EdailyDeal: What you're going to be listening to during the zombie apocalypse
Franken declared Senate winner, Coleman concedes
Government Politics - Chet - 29 Comments
Tags: Recount, Minnesota, Al Franken, Norm Coleman, Still isnt funny
07/02/09 -  -  - (Link)
Democrat Al Franken, a satirist turned politician, was declared the winner of a Senate seat in Minnesota on Tuesday, clearing the way for President Barack Obama's party to secure a critical 60-seat majority in the Senate.
Dan Choi ordered out of US military for announcing his homosexuality
Government Military - RomancingTrain - 71 Comments
Tags: protest, homosexuality, army, Don Ask Don Tell, outed himself
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
An Iraq war veteran has been ordered out of the US military after publicly announcing his homosexuality in a direct challenge to the army’s controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Python strangles girl, 2, in Sumter County
Death - bobbarker - 4 Comments
Tags: florida, Python, 2-year-old girl, non-venomous, strangle to death
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
A 2-year-old girl was strangled by an albino Burmese python more than 8-feet long early this morning in this rural community just west of The Villages, according to authorities.
Officials with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it's likely this may be the state's first case of a non-venomous constrictor snake causing a death.
Ant mega-colony takes over world
Living Nature - Eurhetemec - 28 Comments
Tags: ants, colonization, global domination, Phase IV, GJ Humanity
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.
Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same interrelated colony, and will refuse to fight one another.
Chip in soap causes panic
Science Faulty Study - BakWoodz - 4 Comments
Tags: india, panic, CHIP, soap, data collection
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
People of a village near Bajpe were in a panic, after they found a chip resembling a pen drive in their toilet soaps.
As rumours spread that the chip was a bomb or was inserted to make blue films, the villagers made a beeline to the police station. Police investigated and found that the chip was installed for collecting data.
Cold War: Drug Gangs Urban Battles Rattle the Great White North
Crime Violent - Sean Robinson - 0 Comments
Tags: Drug War, vancouver, gang violence, Red Scorpions, future martial arts movie plots
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
Mexico's crackdown puts the squeeze on cocaine dealers in British Columbia. Up here, as the violence grows, bodies pile up.
Reporting from Abbotsford, Canada -- The latest mayhem started at the end of March, when 21-year-old Sean Murphy, a popular former high school hockey player, drove into a withering blast of gunfire near Bateman Park. He was probably dead before his car coasted to a stop in the weeds.
Nearly one in five Italians trusts sorcerers: watchdog
Living Weird - enki don't - 11 Comments
Tags: Italy, sorcerers, astrologers, healers, broken hearts
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
Nearly 18 percent of the Italian population -- 11 million people -- trusts self-styled sorcerers and healers, a consumer watchdog said in a report Monday.
Brain's response muted when we see other races in pain
Science - enki don't - 16 Comments
Tags: pain, race, empathy, cognitive neuroscience, ethnicity
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
The brain is not an equal opportunities organ, it seems. An imaging study of Chinese and Caucasian people has found that their brains respond less strongly to the pain of strangers whose ethnicity is different when compared with strangers of their own race.
Arizona approves bill allowing guns in bars
Government Laws - brujas y mothman - 4 Comments
Tags: arizona, bad ideas, Second Amendment, bars, gun rights
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
The Arizona Senate has given final approval to a bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun into a business that serves alcohol.
Man uses nail clippers in DIY circumcision
Living Health - raith - 3 Comments
Tags: circumcision, DIY, nail clippers, brave idiot
07/02/09 - - - (Link)
A man who gave himself a DIY circumcision using nail clippers was taken to hospital for emergency treatment.
The young man had to be rushed to the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The wound was disinfected to cleanse it before he was given a bed in an observation ward.
U.S. Fortifies Hawaii to Meet Threat From Korea
Followup - enki don't - 20 Comments
Tags: North Korea, Nukes, Hawaii, long-range missiles, floating radar
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
The U.S. is moving ground-to-air missile defenses to Hawaii as tensions escalate between Washington and Pyongyang over North Korea's recent moves to restart its nuclear-weapon program and resume test-firing long-range missiles.
Original Story:
Obama: U.S. ready for possible N.Korea missile launch
Panel Recommends Ban on Percocet and Vicodin
Living Health - EVILdogshu - 24 Comments
Tags: ban, painkillers, liver damage, Percoce, Vicodin
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the world, because of their effects on the liver.
The two drugs combine a narcotic with acetaminophen, the ingredient found in popular over-the-counter products like Tylenol and Excedrin. High doses of acetaminophen are a leading cause of liver damage, and the panel noted that patients who take Percocet and Vicodin for long periods often need higher and higher doses to achieve the same effect.
