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Fuel Your Preconceptions With This Deus Ex 3 Concept Art
Thanks to the Viking warriors at Gamereactor, we have our first good look at how Deus Ex 3 is shaping up.
The Minority Report Computer Is Real
Prepare to be amazed. A group of visionaries has created a real-world, working version of the big-screen gestural interface that nerds everywhere drooled over in the 2002 Tom Cruise film.
BREAKING: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.
Rolling Stone's List of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time
This summer, Rolling Stone asked artists - including Bruce Springsteen, Keith Richards and many others - along with journalists and industry insiders to name their favorite singers of the rock era. Those ballots were recorded, tabulated and verified. See the full list here on one page, along with descriptions of each singer and song samples.
George Will: To Save Detroit, Let It Go Bankrupt
The answer to Detroit's woes? Do nothing that will delay bankrupt companies from filing for bankruptcy protection, so that improvident labor contracts can be unraveled, allowing the companies to try to devise plausible business models. Instead, advocates of a "rescue" propose extending to Detroit the government's business model for the nation.
Why Yahoo Still Matters for You
Despite Recent Blows, Size Keeps It a Valuable Partner for Advertisers
Oswald co-worker speaks out about JFK assassination
He drove Lee Harvey Oswald to work that fateful Nov. 22. Buell Frazier wants to tell it like it is – or was – on a very important day in U.S. history 45 years ago in Dallas.
Artists Does 801 Tattoos in 24 Hours To Break World Record
"Cantrell tattoos steadily for the next couple of hours. At 11:30, he strips down to his boxer shorts and performs tattoo 801—his last—on his own thigh to the cheers of his friends."
South Park to Parody Twilight
So Twilight is like a huge cultural phenomenon. You knew that right? You didn't just learn of its existence this month, did you? I mean, what are you, some kind of 30-something blogger with a sudden, startling and involuntary detachment from the fast-changing world around him? Either way, Twilight is all the rage.
Hacker turns his Android phone into a garage door remote!
When my house is in range, it does the magic HTTP request to my garage door opener's webserver (HMAC-signed timestamped URL, for non-replayability/forgeability if sniffed) and my garage door opens.
A Second Crisis in Detroit: Failing Suppliers?
The financial woes of U.S. automakers have grabbed Washington's attention, but similar problems at auto suppliers have the potential to set off a cataclysmic chain of events
Woman Addicted to Surgery Injects Oil Into Her Face
Hang Mioku, who had her first plastic surgery at the age of 28, is a cosmetic surgery addict who has let her obsession with surgeries ruin her life. After her first plastic surgery, her addiction led her to Japan where she received additional operations on her face which eventually became enlarged and deformed.Eventually the surgeons she was vi
Hardest Captcha Ever?
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Etta James & Dr. John - I'd Rather Go Blind (LIVE)
I guess I lost my mind, but I'd rather be blind than watch you go.
Nintendo: We Have Games In 2009 For The ‘Halo’ Crowd
Nintendo has moms and Mario/Zelda fans locked up.But, since the Wii launched in 2006, the company has had a hard time attracting the hardcore gamers who enjoy things like “Halo,” “BioShock” or “Call of Duty.”
Sarah Palin is Not Secretly a Genius
And other obvious truths that shouldn’t need proving.
Uruguay Soccer Season Halted by Fans' Bloody Riot [video]
The Uruguayan Football Association have called an indefinite halt to Apertura action following Sunday's riot after the match between Danubio and Nacional.Groups of rival fans clashed on the pitch after the top-of-the-table clash, which was won 1-0 by Danubio, and the situation was not calmed for 15 minutes!
Half of nation's docs want to quit, survey says
Nearly half the respondents in a survey of U.S. primary care physicians said that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative. Many said they are overwhelmed with red tape from insurance companies and government agencies.
Harsh Interogators--Torture?- To Get Pass Under Obama
According to two Obama advisers there is litte chance that those involved in harsh interogation techniques will be investigated.
