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NC lawmakers approve driver texting ban

Lawmakers want North Carolina motorists to stop mashing their cell phone keypads while mashing on the gas.

Legislation to ban drivers from text messaging or sending e-mails with their cell phones won final approval Tuesday in the state Senate. The House had already approved the measure, so it now goes to Gov. Beverly Perdue. Her office said she expects to sign the bill into law, which would take effect Dec. 1.

Driver texting ban.

Headlines

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• US: New forces in Afghanistan to be 'game changer'
• Journalists unlikely to see nasty NKorean prisons
• Iran's reformers tap energy of political `party'
• Iraqi accused in 5 US soldier deaths freed
• Amazon Indians challenge Peru government over land
• Army Corps to chop down every tree that grows near a levee
• Global warming has already changed oceans, scientists say
• Notebook of Picasso sketches stolen from museum

Two killed, dozens hurt in NC Slim Jim plant blast

Two workers died when an explosion tore through a Slim Jim meat products plant in North Carolina Tuesday, punching holes in the building's roof and blowing employees off their feet.

Slim Jim plant blast

Always said those things were no good!

Checking the Inbox

Just checking the inbox and finding the latest on the dead forum I left some time back and all reports says more people are leaving the forum and doing so in droves. It is no wonder with some of the topics listed as currently there - lets just say bland is a extremely kind way of putting it.

Also, in the inbox - several invitations to join different forums ... some I am considering.

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And I Quote

Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.

~ George Carlin.

Gas Prices Have Risen 41 Days in a Row: Is It Good for the Environment?

From Treehugger:

Photo: Flickr, CC

How Much Green Mileage Do We Get Out of Pain at the Pump?
The price of gasoline in the US has been going up for 41 straight days (more than the traditional summer increase), bringing the national average to $2.62 a gallon, according to the New York Times. That's still pretty far from the $4/gallon average from last summer, but with crude oil doubling since the beginning of the year and the end of the recession somewhere down the line (who knows when), gas prices are bound to get much higher. While that's not good for people's wallets, the question we're asking today is: What are the implications of higher gas prices on the environment?

Article continues: Gas Prices Have Risen 41 Days in a Row: Is It Good for the Environment?

"Poor Richard" Almanac Nets $556,500

A rare copy of Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard" almanac has made somebody rich -- selling at a New York City auction for more than half a million dollars.

Auction Of "Poor Richard" Almanac Nets $556,500

Nearly 1 million Starbucks customers double-charged

They charge too much once, but twice!

If you bought coffee at Starbucks on Memorial Day Weekend, you may have been one of a million customers double-charged for your beverage.

Nearly 1 million Starbucks customers double-charged

*****

This is why you should never patronize Starbucks.

Good Aim

A Philadelphia school teacher is under investigation for allegedly throwing a stapler that struck a student in the head.

Teacher tosses stapler, hitting student

Man arrested for DUI in police station parking lot

Police in south-central Pennsylvania say a drunken driver who was speeding in a police station parking lot and stopped his car between two marked cruisers so he could take a nap has been arrested.

Man arrested for DUI in police station parking lot

Supreme Court clears the way for Chrysler sale

The high court rejects a last-ditch appeal by opponents trying to stop the sale to Fiat.

Chrysler sale

Lincoln document lands in surprising state

Researchers wonder why a Civil War memo turned up in Hawaii's state archives.

Lincoln document lands in Hawaii

Also:

• Lincoln letter added to archives
• Lincoln facts and myths

Computer injuries on the rise

It isn't just blurry vision and carpal tunnel that affects those who work and play around PCs.

Computer injuries on the rise

Also:

• National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
• Don't tweet vacation plans

This is called TREASON!

More Treason!

Mark Kirk (retard-Illinois) openly tells a foreign government not to trust the administration in Washington.

More Here

Praying for god to kill Obama

MORE TREASON!

When are we going to put a stop to these wackos!?

Yes, I'm that much of a murderous asshole - for God, of course

Full Story

Former Southern Baptist Convention officer Wiley Drake claimed on Faux News Radio that he is praying “imprecatory prayer” against Obama. In other words, he is praying for God to kill President Obama.

Drake said on “The Alan Colmes Show” that unless Obama repents, he is praying that God will kill the president. He believes that is what happened to slain abortion provider George Tiller. It worked on Tiller, why not the president?

*****

To paraphrase Mahatmas Gandhi, 'I like your jesus - I do not like his followers they are so non-jesus like." or as the bumperstickers exclaim "jesus save me from your followers!"

