Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, May 24, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on May 24, 2010:

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1) The 10 Best Moments of The Lost Finale And The Five Worst
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ArGdmN48Sbc/The_10_Best_Moments_of_The_Lost_Finale_And_The_Five_Worst

There were things to love and things to be annoyed by, just as in pretty much every other episode of Lost-- but overall there was way more good than bad. This is a list of the 10 best things (Vincent!) about the Lost finale and a few things which didn't work (Richard?).

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2) EPA Orders Permits On Projects With High Greenhouse Gases
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/BmJbhrRGBKk/EPA_Orders_Permits_On_Projects_With_High_Greenhouse_Gases

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule that requires power plants, oil refineries and other large stationary sources of greenhouse gases to obtain permits before they are constructed or expanded.

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3) Internet access back in Western China - repression continues
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/EhDLAcqqgf8/Internet_access_back_in_Western_China_repression_continues

10 months of total internet blackout for the Xinjiang region of China is over: On May 14, residents of East Turkestan rediscovered the Internet ? not the Internet of unfettered access that is enjoyed the world over. But a lifting of the most draconian Internet restrictions ever seen so that people could finally access China's censored version.

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4) Jamaica police declare emergency
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/6IA6DYBmJ2U/Jamaica_police_declare_emergency

Jamaican officials declare an emergency in Kingston as police battle gangs protecting an alleged druglord. Two police stations were shot at and a third set on fire by suspected supporters of Christopher "Dudus" Coke. The Jamaican government agreed to extradite him to the US last week. But his supporters have set up barricades.

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5) Legal Michigan Patient's Property Destroyed In Pot Raid
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ZvZFekTEMyE/Legal_Michigan_Patient_s_Property_Destroyed_In_Pot_Raid

When DEA agents and the Saginaw County Sheriff's Department raided Edwyn W. Boyke Jr.'s house on April 15, they didn't just thuggishly bust up his grow room. They also confiscated a lot of his property -- including a car, TV, two lawnmowers, and a little pocket cash -- along with his Michigan medical marijuana card.

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Monday, May 24, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, May 23, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on May 23, 2010:

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1) Heads Up, Citizen Scientists: The Moon Needs You!
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/KFUcN1zBx9U/Heads_Up_Citizen_Scientists_The_Moon_Needs_You

Chris Lintott is asking amateur astronomers to help review, measure and classify tens of thousands of moon photos streaming to Earth. He has set up the website MoonZoo.org, where anyone can log on, get trained and become a space explorer.

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2) 40 is the new 30 for mothers
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/MZE0kif2UQU/40_is_the_new_30_for_mothers

A recent national report found birth rates falling in virtually every age group of women in their childbearing years ? except for those between 40 and 50. The group aged 40 to 44 had its largest birth rate since 1967.

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3) Jury Selection Begins in Ill. Police Torture Trial
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/OowIUaGalBc/Jury_Selection_Begins_in_Ill_Police_Torture_Trial

For decades, black men across Chicago described torture at the hands of former police Lt. Jon Burge and his officers, and for decades no one listened. Suspects landed in jail and even on death row for crimes they say they didn't commit after Burge and his men coerced confessions using terrifying methods including suffocation, and waterboarding.

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4) Rare stamp sold for world record price
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Yf_HCX1YnHI/Rare_stamp_sold_for_world_record_price

The stamp was first discovered in 1885 by a 14 year old Swedish schoolboy while searching for stamps in his family?s belongings to sell on for his pocket money.

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5) Elizabeth Smart Abductor Gets 15 Years in Prison
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Mlw07mty7hs/Elizabeth_Smart_Abductor_Gets_15_Years_in_Prison

One of Elizabeth Smart's abductors received a 15-year prison sentence in Utah after apologizing to her family.

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6) Relatives: 3 Pakistanis innocent in Times Sq. case
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Y810eO4dzfI/Relatives_3_Pakistanis_innocent_in_Times_Sq_case

Relatives of three Pakistanis detained for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing protested the men's innocence Sunday, saying their fervent religious beliefs do not mean they are Islamic extremists.

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7) 'Dracula' Fish and Bombardier Worm Make Top 10 List
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/fE3kbnFtZ4E/Dracula_Fish_and_Bombardier_Worm_Make_Top_10_List

A "Dracula" fish with canine-like fangs, a worm that launches glow-in-the-dark bombs and a psychedelic frogfish are among the Top 10 new species discovered in 2009, scientists just announced.

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8) UN Publishes "Shame List" of Child Soldier Recruiters
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ve4udhwL56E/UN_Publishes_Shame_List_of_Child_Soldier_Recruiters

The world's "most persistent violators" of children's rights were named this week in a report from U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, which included details of a training camp for young girls run by the al-Qaida-linked al Shabaab movement in Somalia and persistent atrocities carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army in central Africa.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, May 22, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on May 22, 2010:

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1) West Ham make audacious bid for Thierry Henry
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/tc8jeXdm1e4/West_Ham_make_audacious_bid_for_Thierry_Henry

West Ham have made an audacious bid to sign Thierry Henry in a move which would see the Frenchman become the highest-paid player in their history.

