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Naughty dog wall of shame
Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says
Overfished and under-protected: Oceans on the brink of catastrophic collapse
IMF: Gas Prices Don't Reflect True Costs (They suggest the end of subsidies and raising prices. Good story.)
The IMF says that price of gasoline in the U.S. covers the cost of producing and distribution gasoline but it doesn't reflect the costs that gasoline consumption imposes on society.
America's Most Obvious Tax Reform Idea: Kill the Oil and Gas Subsidies
Expose A Blatant Security Hole In AT&T's Servers, Get 3.5 Years In Jail
Supreme Court OKs Discounted Resale Of 'Gray Market' Goods
The 6-3 decision — likely worth billions, even trillions of dollars — could have repercussions that extend from U.S. trade policy to local yard sales.
Hedy Lamarr: Movie star, inventor of WiFi (Not Hedley Lamarr)
Godwin's law
It states given enough time, in any online discussion—regardless of topic or scope—someone inevitably makes a comparison to Hitler or the Nazis.
Lots of Sand sculpture pics
Politics and Business
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Sen. Paul: Obama, Bush ‘lucky’ they weren’t arrested for smoking pot as kids
What Makes A Good Tax Haven? (The US is a great tax haven for foreigners.)
States plagued by fiscal woes rethink their stance on the death penalty
Studies show that administering the death penalty is even more expensive than keeping someone in prison for life. The intensive jury selection, trials and appeals required in capital cases can take over a decade and run up a huge tab for the state. Death row, where prisoners facing execution are kept in separate cells under intense observation, is also immensely costly.
Cost of the Iraq war? 6 Trillion
Since we borrowed to pay for much of the war, we're facing nearing $4 trillion in cumulative interest between now and 2053, according to the 30 researchers who worked on the Costs of War report for Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.
U.S. Probes Abuse Allegations Under Worker Visa Program
Unfit for Work
In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the government.
The federal government spends more money each year on cash payments for disabled former workers than it spends on food stamps and welfare combined. Yet people relying on disability payments are often overlooked in discussions of the social safety net. People on federal disability do not work. Yet because they are not technically part of the labor force, they are not counted among the unemployed.
Bills Would Mandate Warrant for GPS Tracking, Cellphone Location Data
When A Famous Hospital Didn't Want An Expensive New Drug
Zaltrap costs about $11,000 per month — about twice as much as Avastin, Saltz said....After the op-ed ran, Sanofi, the company that co-markets the drug, started offering hospitals a discount of 50 percent on Zaltrap.
Parent of Sandy Hook victim at a hearing
"I don't care if you named it 'James' law,' I don't want (another law)," he said during the first of a series of meetings set up by a legislative task force assigned to review the state's gun laws.
Post analysis of Dow 30 firms shows declining tax burden as a share of profits
'Stop the bull#$%&' in wireless pricing says T-Mobile CEO John Legere
Science and TechnologyUnfit for Work
In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the government.
The federal government spends more money each year on cash payments for disabled former workers than it spends on food stamps and welfare combined. Yet people relying on disability payments are often overlooked in discussions of the social safety net. People on federal disability do not work. Yet because they are not technically part of the labor force, they are not counted among the unemployed.
Bills Would Mandate Warrant for GPS Tracking, Cellphone Location Data
When A Famous Hospital Didn't Want An Expensive New Drug
Zaltrap costs about $11,000 per month — about twice as much as Avastin, Saltz said....After the op-ed ran, Sanofi, the company that co-markets the drug, started offering hospitals a discount of 50 percent on Zaltrap.
Parent of Sandy Hook victim at a hearing
"I don't care if you named it 'James' law,' I don't want (another law)," he said during the first of a series of meetings set up by a legislative task force assigned to review the state's gun laws.
"I think there's much more promise for a solution in identifying, researching and creating solutions along the lines of mental health."
Post analysis of Dow 30 firms shows declining tax burden as a share of profits
'Stop the bull#$%&' in wireless pricing says T-Mobile CEO John Legere
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There are zombies among us (Parasitic mind control. Cooool.)
