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Breaking News: President Barack Obama Charged with conspiracy kill Rush Limbaugh (satire)

Washington D.C.(March 11th)- President Barack Obama was charged late last night with conspiracy to commit murder. The charges in question focus on a terrible plot to assassinate Rush Limbaugh.

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Savy consumption in the attention economy

"...in an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.

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Hacking Digital Fingerprints: MD5 cracked!

Sensitive online documents, such as certificates that vouch for banking sites, bear "digital fingerprints" that identify them without revealing their contents. The fingerprints are produced from the documents' contents by algorithms that are supposed to be irreversible.

Patients Seeking Health News On Internet More Likely To Receive Latest Treatments

A new analysis finds that when colorectal cancer patients seek out health information from the internet and news media, they are more likely to be aware of and receive the latest treatments for their disease.

Are We Really Nostalgic for the Great Depression?

The Washington policy debates of the last week would almost make a casual observer believe that the nation's political leadership is in fact nostalgic for the good old days of the Great Depression when the country suffered double-digit unemployment for a decade.

Clean Nuclear Fission: The biggest story of the decade?

Traveling-Wave Reactor: A new reactor design could make nuclear power safer and cheaper, says John Gilleland. Enriching the uranium for reactor fuel and opening the reactor periodically to refuel it are among the most cumbersome and expensive steps in running a nuclear plant.

Physical Fitness Improves Spatial Memory, Increases Size Of Brain Structure

When it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown that bigger is usually better.

Tiny Electric Cars Are Coming

French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën kicked off the Geneva Motor Show this morning by announcing that it is pursuing a deal with Mitsubishi Motor to develop a compact electric car for sale in Europe next year.

Health Care Reform Is Needed Now More than Ever

With the U.S. economy's downward spiral still accelerating and the federal government looking at its largest budget deficits since World War II, some are saying that this is not the time to expand health care coverage to all Americans.

The United States and Bolivia: A New Beginning?

With the Obama administration's policy towards Venezuela pretty much decided, and the embargo on Cuba considered untouchable because no one is willing to risk losing support among Cuban Americans in the swing state of Florida, that leaves Bolivia as a left government in the re …

Carbon Dioxide Drop And Global Cooling Caused Antarctic Glacier To Form

Global climate rapidly shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with massive ice sheets on Antarctica about 34 million years ago.

Ahmadinejad says "Christianity is a religion of peace" (satire)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, said on Friday "Christianity is a religion of peace.

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Predictors of Sexual Satisfaction

A satisfying sex life is an important element of overall health and quality of life. The media plays an important role in shaping adolescents' physical appearance ideals and promoting a "perfect body" to the young as a means to achieve sexual success.

Facebook Draws Up a Bill of Rights

Last week's scandal over Facebook's updated terms of service produced a big reaction from the social network today: Facebook is now promising to let users comment on all changes to policy and, in some cases, vote on them.

Why the Next Firefox Upgrade Matters

Last weekend, Mozilla evangelist Christopher Blizzard showed off some of the features that will appear in the next version of Firefox at the Southern California Linux Expo.

Great Lake's Sinkholes Host Exotic Ecosystems Akin To Iced-over Antarctic Lakes

As little as 20 meters (66 feet) below the surface of Lake Huron, the third largest of North America's Great Lakes, peculiar geological formations—sinkholes made by water dissolving parts of an ancient underlying seabed—harbor bizarre ecosystems where the fish typical of the  …

A Zero-Emissions City in the Desert

Outside Abu Dhabi City in the United Arab Emirates construction has already began on Masdar, a $15 billion dollar investment by the Abu Dhabi Government to create a zero-waste, zero-emission city. It is slated to be done 2016.

10 Emerging Technologies 2009

Each year, Technology Review chooses 10 emerging technologies with the potential to change lives around the world. Some of this year's choices, such as paper-based medical tests and intelligent software that acts as a personal assistant, could reach the market within a year.

The Solution to the Budget Deficit

Peter Peterson is coming to get your Social Security and Medicare. Peterson was the Commerce Secretary in the Nixon administration. He then went on to make billions of dollars as one of the top executives at the Blackstone Group, a private equity fund. Mr.

Hackers Struggle with Browser Compatibility

It turns out that one of the biggest issues they had was browser compatibility. Yestrumskas told me that the two had working code running on Safari, but that, as he tested it and made a few tweaks, for an unexplained reason the attack just stopped working.

Bad news: Ocean Less Effective At Absorbing Carbon Dioxide

In the Southern Indian Ocean, climate change is leading to stronger winds, which mix waters, bringing CO2 up from the ocean depths to the surface. This is the conclusion of researchers who have studied the latest field measurements carried out by CNRS's INSU, IPEV and IPSL.

Life on Mars?

Data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) suggest the discovery of ancient springs in the Vernal Crater, sites where life forms may have evolved on Mars, according to a new report.This means that we may find evidence of life on Mars very soon.

Rescuing America's Homeowners: an overview of the President's proposal

Of the 52 million US homeowners with a mortgage, more than a quarter -- nearly 14 million -- are underwater. They owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth.

What's Wrong With a Tax Cut that Shortens Work Hours?

Everyone knows that a policy that makes sense has no chance in Washington, but let's try.

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