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2) China Calls for Restraint
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/L5V3uaWeOZI/China_Calls_for_Restraint

China, reacting to the finding North Korea was responsible for the March 26 sinking of a South Korean ship, called on all parties to use restraint.

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3) As Census Advances, So Does Fraud Potential
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/-P3nbGXEzjA/As_Census_Advances_So_Does_Fraud_Potential

For months, the Bureau's publicity campaign has been preparing people and organizations not only for the census, but the for possibility of census-related fraud. "Please note that the [census] form is not available online, and do not fill out any form that claims it is the 2010 Census questionnaire sent to you via e-mail."

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4) Capitalism vs. Capitalists
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/CE-Ik6Lg3XA/Capitalism_vs_Capitalists_3

The late Austrian analyst Willi Schlamm once said, 'The trouble with socialism is socialism. The trouble with capitalism is capitalists.' Schlamm's point is still relevant, even though the kind of socialism we're dealing with is less doctrinaire. But it also distorts the issue somewhat. One might just as easily say that the problem with socialis...

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5) 8 (Terrible) Ideas for Shows to Replace 'Lost'
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/E6p3qkvM4gg/8_Terrible_Ideas_for_Shows_to_Replace_Lost

Lost (In Space): On a Boat!

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6) Sony Blames Piracy for PSP Problems
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/bqiTNMucnhU/Sony_Blames_Piracy_for_PSP_Problems

Rob Dyer, Sony Computer Entertainment America's senior VP of publisher relations said "That's been the biggest problem, no question about it. It's become a very difficult proposition to be profitable, given the piracy right now."

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7) The Leader in the Fight Against Facebook: Oh Canada?
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/-krMRYbnXco/The_Leader_in_the_Fight_Against_Facebook_Oh_Canada

Facebook vs. Canada. Its about to get ugly.

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8) Olympics: It don't matter if you're black or white... seats
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/cMv5f7ZaoNM/Olympics_It_don_t_matter_if_you_re_black_or_white_seats

The Olympic Delivery Authority, which is celebrating the second anniversary since construction on the site began, had been unable to hide the black and white steel that supports and envelopes the outer skin of the 60m high stadium, but said the 80,000 seats inside the stadium would be also black and white.

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9) Man Goes Home With "Total Artificial Heart"
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/4Dcot1WyOV4/Man_Goes_Home_With_Total_Artificial_Heart

For nearly two years, 43-year-old Charles Okeke has tried to live a normal life in the hospital tethered to a 400-lb. machine. Okeke was barely 30 when a blood clot destroyed his heart, reports CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton. He had a transplant and for 10 years life was good for this computer consultant and father of three.

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10) Astronomer Copernicus Reburied 500 Years Later
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/wkDR3qK5kDs/Astronomer_Copernicus_Reburied_500_Years_Later

Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish priests as a hero on Saturday, nearly 500 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave.

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11) 4 Bullies Tattoo Obscenities on Butt of Special Needs Kid
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/7gg4jRCAw10/4_Bullies_Tattoo_Obscenities_on_Butt_of_Special_Needs_Kid

A 14-year-old special needs student was told he wouldn't be picked on at his New Hampshire high school if he submitted to having obscene words tattooed on his backside. The boy told police that despite his protests one bully said he would get a tattoo whether he liked it or not.

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12) Inmates Clog Toilets to Shut Down San Francisco Courtrooms
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/FpKHKqGfeY8/Inmates_Clog_Toilets_to_Shut_Down_San_Francisco_Courtrooms

As much as two inches of raw sewage flooded five courtrooms at the San Francisco Hall of Justice today after jail inmates flushed a bedsheet and two jumpsuits down toilets.

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13) Jailed Chinese professor says orgies disturbed no one
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/rczUBxHC-so/Jailed_Chinese_professor_says_orgies_disturbed_no_one

The Chinese government jails people who hold swinger parties: Ma Yaohai, a 53-year-old computer science professor, was jailed for three and a half years after pleading not guilty to holding orgies and said he would appeal against his sentence, the official China News Service said.

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Monday, May 17, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, May 16, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on May 16, 2010:

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1) Vitamin E may protect lungs
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/lBbH7Prbymw/Vitamin_E_may_protect_lungs

People who take vitamin E supplements regularly for years -- whether they are smokers or nonsmokers -- may lower their risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the lung condition that is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.

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2) Massive study has no clear answer on phones and cancer
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Cq3mxitqxeQ/Massive_study_has_no_clear_answer_on_phones_and_cancer

Experts who studied almost 13,000 cell phone users over 10 years, hoping to find out whether the mobile devices cause brain tumours, said on Sunday their research gave no clear answer. "The results really don't allow us to conclude that there is any risk associated with mobile phone use, but... it is also premature to say that there is no risk. "

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3) The Collectionist: 11 Essential Indie Comics
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/t4Id7cnZPJ0/The_Collectionist_11_Essential_Indie_Comics

Comic fans walk through stores on a weekly basis and fill their messenger bags with books by the Big Two?Marvel and DC. But for those in the know, some of the best stories aren?t by the two biggest publishers. In fact, some aren?t even superheroes at all. Here are 11 indie books that should be must-haves for your shelf.