H1N1 flu (Swine flu) linked to French fries sold in fast food restaurants
Science Faulty Study - enki don't - 33 Comments
Tags: russia, French fries, Fast Food, influenza, H1N1
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
Russian researchers have made a link between the H1N1 flu and the French fries that are sold in our fast food restaurants. The link sounds a bit far-fetched, but worth investigating. The world of gentically modified foods is extremely secretive and evil in many ways because it undermines our health.
Girl survives jet crash in Indian Ocean
Death Accidental - sannyasin - 4 Comments
Tags: Sole Survivor, Plane Crash, airbus, Yemeni airline, Indian Ocean
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
Yemeni plane was carrying 153 people when it went down in bad weather
A girl was found alive after a passenger jet carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean early Tuesday while trying to land during howling winds on the island nation of Comoros, Yemeni authorities said.
Billy Mays' autopsy shows he died of heart disease, coroner says
Followup - Harry - 0 Comments
Tags: Heart Disease, autopsy, Billy Mays, yelling, celebrocalypse 2009
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
A medical examiner in Florida says Mays, a voluble TV pitchman, showed no evidence of head trauma. Mays said Saturday he had been struck on the head while aboard an airliner that made a rough landing.
Original Story:
Billy Mays is dead
Impressionist, Vegas headliner Fred Travalena dies
Death - ShiftlessRastus - 0 Comments
Tags: obituary, celebrocalypse 2009, Fred Travalena, man of a thousand voices, impressions
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
Impressionist Fred Travalena, a headliner in Vegas showrooms and a regular on late-night talk shows with his takes on presidents, crooners and screen stars, has died in Los Angeles. He was 66.
Fort Worth residents protest raid on gay nightclub
Government - Xiphias - 31 Comments
Tags: texas, protest, homophobia, gay bar, police raid
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
A crowd of more than 100 protesters chanted "No more!" from the steps of the Tarrant County Courthouse Sunday evening as they demanded an investigation into a police raid earlier in the day at a gay night club.
Extra:
"The raid happened to be on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York which began on the night of June 28, 1969, as a protest by gays against police harassment and helped trigger the modern U.S. gay rights movement."
The Pirate Bay Sold for $7.8 Million
Technology - fuse13 - 28 Comments
Tags: copyright, the pirate bay, file-sharing, sold, GGF
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
Today, Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB has announced it has acquired The Pirate Bay website for 60 million SEK, which is roughly the equivalent of 7.8 million dollars.
4 held in Haryana for feeding on half-cremated body
Crime - enki don't - 8 Comments
Tags: india, cremation, booze, cannibalism
07/01/09 - - - (Link)
In a gut-wrenching case, four persons in Palwal town were reportedly caught feeding on a partially-cremated human body on Thursday night.
Gunther von Hagens exhibition criticised over corpse sex display
Science - raith - 29 Comments
Tags: Germany, Gunther von Hagens, plastination, corpse sex, poorly-sourced corpses
06/30/09 - - - (Link)
A new exhibition by controversial anatomist Gunther von Hagens showing two corpses having sexual intercourse has met with criticism.
'Evil' Madoff Gets 150 Years in Epic Fraud
Followup - Harry - 12 Comments
Tags: fraud, Evil, Ponzi Scheme, Bernard L. Madoff, maximum sentence
06/30/09 - - - (Link)
Bernard Madoff, the self-confessed author of the biggest financial swindle in history, was sentenced to the maximum 150 years behind bars for what his judge called an "extraordinarily evil" fraud that shook the nation's faith in its financial and legal systems and took "a staggering toll" on rich and poor alike.
The landmark sentence, one of the stiffest ever given for a white-collar crime, came just six months after Mr. Madoff, a pioneer on Wall Street, allegedly told his sons that his entire business was a massive Ponzi scheme. The penalty sparked a burst of applause in a courtroom packed with victims of the fraud.
Original Story:
Prominent Trader Accused of Defrauding Clients
Other Related Stories:
Complete Bernie Madoff Story
Ruth Madoff says she feels 'betrayed and confused'
Followup - Harry - 8 Comments
Tags: fraud, too little too late, Bernard L. Madoff, Ruth Madoff, stand by your man
06/30/09 - - - (Link)
"I am breaking my silence now, because my reluctance to speak has been interpreted as indifference or lack of sympathy for the victims of my husband Bernie's crime, which is exactly the opposite of the truth," Madoff said in a statement issued through her lawyer.
Original Story:
The Loneliest Woman in New York
Jani's at the mercy of her mind
Living Health - B. Weed - 151 Comments
Tags: schizophrenia, imaginary friends, Jani, juvenile mental illness, 400-the-Cat
06/30/09 - - - (Link)
It's been a rough week. A few days ago, at UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, 6-year-old Jani toppled a food cart and was confined to her room. She slammed her head against the floor, opening a bloody cut that sent her into hysterics. Later, she kicked the hospital therapy dog.
