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Jul 5

15On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble 4Arecibo Observatory Facing Massive Budget Cuts 1Top Ten WTF? US Sex Laws - Top 10s 4Kevin Kelly -- The Technium 1Journeys | Barcelona: Creative Plates at a Good Price in Barcelona 71780 British Warship Found In Lake Ontario, 22-Gun Ship Sank During American Revolution; Has Been Regarded As A "Holy Grail" Wreck - CBS News 4PUZZLE GAMES 6Benefits of ‘magic mushroom’ therapy long lasting : Nature News 5How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even Understand 4Lost Footage of "Metropolis" Found 152 days ago this story appeared on Reddit. Earlier today the site is shut down. Google Seeking "FriendRank" Patent 7At Berkeley, world's smallest radio made from a single carbon nanotube! 21ICANN Loses Control of Its Own Domain Names 10BIFF - the original internet troll. 5http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html 3Media Showcase 7Original "Metropolis" Found After 80 Years 6Top Five Free Online Shooter Games - Must Read For Gamers | MakeUseOf.com 4Ask Slashdot: Digitizing Old Magazines? 6Pictures of the day: 4 July 2008 - Telegraph 4Screenshot Tour: Kid-Proof Your PC with SteadyState 6Investing in a Quality Programming Chair 8One thing the United States doesn't get about guerrilla warfare: It's not over until the guerrillas win 7Goatse.cx is back online! [sfw] 4In Japan, a 900 Gigabyte Upload Cap, Downloads Uncapped 11If Atheists Were Like Christians... [Comic] 4FormatFactory - File format convert tools 6Hey Condoleezza, How Do I Get These Stains Out? [PIC] 59/11 Chronicles: Truth Rising 4There's a Sucker Converted Every Minute 5Leaked World Bank Report: Biofuel Caused Food Crisis NC Judge Takes "A Fresh Look" At RIAA Subpoenas 5The Real Hackers Irrigation Controller Stolen, Wirelessly Rescues Itself 9New "Orphaned Works" Copyright Bill Threatens Open Source 3FedEx Delivers 200 pounds Of Weed To Wrong Address! 8Bush’s wars are out of control - 20 troops are dying of suicide every day, and no one even cares enough to mention it. 4cabel.name: Yay! Fireworks! 5New Pictures of White Knight Two and SpaceshipTwo 1Sicily, Through the Eyes of the Leopard 6Sixteenth-century "skyscrapers" in Yemen 8A mob of Israelis attacked a Palestinian teacher from a West Bank village, dragged him to a nearby settlement, tied him to an electricity pole and beat him with clubs. 5If Your Last Girlfriend Had an IMDb Page | Cracked.com 2If It’s Wooden and Old and Once Kept Time, Call Him 6Stem Cells 2.0: Scientists Make Revolutionary Advance 6BBC: "Can food change the flavour of a man's seminal fluid?" Answer: YES. (try pineapple for best results) 4What to Install After a Fresh XP Install (PinGUY's Website) 2Object-oriented Programming in Java 5Two broadband companies are considering using a technology that would track every user’s browsing history on the internet. 3Google Creates Tour De France Video Maps 6Gas Station With Sense Of Humor :: ( PIC ) 4whois 8Tomatoes are no longer prime suspect in salmonella scare. Tomato growers have lost $100 million and are not happy. 2Interview With Author of the First Spoof Language 5Giant rubber snake could be the future of wave power 6Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Market 6"I think it would have been better if you had never implemented the feature. And now it would be better now if you take these changes off your web site, and don't mention that they exist." 3VW Concept Microcar Gets 235 MPG 4Your Computer As Your Singing Coach 5Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (2) First Results From Messenger's Mercury Flyby 3In Iran, Blogging May Be Punishable By Death 1Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma 8TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux - Documentation 6Factor: On shaking trees 3Japan Creates Mega Solar City -Leads World 1Burial Exposes Racial Rift in Texas Theater Review | 'The Bacchae': A Greek God and His Groupies Are Dressed to Kill 5Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW 3YouTube Converter - Convert Online YouTube Videos - Download YouTube video 1Talking Business: On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble 4Stallman Attacks Gates, Microsoft, & Charity Foundation 7EUROPEANS! You have until MONDAY to contact your MEP and save the EU from a three-strikes copyright rule! 45 Psychological Experiments That Prove Humanity is Doomed 1Mysteries of time, and the multiverse - Los Angeles Times 7THIS gas station has a BETTER sense of humor. 