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Manhole swallows teen texter

Seeded on Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:11 AM EDT (CNET.com)

"OMG!!! You'll never guess what happened next!!!" "What?!!!" "OMG!!!! I'm being sucked towards Atlantis!!!!" Perhaps that wasn't the texting exchange between 15-year-old Alexa Longueira and her friend as she walked along a Staten Island street.

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Single Mom Fined $1.92 Million for Illegally Sharing 24 Songs

Seeded on Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:14 PM EDT (PC World)

A woman who won a retrial after a US$220,000 verdict against her for sharing music files has now been ordered to pay $1.92 million by a jury in Minnesota.

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Ujian the Orangutan Set to Release His First CD

Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 5:01 PM EDT (ABC News)

14-year-old Ujian the orangutan baffled guests and zookeepers alike as they they witnessed his acquired ability to whistle. He apearently taught himself how to whistle one day after a vegetable delivery man was late to his cage.

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World's First Face Transplant Recipient Reflects

Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 4:27 PM EDT (ABC News)

Connie Culp, America's first face transplant recipient, has recently made the headlines of various news sources. She went public five months after her transplant.

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29 Year Old Sex Offender Posed As 12-Year-Old Boy; Enrolled in Four Schools

Seeded on Fri May 15, 2009 3:45 PM EDT ()

Twenty-nine year old sex offender "Neil Rodreick" posed as a twelve year old boy under the name "Casey Price" and enrolled himself in four Arizona schools.

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The Andrew Min Phenomenon

Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:09 PM EDT (news3online.com)

He won the Last Viner Standing contest, could he now be winning the next presidential election?

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Election Deception: The Web's 12 Dirtiest Tricks

Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:23 PM EDT (PC World)

Political campaigns in the United States are notorious for inspiring dirty tricks and nasty tactics. Now, in the most tech-attuned presidential race to date, the dark art of misleading voters is growing even more malignant than it was in the past.

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Joomunity: Build you own social network.

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 9:35 AM EDT (joomunity.org)

Just a few days ago Joomunity launched in public beta. What is Joomunity? It's a social networking component for Joomla. Why is it revolutionary? Well, because it's made for Joomla.

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VICTORY IN IRAQ! - Why the establishment press is burying the story of the year

Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 7:18 AM EDT (worldnetdaily.com)

What kind of headline would you expect newspapers nationwide to trumpet if America won the war in Iraq and destroyed al-Qaida there?

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Web 2.0's Most Ridiculous Sites

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:34 AM EDT (PC World)

The world loves Wikipedia, flocks to Flickr, and listens to Last.fm. And why not? Web 2.0 sites like them harness collective knowledge, promote interaction and communication, and improve the more you use them.

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Microsoft's Photosynth Makes Photos a 3D Experience

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:33 AM EDT (PC World)

Developed by Live Labs--Microsoft's applied research arm--Photosynth automatically stitches together digital photographs to create a somewhat abstract but high-resolution three-dimensional re-creation (dubbed a synth) for the world to explore.

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Apple finally ready for iTunes subscriptions?

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:27 AM EDT (CNET.com)

Three Mac rumors sites have received anonymous tips that Apple is getting ready to introduce a subscription iTunes service in September.

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Ahmad Ali Lewis isn't a typical Stanford undergrad -- nor is he a typical rapper - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:24 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

Ahmad Ali Lewis made a deal with his mother back when he was a student at Palisades High School: He would go to college unless he got a recording contract for his upbeat rap music.

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Bentley bends

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:11 PM EDT (National Post)

VANCOUVER -It wasn't his outrageous claims of raising the dead that finally landed Todd Bentley in trouble. Not the contradictory sermons, or even his criminal past. Not the face piercings, the neck-to-knee tattoos, the biker-dude lifestyle.

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Are the Bigfoot trackers after a $1,000,000 online reward?

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:22 AM EDT (CNET.com)

I am indebted with a depth I have rarely experienced to Technically Incorrect commenter Crabby Golightly, who has drawn my attention to the Field and Stream site.

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Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:02 AM EDT (The Times)

Extraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and computer games thanks to a new type of animation technology.

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Top 10 Google Flubs, Flops, and Failures

Seeded on Wed May 21, 2008 9:58 AM EDT (PC World)

Not everything Google touches turns to gold. These are some of Google's biggest nonstarter Web services, software programs, and business moves.

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Survey: Most computer users repeat passwords

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:07 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
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Using the same password for multiple Web pages is the Internet-era equivalent of having the same key for your home, car and bank safe-deposit box.

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Battle of the web browsers

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:41 AM EDT (PC World)

Back when the earliest programs for viewing Web content simply browsed flat pages of images and text, the name browser truly fit the software.

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The top 8 worst Microsoft promo videos

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:01 PM EDT (Crave)

You thought that Microsoft Vista video from earlier today was bad? Watch these. Lest us forget the turgid history of some other horrifically bad promotional videos from Microsoft that will forever burned into our brains. Here are some of my top picks:

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OSx86 Project not too happy with Psystar either

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:22 PM EDT (Engadget)

Uh-oh, it looks like wannabe Mac clone maker Psystar has more than one licensing issue with the Open Computer: the company didn't get permission from developers working on the OSx86 Project to sell their work.

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Wii Fit' craze set to launch May 19

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:34 PM EDT (Crave)

Rumors have been circulating for several weeks that the upcoming Nintendo interactive fitness game, Wii Fit, which comes bundled with the Wii Balance Board peripheral (pictured), would be priced at $89.99.

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Quick guide to Napster To Go, Rhapsody To Go, and Yahoo Music Unlimited

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:32 PM EDT (CNET.com)

Imagine legally filling up your Creative Zen with 32GB worth of music (or about 8,000 songs) from an online music store and paying less than the price of a CD.

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The Body-laptop interface - Is this thing for real?

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:33 AM EDT (Engadget)

Now you can privately use your laptop in public, just get your grandma to knit you one of these.

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ASUS ships Eee PC 900, confirms multi-touch

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:23 AM EDT (electronista.com)

ASUS has officially released the Eee PC 900, the larger, 8.9-inch version of its popular micro notebook. The larger-screened system not only ups the screen resolution from 800x480 to 1024x600 but represents ASUS' fastest and most feature-laden version.

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