Australian Man Gunned Down in Driveway by Killer Robot

An 81-year-old Australian man has shot himself dead with an elaborate suicide robot built using plans he downloaded from the Internet.

Couple returns to find home converted into grow house

A Lehigh Acres couple who left their home in the care of a house sitter returned this week to find their home converted into a marijuana grow house.

High-Tech Roller Coaster Will Hover Over Heads At Orlando Theme Park...

Arthur C. Clarke's last interview

IEEE Spectrum has published the last interview with the late, great Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Spectrum editor Harry Goldstein emailed me, "In January, we sent Saswato Das to Sri Lanka to interview Clarke, who was in the hospital at the time. We were planning on putting the article and the audio up tomorrow ...

Fun sticker: "Toilet cameras are for research"

I snapped a photo of this sticker in one of the restrooms at Ritual Coffee Roasters in San Francisco's Mission District. There used to be one just like it posted above a small hole in the wall in the other restroom. That sticker was removed though once the hole was patched to, er, block the camera's ...

AP: Viruses found pre-installed in tech gadgets

The next electronic gadget you buy could come with a pre-installed virus. NBC2 Consumer Investigator Paul LaGrone found out how and why these viruses are popping up on computers before you even buy them.

Public input wanted on proposed pier

Easier access to fishing could be on its way to Vanderbilt Beach. Collier County leaders want to know whether you're in favor of putting up a new pier. NBC2’s Adam Freeman found out where the money for the proposed plan would come from.

Arthur C. Clarke, 90, Science Fiction Writer, Dies - New York Times

CBC.caArthur C. Clarke, 90, Science Fiction Writer, DiesNew York Times - 6 hours agoBy GERALD JONAS Arthur C. Clarke, a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age, died early Wednesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since 1956.Writer ...

New Retailer Data Breach May Affect Thousands of Shoppers

An unnamed major retailer's security breach may have exposed hundreds of thousands of consumers in the northeastern U.S. to fraud.

Questionaut

Questionaut is a beautiful click game where you answer and collect elementary-level questions. From the picture, you may have guessed it’s from Amanita Designs (yes, the Samorost people). I wish I had all day to play! Link -via Metafilter

Fetch

(YouTube link) Jerry doesn’t have to wait for anyone to throw the ball. He has a computerized ball-launcher he can reload himself! -via Digg

Owl Threat Response

(YouTube link) One owl has a repertoire of responses to different threats. He can make himself big, make himself small, or just ignore the enemy. Although he was in no real danger, I felt sorry for the little guy. -via Everlasting Blort

Sinbad the Liger

Liger - The most amazing home videos are here

Finding the most beautiful woman in Italy.

ItaliaUploaded by pocarisweater How can one find the most beautiful woman in Italy? A Japanese expert determined the following 4 steps: 1) Find a random woman on the street. 2) Ask that woman to introduce the film crew to a more beautiful friend. 3) Have that more beautiful friend introduce the ...

Pharmacy manager's mistake could have killed toddler

When you pick up a prescription, you trust that the pharmacist has given you exactly what the doctor ordered, but as NBC2's Amie McLain explains, one local pharmacist made a big mistake and put a young child in danger.

FOX411: Paul McCartney Wins, Heather Mills Loses

Heather Mills' long campaign to extort millions from Paul McCartney has come to an end.

Forensic Experts at Manson Site: Dig

Battle in Tibet Spills into Online Arguments

Chinese bloggers and sites fill the dearth of news about Tibetan riots.

Strickland says state education chief is ''not a good manager''

CINCINNATI: Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland criticized Ohio's top education official, Superintendent Susan Zelman, in an interview Thursday with The Cincinnati Enquirer's editorial board.

Law banning alcohol sales too vague to enforce

It will be business as usual this weekend for bars in downtown Fort Myers. That wasn't the case last Sunday when a group of officers went door-to-door, enforcing a little-known law. The police chief says the officers weren’t acting on his orders.