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Jul 5

17On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble 6Arecibo Observatory Facing Massive Budget Cuts 4Top Ten WTF? US Sex Laws - Top 10s 6Kevin Kelly -- The Technium 3Journeys | Barcelona: Creative Plates at a Good Price in Barcelona 91780 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 8Benefits of ‘magic mushroom’ therapy long lasting : Nature News 8How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even Understand 6Lost Footage of "Metropolis" Found 162 days ago this story appeared on Reddit. Earlier today the site is shut down. 1Google Seeking "FriendRank" Patent 9At Berkeley, world's smallest radio made from a single carbon nanotube! 49ICANN Loses Control of Its Own Domain Names 11BIFF - the original internet troll. 7http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html 5Media Showcase 8Original "Metropolis" Found After 80 Years 9Top Five Free Online Shooter Games - Must Read For Gamers | MakeUseOf.com 6Ask Slashdot: Digitizing Old Magazines? 9Pictures of the day: 4 July 2008 - Telegraph 7Screenshot Tour: Kid-Proof Your PC with SteadyState 7Investing in a Quality Programming Chair 9One thing the United States doesn't get about guerrilla warfare: It's not over until the guerrillas win 8Goatse.cx is back online! [sfw] 6In Japan, a 900 Gigabyte Upload Cap, Downloads Uncapped 14If Atheists Were Like Christians... [Comic] 6FormatFactory - File format convert tools 6Hey Condoleezza, How Do I Get These Stains Out? [PIC] 69/11 Chronicles: Truth Rising 5There's a Sucker Converted Every Minute 6Leaked World Bank Report: Biofuel Caused Food Crisis 2NC Judge Takes "A Fresh Look" At RIAA Subpoenas 5The Real Hackers 2Irrigation Controller Stolen, Wirelessly Rescues Itself 11New "Orphaned Works" Copyright Bill Threatens Open Source 5FedEx Delivers 200 pounds Of Weed To Wrong Address! 9Bush’s wars are out of control - 20 troops are dying of suicide every day, and no one even cares enough to mention it. 5cabel.name: Yay! Fireworks! 7New Pictures of White Knight Two and SpaceshipTwo 3Sicily, Through the Eyes of the Leopard 9Sixteenth-century "skyscrapers" in Yemen 10A 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. 7If Your Last Girlfriend Had an IMDb Page | Cracked.com 5If 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) 5What to Install After a Fresh XP Install (PinGUY's Website) 4Object-oriented Programming in Java 8Two broadband companies are considering using a technology that would track every user’s browsing history on the internet. 6Google Creates Tour De France Video Maps 7Gas Station With Sense Of Humor :: ( PIC ) 7whois 9Tomatoes are no longer prime suspect in salmonella scare. Tomato growers have lost $100 million and are not happy. 4Interview With Author of the First Spoof Language 5Giant rubber snake could be the future of wave power 8Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Market 7"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." 5VW Concept Microcar Gets 235 MPG 6Your Computer As Your Singing Coach 5Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites (2) 2First Results From Messenger's Mercury Flyby 5In Iran, Blogging May Be Punishable By Death 2Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma 11TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux - Documentation 7Factor: On shaking trees 4Japan Creates Mega Solar City -Leads World 4Burial Exposes Racial Rift in Texas 3Theater Review | 'The Bacchae': A Greek God and His Groupies Are Dressed to Kill 6Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW 3YouTube Converter - Convert Online YouTube Videos - Download YouTube video 2Talking Business: On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble 6Stallman Attacks Gates, Microsoft, & Charity Foundation 8EUROPEANS! 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 5Mysteries of time, and the multiverse - Los Angeles Times 8THIS gas station has a BETTER sense of humor. 10Best Plan Ever [4chan] 9White House & CIA Cover-up of Anthrax Attacks: Even Fort Detrick Scientists Themselves Think the Killer Anthrax Came from their Facility 6"I'm still speaking into the intercom. I'm being interviewed for a job through a door" 10Particle_chart.jpg 10A bitter-tasting jolt for Starbucks 4What’s My Pass Open Source Twitter Competitor Emerges 7Designated Driver arrested for Drunk Driving at 0.0 15the process to open source your code in Google 13Screenshots blurry in OSX? 4Questions of Size and Taste for Queens Houses 9Marijuana Arrests In The United States: 1965: 18,815 - 1996: 641,641 8A van filled with gas cans and Styrofoam cups containing a mysterious white substance with protruding wires and switches was discovered in NYC 4The 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 5Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith - Los Angeles Times 3Op-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' 4Think Before You Voicemail 4KDE 4.1 Beta 2 – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? 6film music | mobygratis.com 10Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith 6Never underestimate cheap, easy or stupid in home maintenance 5Eight Handy Tools in Microsoft Word You Probably Don't Know About - Expert Help by PC Magazine 11A Patriot Is a Rebel, Not a Bootlicker 1Teaching Baseball as Second Language in China 20Cute kitten begs for dinner 5The Illustrated Book of Sexual Records 2Muggings Revive Memories of an Area’s Bad Old Days 1eBay'er Arrested for Attempting to Sell His Vote Best Way To Get Back a Stolen Computer? 2The Privacy Paradox 8Weirdest 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? 11US 'Has Nuclear Hit List' 1Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection 4Finding Fault With Google's Privacy Policy 8Reading 2.0 » home 1Op-Ed Columnist: An Ideal Husband 9Zombie Toys [PICS] (cruel) 6Solution to high iPhone prices is not to buy one 10Orangutan Populations Decline Sharply - First Great Ape to go Extinct? 8Michael Bay's Rejected "The Dark Knight" Script - The Spill.com Movie Community 7Dying 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 4This guy has a talent 5Two Easy Answers (pic) 4A Sample Blogging Workflow | chrisbrogan.com 4http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001146.html 8Danish Isle Runs Completely on Renewable Energy, Is Greenest Guinea Pig Ever Editorial: The Senate Stalls on Medicare 8Attacking Iran? How Does $300 Oil Sound? 6Secret World Bank Study Says Biofuels Drives Up Food Prices 75% Accounting Plan Would Allow Use of Foreign Rules 4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 6RIAA Wants To Throw In the Towel On 3-Year-Old Case 7Vote Up If You HATED Jesse Helms And Everything That SOB Stood For 9TrailRunner 7Slava 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 7Thai 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) 10Google 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,” 3Prominent Mathemathicians Rebuke Recent Riemann Hypothesis Proof 722 civilians killed by U.S. helicopters airstrike, Afghan governor says 9John Edwards to Debate Karl Rove at University of Buffalo 3AT&T To Offer No-Contract iPhone 8If your last girlfriend had an IMDB page... 4Ribosome real-time animation - Your bone marrow makes 100 trillion molecules of hemoglobin per second! 5"Exploding Asteroid" Theory Strengthened By New Evidence 1Bavarian Police Can Legally Place Trojans On PCs 1Working Towards an Eco-Friendly Fireworks Display IE 8 To Include New Security Tools 3Yahoo! 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