad-hoc medical labs for developing countries go, you can’t get any more mobile or ad-hoc than something the size of a postage stamp. One Harvard University chemist has developed an ultraportable “paper” chip that can diagnose killer diseases like malaria, HIV, hepatitis, and tuberculosis for just a penny at a time.

127 diggsJohn Turturro meets with the New School student body in a Town Hall meeting for a Q&A about his career and experiences in the entertainment industry.

106 diggsEight teenagers were wounded in a shooting Friday night at a skating rink in Gary, Indiana, police said.

164 diggsIn just a few hours the Oscar winners will be announced, including the award for the best movie of 2009. We take a look at the nominees in the Best Picture category to see which film would win if every download on BitTorrent counted as a vote.

172 diggsFed Chairman Ben Bernanke has pledged to keep interest rates near zero to stimulate the economy but is this policy doing more harm than good? Such low rates push banks to take more chances to get better returns and encourage investors to move money into into inherently riskier assets.

182 diggsThe Tea Partiers are right. There is socialism in the United States. It’s called the National Football League. In fact, this fantastically successful experiment in corporate socialism is now at risk of being ruined by owners and players who are threatening to behave as rational market actors.

111 diggsWhile avoiding some angry male on male action and daily shankings, these guys influenced the course of history.

336 diggsIt appears that Newegg received a shipment of counterfeit Intel i7 920 processors and unknowingly shipped them out to customers. The whole story unfolds on Overclockers forum.

311 diggsA former Milwaukee County sergeant was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for punching a suspect in the face several times as the man sat in the back of a squad car with his hands cuffed behind his back.

306 diggsIn September of 2007, the world’s fourth-largest metropolis was scrubbed of almost every type of outdoor advertising – even pamphlets. It’s all part of mayor Gilberto Kassab’s quest to eliminate visual clutter, making the city itself the focal point rather than colorful, increasingly desperate marketing campaigns.

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116 diggsA report, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine says women who drink wine are actually less likely to gain weight than those who are teetotal, according to a new report. The more women drank the less weight they gained. Those who drank red wine gained the least weight with greater weight gain associated with beer and spirits.

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262 diggsIt should go without saying, but the last thing a grieving daughter should have to do is battle the phone company over disconnecting her deceased father's service.

133 diggsA new analysis from Gallup finds that as President Obama's ratings have gone up and down, one constant has remained: A sharply disproportionate level of support among younger voters, with an age gap that simply didn't happen with his two predecessors.

226 diggsThe tools in Digg Labs are really neat - and kinda addictive.

155 diggs"These ten moments will make you say "MORTAL KOMBAT!!! again "

181 diggsMiguel Torres is one of MMA's living legends. But last night he left the cage a bloody mess.

150 diggsIn North Tyneside, more than 140 businesses have closed up shop, leaving the High Streets looking somewhat desolate and empty. Knowing that a deserted shopping area can discourage other businesses from moving in while it encourages even more to pull out, the North Tyneside council decided to try a radically unusual approach: they’re faking it.

168 diggsIt was sometime after midnight on Dec. 8, 2007, when Dr. Eric Goren told me my husband might not live till morning. The kidney cancer that had metastasized almost six years earlier was growing in his lungs. He was in intensive care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and had begun to spit blood.

287 diggsDo you think she'll take him back?

168 diggsThink you can draw a better cover for the first issue of Superman than co-creator Joe Shuster did back in 1939?

237 diggsBullock, ever the good sport about being "honored," teased the crowd in attendance, all of whom she guessed hadn't actually seen All About Steve (which she also produced).

182 diggs"IBM scientists today unveiled a significant step towards replacing electrical signals that communicate via copper wires between computer chips with tiny silicon circuits that communicate using pulses of light."

139 diggsHow many people turn around when they watch a beautiful sunset? Not many, but here are a few good reasons why they should. Anticrepuscular rays are spectacular optical phenomena...

162 diggsIn a new study from the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, researchers find that people are not in agreement about what constitutes "having sex"

161 diggsBy no means are Twitter and Facebook perfect: You might wish that Facebook made it more intuitive to hide FarmVille or certain status updates. Or, maybe you wish that Twitter would introduce a new feature like nested tweets. Good news: For many of these website tweaks or suggestions, there's likely to be a script you can download to fit the bill.

