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Dr. Manhattan

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Thirdhand Smoke is Real, Will Kill You, Maybe

Thirdhand Smoke is Real, Will Kill You, Maybe

Because we all need an entirely new reason to be scared of/scorn smoking and those who do it, medical experts have come with a way smoking hurts the ones you love long after the cig has hit your ashtray. Or your linoleum floor. Or your lawn.


The key phrase is “thirdhand” smoke, and it’s the toxic contamination from tobacco smoke that remains af...

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Police Kill UW Student Wearing Nazi Uniform

Police Kill UW Student Wearing Nazi Uniform

This exceptionally bizarre story is pretty tragic when all is said and done. Police shot and killed a Wisconsin student this past week because he was dressed like a Nazi and allegedly pointing a WWII bayoneted rifle at them.


But those who knew the student say that he wasn’t a crazy Neo-Nazi, he just loved the past, and dressing up for reenactme...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: This is just an example of culling the herd of the stupid.

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Amityville House Explodes, Ghosts Most Likely Not Involved

Amityville House Explodes, Ghosts Most Likely Not Involved

Most of you know the “Amityville” as half the title of the fairly recent, fairly decent Ryan Reynolds horror vehicle “The Amityville Horror.” Older people might know a more extensive version of the urban legend t hat involved a man killing his entire family, then proceeding to haunt the house for a month along with his victims.


This house has n...

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Every 30GB Zune Frozen at the Exact Same Moment Last Night

@2 above, I'm pretty sure the average Zune user isn't going to be able to successfully do that. And there should probably be a "put back together" guide as well. Posted 12/31/2008 12:58 PM

What Should Microsoft Give Its Zune Customers for the Meltdown?

What Should Microsoft Give Its Zune Customers for the Meltdown?

All the 30GB Zunes in the world are toast. Well, probably. At least there's no solution yet. But if they are all gone forever, what should Microsoft give out as repayment?

Latest comment by Anonymous: "The new xbox 360s don't RROD btw. I know this because Microsoft got around to making a new motherboard before they released the Xbox 360 Elite. Now all new Xbox 360s are RROD proof."

LIES!!! My xbox 360 elite just red ringed last month.

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Every 30GB Zune Frozen at the Exact Same Moment Last Night

Every 30GB Zune Frozen at the Exact Same Moment Last Night

Microsoft is just squeezing in under the wire to claim the rights to “weirdest tech story of the year.”Last night at approximately 2 AM, every 30GB Zune model on the planet crashed at the exact same moment. The Zunes reset, powered up, then froze on the loading bar screen, and no conventional method of resetting them appears to work.


This is br...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: jimmy choo handbag,
gucci handbag

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Jena 6 Alumni Mychal Bell Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Chest

Jena 6 Alumni Mychal Bell Accidentally Shoots Himself in the Chest

Six black guys beat up a white guy in Louisiana after other white kids hung a noose from a tree at their school. That is the one sentence story of the Jena 6 incident, but what followed was a legal controversy that still hasn’t been fully fleshed out to this day


The story is making headlines again today as one of the six, Mychal Bell, has accid...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: the police report says.
Bell's Christmas Eve arrest came after security guards at the shopping center were told Bell and a male friend were seen stuffing clothing into a bag in a menswear

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Brody Jenner's "Bromance" MTV Show to be Your Weekly Dose of Homoeroticism

Brody Jenner's "Bromance" MTV Show to be Your Weekly Dose of Homoeroticism

I honestly can’t express how excited I am for the cavalcade of awesome that is going to be Brody Jenner’s “Bromance.” The Hills star is searching for a new BFF to fill the void left by the pussy-whipped Spencer Pratt. The process involves a jump-through-the-hoops style of competition similar to A Shot of Love With Tila Tequila, except with a bun...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: LMAO...MY sentiments Exactly!

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Herman Rosenblat Fabricated the Greatest Love Story of All Time, Oprah is Seriously Pissed Now

Herman Rosenblat Fabricated the Greatest Love Story of All Time, Oprah is Seriously Pissed Now

I wonder how many other books are out there that have been completely been made up, but no one has ever found out. Maybe Hemingway just stayed inside and watched TV all day. Maybe Kerouac just drove around his subdivision for an hour. Well, Herman Rosenblat could have been a hugely successfully memoir writer as well, but at the last minute has b...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: About these Holocaust hoaxers, Deborah Lipstadt said: "How do you know if Anne Frank is true? How do you know Elie Wiesel is true?"

Interesting questions.


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Are You a Dastardly Internet Pirate? Then You Need to Start Using Vertor

Are You a Dastardly Internet Pirate? Then You Need to Start Using Vertor

A friend recently showed me this site. It’s called Vertor.com and anyone paranoid about downloading torrents because of being tracked by the RIAA, the MPAA or their ISPs should use it. You input the torrent you are thinking about downloading, and it will tell you if it’s been tagged by anyone.


I didn’t think they actually did this, but HBO and ...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Or how about a radical idea? Maybe just pay for whatever you choose to take? Is financial respect for others work that creates product we want to possess and enjoy so old fashioned?

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