Jani normally likes animals. But most of her animal friends -- cats, rats, dogs and birds -- are phantoms that only she can see. January Schofield has schizophrenia. Potent psychiatric drugs -- in doses that would stagger most adults -- seem to skip off her. She is among the rarest of the rare: a child seemingly born mentally ill.
Extra:
With video.
Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern's Views on Homosexuality Ignite Controversy Again
Government Politics - brujas y mothman - 95 Comments
Tags: Oklahoma, homosexuality, separation of church and state, economic crisis, Sally Kern
06/29/09 - - - (Link)
An Oklahoma lawmaker is once again drawing criticism from gay and lesbian groups from across the nation.
State Representative Sally Kern, and a host of other lawmakers, civic and religious leaders, will gather at the State Capitol next month to sign the "Oklahoma Citizen's Proclamation for Morality."
The proclamation urges Oklahoma residents to acknowledge the need for a national awakening of righteousness, but critics say Rep. Kern is again mixing politics and religion.
Extra:
Article contains video and a link to the Oklahoma Morality Proclamation pdf.
Original Story:
Oklahoma Lawmaker: Gays More Dangerous Than Terrorists
Church creates stir with gay exorcism video
Living Religion - Xiphias - 126 Comments
Tags: homosexuality, Church, Connecticut, Exorcism, homosexual demons
06/29/09 - - - (Link)
The video shows the 16-year-old boy lying on the floor, his body convulsing, as elders of a small Connecticut church cast a "homosexual demon" from his body.
Collecting Transformers can be a serious hobby
Living - ULTRA PEANUT - 20 Comments
Tags: robots, Geeks, toys, transformers, hobby
06/29/09 - - - (Link)
In between tapping out his grad school dissertation on his laptop, Cenate Pruitt recharges the noggin. Sitting on the living room sofa, he reaches over and grabs something from an end table to help clear the fog.
The 29-year-old Decatur man is playing with toys. More specifically, Transformers, the robots in disguise that morph into vehicles and other objects.
Unclear what happens to personal info with Clear
Government Bureaucracy - Harry - 4 Comments
Tags: privacy, identity theft, personal information, TSA, Verified Identity Pass Inc.
06/29/09 - - - (Link)
More than a quarter million people are wondering what will happen to their fingerprints, social security numbers, home addresses and other personal information now that a company that sped them through airport security is out of business.
Government officials are wondering too.
The sudden shutdown of the Clear program, run by Verified Identity Pass Inc., this week has raised more concerns about who keeps our personal information, how well it's protected from theft and whether it could be sold to the highest bidder.
Grant System Slows Cure for Cancer
Science - Foolish Motorcycle Accident - 30 Comments
Tags: cancer, funding, research, grants, playing it safe
06/29/09 - - - (Link)
Among the recent research grants awarded by the National Cancer Institute is one for a study asking whether people who are especially responsive to good-tasting food have the most difficulty staying on a diet. Another study will assess a Web-based program that encourages families to choose more healthful foods.
[...]
The cancer institute has spent $105 billion since President Richard M. Nixon declared war on the disease in 1971. The American Cancer Society, the largest private financer of cancer research, has spent about $3.4 billion on research grants since 1946.
Yet the fight against cancer is going slower than most had hoped, with only small changes in the death rate in the almost 40 years since it began.
Coup in Honduras forces president Zelaya into exile
Crime - Cosmonaut - 8 Comments
Tags: Kidnapped, constitution, coup, Honduras, President Manuel Zelaya
06/29/09 - - - (Link)
Troops in Honduras oust the president and fly him to Costa Rica after a power struggle over plans to change the constitution.
After arriving in Costa Rica, deposed President Manuel Zelaya said he had been kidnapped by soldiers in a "coup".
New Border Fear: Violence by a Rogue Militia
Crime Violent - Foolish Motorcycle Accident - 9 Comments
Tags: armed robbery, racism, Minutemen, rogue militia, no mexican food or else
06/29/09 - - - (Link)
“Somebody just came in and shot my daughter and my husband!” the woman shouted to the 911 dispatcher. “They’re coming back in! They’re coming back in!”
Multiple gunshots are then heard on a tape of the call.
The woman, Gina Gonzalez, survived the attack after arming herself with her husband’s handgun, but both he and their 10-year-old daughter died.
Billy Mays is dead
Death - Magical Man from Happy-Land - 63 Comments
Tags: infomercials, Billy Mays, yelling, celebrocalypse 2009, pitchman
06/28/09 - - - (Link)
Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday, FOX News confirms.