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4) Calif. coach makes players drink soda from shoe
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/62fi1SFIZ5U/Calif_coach_makes_players_drink_soda_from_shoe

A California high school girl's softball coach has apologized for requiring eight players who struck out during a recent game to drink soda pop out of a team member's shoe.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, May 15, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on May 15, 2010:

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1) Not Your Father's Taco Trucks
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/zSenFNmov8s/Not_Your_Father_s_Taco_Trucks

A new generation of taco trucks no longer caters to hungry workers at construction sites. Instead, these food-laden vehicles bring gourmet food to customers as their owners roll out this mobile concept rather than set up a storefront and wait for clients to come to them.

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2) U.S. Forces Wind Down Haiti Relief Efforts
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/R7Cc9qZ5qxc/U_S_Forces_Wind_Down_Haiti_Relief_Efforts

After the Jan. 12 earthquake hit, U.S. forces rushed in the help -- distributing food, digging drainage canals, reopening the airport and sending a hospital ship to provide medical assistance. Now, the military is packing up.

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3) Home of Swedish Muhammad Cartoonist Attacked
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/GKoM8X6MQr8/Home_of_Swedish_Muhammad_Cartoonist_Attacked

The home of a Swedish artist who once drew a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad as a dog has been hit by a suspected arson attack, police said Saturday.

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4) Google to Offer Encrypted Search
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/3A2stcpaCcw/Google_to_Offer_Encrypted_Search

Google will begin letting users run encrypted searches on its flagship search site Google.com. Ironically, the upcoming change came in a long blog post explaining that Google Street View cams had ?mistakenly? eavesdropped and recorded what people were doing on unencrypted wi-fi networks. Google, offering private and secure searches next week...

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5) New Entry-Level MacBook Leaked [VIDEO]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/oGWx_FI610Q/New_Entry_Level_MacBook_Leaked_VIDEO

The machine?s CPU was upgraded to a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, increased from 2.26GHz in the previous generation, and graphics were given a shot in the arm with a NVIDIA GeForce 320M GPU. These updates will be the first for the MacBook since October 2009, when the notebook got a longer battery life and overall design reworking.

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6) The future of Mount St. Helens 30 years later
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/2x52Loy8h_E/The_future_of_Mount_St_Helens_30_years_later

Thirty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled a forest and rained volcanic ash for miles around, the devastated mountain remains an important center for volcano research and science. But some critics of the way Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument is managed argue that it could be much more, perhaps even a national park.

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7) Husband jumps off moving car after wife refuses to 'shut up'
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/VH463DnnMtw/Husband_jumps_off_moving_car_after_wife_refuses_to_shut_up

A 23-year-old man jumped from a moving vehicle Thursday evening after his wife refused to 'shut up,' according to a Montgomery County Sheriff's Office report.

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8) Silver tells a volatile story of Earth's origin.
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/g-dqemw5v8k/Silver_tells_a_volatile_story_of_Earth_s_origin

Tiny variations in the isotopic composition of silver in meteorites and Earth rocks are helping scientists put together a timetable of how our planet was assembled nearly 5 billion years ago. The new study, published in the journal Science, indicates that water and other key volatiles may have been present during its birth.

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9) Golf's Big Problem: No Kids
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/2l7K2NRQYO8/Golf_s_Big_Problem_No_Kids

Still intimidating for beginners, the game isn't attracting young people. Tennis, anyone?

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10) New David Simon Drama Exposes Upper-Middle-Class Suburb
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/HWciDnNHxmE/New_David_Simon_Drama_Exposes_Upper_Middle_Class_Suburb

Speaking at an HBO press junket Monday, acclaimed writer-producer David Simon, creator of the gritty urban dramas The Wire and Treme, announced that his next project will be an epic, multilayered examination of the contented and comfortable streets of suburban Wilmette, IL.

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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, Apr 10, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on Apr 10, 2010:

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1) Fireman Sentenced To 25 Years To Life For Arson
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/pBZE6a4VC_k/Fireman_Sentenced_To_25_Years_To_Life_For_Arson

A rookie volunteer firefighter convicted of setting a blaze that killed a mother and three of her children in what prosecutors said was a twisted bid to become a hero again protested his innocence Friday as he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Caleb Lacey, who was convicted of four counts each of murder and manslaughter plus arson...

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2) Quasars don't show time dilation - mystifies astronomers
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/twIkHn4Oa9E/Quasars_don_t_show_time_dilation_mystifies_astronomers

The phenomenon of time dilation is a strange yet experimentally confirmed effect of relativity theory. One of its implications is that events occurring in distant parts of the universe should appear to occur more slowly than events located closer to us. For example, when observing supernovae, scientists have found that distant explosions seem to...

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3) Postal workers boycott house over cat attacks
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/vUnG-2xqqDY/Postal_workers_boycott_house_over_cat_attacks

Royal Mail stops deliveries to a house in Leeds after postal workers are attacked by an elderly cat called Tiger.