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87 diggsPerhaps the most action packed action movie of all time from everythingisterrible.com

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161 diggsVPN software gives you access to private networks as though you're sitting at a local computer on that network, giving you access to shared folders and tons more handy stuff. Here's a look at five of the most popular VPN tools.

99 diggsIf you need an excuse to take your afternoon siesta, look no further: Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that naps may help your brain work better later in the day.

189 diggsIt seems hundreds of Twitter accounts have started to Tweet out weight loss product spam today. Specifically, users who have had their accounts hijacked are Tweeting the message “I lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks!” and links to diet sites.

104 diggsWill unmanned robotic missions be able to detect weird microscopic life-forms they are not programmed to recognize that might be lurking below the surface of Saturn's Titan, or beneath the murky seas of Jupiter's jumbo moon, Europa?

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85 diggsA concerted wave of attacks struck across the country on Sunday as Iraqis began voting, killing at least 38 people.

94 diggsFormer House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says that Sen. Jim Bunning was "brave" for blocking an extension in unemployment benefits. DeLay subscribes to the notion that people only try to find jobs when their benefits run out. "There is an argument to be made that these extensions, the unemployment benefits, keep people from going and finding jobs...

121 diggsDo you like jumping? Do like spikes? There are both in this game, and a handful of different ways to try to beat the only level in the game.

87 diggsMelbourne was bracing itself Sunday for further storms after a mini-cyclone ripped through Australia's second largest city, bringing with it hail stones the size of tennis balls.

174 diggs18,000-Year-Old Fossils of Dwarf Cavewoman in Indonesia Raises Doubt Whether All Evolutionary Answers Lie in Africa.

151 diggsRussell Brand's girl Katy Perry signs up for the new Smurf movie with Alan Cumming, Jonathan Winters and Neil Patrick Harris.

275 diggsA team of scientists at MIT have discovered a previously unknown phenomenon that can cause powerful waves of energy to shoot through minuscule wires known as carbon nanotubes. The discovery could lead to a new way of producing electricity, the researchers say.

140 diggsDoctors treat millions of children with Ritalin every year to improve their ability to focus on tasks, but scientists now report that Ritalin also directly enhances the speed of learning.

191 diggsEven a kid in civics class would recognize that the ways the Senate stalls votes is nuts. The Senate should end the filibuster and restore majority rule.

88 diggsThe first wave of electric cars are targeting consumers willing to pay a premium for a greener machine, but government mandates to get them on the road are also needed, say experts at MIT Energy conference.

120 diggsWhy Super Nintendos Lose Their Color: Plastic Discoloration in Classic Machines

154 diggsAn American citizen who joined the Al-Qaeda leadership in the lawless Pakistan-Afghanistan border region, Adam Gadahn, has been nabbed by security and commando forces in Pakistan, reports said.

153 diggsNew York City schools say no to zucchini bread but yes to Doritos for fundraising.

210 diggsWe live in a country where, according to the statistics, adults somewhere between the ages of 18 to mid-thirties change careers an average of ten times. Most of us out there have daydreamed one time or another about having a different, and killer job … and if you deny this fact, you’re indeed a liar.

74 diggsThe arrest of Gadahn is a major victory in the U.S.-led battle against al-Qaida and will be taken as a sign that Pakistan is cooperating more fully with Washington. It follo....................

110 diggsThe Heat have suspended Rafer Alston indefinitely, the team said in a release on Saturday

121 diggsIt's unclear when Disney will make the new Tron: Legacy trailer available online officially, but this is the internet, where you only wait if you want to. It has shown up as a leaked version. If you want to watch it right now, then here's your only option.

544 diggsObscura Digital Cuelight Interactive Pool Table. It turns a game of pool into an amazing interactive art display. Obscuras projection, sensor and tracking system reveals images and animations that follow the movements of the pool balls as players hit them around the table.

