Those of you who have been reading the site for a while will remember our coverage of the murder of Sean William Kennedy outside a Greenville, South Carolina bar in 2007. He was punched to the ground by Andrew Moller in the parking lot while Moller used anti-gay slurs. Kennedy never recovered from his injuries. Upon his sentencing, Fox Carolina reported: "Moller was originally charged with murder in the case. However, in November 2007 a ...

GOD, NO: George Bush Sr. would love to see Jeb in the White House too. HARRY REID: No regrets about calling George W. Bush the worst president ever. DICKS: Anderson Cooper talks about his New Years Eve with Kathy Griffin. SPOTLIGHT: Sordid Lives: The Series' Jason Dottley gets worked up over Jennifer Hudson's single. Check out our previous guides to the Tube here.

FOX News' Twitter account just reported some important breaking news: Bill O'Reilly is gay. Unless their next Twitter is "Fox News was hacked," we'll take the bad spellers for their word. UPDATE: And it appears they've gone and removed the work of the interloper. The site's lead twitter has returned to "Turkey Taco Lettuce Wraps." UPDATE II: Rick Sanchez of CNN also hacked: UPDATE III: Looks like Britney Spears' Twitter was briefly hacked as well. ...

A bad word?Text message someone an article with the word "gay" in the title from the New York Times' mobile website, and they may be a bit confused as to what you're sending them.That's because the service replaces every instance of "gay" in a headline with the word "beep".My friend Al sent a message to me on New Years Eve containing a link to Frank Rich's recent column about Rick Warren, and it arrived with ...

Here is today’s collection of links and things that have come my way in between marking. First off is something that makes me feel less guilty about giving you lots of links to work with. Gina Chen at Save the Media notes that linking was missing from list of 10 Tips for Journalists Who Blog, and posts about why it’s so important. It is, it really is. One thing I’m asked A LOT by journalists ...

Edwin Cameron, a justice on South Africa's Supreme Court, has been appointed by South African President Mothlanthe to the Constitutional Court, the nation's highest court. Cameron has been particularly vocal on the subject of HIV/AIDS: "Praised by Nelson Mandela as 'one of South Africa's new heroes', Judge Cameron was the first judge to disclose that he was HIV-positive." Hunter of Justice writes: "A former Rhodes Scholar who became a human rights lawyer, Judge Cameron is ...

It is now almost evident that 2009 will be a year of recession and crisis. All indicators are down for the US economy and world’s economy is falling with it. Mainstream media presents governments’ actions as a heroic struggle to keep things running, while in fact things they do - mass bailouts, aid packages, 0% interest rates, printing dollars (and other currencies) - just make the problem worse. This situation has a broad & long ...

There is a lot of machinima videos out there that make you giggle and snort, a few make one just think about the mad creative skills that people must have. The Craft of War: BLIND from percula on Vimeo. Related Posts Weekly PC Sales: Left 4 Dead Rises World of Warcraft tops most played list of 2008 Lord of the Rings: Conquest Demo on XBL Star Trek Lore Update - Path To 2409: 2384 The ...

No doubt many of you saw Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin on New Years Eve. Anderson spent much of the night giggling nervously about just what might fly from between Griffin's lips next (such as calling Tom Cruise a "truckload of crazy" after his very sincere 'Happy New Year' shout-out) Perhaps it was too early in the evening for a "crack" about CNN's Richard Quest, whose drunken report from London nearly caused the Griffin to ...

I have been reflecting back on 2008 today, as well as making some plans for 2009. As I look back on 2008, some amazing things happened for me both personally and professionally. Here are some of the high points: At the top of the list, the birth of our second son, Will, in June. We are now blessed to have two beautiful young boys (both still in diapers. Oh joy). I spent a little less ...

Just before Christmas, George W. Bush signed a bill called the The Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA) which, among other things, "makes it mandatory for businesses to roll over retirement benefits to a same-sex partner in the event of the employee’s death." According to the Minnesota Independent, "Previously, employers could decline and surviving same-sex partners would have to pay tax on the inheritance of the deceased partner’s retirement savings. Legally married ...

How parents react to new of their child's sexual orientation has a huge impact on the chances that child might commit suicide, experience depression, or use drugs, a new study reveals. Among the findings: "...the study showed that teens who experienced negative feedback were more than eight times as likely to have attempted suicide, nearly six times as vulnerable to severe depression and more than three times at risk of drug use." "One of the ...

Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin will reprise their ringing in of the new year tonight. Plus, Griffin's appearance last night on Larry King. Watch all the clips, AFTER THE JUMP... Larry King Live:

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A suburban Chicago assistant high school principal and a member of the Blue Man Group were arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for public indecency on Monday night on Chicago's North Side lakefront. The Chicago Sun Times reports: "Darren Stephens, 45, of the 1400 block of West Leland Avenue and Michael Pressler, 48, of the 1700 block of North Halsted Street were arrested without incident about 5:45 p.m. in the 4500 block of North Simonds ...

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按：由于校内网的日志不带搜索功能的。怕以后找不到了，就转贴了过来。 五条堀孝（Takashi Gojobori）的分享 2008-12-11 18:42 | (分类:默认分类) by 郑勤思 两周前，和五条堀孝（ Takashi Gojobori ）教授一起午餐，期间给我建议若干，在此分享给各位有志于科研的人：（ 五条堀孝的简介见文章最后） "If you want to win Nobel Prize, choose a real problem to solve. Don't choose a project that will last for more than 10 years, since it may be too difficult to solve; and don't work on a project for shorter than 5 years, because those are too easy, and not important enough." "You need to work very very hard. We ...

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Here are some of its hirsute denizens, including one who could possibly be the cousin of Jack Twist. (via kempt)

I have recently applied and been accepted as a member of the Fedora Ambassadors. I am excited about this because it finaly allows me to contribute something back to the distrobution that sold me on Linux. I am not coder and do not plan to be one so knowing i can make a difference in the Fedora Project by educating others on the finer points of Fedora is dear to me and gives me a ...