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4) Google Company Files Patent on Promo Tweets & FB Messages...
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/coYPq8tsLwY/Google_Company_Files_Patent_on_Promo_Tweets_FB_Messages

Aardvark, the Q&A service that was recently acquired by Google, has filed a patent for ?promotional status messages?. You know when you sign up for a service and it lets you post a message to your friends on Twitter or Facebook inviting them to join? Yup, Aardark is somehow claiming that this was the company?s own invention..

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5) Pope Previously Postponed Punishing Pedophile Priest
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/b1uUUs5BY2E/Pope_Previously_Postponed_Punishing_Pedophile_Priest

The priest, convicted of tying up and abusing two young boys in a church rectory, wanted to leave the ministry. But in 1985, four years after the priest and his bishop first asked that he be defrocked, the future Pope Benedict XVI signed a letter saying that the case needed more time and that ?the good of the Universal Church? had to be considered.

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6) 24 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/s9Q9WE9jlAw/24_Essential_Social_Media_Resources_You_May_Have_Missed

Another week down, and another chance to gather all the social media wisdom from the experts and put it to good use for your personal brand, your business, or for plain old fun.Check out these indispensable resources which include an exclusive peek inside YouTube?s inner sanctum, a swath of in-depth iPad coverage, and some essential soc

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7) Organs Removed Without Consent After IT Blunder
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/HPa968F52g0/Organs_Removed_Without_Consent_After_IT_Blunder

The records of 800,000 people were affected by an error that meant their wishes about the use of their organs after death were wrongly recorded. An investigation has found that 45 of those for whom wrong records were stored have since died ? and in approximately 20 cases organs were taken where consent had not been given.

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8) Animal Kaleidoscope [Vid]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/QD7ENDt-UuE/Animal_Kaleidoscope_Vid

Are you not entertained?!

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9) WTF? Typo Costs Man 3 Years In Jail
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/T9vWN_4aRB4/WTF_Typo_Costs_Man_3_Years_In_Jail

We used to get a lot of red ink in school, but we never did hard time for it.

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10) Holistic Web Browsing: Trends Of The Future
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/OZmFHNancbQ/Holistic_Web_Browsing_Trends_Of_The_Future

The future of the Web is everywhere. The future of the Web is not at your desk. It?s not necessarily in your pocket, either. It?s everywhere. With each new technological innovation, we continue to become more and more immersed in the Web, connecting the ever-growing layer of information in the virtual world to the real one around us.

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11) Amazingly new Screenshots for Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow:
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ZPQjojd40rU/Amazingly_new_Screenshots_for_Castlevania_Lords_Of_Shadow

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will be released in 2010 for PS3 and Xbox 360 and will open a new form of gameplay for the saga.

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12) Almost Half Of Americans Are Now On Social Networks
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/xm_P0cf_QVw/Almost_Half_Of_Americans_Are_Now_On_Social_Networks

According to a recent survey from Arbitron and Edison Research, nearly half of Americans age 12 and older have a profile on one or more social networking Web sites and nearly two-thirds of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 have personal profile pages. Digg on!

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13) Beautiful Time-Lapse Music Video.
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Q8bI5fqpPCc/Beautiful_Time_Lapse_Music_Video

If you haven?t yet seen the lovely music video for Stomacher ? Untitled/Dark Divider by Sean Stiegemeier, take the 4 minutes from your day to do so. Over a year?s worth of gorgeous time-lapse video taken on his travels to Prague, Japan, Banff, Utah, Oregon, California, and more...

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14) Is organic worth it? Here are the facts you need to decide
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/NpbuZ2e14Zs/Is_organic_worth_it_Here_are_the_facts_you_need_to_decide

There is a dispute about organic food. The big question: Are organic products any healthier than traditional food? That often leaves people wondering whether it's worth it to go organic. So let's start with the basics. Here are a few things to know about organic food...

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15) Microsoft glitches Vouchers for California's Unemployed
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/dftCogVRENo/Microsoft_glitches_Vouchers_for_California_s_Unemployed

Microsoft announced that they would hand out more than 70,000 training vouchers through CA's One-Stop Career Centers. The idea was to give Californians - whether unemployed or working - a chance to take online computer courses and get free tests to certify their skills. But all did not go as planned.

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16) Music Hack Day Is Coming To San Francisco
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/XgOBZPIGUrA/Music_Hack_Day_Is_Coming_To_San_Francisco

What do you get when you combine music with frantic, all night hour coding sessions? An event called Music Hack Day, where developers have 24 hours to hack together a new music-related app, which they then show off to their peers at event's conclusion. Music Hack Day has previously been held in London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Boston, and...

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17) Skin Cell Spraying Bio Printer Heals Burn Victims in 3 Weeks
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/PCtUtumMJ-s/Skin_Cell_Spraying_Bio_Printer_Heals_Burn_Victims_in_3_Weeks

Recently we showcased a 3D printer that creates human body parts ready for transplant, and now our frankenstinean fascination with making body parts has unearthed another amazing device. This new bio-printer sprays skin cells on burn victim?s wounds, promoting healthy recovery.