105 diggsKARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani security agents have arrested an American al Qaeda spokesman wanted in the United States on a treason charge, Pakistani security agents said on Sunday.||Adam Gadahn, a California-born convert to Islam and the first...

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90 diggsWar films from the days of silent pictures to today that have won -- and deserved -- the best picture Oscar.

85 diggsAerodynamics may be an impediment for Pamela Anderson to win.......

85 diggsThe European boss of Toyota has said that the company may halt the launch of new cars this year if it is not satisfied that the accelerator problem that forced a mass recall of vehicles has been solved.

97 diggsStephen Kinzer: Was the 1915 killing of Armenians genocide? The question is debatable. Congress has neither the capacity nor the moral authority to make sweeping historical judgments. Will Congress also confront aspects of genocide in the history of the United States itself?

127 diggsAt a time when earthquakes dominate the headlines, we think it’s more important than ever to highlight architecture that keeps potential quakes in mind. So it goes with OFIS Architecture’s All-Seasons Tent Tower, a concept project that features two solar powered, cylindrical towers filled with restaurants, apartments, shops, business center and etc

118 diggsIf you were M.I.A. for the past 12 months, the following 1,000 words or so would bring you up to speed for tonight’s Oscars

270 diggsEver wonder how big businesses are leveraging social media? Burson-Martseller recently released a report highlighting the Fortune Global 100 companies and how they were using social platforms including: Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

240 diggsThere are a lot of things more popular than pickles. Canadian rock band Nickelback is not one of them.

131 diggsThe result was emphatic: Swiss voters don't think abused animals need to have their own lawyers. The measure's defeat Sunday disappointed animal rights advocates, who say Switzerland's elaborate animal welfare laws aren't being enforced.

165 diggsIn the Bathroom ;-)

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145 diggsSega isn’t the kind of company that strives for innovation in their games, there is only one hope left for Sonic. Sega needs to give Sonic to Nintendo.

132 diggsWisconsin Zoo Visitor Ignores Warnings, Has Thumb, Forefinger Bitten Off; Two Other Fingers Partially Severed

146 diggsThese 7 'Black Widow' wives collectively murdered 16 husbands and a variety of other relatives... (Piece is a follow up to an earlier piece detailing the exploits of some additional unfortunately 'busy' and 'disturbed' wives...)

114 diggsMindfuck

123 diggsIf "Underworld II" and "Watchmen" didn't get the Oscar for awkward sex-scene, will Cameron's erotic space-romp change the trend?

105 diggsThe punx and counter-cultural types I was friends with would always turn up their noses when I brought up the importance of Disney. They equated all success with corporate evil, therefore Snow White to them is the equivalent of a Big Mac. They didn’t see Walt Disney as a guy who had an uncompromising vision for which he suffered...

105 diggsScrew-ups, blunders, bloopers, errors, mess ups, or mistakes; whatever you call them, sports are full of them. However, there are some screw-ups that rise above the rest. Some so embarrassing that they live forever in infamy...

270 diggsThanks to a combination of factors — namely consistently low barriers to entry and Moore's Law — the consumer technology market is notoriously unpredictable. But that never really deters industry bigwigs and analysts from making bold, decisive-sounding prognostications. They love "dealing the death card."

159 diggsFrom the streets of Moscow to the the parks of London, celebrations honoring the Irish heritage abound on St. Patrick's Day. See pictures of what the celebrations are like around the world and here in the U. S.

338 diggsUbisoft's DRM authentication has been a huge concern since their announcement and now one of those issues have derived. It turns out, Assassin's Creed 2 players are unable to connect at around 8am GMT and 10 hours has past and yet, the issue still has not been fixed.

150 diggsWould a Lava Lamp work on Jupiter with its higher gravity? This guy builds a giant centrifuge in his living room to find out...

125 diggsPavement made some of the finest, most influential slacker noise of the '90s, racking up an almost obscene amount of critical love along the way. Now, a decade after their final show, Stephen Malkmus and his old bandmates are once again about to rock....

70 diggsCarl Edwards retaliates from earlier contact sending Brad Keslowski flipping down the track in Atlanta.

646 diggsLeo and the crew at TWIT.tv follow Conan O'Bien's example by making a stranger famous on twitter. What do you get for following this stranger? Leo promised to send a random follower of LisaTickledPink an ipad!

