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Cops: Man kills dog, streaks, pours coffee on head: A man savagely killed a dog, ran naked through a tennis clu.. http://bit.ly/4NA6WM

When You Need a Smoke, You Need a Smoke!: (via PiPress)
A West St. Paul tobacco shop has been hit — literally —.. http://bit.ly/6uTGUd

Facebook to Seppukoo: Die!: Remember Seppukoo, that nifty little service that lets you kill your Facebook ident.. http://bit.ly/7mbpxs

Axon head-mounted camera records what police see when they keep an eye on Mayberry:
Taser International, not c.. http://bit.ly/8QEsFd

HP Ink Costs More Than Human Blood:


As this graph shows, printer ink is rather expensive, and costs more th.. http://bit.ly/7iH5Xl

How calorie-restricted diets fight obesity and extend life span: Scientists searching for the secrets of how ca.. http://bit.ly/5exD5O

Psychologists: Those in power more apt to 'moral hypocrisy': The moral compass of some public figures clearly w.. http://bit.ly/5i6IMu

Kim Peek, inspiration for Rain Man, RIP: Kim Peek, the savant who inspired the film Rain Man, died from a heat .. http://bit.ly/5o3K9B

Diary of a High Functioning Person with Schizophrenia: Elyn Saks is a law professor at the University of Southe.. http://bit.ly/4YJfhg

Fed Up With Facebook Privacy Issues? Here's How To End It All: There isn't a mass exodus from Facebook over the.. http://bit.ly/7XSCzj

Psychologists Find No Evidence Supporting Auditory And Visual Learning: Are you a verbal learner or a visual le.. http://bit.ly/8Ta5g1

The New, Terrifying, No-Electronics US Flight Security Rules [Terror]: That failed terrorist attack yesterday m.. http://bit.ly/4ZmSyU

Tiny, Magical Worlds Inside Toilet Paper Rolls:
We rarely give much thought to the humble toilet paper roll – .. http://bit.ly/58DW9p

Calorie restriction: Scientists take important step toward 'fountain of youth': Going back for a second dessert.. http://bit.ly/7QjudT

Walmart Sued for Secret Bathroom Surveillance: Former and current employees at one Pennsylvania Walmart have fi.. http://bit.ly/8oolyg

Reindeer salesman: Many adults don't believe reindeer exist: "The kids get really excited. I get the strangest .. http://bit.ly/5adFAi

Snow begins piling up; 150 flights canceled at MSP: Already, the storm has dropped 5 to 7 inches of snow on the.. http://bit.ly/8vRH6U

9:30 Club Says Fight the Merger: ‘Sold Out’courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
Last night I got an email from the 9:30 club... http://bit.ly/8fJaKa

If Star Wars had Facebook: Its a good thing that Star Wars was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. It exp.. http://bit.ly/6zlvR9

Desaturated Christmas: Wow! What a perfectly executed desaturated-Santa! Until today, I didn't know such a thin.. http://bit.ly/5j8IY5

Man with 5-inch knife stuck in chest orders coffee
(AP): AP - A 52-year-old man complained only about the col.. http://bit.ly/6NMRVV

Moustache Masterpieces: 10 Sculpted and Bizarre Facial Hair Styles:
To shave or not to shave? With these peopl.. http://bit.ly/5OcKJq

Design Something Every Day!:   As designers, we’re all trying to get better at what we do. We surf the Web dail.. http://bit.ly/4Ho6Z7

New Facebook Clickjacking Attack is on the Loose [WARNING]: A new Facebook clickjacking attack is making the ro.. http://bit.ly/7OK4R8

4 New Images By Street Artist Banksy Appear In London (pics): Four new images by the elusive street artist Bank.. http://bit.ly/53QKAI

Generosity is natural for kind-hearted people: Generous people aren't fighting the urge to screw others over. I.. http://bit.ly/7Kxe4s

Firefox 3.5 passes IE7 as most popular web browser: Shared by OG Web developers the world over sigh with relief.. http://bit.ly/71D58d

How to Get Free Inflight Wi-Fi This Holiday Season: Holiday travel can be a tiresome experience. If you want to.. http://bit.ly/7zuqKs

Bacteria Assemble in Mario Form to Battle Bowser Virus [Science]: Shared by OG Doesn't get much nerdier than th.. http://bit.ly/4obzpn

US prison population could soon drop for first time in 4 decades as states look to cut costs http://bit.ly/5AqL1j

Twin Cities Maker finds a Hack Factory:

Two hacker collectives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have joined f.. http://bit.ly/88O7GL

Federal "Hate Crime" Cases at Highest Level Since 2001: Thomas E. Perez, head of the Justice Department's Civil.. http://bit.ly/7WguGi

In Communist China, no personal Website for you!: In a drastic move to tighten regulations of the Internet, ind.. http://bit.ly/7prBKL

Mexico: 5,000 migrants died on way to US since '94: Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says more tha.. http://bit.ly/5eTf6t

Photos from Copenhagen protests:
Treehugger photographer Matt McDermott happened to be in the right place when.. http://bit.ly/4FLdUW

Bush officials spread bogus rumor blaming Gore on Bin Laden: White House emails reveal that top Bush Justice De.. http://bit.ly/8m2VqM

Hilarious Old Snuggie Ancestor Unearthed [Classic Ads]: Robe scientists have discovered the earliest known Snug.. http://bit.ly/6vrEif