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18) The 3 words some leaders can't say
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/cMju636K_IQ/The_3_words_some_leaders_can_t_say

How many Massas and Ashburns, James Wests, Ted Haggards, Mark Foleys and Larry Craigs do we have to see, how many shocked spouses and embarrassed children do we have to endure, before we accept the obvious: Gay is not a choice, not a sin, not a shame. Gay simply is.

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19) Parody Asks:What is the iPad Revolutionizing? [VIDEO] Comedy
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/5WKmsWpr7IA/Parody_Asks_What_is_the_iPad_Revolutionizing_VIDEO_Comedy

Do you want an iPad with every wretched fiber of your being, but you can't quite articulate why? Well, College Humor's Jake and Amir feel your pain.....................

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20) Bill O'Reilly: Cardinal Should be Jailed for Pedo Cover-Up
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/t2gErQnN-FI/Bill_O_Reilly_Cardinal_Should_be_Jailed_for_Pedo_Cover_Up

Bill O'Reilly has weighed in on the Catholic Church crisis, saying former Boston Cardinal Bernard Law should be in jail for his role in covering up pedophile priests, but that he himself remains a staunch Catholic despite the crisis.

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21) Meinhardt Raabe, Wizard of Oz's Munchkin coroner, dies @ 94
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/NO_jMUwjB84/Meinhardt_Raabe_Wizard_of_Oz_s_Munchkin_coroner_dies_94

Raabe was one of the 124 Munchkins in the film classic and one of only nine who had speaking parts. He died on Friday morning at a hospital in Orange Park, Florida.

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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, Apr 9, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on Apr 9, 2010:

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1) KFC's Packaging Even Worse Than Its Food
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Q-hew21T9DA/KFC_s_Packaging_Even_Worse_Than_Its_Food

There are many reasons to avoid dining at Kentucky Fried Chicken for the food alone. A single Extra Crispy Chicken Breast contains 510 calories and 33 g of fat, and the company buys chickens from suppliers who mistreat the birds. But a new report reveals KFC's packaging is even worse, with the company supporting clear-cutting of virgin forests.

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2) Iran Unveils 'Faster' Uranium Centrifuges [wVideo]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/NQPwpUsDoJs/Iran_Unveils_Faster_Uranium_Centrifuges_w_Video

Iran's president unveils new centrifuges that officials say can enrich uranium 6 times faster than the first generation.

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3) Broader unemployment metric still shows slack U.S. labor mar
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/AhPuxy949lE/Broader_unemployment_metric_still_shows_slack_U_S_labor_mar

In the U.S., 15 million Americans are classified as unemployed. Another 9.1 million are working on a part-time basis because they can't secure full-time employment. That's roughly 24 million Americans who do not have the full-time work circumstance they seek -- a gargantuan total, under any commercial condition.

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4) File-Sharers Safe Until Music Biz Change Laws
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/qAptdEOGySk/File_Sharers_Safe_Until_Music_Biz_Change_Laws

After failing in their case against The Pirate Bay, a music copyrights group has announced it will give up trying to get sites blocked and will leave file-sharers alone. Not forever though. They will instead put all their efforts into getting the law changed. The IFPI said yesterday that it wants to bring this same strategy to your country soon.

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5) 13-year-old Californian boy will attempt to climb Everest
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/tB0zukoBEws/13_year_old_Californian_boy_will_attempt_to_climb_Everest

If he succeeds, he'll be youngest person ever to climb the world's highest peak. He's already climbed five of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on seven continents

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6) What's Wrong With School Lunches?
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/6CZAgUbTZzg/What_s_Wrong_With_School_Lunches

If you eat breakfast and lunch at school, and get three squares a day, that means that only 360 of the 1,095 meals you'll eat per year are in the lunch ladies' hands. My guess is that the real culprits in American obesity are easier to find in the 735 nutritionally nonregulated meals kids eat elsewhere.

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7) US Mother Ships Adopted Boy, 7, Back to Russia
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/sGC2nCvNcgw/US_Mother_Ships_Adopted_Boy_7_Back_to_Russia

Russia's foreign minister said the country should freeze adoptions with U.S. families after an 7-year-old Russian boy was shipped back to Moscow on a one-way flight by his adoptive mother in Tennessee.

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8) Why Didn't Todd Bridges Star in 'Breakfast Club?
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/dZUzOykRcZ8/Why_Didn_t_Todd_Bridges_Star_in_Breakfast_Club

Former Different Strokes star Todd Bridges discusses his new autobiography, Killing Willis. In this outtake, Todd tells the story of meeting John Hughes and the possibility of being cast in The Breakfast Club.

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9) iPhone 4.0 --Video Conferencing Coming?
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/HIcpiCdxzgY/iPhone_4_0_Video_Conferencing_Coming

Apple didn't introduce any new iPhone hardware; knowing Steve Jobs & co., they still want to save some surprises when they unveil the 4G iPhone later this summer. Could one of those surprises be a front-facing camera with iChat support?

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10) Top 10 Most Anticipated XBLA Games
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/h8Lyy5Ew8x4/Top_10_Most_Anticipated_XBLA_Games

These are the downloadable games we're impatient for.

