Iraq’s Depleted Uranium Shells Could Kill 500,000

The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs killed approximately 250,000 people at the end of the second world war; a grim statistic that’s been accepted to be relatively accurate. DU shells, however, are estimated to have claimed 500,000 lives in between 1990 and 2000

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Iraq’s Depleted Uranium Shells Could Kill 500,000

The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs killed approximately 250,000 people at the end of the second world war; a grim statistic that’s been accepted to be relatively accurate. DU shells, however, are estimated to have claimed 500,000 lives in between 1990 and 2000

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Sweden turning sewage into a gasoline substitute

Taking a road trip? Remember to visit the toilet first. This city is among dozens of municipalities in Sweden with facilities that transform sewage waste into enough biogas to run thousands of cars and buses.

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Study Public Schools Just As Good as Private Schools

Students in public schools have math scores that are just as good if not better than those of students in private schools, according to a new national study. The research focused across several years on 9,791 kindergarten through fifth-grade students.

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Forget Gen Y, What Will We See with Gen Z?

My children are growing up in an era of hyper-connectivity. At my son's kindergarten open house today, I saw at least one parent on a Blackberry while taking the tour of the room and the work that the children have done. If I need a phone number or directions, they immediately grab my phone for me. They don't understand why we get phone books

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Is China Building Aircraft Carriers?

A recent flurry of articles regularly cite Chinese plans to rehabilitate the ex-Soviet carrier Varyag, now moored at the port of Dalian, or even the carrier Minsk, moored as a "theme park" at Shenzhen. Other sources allege Chinese plans to build up to six aircraft carriers in the near term.

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kevin spacey is really, really good at impressions

Kevin Spacey does selections from his catalogue of impressive impressions(haha)on Inside The Actor's Studio.

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The Tricky Ethics of Internet Tastemaking

MrBabyMan, a poster to the Web portal Digg.com, has been wildly successful in achieving high-profile positions for his stories, garnering them gigantic readerships. But critics say he's stealing other people's ideas — or, worse, that he's taking money to push the stories he picks.

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10 Great Tips to Save Money on Groceries

I hate #2. "Eat less meat. Protein is up in price and most of us eat more meat than our bodies need (about 50 pounds more meat a year than our grandparents). So cut back on meat and eat more beans and grains (a bag of beans typically costs about a dollar and can feed a whole family)." What am I suppose to do now, put a carrot on the BBQ?

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The 7 Most Annoying People On Digg

Despite being arguably the most mainstream site of its kind, digg.com still is not free of the countless horrors that spawn in the seedy underbelly of the net. Today, we take you on a virtual safari to show you some of the worst species in the digg community.

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Is China Building Aircraft Carriers?

A recent flurry of articles regularly cite Chinese plans to rehabilitate the ex-Soviet carrier Varyag, now moored at the port of Dalian, or even the carrier Minsk, moored as a "theme park" at Shenzhen. Other sources allege Chinese plans to build up to six aircraft carriers in the near term.

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Biofuel crops are new invasive species threat

Damage from invasive species already costs the world more than $1.4 trillion annually. But now a new report says that biofuel crops could also become invasive species -- and that the risk needs to be evaluated before these crops are planted.

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10 Great Tips to Save Money on Groceries

I hate #2. "Eat less meat. Protein is up in price and most of us eat more meat than our bodies need (about 50 pounds more meat a year than our grandparents). So cut back on meat and eat more beans and grains (a bag of beans typically costs about a dollar and can feed a whole family)." What am I suppose to do now, put a carrot on the BBQ?

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Unmanned Spider-Man? SRI's Wall-Climbing Robot (With Video)

Later this week, researchers from the non-profit group SRI International will unveil the design of a wall-climbing robot at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Pasadena, Calif. It can clamber up all common building materials, the scientists told Popular Mechanics—and proved it to us with this exclusive video:

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16 Simple Ways to Improve FriendFeed

Despite my initial skepticism, I am enjoying using FriendFeed. I find interesting stories & news articles from my friends, I hear about news from colleagues, and am able to interact with them all in one place. Below is a list of some simple things Friend Feed could do to easily enhance the overall experience.

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Former Exalted Cyclops of the KKK endorses Obama

Some may say that it is a historic day in politics as Former Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia endorses Senator Barack Obama.

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Obama Set To Achieve Pledged Delegate Majority Tuesday

Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president _ a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses.

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Obama Set To Achieve Pledged Delegate Majority Tuesday

Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president _ a majority of pledged delegates at stake in all the primaries and caucuses.

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10 Healthy Foods for Under $1

Most of us don't need to hear it or read it ... we have felt it in our wallets every time we've gone to the grocery store. But just because food prices are rising doesn't mean you can't make healthy food choices.

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Schools, businesses must adapt to 'thumb generation'

Companies also will have to adapt as Gen Y students begin to flood the workplace over the next three to five years demanding business conducted in an online, multitasking, interactive style.

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Friend [PIC]

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The Most Amazing GCI Musical Instrument Ever [VIDEO]

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SilentJay pissed at Digg

SilentJay calls out Digg users over the treatment of a friend.

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Women Have "No Emotional Feelings" During Orgasm

Say Neuroscientists

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Billions of electronic-eating 'crazy ants' invade Texas

It sounds like the plot of a farfetched science fiction movie. Unfortunately for the residents of Texas, it is very much a reality: billions of tiny reddish-brown ants have arrived onshore from a cargo ship and are hell-bent on eating anything electronic.

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Darvaz: The Door to Hell [PIC]

The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern was filled with gas. So they

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This Geek Flow Chart is Way Too Accurate [PIC]

This geek lifecycle flow chart recently surfaced online and I’m more than a little frightened by how much of it rings true.

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How Much Did Rumsfeld Know?

That decision set up the United States for a failed first year in Iraq. There is no question about it. And I was supposed to believe that neither the Secretary of Defense nor anybody above him knew anything about it? Impossible! Rumsfeld knew about it.

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How Much Did Rumsfeld Know?

That decision set up the United States for a failed first year in Iraq. There is no question about it. And I was supposed to believe that neither the Secretary of Defense nor anybody above him knew anything about it? Impossible! Rumsfeld knew about it.

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Is Microsoft preparing a Zune update?

A reader of a site dedicated to Zune news has posted photos of what are claimed to be new features at Zune's Marketplace, including flash animation and a new video section.

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Baseball star Canseco loses home to foreclosure

Canseco said the foreclosure was not a difficult issue emotionally. But he sympathized with the millions of other Americans who have already lost, or face losing their homes, because of soaring interest rates on sub-prime loans.

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Baseball star Canseco loses home to foreclosure

Canseco said the foreclosure was not a difficult issue emotionally. But he sympathized with the millions of other Americans who have already lost, or face losing their homes, because of soaring interest rates on sub-prime loans.

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The Decline and Fall of Quality on Digg

An extensive study on how quality has started to decline over the years/months on DIGG

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