Extra:
Billy Mays Videos on poeTV
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Filipino inmates in `Thriller' video stage tribute
Music News - B. Weed - 3 Comments
Tags: Michael Jackson, Thriller, Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center
06/28/09 - - - (Link)
The Filipino inmates who shot to global fame with a YouTube video of their "Thriller" dance swayed and stomped again Saturday in a behind-bars tribute to their idol, Michael Jackson.
Extra:
Thriller Video as performed by inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center
Free credit report ads: Stop the music!
Business - Harry - 9 Comments
Tags: Credit Cards, false advertising, abusive practices, FreeCreditReport.com, annoying commercial jingles
06/28/09 - - - (Link)
The new credit card reform law is full of good consumer protections, but here’s one you might not know about: It’s going to require companies like FreeCreditReport.com (owned by credit bureau Experian) to clearly state that their services aren’t actually free.
Extra:
Link to official web site AnnualCreditReport.com. The free credit report provided for by federal law.
Original Story:
Congress passes credit card curbs
Student Strip Search Illegal
Followup - Harry - 69 Comments
Tags: drugs, school, Supreme Court, strip-search, constitutional rights violation
06/28/09 - - - (Link)
Arizona school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old girl when they strip-searched her on the suspicion she might be hiding ibuprofen in her underwear, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The decision put school districts on notice that such searches are "categorically distinct" from other efforts to combat illegal drugs.
Extra:
Justice Clarence Thomas was the lone dissenter. "Judges are not qualified to second-guess the best manner for maintaining quiet and order in the school environment," he wrote.
Original Story:
Strip-Search of Girl Tests Limit of School Policy
Arab world mourns Michael Jackson
Music News - pressed peanut sweepings - 8 Comments
Tags: islam, Michael Jackson, Arabs, mourning, cultural barriers
06/28/09 - - - (Link)
A Bahraini royal mourned him publicly, young Lebanese held a candlelight tribute, Egyptian musicians hailed him as an inspiration.
Beyond his global reach, Michael Jackson held a special place in the Muslim world, as one of the first major Western entertainers to break through cultural barriers in the 1980s.
Original Story:
Michael Jackson dies at 50
For Palestinian Forces, a Growing Role in West Bank
Government Laws - EVILdogshu - 2 Comments
Tags: Israel, security, counterterrorism, Palestine, West Bank
06/28/09 - - - (Link)
It began with the smell of smoke at the Ayyoub al-Ansari mosque and a routine call to the local fire department, but over the next six weeks, it developed into a full-fledged counterterrorism operation.
Palestinian security officials, who joined firefighters at the scene, noticed an oddly placed stairwell and found that it led to an underground room stocked with chemicals, guns and a ready-to-go explosives vest. Follow-up arrests and investigation helped uncover a militant safe house and led to a climactic gun battle in late May in which two men from the Islamist Hamas movement -- who had long eluded Israeli capture -- died in a hail of Palestinian fire, according to Palestinian, U.S. and Israeli officials. Three police officers and another resident of the house were also killed.
Invention allows pregnant women to hold models of their unborn babies
Living Art - raith - 123 Comments
Tags: pregnancy, MRI, ultrasound, rapid prototyping, cool keyrings
06/27/09 - - - (Link)
Pregnant women are being given the chance to hold life-size models of their unborn babies, thanks to an invention that converts data from ultrasound and MRI scans.
A tough way to wake up: Man stabbed while urinating, sleepwalking
Crime - enki don't - 5 Comments
Tags: stabbing, Intoxicated, Kansas City, urination, sleepwalking
06/27/09 - - - (Link)
What a wake-up call.
A 24-year-old Kansas City man suffered a stab wound to his face and shoulder Wednesday when his girlfriend allegedly tried to wake him from sleepwalking.
Louisville Church and Guns: Weapons O.K. at Service
Living Religion - memedumpster - 7 Comments
Tags: Kentucky, guns, Christianity, right to bear arms, open carry church service
06/27/09 - - - (Link)
The Rev. Ken Pagano knows what Andy Warhol said about fame, but he has learned firsthand that it can last decidedly longer than 15 minutes. Pagano, pastor of New Bethel Church, an Assemblies of God congregation here in Louisville, Ky., has spent the past few weeks inside an international media maelstrom over his church's upcoming "open carry church service," which is set for this Saturday, June 27. That's when he expects Christians who are both pious and gun-loving to heed his invitation to bring their weapons to church to give thanks for the right to bear arms.
Family of woman killed in crash getting hate calls
Living Disaster - brujas y mothman - 37 Comments
Tags: racists, Washington D.C., Metro, legal immigrant, phone harassment
06/27/09 - - - (Link)
The family of a woman killed Monday is dealing with more than just grief in the aftermath of Metro's deadliest accident in history.
The family of Ana Fernandez says they have been getting hate-filled telephone messages about whether or not Fernandez, a mother of six, was a legal immigrant.
Original Story:
Six dead in D.C. Metro rail crash
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