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Mad Deer Disease May Spread With Saliva

Deer probably spread a brain-destroying illness called chronic wasting disease through their saliva, concludes a study that finally pins down a long-suspected culprit. The key was that Colorado researchers tested some special deer.

Feds Unsure if Mad Cow Safeguards Followed

Investigators could not determine whether beef slaughterhouses and packing plants obeyed safeguards designed to keep mad cow disease from reaching humans, an Agriculture Department audit found.

Steelers' Porter Continues War of Words

Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter isn't scheduled to talk publicly again before the Super Bowl. There's some question about which team is happier: his Steelers or the Seattle Seahawks.

Steelers' Porter Escalates Trash Talk

Steelers linebacker Joey Porter minded his manners and said nothing derogatory about the Seahawks during his first two days at the Super Bowl. That changed Wednesday after Seattle tight end Jerramy Stevens effectively guaranteed a victory.

The Vine

Frankrig sætter nye økologiske mål

Source: okologi.dk

Frankrigs præsident Nicolas Sarkozy har samlet miljøgrupper, virksomheder, fagforbund og politikere i én stor tænketank, der skal gennemføre en grøn revolution på baggrund af en hvidbog om miljø og klima. Tænketanken anbefaler blandt andet, at 20 pct.

Jessica Alba gets Mad sex tape

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Jessica Alba gets Mad sex tape Jessica Alba gets mad at someone. No matter what she does she is cute. Pics were taken nail salon, LA.

Ensom fransk laks

Source: e24.no

Når franskmenn spiser laks, og det skjer hyppig, kommer laksen oftest fra et oppdrettsanlegg i Norge. Men ikke alltid.

Danskernes sult efter bæredygtige fødevarer vokser

Source: okologi.dk

Bæredygtige indkøb får mere og mere indflydelse på udbuddet af varer i butikkerne. En stadigt større del af den danske befolkning vægter kvalitet, smag, dyrevelfærd, og miljøhensyn højere når de køber ind.

Did the Soviets really build a doomsday machine?

Source: Slate

But according to a new book called Doomsday Men and several papers on the subject by U.S. analysts, it may not have been merely a fantasy. According to these accounts, the Soviets built and activated a variation of a doomsday machine in the mid-'80s.

Los Alamos lab delivers first bomb-ready nuke trigger in 18 years

Source: Associated Press

Los Alamos National Laboratory has delivered to the federal government the first plutonium core certified for use in nuclear warheads in 18 years.

Patch for Security Flaw in MadWifi Driver

Hey there freedom lovers, at about 6:30 UTC, the flaw in the MadWifi driver has been patched for Ubuntu Feisty. I tried to post at the time but Newsvine was down for some minor maintenance , so here are the particulars of the updates:

contemptster » Blog Archive » Mac Week 2007!

Source: contemptster.com

It's Mac week here at Contemptster! Yuppies, hipsters, gadget-heads, Mac aficionados can you feel it? History will be made this week with the release of the $500 iphone.

Web 2.0 Users Switch En Masse to Mad and Dangerous

Users of traditional news websites as well as older Web 2.0 news websites are leaving en masse to starup Mad and Dangerous. The latest users include some of the top members of Newsvine, Digg and Reddit and more are joining all the time.

Things That Tick Me Off

1. When I'm walking in Wal-Mart, the Mall, or in the Hallway at my boring town-in-the-middle-of-nowhere High School and some guy heads straight towards me. I go to my left and he goes to his right. So we almost bump into each other.

Stock Market Commentary for 2/7/07

On Tuesday, US equity averages finished barely in positive territory; however, the HHI market safety index surged from 148 for Monday to 168 for Wednesday, which is well up into the green safety zone.

Stock Market Commentary for 1/22/07

Although US equity averages were mostly flat on Friday, it turned out to be the best HHI day so far this new year, with gains in our top-listed stocks as follows: CRWS.OB +12.3%, MAD +5.5%, LORL +4.8%, MGS +4.3%, MPW +3.7%, NAV +3.7%, and CGA +3.3%.

When Good Cows Go Mad

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What may happen in the coming years to cows and their mad cow disease...

Bath, England: A Traveler's Guide of Must See Attractions - Associated Content - Associated Content

Source: Associated Content

This guide consists of the best things to see and do if you have a limited time to spend in Bath, England. From the Roman Baths to a day trip to Stone Henge, make the most of your time in Bath!

The most expensive keyboard in history - US$4,240

Source: CNET

How much good dough are you ready to burn your for your PC keyboard?

Genocide and conscription according to John Derbyshire

Source: newenglishreview.org

Most eloquent in gloom was National Review Online columnist Stanley Kurtz, writing on August 8:

Cold War Blues

US President George W. Bush stands on the edge of launching America's second preventive war, this time, against Iran.

An Islamic Bomb – Maybe a nuclear Iran isn't such a bad idea.

Stay with me here, there's more to this than "the war on terror." Nuclear weapons have a now long and storied history of forcing very aggressive regimes to come to grips with the reality that they have to be civil with each other or risk turning their major population cente