The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]: While covering Facebook's syst.. http://bit.ly/4T4kEg

Major record labels gang up and screw over indie record store: A small indie record store owner in Ottawa, Cana.. http://bit.ly/8okRCL

Looking for Life in the Multiverse: The typical Hollywood action hero skirts death for a living. Time and again.. http://bit.ly/8Wvf1T

Police Beat Back Massed Climate Protesters - New York Times: Globe and MailPolice Beat Back Massed Climate Prot.. http://bit.ly/6ww16E

Three strikes law reintroduced in New Zealand:
The New Zealand government has reintroduced its controversial ".. http://bit.ly/82MUSK

Facebook's Privacy Move Violates Contract With Users: Your name, profile picture, gender, current city, network.. http://bit.ly/8BarwY

Miami to Squatters:If You're Not a Molester,You Gotsta Go: At last count, 140 of the social exiles have lived o.. http://bit.ly/5TUYKP

Men Think Their Dance Moves Improve with Age: The older a man gets, the more he impresses himself with his own .. http://bit.ly/6mVEaV

Black Soot Accelerates Himalayan Glacier Melt: The rapid melting of glaciers in the Himalayas threatens the wat.. http://bit.ly/56D8XF

Scientology: 'The Crusade' Continues [Exclusive]: It turns out the video we posted last week was just one way S.. http://bit.ly/4N5cJf

Photographer beaten, detained in London for being "cocky" to policeman who implies she is a terrorist:

In thi.. http://bit.ly/7PH6NM

Volcanic Eruption Means the Philippines Is Officially Having the Worst Week Ever [They Need Santa]: Between a l.. http://bit.ly/5Y5E3a

Fox to Beck: Maybe You Should Cut Back On the Gold a Little? [Gold]: Something's gone terribly wrong at Fox New.. http://bit.ly/4xBugr

Spend Your Flexible Health Savings Account Now [Tax Time]: Among many other essential year-end money moves, con.. http://bit.ly/8OX4fW

Most Vile Politician in America Hellbent on Vanquishing Muslims, Muslim Congressman [Minnesota Inquisition]: Ly.. http://bit.ly/63up7t

How Monsanto owns and manipulates the world's food supply: Steve Silberman sends us "A major AP expose of how M.. http://bit.ly/7LEyiT

Viruses That Leave Victims Red in the Facebook: Viruses are rampaging through social networking sites, sending .. http://bit.ly/6zyQjb

Denmark: nearly 1000 climate protesters released - The Associated Press: Telegraph.co.ukDenmark: nearly 1000 cl.. http://bit.ly/5AChXw

Iranian men don hijabs in protest at student's arrest: Iranian protesters launch an online campaign to free a s.. http://bit.ly/6KLQpc

Damned Pirates: Hollywood Sets $10 Billion Box Office Record: Claims by the MPAA that illegal downloads are kil.. http://bit.ly/57DfJg

Bad Behavior as a Kid Linked to Early Death in Men: Shared by OG Some consolation for those of who were bullied.. http://bit.ly/752DdP

Taser to Police: Shots to the Chest Could Be Fatal: "For the company to finally acknowledge that these things c.. http://bit.ly/8QoXx5

Budget Cuts Threatening America's Ability to Control the Weather [Climate Control]: Or: How the recession threa.. http://bit.ly/5zxFyH

Alphabet Updated With 15 Exciting New Replacement Letters: NEW YORK—Dynamic, sleek, and sexy is how a panel of .. http://bit.ly/8ysC1p

Livescribe Pulse Smartpen: It's a Keeper: Shared by OG For my journalist friends with a little extra money .. http://bit.ly/5kTaoM

Brilliant frequent flyer miles scheme: At least with the cheese and pudding, you were actually buying perishabl.. http://bit.ly/4OF7Dl

NYT: Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water: Charles Duhigg, reporting for The NYT:


More than 20 percent of the .. http://bit.ly/6FQ5Mg

Don’t have time to crack your neighbor’s WPA? Use this handy online service!:
Polly wanna crack it? So for som.. http://bit.ly/7hPKSF

Rudiments of Language Discovered in Monkeys: A species of monkeys in Africa seem to be combining sounds into va.. http://tinyurl.com/yblbol9

A Romance Flowchart: When Is It Inappropriate to Use Your iPhone? [Humor]: Shared by OG I should probably print.. http://bit.ly/85eHSC

Clashes break out on Greek riot anniversary http://bit.ly/7UzA3v

Iran slows Internet access before student protests http://bit.ly/62ukMT

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Labor Dept: Available Labor Rate Increases To 10.2% http://bit.ly/7jljq8

Athens set for riot anniversary http://bit.ly/7Gmiru

Sprint Revealed Customer GPS Data To Cops Over 8 Million Times (So Far) http://bit.ly/4Hm16k

Smoking first thing 'the worst' http://bit.ly/696qwr

EFF sues feds: tell us how you use Facebook for cyberstalking http://bit.ly/6gNDvg

My $62.47 Royalty Statement: How Major Labels Cook the Books with Digital Downloads [Digital Downloads] http://bit.ly/70FvFW

From the Toilet to the Tap http://bit.ly/7Rklyw

Ex-LA Times Journalists Not Doing So Well [Eek] http://bit.ly/4MledP

Cameroon is web threat hotspot http://bit.ly/5lgvl2

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8 years late: Microsoft finally pushes users to upgrade from IE6 http://bit.ly/69EIxr