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May 17

11 Iran busts CIA terror network Reddit Favorites
336 Cool Business Cards You Should’ve Seen Popular from del.icio.us
8Madrid's 'Air Tree' Will “Climatically Transform” Urban Architecture Hot ClipMarks
2One Hundred Movies on Just One Disk Hot ClipMarks
2Op-Ed Columnist: Hard Roads Ahead NYTimes Most Emailed
10Honesty is always the best policy [Craigslist Personals] Reddit Favorites
17Ancient Rare Ramayan Pics go on display in London(IMAGES) Reddit Favorites
42008 Google Summer of Code Highlights Slashdot Today
15Einstein Letter on God Sells for $404,000 Reddit Favorites
7Wacky Chemistry Commercial from Europe Reddit Favorites
3Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices Slashdot Today
9The Sacrifices of War (Pic) Reddit Favorites
15"If they want a debate about protecting the United States of America, that's a debate I'm ready to win because George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for," Obama said Reddit Favorites
9For a Sharp Brain, Stimulation Hot ClipMarks
3I lost everything cuz of catnip addicshun Hot ClipMarks
2Op-Ed Columnist: Obama and the Jews NYTimes Most Emailed
2Op-Ed Columnist: Skirting Appalachia NYTimes Most Emailed
4Ghetto prom pictures Hot ClipMarks
23Umpherston Sinkhole, Australia. Hot ClipMarks
2Gretchen Rubin: 16 Tips For Getting Good Sleep - Living on The Huffington Post Popular from del.icio.us
13High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers Reddit Favorites
1Does the ‘Real’ Ireland Still Exist? NYTimes Most Emailed
20Unmanned Aircraft Pose US Airspace Problems Slashdot Today
29Cheers! (pic) Reddit Favorites
1New Tack on Straying Parolees Offers a Hand Instead of Cuffs NYTimes Most Emailed
14‘Shock of consciousness' sweeps China in wake of temblor Reddit Favorites
8World's largest tomato plant Reddit Favorites
15This Picture Scares Me [PIC] Reddit Favorites
4Robotic Camera Extension Takes Gigapixel Photos Slashdot Today
9Where everybody knows your name... [pic] Reddit Favorites
1825 Beautifully Colorful Websites - Part 2 | Vandelay Website Design Popular from del.icio.us
16New Joker Poster - The Dark Knight Reddit Favorites
10What 11 years on the Internet will get you Reddit Favorites
8Solar Blimp Could Bring Power To Disaster Areas Hot ClipMarks
35To All The Whiney College Kids -> Grow up and get over it. Reddit Favorites
2Famine Looms as Wars Rend Horn of Africa NYTimes Most Emailed
29God damn, I've been looking forward to seeing Obama attack Bush/repubs Reddit Favorites
7New Zealands Leap of Faith [pic] Reddit Favorites
27Superdelegate wants to know which candidate you support. Poll on the right side of the page. Reddit Favorites
27End of Intel, AMD duopoly near? Via readies Isaiah chip Reddit Favorites
5Wikimedia Censors Wikinews Slashdot Today
28 3D spider TATTOO! [PIC] Reddit Favorites
3Most Business-Launched Virtual Worlds Fail Slashdot Today
16Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - 11 Top Tips for a Successful Technical Presentation Popular from del.icio.us
1c++ vs. lisp - a better stl Popular from del.icio.us
3Dag Wieers Scoffs at Coordinated Linux Release Proposal Slashdot Today
15Carl Icahn will destroy Yahoo Reddit Favorites
8the longest burning lightbulb is now 107 years old Hot ClipMarks
5Cannibalism Is Healthy? Popular from del.icio.us
14FBI fears hardware backdoors in US military kit (Say a US fighter jet is flying along and someone on the ground turns it off. Wouldn’t you manufacture that in if you were the Chinese?) Reddit Favorites
21Don't like speeding tickets? I present Trapster. Discuss. Reddit Favorites
712 Compelling Monuments Dedicated to Peace Hot ClipMarks
1Diesel Automobiles Clean Up for an Encore NYTimes Most Emailed
6Why Twitter Matters Popular from del.icio.us
7FlexTD Popular from del.icio.us
22Rapper Ice T and his life of crime. Unpunished Life of Crime. Reddit Favorites
4Spammer Anti-CAPTCHA operations and Mass-Mailing Strategy - Security Labs Blog Popular from del.icio.us
1Five Basics for Building a Solid Financial Future - New York Times Popular from del.icio.us
10Pharyngula: The Subtly Different Squid Eye Reddit Favorites
