Index
Search the entire list and browse in search list
Top News
Government corruption doesn't only affect developing nations with long histories of dysfunction; it happens in nearly every American state (and, famously, the District of Columbia). From perjury and tax evasion to outright bribery, corruption has taken down thousands of elected officials over the past 35 years. Which states are home to the most convictions for government corruption?
Don’t say you haven’t been warned. NASA put out an official document today specifying how close any future spacecraft and astronauts visiting the Moon can come to the artifacts left on the Moon by all US space missions, including the
A swift science activity from Scientific American
Facebook has launched a stand-alone camera application for the iPhone to help people share photos faster and easier on the massive social network, the company announced today.
A man's claim that he had a role in the vanishing of Etan Patz has raised the prospect of a dramatic breakthrough in a landmark missing child case that has haunted New York for decades.
YouTube has launched a Human Rights channel, the company announced Thursday.
According to a recent patent filing.
Conservatives were on the wrong side of history during the Civil Rights Movement.
You spend more time with them than your family but what does your desk mate really think? We spend the equivalent of 11.5 years at work in a lifetime. But do we really know who we’re sitting next to? And do they have any idea about us?
Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny clay seal inscribed with the word "Bethlehem" in what is believed to be the earliest evidence for the existence of the ancient biblical city.
"The first ancient artefact constituting tangible evidence of the existence of the city of Bethlehem, which is mentioned in the Bible, was recently discovered in Jerusalem," a statement Wednesday from the Israel Antiquities Authority said.
The big difference between the official deficit and standard accounting: Congress exempts itself from including cost of retirement perks.
The father and son used a low tech hack—password recovery—to take down the site.
Detroit, whose 139 square miles contain 60 percent fewer residents than in 1950, will try to nudge them into a smaller living space by eliminating almost half its streetlights... As it is, 40 percent of the 88,000 streetlights are broken and the city, whose finances are to be overseen by an appointed board, can’t afford to fix them ... Detroit’s dwindling income and property-tax revenue have required residents to endure unreliable buses and strained police services throughout the city
Bingo!
Meth Labs and Dead Dogs: How the Founder of McAfee Antivirus Went on the Run in Belize2012-05-24T17:59:31Z
It's been a while since I've posted anything. "I've been busy" is everyone's excuse for laziness, but I can't come up with a better one. For those of you who follow the news in Central America, you will know that I am in hiding in an undisclosed location in Belize.
Italian doctors implant titanium pump weighing only 11 grams to keep infant alive until donor was found for transplant
The SpaceX company's Dragon cargo capsule is expected to join up with the International Space Station (ISS). Pedro Hernandez Arrest: Police Announce Arrest Of Etan Patz Case Suspect (VIDEO)2012-05-25T06:36:16Z
NEW YORK — A former convenience store worker confessed to luring 6-year-old Etan Patz from his school bus stop in 1979 and choking him to death in a basement, police said Thursday, ending a three-decades long investigation into one of the nation's most baffling missing-children cases. Pedro Hernandez, 51, of Maple Shade, N.J., was arrested on a murder charge after he told police he promised the boy a soda, took him to his store – just blocks from Etan's lower Manhattan home – and killed him there, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
In recent days The Pirate Bay announced the addition of a new proxy-friendly version of their site supported by a new IP address. This means that customers of ISPs that had previously implemented a court-ordered blockade could now access the site again. In the Netherlands, anti-piracy group BREIN is already battling to have that censored too. However, it seems that some ISPs are refusing to play ball, and several are challenging the entire blockade.
Canada police arrest nearly 700 students CANADIAN police made nearly 700 arrests after mass protests by students in several cities on Wednesday night.
(heraldsun world)
Dirt Showdown review Dirt Showdown is a boisterous and varied racer best enjoyed with friends, writes Tom Hoggins.
(telegraph technology)
NASA time - lapse shows Lyrid meteor shower from space - as well as the Aurora Borealis and lightnin ISS astronauts captured a cameo appearance from the Lyrid metorite shower, as well as lightning and glare from city lights in Florida.
(dailymail sciencetech)
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) ready to install.