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11) Talk about a magical place
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/7yqACoA6UoM/Talk_about_a_magical_place

College de Valleyfield, this place looks amazing.

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12) Mega-Multitasking: Intel Sampling 48-Core Systems
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/PMM_Sra0u2s/Mega_Multitasking_Intel_Sampling_48_Core_Systems

Just when you thought your 6-core chip was the baddest processor on the planet, Intel goes and announces plans to ship PCs equipped with an experimental 48-core CPU to a handful of lucky researchers...

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13) Superstition and Baseball Go Hand-in-Hand
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/bhelWvEmHHw/Superstition_and_Baseball_Go_Hand_in_Hand

"I'm not superstitious. I am, however, a little stitious." -- Michael Scott, The Office

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14) 50 Things I'd Rather Do Than Watch Sex and the City 2
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/gEoGOJcwqhQ/50_Things_I_d_Rather_Do_Than_Watch_Sex_and_the_City_2

Sometimes you just know when something stinks. In fact, there are a million other things I would do before watching a frame of this garish, overextended twaddle. For starters...

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15) Real Life 'Lester the Molester' is REALLY Dumb
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/9S2L_WsUdu4/Real_Life_Lester_the_Molester_is_REALLY_Dumb

Police first noticed Tilden Lester when he picked perhaps the worst name possible as he reached out to an undercover detective in an incest chat group.

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, Mar 7, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on Mar 7, 2010:

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1) Ritalin Boosts Learning by Increasing brain Plasticity
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/C0qfEcJwxII/Ritalin_Boosts_Learning_by_Increasing_brain_Plasticity

Doctors 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.

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2) Baked Goods Outlawed at Bake Sales
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/g6IXdJAnJmA/Baked_Goods_Outlawed_at_Bake_Sales

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

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3) M-rated Video: The ESRB and Video Game Trailers
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/HFE_m2ZiaWw/M_rated_Video_The_ESRB_and_Video_Game_Trailers

What 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...

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4) Stephen Hawking: Future of Space- Manned vs Robotic Missions
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/H8zZ5pjo8EM/Stephen_Hawking_Future_of_Space_Manned_vs_Robotic_Missions

Will 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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5) Why Super Nintendos Lose Their Color
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/yQNkCGMt8Bk/Why_Super_Nintendos_Lose_Their_Color

Why Super Nintendos Lose Their Color: Plastic Discoloration in Classic Machines

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6) Botnet Blueprint: Build Your Own ZeuS Botnet for $2,753.50
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/u-IQxtXUsA8/Botnet_Blueprint_Build_Your_Own_ZeuS_Botnet_for_2_753_50

Researchers 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.

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7) Nickelback Less Popular Than Pickles
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/YSas2mAg-G8/Nickelback_Less_Popular_Than_Pickles

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

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8) Sega: Give Sonic to Nintendo
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/8uPXYfuseuY/Sega_Give_Sonic_to_Nintendo

Sega 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.

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9) Ubisoft DRM Servers Go Down
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/toTnbSrfEm0/Ubisoft_DRM_Servers_Go_Down

Ubisoft'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.

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, Mar 6, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on Mar 6, 2010:

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1) Former Homeless Man Scratches & Wins $250K
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/WwxMoqL7F2c/Former_Homeless_Man_Scratches_Wins_250K

Castro was shot in the head at the age of nineteen. He also witnessed the September 11 attacks and used to be homeless. Castro said now it is his turn to give back to those who have helped him get back on his feet.

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2) HVP Salmonella Recall Is Expanding
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/PPtYqyTJA2w/HVP_Salmonella_Recall_Is_Expanding

An unfolding recall of products containing a commonly used food-flavoring ingredient because of potential contamination with salmonella could ripple through the entire food industry.

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3) AT&T Announces Slew of Network Investments for 2010
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/oqNAs0pxbKk/AT_T_Announces_Slew_of_Network_Investments_for_2010

AT&T's preaching about the mucho dinero it's dropping into renovating its network to pretty much anyone who'll listen these days, and a veritable cornucopia of press releases this week start to go into detail on some of the upgrades we'll be seeing over the course of 2010.

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4) Pope John Pauls Sainthood Delayed by Botched Miracle Attempt
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Na-ntmEHljY/Pope_John_Pauls_Sainthood_Delayed_by_Botched_Miracle_Attempt

Hopes that the former pope's canonization would be fast-tracked by Sister Marie Simon-Pierre's recovery from Parkinson's disease have been set back by reports that the French nun has fallen ill again.

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5) 'Alice in Wonderland' on track to break all March records
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Y8hM4362v38/Alice_in_Wonderland_on_track_to_break_all_March_records

Disney Studios sure chose the right date with its March premiere of Alice in Wonderland. The Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration debuted Friday to close to $40 million, putting its 3-day cume in the range of $110-$120 million.

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6) A passage to world power
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/rLFWSGXv1zU/A_passage_to_world_power

The reality of India I saw was often grim. Yet the country still confounds those who write it off

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7) How To Create Hangover-Free Alcohol: Add Oxygen
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/29zN9au7QYU/How_To_Create_Hangover_Free_Alcohol_Add_Oxygen

While traditional fizzy tipples contain carbon dioxide, research shows that infusing the alcohol with oxygen instead allows drinkers to sober up more quickly.