To Control Asthma, Start With The Home Instead Of The Child
Synesthetes Really Can Taste The Rainbow
These people have synesthesia – a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sense (e.g. taste) produces experiences in a totally different sense (e.g. sight).
‘Salt Sugar Fat,’ by Michael Moss
But there is a much larger segment of America whose members heedlessly eat processed foods that make them overweight and unwell. Michael Moss, a dogged investigative reporter who neither scolds nor proselytizes, is here for them.
Sugary drinks linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide
Why A Hoosier State Scientist Is Stuck On Oysters (What if science could make a glue that sets in a watery environment? Science is cool.)
Ohio School Shooter TJ Lane Laughs, Gives Finger at His Sentencing
Ohio school shooter TJ Lane spewed vile and unprintable words today at the families of three students he killed, gave them the finger and then laughed and smiled as they described him as an animal and a monster.
...Lane arrived at his sentencing hearing today wearing a blue button down shirt. After he sat down, he unbuttoned the shirt to reveal a white T-shirt with the word "killer" emblazoned across the front in black marker.
Creating the All-Terrain Human
A few years ago Jornet ran the 165-mile Tahoe Rim Trail and stopped just twice to sleep on the ground for a total of about 90 minutes. In the middle of the night he took a wrong turn, which added perhaps six miles to his run. He still finished in 38 hours 32 minutes, beating the record of Tim Twietmeyer, a legend in the world of ultrarunning, by more than seven hours.
Famous Veterans: Mr. T (I pity the tree!)
In July 1976 his platoon sergeant punished him by giving him the detail of chopping down trees during training camp at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, but the sergeant did not specify how many trees that were to be cut down -- so Tureaud single-handedly chopped down over 70 trees in the span of three and a half hours before being relieved of the detail.
Andrew Jackson's Big Block of Cheese
"...four feet in diameter and two feet thick, weighed nearly 1400 pounds" After 2 years since the cheese was given as a gift, Jackson threw a party and let 10,000 people eat from the block of cheese. It was gone in 2 hours, but the smell of 2 years of cheese remained.
"A Paterson pastor stalked and terrorized his longtime mistress and colleague before stabbing her 27 times just days before her marriage to another man...She was stabbed in her face, she was stabbed in her neck, she was stabbed in her arm, she was stabbed under her arm, she was stabbed in the chest, she was stabbed in the back, and she was stabbed in the abdomen...[he] insisted it was not a premeditated act and denied he ever wanted to kill Shields.
An admitted Free Stater, Szabo, in an interview with Bedford Patch compared abortion to slavery and said he'd condone the use of deadly force in extreme circumstances pertaining to abortion.
‘Quarantine her!’ Top Tunisian Islamist says topless girl needs stoning
A Tunisian Salafi preacher has called for a 19-year old girl who posted her topless pictures on Facebook to be “quarantined” and stoned to death before she starts “an epidemic.”
Why Grain Storage Bin Rescues Are Risky And Complex
It can 200 rescuers and helps hours to save a person.
High school teacher under investigation for saying “vagina” during anatomy lesson
High school science teacher Tim McDaniel is being investigated by Idaho’s professional standards commission because he allegedly used the word “vagina” while teaching a 10th grade biology lesson on reproduction and anatomy.
Survey: Adults text more than teens while driving
‘Quarantine her!’ Top Tunisian Islamist says topless girl needs stoning
A Tunisian Salafi preacher has called for a 19-year old girl who posted her topless pictures on Facebook to be “quarantined” and stoned to death before she starts “an epidemic.”
Why Grain Storage Bin Rescues Are Risky And Complex
It can 200 rescuers and helps hours to save a person.
High school teacher under investigation for saying “vagina” during anatomy lesson
High school science teacher Tim McDaniel is being investigated by Idaho’s professional standards commission because he allegedly used the word “vagina” while teaching a 10th grade biology lesson on reproduction and anatomy.
Survey: Adults text more than teens while driving
Videos
The First Honest Cable Company (Profanity)
Good Russian Parenting
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Wyoming
Homemade Pencil Case
Fried mice in your fried rice
A dog ate a whole bottle of gorilla glue, this is what we removed from his stomach.
