PICTURE: Cessna crashes into street in Yao, Japan (1)
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A Cessna aircraft crashed onto a busy street in Yao, a business district in western Japan, earlier today. Authorities say that there were two occupants who have been injured but no pedestrians were hurt. © PA Photos
Chicken Poop Lip Balm - Mmmmm (1)
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All-Natural Lip Balm Even Has Us Worried Treehugger likes poop – from chicken-poop power stations to worm poop fertilizer, there are lots of ecological uses for what others see as waste. But even I must admit to being a little concerned when I came across this “Chicken Poop Lip Balm”. We knew it contained lots of yummy goodness, like beeswax and orange oil, but what about the less than appetizing name? ...
Xavier Rudd: Dark Shades of Blue (1)
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By: Trevor Pour Occasionally I encounter a work that so eloquently describes the human condition that my futile attempts to capture its essence in a review seem almost absurd. This album is one such work. Xavier Rudd's Dark Shades of Blue (released August 19 on Anti) is an absolute tour de force and unequivocally his most powerful work to date. Listeners will immediately sense a change in tone; There's a heavy, brooding element to most ...
I'm a Medical Mystery (2)
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Tonight (8/19/08) on ABC's series Medical Mysteries, airing at 10 pm EST in the US, I'll be included for about ten seconds. The segment is about people who have my bizarre speech problem called spasmodic dysphonia.With spasmodic dysphonia your voice functions differently in every speaking context. People who have this condition generally can't order a pizza over the telephone but can speak perfectly to their cat. Ironically, the context in which I can speak best ...
HoffSpace: the new social network by David Hasselhoff (4)
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In my travels round the world I have always been surprised that no matter where I go people recognize and know me, from Europe, Australia and India to the Philippines and the Zulu Nation in South Africa. This got me thinking... I realized that while two people from two entirely different countries and backgrounds may seem to have nothing in common, the only thing they might have in common is me... So I decided to ...
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Jamfris said:
David Hasselhof se da cuenta que vaya donde vaya la gente le reconoce... ergo, crea una red social, para que todos aquellos que no tienen nada más en común (en principio) salvo él, puedan hablar... de él, claro.
So Fake Steve and Real Steve walk into a bar … (3)
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Apologies for the hiatus and much love to all who wrote in asking me where I was and what the hell I thought I was doing taking time off. Seriously, I felt the love. Anyway, I’ve been skiing in Chile for the past few weeks and mostly out of reach of the Interwebs but the highlight of my trip was the frantic (and I mean frantic) emails from Valleywag trying to find out if this ...
60-Year-Old Cold Case Solved in Alaska (1)
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Nine years of sleuthing, advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques have finally put a name to a mummified hand and arm found in 1948 in an Alaska glacier. They belonged to Francis Joseph Van Zandt, a 36-year-old merchant marine from Virginia who died in a plane crash on Mount Sanford.
Manhunt chairman told to stop backing McCain [Sex Trade] (1)
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Cruising for no-strings-attached relations with power players? That's what Manhunt's gay users thought they were getting from each other, not from Manhunt founder Jonathan Crutchley. Crutchley made a $2,300 donation to the hetero-lovin' McCain campaign, which sparked a minor mutiny on the sex site that made him rich, leading to his resignation as chairman. At least he got his money back from McCain, who wanted to do nothing from gay-hookup bucks. Honestly: We thought sugar ...
Gordo Takes over Sirius (1)
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Former Phish bass player Mike Gordon to take over SIRIUS' Jam_On Channel Mike Gordon SIRIUS' Jam_ON, the channel devoted to jam band music, will welcome former Phish bass player Mike Gordon as a guest DJ on Monday, August 25 from 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. ET. Gordon will personally introduce some of his favorite songs, including songs he has covered, Phish originals, as well as some never-before heard demos and jam sessions. The special will ...
Safe Sex Ringtone for India, Funded by Bill and Melinda Gates [Ringtones] (2)
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In order to thwart the spread of HIV in India, "condom a cappella" has been released by an organization that's funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A ringtone that's meant to promote safe sex, we thought that it might consist of a crying babies, nasty bodily functions or soliloquies from one's parents, but instead the ringer is a chant of "condom, condom!" And as everyone knows, if people chant a word on a ...
Meet the Law Firm That Acts Like a Startup (2)
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"I suspect we're hated," says John Quinn, flashing a small but satisfied smile. Quinn is exaggerating, but not by much. He's the lead partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, an offbeat Los Angeles -- based law firm that has been stepping on a lot of white-shod toes in its ascent to -- some might say assault on -- the highest stratum of the elite corporate legal community. "It's sort of a mix of ...
College Presidents Seek Lower Drinking Age (1)
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College presidents from about 100 of the nation's universities are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 because the higher age encouranges dangerous binge drinking.
Look, its Katie Couric in a Digg T-shirt -- what? [Gaming The System] (9)
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CBS hired anchor Katie Couric to turn return its news division to ratings glory. Didn't happen. So like any good media organization in the 21st century, CBS has resorted to good old-fashioned Diggbaiting. Below a video of Couric in her office, sporting a Digg T-shirt and reading a script — "Oh, hi everybody! Nice to see you. Welcome to CBS News. Sorry about my mess." Putting a woman in well-cut Digg clothing is a trick ...