7Best Plan Ever [4chan] 7White House & CIA Cover-up of Anthrax Attacks: Even Fort Detrick Scientists Themselves Think the Killer Anthrax Came from their Facility 5"I'm still speaking into the intercom. I'm being interviewed for a job through a door" 9Particle_chart.jpg 8A bitter-tasting jolt for Starbucks 2What’s My Pass Open Source Twitter Competitor Emerges 7Designated Driver arrested for Drunk Driving at 0.0 12the process to open source your code in Google 11Screenshots blurry in OSX? 1Questions of Size and Taste for Queens Houses 7Marijuana Arrests In The United States: 1965: 18,815 - 1996: 641,641 6A van filled with gas cans and Styrofoam cups containing a mysterious white substance with protruding wires and switches was discovered in NYC 1The Minimalist - 101 Picnic Dishes to Make in 20 Minutes - List - NYTimes.com 2Op-Ed Columnist: Wall-E for President Cassini's Primary Mission Ends, Two-Year Extension Begins 4Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith - Los Angeles Times 2Op-Ed Columnist: Cause for Alarm 8New Phishing technique revealed. This one uses the legitimate site's URL!! 4Anti-filesharing lawyers only have the confidence to go after people they know will not show up in court, assuring their victory through 'default judgement' 3Think Before You Voicemail 3KDE 4.1 Beta 2 – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? 5film music | mobygratis.com 9Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith 6Never underestimate cheap, easy or stupid in home maintenance 3Eight Handy Tools in Microsoft Word You Probably Don't Know About - Expert Help by PC Magazine 9A Patriot Is a Rebel, Not a Bootlicker Teaching Baseball as Second Language in China 16Cute kitten begs for dinner 4The Illustrated Book of Sexual Records 1Muggings Revive Memories of an Area’s Bad Old Days eBay'er Arrested for Attempting to Sell His Vote Best Way To Get Back a Stolen Computer? 1The Privacy Paradox 6Weirdest and Ugliest-Looking Animals on Earth 5'I practically told the jury to find him guilty' recalls Judge, but the jurors simply refused, 6Criticism of Obama ≠ Support for McCain 5Answer the eternal question: Is the site down for everyone, or just me? 10US 'Has Nuclear Hit List' Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection 3Finding Fault With Google's Privacy Policy 7Reading 2.0 » home 1Op-Ed Columnist: An Ideal Husband 9Zombie Toys [PICS] (cruel) 5Solution to high iPhone prices is not to buy one 7Orangutan Populations Decline Sharply - First Great Ape to go Extinct? 4Michael Bay's Rejected "The Dark Knight" Script - The Spill.com Movie Community 6Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand made sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy. But Spherion Corp. use federal law to deny benefits to the wife 3This guy has a talent 4Two Easy Answers (pic) 3A Sample Blogging Workflow | chrisbrogan.com 3http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001146.html 6Danish Isle Runs Completely on Renewable Energy, Is Greenest Guinea Pig Ever Editorial: The Senate Stalls on Medicare 7Attacking Iran? How Does $300 Oil Sound? 5Secret World Bank Study Says Biofuels Drives Up Food Prices 75% Accounting Plan Would Allow Use of Foreign Rules 3会計を学ぶならウィキペディアがオススメ - Zopeジャンキー日記 4RIAA Wants To Throw In the Towel On 3-Year-Old Case 6Vote Up If You HATED Jesse Helms And Everything That SOB Stood For 6TrailRunner 6Slava Pestov says GCC is developed by "a bunch of idealistic kids on a mailing list." 15"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from his government." --Thomas Paine 5Thai Elephant Paints a Self-Portrait [PIC] 7Slowly and subtly, Barack Obama is wiping out every reason to vote for McCain As Gas Prices Soar, Elderly Face Cuts in Aid 4Particle_chart.jpg (JPEG Image, 3000x2275 pixels) 9Google co-founder Sergey Brin said he had no sympathy for the parents, and that he was tired of “Googlers” who felt entitled to perks like “bottled water and M&Ms,” 2Prominent Mathemathicians Rebuke Recent Riemann Hypothesis Proof 622 civilians killed by U.S. helicopters airstrike, Afghan governor says 7John Edwards to Debate Karl Rove at University of Buffalo 3AT&T To Offer No-Contract iPhone 7If your last girlfriend had an IMDB page... 4Ribosome real-time animation - Your bone marrow makes 100 trillion molecules of hemoglobin per second! 4"Exploding Asteroid" Theory Strengthened By New Evidence Bavarian Police Can Legally Place Trojans On PCs Working Towards an Eco-Friendly Fireworks Display IE 8 To Include New Security Tools 2Yahoo! 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