18Banking industry's most lucrative business: Doc video about credit cards made in 2004 for years later we have a credit crisis, very interesting choice of words in the end scenes Reddit Favorites
6Removing the Big Kernel Lock Slashdot Today
8US Closes European Web Sites Promoting Tourism to Cuba Reddit Favorites
720% of U.S. Has Never Sent E-mail Reddit Favorites
5Why Did Touch Take 4 Decades to Catch On? Slashdot Today
1Doctors Start to Say ‘I’m Sorry’ Long Before ‘See You in Court’ NYTimes Most Emailed
24The tragedy of suburbia Reddit Favorites
43He's blind and 78, but this bowler still sees a perfect 300 Reddit Favorites
55 Great Ways to Contribute to Social Media - ReadWriteWeb Popular from del.icio.us
2Op-Ed Columnist: McCain’s Superfuture NYTimes Most Emailed
9Facebook's Glass Jaw Reddit Favorites
6The Most Popular Twitter Apps According to the Blogosphere - ReadWriteWeb Popular from del.icio.us
22Who Wouldn't Like A Grandma Like This One (Pics.) Reddit Favorites
10oops... Reddit Favorites
16Wash the blood from your hands [pic] Reddit Favorites
121 hour later: You have 74 friends and 480 friend requests. Oh wait, it's exponential, isn't it. Shit. Reddit Favorites
14Microsoft is lying and intentionally screwing up your log files Reddit Favorites
10Why do some people enjoy eating insanely hot chile peppers? Because they get you high (sort of). Reddit Favorites
34The Argument for Making Commercials for Perscription Medicine Illegal Reddit Favorites
5How To: Learn to Play an Instrument Online Popular from del.icio.us
4Puzzling pagan burials at the famous Christian catacomb Hot ClipMarks
4Angkor - Temple vs. Tree Hot ClipMarks
9C++ vs Lisp Reddit Favorites
11Introduction to Digital Filters (online book) Reddit Favorites
18It's National Tell-A-Stupid-Person-That-Barrack-Obama-Isn't-Muslim Weekend. Get Busy! Reddit Favorites
19Sinkholes Hot ClipMarks
33BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Click's top free software Popular from del.icio.us
10Now This Is a 3D Tattoo [pic] Reddit Favorites
11Dada’s Boy: A reexamination of Chris Farley’s tragically short career. Reddit Favorites
1The Long Run: Obama’s Story, Written by Obama NYTimes Most Emailed
16"It's concievable that when I turn the machine on, I start getting messages from the future" Reddit Favorites
8what's that in the corner there? [pic] Reddit Favorites
20The World's Spookiest Weapons Slashdot Today
7France: One million strike in defence of education and social services Reddit Favorites
11I'm a feminist, and that's why I don't support Hillary. Reddit Favorites
2Survivor Buddy, a Friendly Robot Rescuer Slashdot Today
4The Group-W Bench Popular from del.icio.us
2transcranial magnetic stimulation Popular from del.icio.us
15"It is natural when you are a debtor nation that you lean in the direction of inflation, because it makes paying it back so much easier." Reddit Favorites
3introduction to digital filters with audio applications Popular from del.icio.us
2I knew JFK, says Gore Vidal, and believe me Obama’s the better leader Popular from del.icio.us
32Saying Goodbye to Air Travel. The airline industry has no future. The same is true for airfreight. Reddit Favorites
5HOWTO: FutureLooks - A "next-gen" Desktop Pack. - Ubuntu Forums Popular from del.icio.us
8Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first Reddit Favorites
5Instant messaging 'a linguistic renaissance' for teens Hot ClipMarks
24U.S. Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan so it can continue to hold prisoners overseas for years to come. (Shame! Shame!) Reddit Favorites
5Understanding How CAPTCHA Is Broken Slashdot Today
12Hear 2.0: "It doesn't have a Wienie!" Popular from del.icio.us
5Mars Harder and Colder Than Previously Thought Slashdot Today
3Shiprock, New Mexico Hot ClipMarks
1Frugal Traveler | Toronto: O Canada, Where Have Your Bargains Gone? NYTimes Most Emailed
1Examples of Fibonacci Numbers in Nature Popular from del.icio.us
1High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers NYTimes Most Emailed
23Tell Congress to Arrest Karl Rove! Reddit Favorites
14Green Tech: The ZERO emisions school bus. [pic] Reddit Favorites
5cute young ass! Hot ClipMarks
6Grape Popular from del.icio.us
6 Viagra for the brain? Hot ClipMarks
10Surrender Humanoid [COMIC] Reddit Favorites