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8) "ALL" Google Logos up until March 2010 (PICS)
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/UhNv_0G7FfU/ALL_Google_Logos_up_until_March_2010_PICS

Holiday Logos and Events - Google style! A collection of "ALL" Google logos commemorating holidays and events around the world.Year: * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010....January - March.....and more to come......

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9) Is the internet making us stupid?
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/oV4UGmtoSwQ/Is_the_internet_making_us_stupid_5

How we seek breadth of information, and sacrifice depth

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10) Wave of Ransom Malware Hits Internet
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Udz4pqm4qqQ/Wave_of_Ransom_Malware_Hits_Internet

Aged malware returns in a new wave of ransom-style online scams.

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11) Ten Jobs You Absolutely Should Not 'Take Your Child to Work
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Jn2Y182StWg/Ten_Jobs_You_Absolutely_Should_Not_Take_Your_Child_to_Work

Take Your Daughter Child to Work Day is fast approaching April 22 will be upon us before you know it. Chances are your place of employment is already making plans to host and entertain more than the usual number of immature people who show up for work every day.

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12) Seriously? Chef Creates Cheese from His Wife's Breast Milk
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/KED2kKeN5LU/Seriously_Chef_Creates_Cheese_from_His_Wife_s_Breast_Milk

This is possibly where locavore enthusiasm, a preference for humane dairy products, and the blurry mind state that too many sleepless nights as a new parent intersect ? but who am I to judge? The chef calls his creation Mommy?s Milk Cheese. WTF...

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13) Bomb disposal expert due to be sent to Afghanistan is quizzed
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/QbqoxUTOhio/Bomb_disposal_expert_due_to_be_sent_to_Afghanistan_is_quizzed

Nicholas Fabian, 32, an Army bomb disposal expert who is reportedly due to be posted to Afghanistan, was held after wife Victoria, also 32, suffered serious leg injuries in the blast in a communal car park in the village of Vigo, near Meopham, Kent, just after 1pm yesterday.

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14) Daughter's tribute to dying mother is a YouTube sensation
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/qRUM4slY1L0/Daughter_s_tribute_to_dying_mother_is_a_YouTube_sensation

A YouTube clip of 16-year-old Sarah Phillips' emotional tribute to her dying mother is set to become an internet sensation after getting thousands of hits online.

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15) MIT's Media Lab moves into $90m building
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ZwQIHYOzOQ4/MIT_s_Media_Lab_moves_into_90m_building

It took more than 10 years, but the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?s famed Media Lab has finally moved into its new digs.

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16) GM Plans to Reinstate 580 Dealerships
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/_EipPmWnVNI/GM_Plans_to_Reinstate_580_Dealerships

General Motors Co. will reinstate more than half the dealerships it targeted to drop from its network.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, Feb 28, 2010

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1) HSBC CEO to give bonus to charity: reports
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/K5eJIJ-pjWs/HSBC_CEO_to_give_bonus_to_charity_reports

Michael Geoghegan, the chief executive of Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L), is set to give his bonus to charity, newspapers have reported, following a high-profile row over the sums paid to bankers.||Three British...

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2) At Least 45 Die In Europe Storms
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/F9CHiM-8DRQ/At_Least_45_Die_In_Europe_Storms

At least 45 people are killed, most of them in France, as powerful storms cause chaos across western Europe.

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3) Little did I know, She was Only 16 years old.
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/dlnSHVCfa7Q/Little_did_I_know_She_was_Only_16_years_old

Can you imagine if every murderer - including vehicular manslaughter and accidental were all of a sudden made to register as murderers and violent offenders? Or if everyone convicted of a drug offense - pot smokers, and those that gave their relative their prescription meds, were classifed into one big group and made to register as drug abusers?...

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4) The deadliest, most awe-inspiring of the plagues
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/SXPZPxZhT78/The_deadliest_most_awe_inspiring_of_the_plagues

Yellow fever was a terrifying plague until Finlay and Reed showed a way to combat it by demonstrating that it's transmitted by mosquitoes

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5) Obama yet to kick smoking habit, should eat better
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/4Xc684HE7rs/Obama_yet_to_kick_smoking_habit_should_eat_better

President Barack Obama hasn't kicked the smoking habit, takes anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee and should eat better to lower his cholesterol, his team of doctors concluded Sunday after the 48-year-old's first medical checkup as commander in chief.

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6) So movies shouldn't break the laws of physics?
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/oJoxZLiNcb4/So_movies_shouldn_t_break_the_laws_of_physics

How typical of a scientist to try to reduce film-making to a formula

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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Blog Alert for digg.com: News / Popular, Feb 27, 2010

New Posts to digg.com: News / Popular on Feb 27, 2010:

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1) Diamond the size of 'chicken's egg' sells for $35.3 million
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/yNr-XSwzyMA/Diamond_the_size_of_chicken_s_egg_sells_for_35_3_million

A 507½-carat gem discovered in South Africa last year has become most expensive rough diamond ever sold.

