Male teacher charged after having 70 'sexual encounters' with student...

Lord of the Rings Online a contender?

Filed under: PC, RPGs, MMOOn Feb. 12 Turbine officially lifted their non-disclosure on Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Early word is that the game is actually a potential contender against the juggernaut known as the World of Warcraft. Turbine has incorporated the best elements from their ...

Just How Many Drinks A Day Is Bad?

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New Zealand fishermen catch rare squid (AP)

AP - A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday.

iPod bikini just as awesome as it sounds

This is Marisa Miller posing in the iPod bikini for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Although it's not really a bikini, just sort of a, uh, iPod. I mean you could cover your crotch with a slice of pie but that doesn't make it a bikini. It does, however, make it a super genius idea.

10 tax breaks not to miss

CNN Money offers a list of lesser-known tax breaks that could save you a few clams this April when it's time to pay up Uncle Sam, including: Home energy efficiency - You can take a 30 percent credit up to $2,000 for the cost of solar water heating or photovoltaic equipment in your home. You can get a ...

Defying gravity in photographs

Here's a neat gallery of people appearing to defy the laws of gravity. Obviously they're just being photographed in mid air, but their poses make for some pretty nice shots. Especially the one with the naked woman spreading her legs. Hmm, I might be looking at the wrong site.

3,000-year-old tombs are found in Egypt (AP)

AP - Archeologists unveiled Tuesday the tombs of a Pharaonic butler and scribe that had been buried in the sand for more than 3,000 years.

March To Be Month of PHP Bugs

PHP writes "Stefan Esser is the founder of both the Hardened-PHP Project and the PHP Security Response Team (which he recently left). During an interview with SecurityFocus he announced the upcoming Month of PHP bugs initiative in March." Quoting: "We will disclose different types of bugs, mainly buffer ...

Forget a four-year degree: In S. Florida, many students take 6 years or more to finish college

Forget about the four-year college student. At most South Florida universities, students are struggling to finish their educations in six years.

Quick Firefox Tip: Single-key search tool

Reader Grant wrote to tell us about Firefox's little-known Quick Find search tool, which you access by pressing the forward slash key (the one that shares space with the question mark). When you press slash (or the apostrophe key), you'll see a little Quick Find field in the lower-left corner of the ...

A Valentine for Perfect Strangers.

On the one hand, this is really silly and even funny in places. On the other hand, it makes me want to adopt this sweet, naive, and lonely cat Otto. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Arbroath

Britain ranked worst for childhood

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Head of Cartoon Network resigns over Aqua Teen stunt

This story somehow got even more ridiculous. Jim Samples, the head of Cartoon Network, has resigned over the terrifying Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie ads. In a statement to employees, Samples said he regrets the...

6 Scarriest Natural Disasters.

There’s nothing quite as frightening as when Mother throws one of her temper tantrums. Mother Nature, that is. And while there’s some comfort in knowing that at least there’s a little science in her madness, the explanations are enough to keep you up at night. 1. Krakatoa’s Really, ...

Google Maps adds subway stations and prominent buildings

Google Maps have quietly added subway stations and prominent buildings to maps of New York City, as well as common nicknames for various streets. This is obviously a very helpful feature; hopefully, they'll roll this out for the rest of the Google Maps cities very soon. Meanwhile, you can check out ...

Guitar Hero Grannies In The Wild

Looks like Brain Age isn't the only things blue haired silver foxes are playing these days. At least, according to read "bick". I was at my local Circuit City and saw two ladies, well over 75, playing the guitar hero 2 game they had set up. I was there for 15 minutes and they were there when I got ...

The Future of Personal Computing ?

Every now and then its fun and interesting to try to theorize where personal computing is, and where its going. Its also important strategically for anyone in the digital content business as I am.I thought I would put some things out there and see what people think.The first step is to look to see how ...

Patricia Piccinini?s Artwork.

In this art collection called "Nest," Patricia Piccinini modeled scooters as cute mother and baby! Link - via Random Good Stuff and Dark Roasted Blend

Culture Bomb: Italian Campari Commercial

Bitter though Campari may be, the sweetness that lies beneath is worth the first wince of surprise…at least in Italy. Americans aren’t ready for this message, so the commercial wasn’t shown here. I like to imagine this getting aired during the Super Bowl and the clamor it would ...