1News Analysis: Same-Sex Marriage and Racial Justice Find Common Ground NYTimes Most Emailed
6Tom Brokaw interviews Warren Buffett Reddit Favorites
6jQuery iPod-style Drilldown Menu | Filament Group, Inc. Popular from del.icio.us
9Petawatt lasers heat solid density matter to 10 million degrees Reddit Favorites
21Wikileaks has revealed that the Wikimedia Foundation Board has cesored Wikinews, may have set a dangerous precedent that could remove all of its CDA section 230 immunity Reddit Favorites
14The Prize: This one's for you, Redditors...[comic] Reddit Favorites
1Editorial: The President Goes Negative NYTimes Most Emailed
9In Lori Drew's indictment in the Megan Meier suicide case, prosecutors have made a dubious argument: Violating any website's TOS is a federal offense Reddit Favorites
8Ronald Reagan: Chamberlainian appeaser of the 1980s - Glenn Greenwald Reddit Favorites
6Touching is banned by Armatage Elementary. No hand-holding, hugging, play fighting, pushing, shoving, touch football or tag. Someone needs to slap these people in the face Reddit Favorites
6James Howard Kunstler on the Tragedy of Suburbia Popular from del.icio.us
136 Hours in Luang Prabang, Laos NYTimes Most Emailed
7Macworld | Control the world Popular from del.icio.us
6Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now Slashdot Today
6NRA Finds Huckabee's Obama Joke Not Funny Hot ClipMarks
1U.S. Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan NYTimes Most Emailed
5FreeMat Popular from del.icio.us
13Winds of change: The U.S. can greatly boost clean wind power for 2 cents a day. Now all we need is a president who won't blow the chance. Reddit Favorites
4Eye of the Goof: The Psychotronic Guide to Archive.org Popular from del.icio.us
6Texas megachurch minister caught in internet sex sting Reddit Favorites
1Read me first: Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first | Technology | The Guardian Popular from del.icio.us
4Canadian ISP Ordered to Prove Traffic-Shaping is Needed Slashdot Today
12Moyers: 'Democracy in America Is a Series of Narrow Escapes, and We May Be Running Out of Luck' Reddit Favorites
12I knew JFK, says Gore Vidal, and believe me Obama’s the better leader Reddit Favorites
6Grape: a new, conceptually very interesting, desktop Reddit Favorites
8Soldier Refuses Iraq Tour, Citing 'Stomach-Churning Horrors' Reddit Favorites
20Obama Says Bush Policies Strengthened Iran, Hamas Reddit Favorites
5Cuba blames US for Internet restrictions Reddit Favorites
6Bogleheads :: Vanguard Diehards Forum Popular from del.icio.us
8Serious Business on GTA IV - To take a life, or not to take a life. Reddit Favorites
2CMB_Timeline75.jpg (JPEG Image, 3000x2159 pixels) - Scaled (35%) Popular from del.icio.us
20World's Newest, Most Powerful Laser Comes Online Slashdot Today
16I want to know what happened to this girl (pic) Reddit Favorites
3haineault.com / blog / jQuery: Advanced String Formatting à la Python3K Popular from del.icio.us
24Economy of Europe Defies U.S. Slowdown Reddit Favorites
13Indiana Jones is back - and he's buff: Harrison Ford holds back the years at Cannes Reddit Favorites
23Mass Photography Hot ClipMarks
7OPML Resources for ReadWriteWeb Readers - ReadWriteWeb Popular from del.icio.us
13It will deliver a beam of infrared light that is more powerful than the total energy consumption of all human activity on the planet Reddit Favorites
6Genocide's children Hot ClipMarks
16The Muslim population in Denmark, constituting a mere 4% of the total, refuses to integrate, consumes 40% of the welfare, and constitutes a majority of the country’s convicted rapists. Reddit Favorites
13Two Modesto men are facing mandatory 20-year prison terms for medical-marijuana convictions in federal case that ignore California law legalizing medical marijuana Reddit Favorites
1Saving Horses, One Thoroughbred at a Time NYTimes Most Emailed
20Senate Votes To Revive Ban On Media Cross-Ownership - company can't own TV station and newspaper in same town, for example Reddit Favorites
11UPDATE! 25 years after first computer date, couple's marriage still going strong Reddit Favorites
18Can we get a "Marked As Innacurate" feature on reddit? There is too much BS showing up on this website. Reddit Favorites