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2) 20 Funny Apple Product Knock-Offs
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/jiAeDuYH0K4/20_Funny_Apple_Product_Knock_Offs

Manufacturing Apple product knock-offs is a million dollar business. Check out some examples......................

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3) Italy's Giuliano Razzoli wins Olympic men's slalom
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/RndozsUBhGw/Italy_s_Giuliano_Razzoli_wins_Olympic_men_s_slalom

Giuliano Razzoli has won the Olympic men's slalom, Italy's first Alpine medal in the Winter Games in 16 years.

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4) Dan Werthimer Presents Search for Aliens From Home
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/fnAAs3IOU0w/Dan_Werthimer_Presents_Search_for_Aliens_From_Home

Are We Alone? Chief SETI@home scientist Dan Werthimer discusses the possibility of life in the universe, and how to set-up your computer to possibly detect the first signal from a civilization beyond Earth.

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5) Others may know us better than we know ourselves, study find
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/LNY9KYcx3ck/Others_may_know_us_better_than_we_know_ourselves_study_find

Humans have long been advised to "know thyself," but new research suggests we may not know ourselves as well as we think we do. While individuals may be more accurate at assessing their own neurotic traits, such as anxiety, it seems friends, and even strangers, are often better barometers of traits such as intelligence, creativity and extroversion.

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6) 'Pants on the Ground' Guy -- King of Vegas
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/6m3oVrdMazM/Pants_on_the_Ground_Guy_King_of_Vegas

Move over, Frank Sinatra -- there's a new man in Sin City and he goes by the name of Gen. Larry Platt. The genius behind "Pants on the Ground" performed at JET nightclub at the Mirage Hotel last night -- and judging by the bevy of women who surrounded the General ... that song may have taken on a whole new meaning.

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7) Former Obama adviser to Glenn Beck: 'I love you, brother'
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/X0YkoBIVFRQ/Former_Obama_adviser_to_Glenn_Beck_I_love_you_brother

At the NAACP Image awards Friday night, a former special adviser to President Obama turned the other cheek to Glenn Beck.

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8) What are People Really Buying Online [Infographic]
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/DYUHKsBlE3o/What_are_People_Really_Buying_Online_Infographic

What people buy online differs substantially from what they buy in-store. According to a study by the US Census Bureau, not only are the bulk of sales still in-store, but virtually every category has more in-store purchases than online.

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9) Ethics panel clears 7 House members on earmarks
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/asFoLXI4d4k/Ethics_panel_clears_7_House_members_on_earmarks

The House ethics committee on Friday cleared seven lawmakers of improperly or illegally considering campaign contributions when steering earmarks amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars in mostly no-bid contracts to some 40 companies.

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10) US pilot who dismissed Pearl Harbor reports dies at 96
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/UJN5AD_rUDg/US_pilot_who_dismissed_Pearl_Harbor_reports_dies_at_96

"Don't worry about it", said Kermit Tyler, who thought the big blip on the radar screen on Dec. 7, 1941, was a fleet of American B-17 bombers due in from the mainland. Tyler, who was ultimately cleared of wrongdoing and was content he did all he could that morning, has has died at the age of 96.

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11) Top 10 Torrent Sites Soon Without Mininova
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/4FZvPZRy3iU/Top_10_Torrent_Sites_Soon_Without_Mininova

For the first time in five years Mininova is about to disappear from the top 10 of most visited torrent sites. This exit is due to a traffic drop that resulted from the removal of most of the site?s torrents following a lost court battle. Newcomer KickassTorrents is still gaining momentum and has already surpassed Mininova in terms of traffic.

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12) Five Things You May Know About Marijuana That Arent True
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/tXqRl2VeQ6U/Five_Things_You_May_Know_About_Marijuana_That_Arent_True

As editor of a pot website, I live and breathe marijuana (see what I did there?) every day, and have a great chance to fully inform myself. But when speaking to members of the general public, Im often struck (and stop that! It hurts) with the wide prevalence of beliefs about marijuana that have been scientifically disproven for years.

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13) Science Proves 3-D Movies Hurt Your Brain
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/7fhVGYQU7uE/Science_Proves_3_D_Movies_Hurt_Your_Brain

That's right: your favorite 3-D films are trying to kill you with migraines and crappy vision. A new study proves the relationship between 3-D and headaches. But will this stop Hollywood's slate of 32 (and counting) upcoming 3-D films?

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14) 10 Completely Batsh#% Insane Foreign Knock-Off Films
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/0VopMSCh0fk/10_Completely_Batsh_Insane_Foreign_Knock_Off_Films

Oh, foreign people. Don't ever stop making entertainingly awful versions of our Hollywood blockbusters. Love, America

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15) Global debt: We could be under siege for decades
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/UlUU9E0ZFbQ/Global_debt_We_could_be_under_siege_for_decades

The very mentality that defined the housing bubbles in the United States & Britain that helped trigger the Great Recession has also defined the debt-defying high-wire acts of governments from Hawaii to Greece & in between: Buy now; pay later or perhaps not at all. Always put off till tomorrow what should be addressed today.Read more: http://w

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