125 diggsWhat are the ESRB's responsibilities when it comes to game trailers? How does the ratings body handle marketing materials? Why are some videos put behind age gates? Ars Technica looks how the industry self-regulates its marketing...

155 diggsRon Artest shocked the NBA with his new hairstyle where he dyed his hair blonde and colored/shaved the word defense into his scalp in Japanese, Hindi, and Hebrew.

129 diggsPhrasing was dumped in 1988 to make awards seem less competitive. In a throwback to more competitive days, Academy Award presenters rehearsed the line "and the winner is ..." instead of the blander "and the Oscar goes to ..." for Sunday's show.

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90 diggsIn the wake of Apple’s sudden decision to remove nearly all “sexy” applications from the App Store, we’ve been hearing that the company is also clamping down on so-called “cookie-cutter” applications

119 diggsResearchers dissected ZeuS botnet blueprint - a little knowledge and a few thousand dollars is all it takes to build a fully functional botnet. Cisco researchers told delegates at the 2010 RSA conference in San Francisco that a botnet running the infamous ZeuS malware could be built for $2,753.50.

129 diggsRockets made of bacon, a song about bacon, broken windows, and beeping smoke detectors. I could not think of a more wonderful experiment. Here's how it was done.

91 diggsThe Interior Department said Friday that the greater sage grouse was facing extinction but would not be designated as an endangered species for now.

69 diggsToday’s smartest companies are embracing a new type of marketing: guerilla marketing. From subtle public advertising to long-term guerilla branding campaigns, even a low-budget guerilla marketing campaign can be a major success. Of course, not all guerilla marketing campaigns are successful.

166 diggsStiller presented the Achievement in Make-up award as a Na’vi from James Cameron’s Avatar.

161 diggsSam Loman [just-sam.com] created an original take on illustrating the inner structure and workings of the human body as the tight intertwining of different systems (e.g. arterial, digestive, musculetal, respiratory, etc.), by way of a subway map metaphor.

123 diggsIn the right hand corner is John Terry, the centre back and captain for Chelsea in the Premier League. He is also a member of the England national team and, up until a month ago, was its captain. In the left corner we have Wayne Bridge, the left back for Manchester City. Fighters... Are you ready?

72 diggsA 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey early Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

68 diggsWhile the world witnessed a futile climate convention at Copenhagen last year, the McDonald’s franchises in Europe are playing their part in environmental awareness through their new logo design. The world famous yellow-colored “M” logo design is going on a hunter green background.

74 diggsNumerous common statements which clients say to graphic designers, it is now that I am able to answer how graphic designers should be paid. Here are the criterias which decide how grapic designers should be paid.

71 diggsNothing hydrates better than water, but there are times when athletes should opt for a sports drink over H2O.

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143 diggsTwo decades ago, a Thai gardener climbed into the palace of a Saudi prince and stole some 200 pounds of jewelry. The caper cost Thailand billions, left several dead and put an Elvis-impersonating Thai official on death row

149 diggs"The Hurt Locker"

215 diggsAfter a decade of near-death experiences, the Internet music service is attracting attention from investment bankers who think it could go public.

243 diggsFallout: New Vegas is firmly on the list of most anticipated games of 2010. Apparently, around these parts, we're all avid supporters of a thick, lustrous beard. Though our tastes for the gaming industries various genres differ greatly, we can all get behind any game so long as it includes characters with copious amounts of facial hair. See gallery

115 diggsMore is the operative word here. More of the grand prix scene, more of Whiplash, more of Sam Rockwell, more of War Machine. Key line: "I want to make Iron Man look like antique."

120 diggsSenator Lindsey Graham on Sunday outlined his plan to help President Obama close Guantanamo if the administration agrees to abandon a civilian New York terror trial for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in favor of a military tribunal.

102 diggsNATO diplomatic sources have told The Times that the Chinese have become very active with cyber-attacks.“We’re now getting regular warnings from the office for internal security,” they said, adding that the number of attacks had increased significantly over the past 12 months. China, they said, is among the most active players.