Science News

From BBC-Science:

Mobile scanner could detect guns

Fuel emissions focus 'too narrow'

Giant black holes just got bigger

Australia wind farm gets go-ahead

Rare Kashmir deer 'makes comeback'

Little known monkey caught on camera in the forests of Gabon

Not fair game: Afghanistan issues its first list of protected species

THE BIG PICTURE

Science News

From BBC-Science:

Road particles pose 'higher risk' Children may be at greater risk from the microscopic particles in traffic pollution than previously thought, according to new research seen by BBC News. Pollution 'higher risk' to children

Welcome to the Spiderlab Some of the world's largest and hairiest spiders are helping to unlock the secrets of spider silk Meet the tarantulas

Earth Watch Did Soviet excesses bring commercial whaling to an end?

In the limelight Basking sharks' annual migration to Cornwall

Flu origins Why some link swine flu to intensive farming

Snake slips show slither secret

Experiments showing how much snakes' bellies grip in different directions has shed light on how they slither.

New Communicable AIDS Like Disease Spreading in China

Amidst the recent hysteria over swine flu, the bigger story as it relates to exotic disease and the possibility for pandemic was lost in the fray. The independent Chinese language network “New Tang Dynasty Television”, filed a report this past Wednesday about a new disease which seems to mimic the AIDS virus but is spreading through mainland China via casual contact or exchange of bodily fluids such as sweat or saliva. Due to the Chinese government’s restrictions on the press, details are light at this time with the following video report being the only credible footage available at this time. Estimates at this time are indicating at least 600 have been infected. The mortality rate of the disease is as of yet, unknown.

Lush Dimbulb as he really is ...

A Traitor - A Pedophile - A Junkie - A Liar -A Fool - An Obese Buffoon

Prehistoric Critters More Bizarre than the Dinos

Why should dinosaurs have all the fun?

Here are a few prehistoric critters that are every bit as bizarre as the strangest of the Dinosaurs.

Prehistoric Critters More Bizarre than the Dinos

Going green: Woman uses recyclable bag to rob bank

Going green helped a woman rob an Austin bank.

The Travis County Sheriff's Office says a woman held up a bank Tuesday and apparently used a recyclable grocery bag to haul away the greenbacks.

Going green: Woman uses recyclable bag to rob bank

Bullet lodged in kid's head for 3 hours

An 11-year-old "miracle" boy sat calmly in a Brooklyn emergency room for three hours -- unaware there was a bullet in his skull.

Full Story

Schoolgirl allergic to 21st Century

Molly Harrad, from Herne Bay, Kent, cannot wear normal shoes, socks or clothing or even come into contact with carpet.

Full Story

Pick Up The Pieces

Average White Band (live)

Woman on trial for killing, freezing babies

A 41-year-old Frenchwoman who confessed to killing three of her newborn babies, hiding two corpses in the freezer of her expat home in South Korea, went on trial for murder today.

Full Story

British boy finds seven-leaf clover

A British 9-year-old said he discovered a seven-leaf clover while hunting for the four-leaf variety with his father in a nature reserve.

Full Story

Video Released in Great-Grandmother Tasering

Kathryn Winkfein, a 72-year-old TX great-grandmother who was allegedly caught speeding 15 MPH over the limit. She was tasered after failing to respond to an order to sign the speeding ticket, used profane language, and became “violent.”

Full Story

The most competitive types of coworkers

Learn to deal with this familiar cast of characters lurking in the workplace.

5 most competitive types of coworkers

Also:

• Been fired, now what?
• Offbeat hobbies lead to careers

Amazing look inside a tornado caught on tape

Dramatic video shows the beautiful and terrifying moments of a tornado turning on its side.

Amazing look inside a tornado

Also:

• Forecasters: El Niño may be developing
• Store employee captures storm

Parents believe son is reincarnated WWII pilot

Play Video

Eerie details and recurring nightmares convince a boy's parents he lived a past life.

Parents believe son is reincarnated WWII pilot

Also:

• More on their book: 'Soul Survivor'
• Research reincarnation

The best places to live in the U.S.

These great places to work or retire range from a quaint suburb to a live-music mecca.

The best places to live

Also:

• Search: Best quality of life
• Where home values are rising

Blast kills at least 5 at luxury hotel in Pakistan

Suicide attackers detonate a truck bomb at a 5-star hotel in Peshawar.

Blast kills at least 5 at luxury hotel in Pakistan

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• Raw video
• Photos

Our Readers

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Abbottabad, North-West Frontier, Pakistan
Athens, Attiki, Greece
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania
London, England, United Kingdom
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan
Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Buenos Aires, Beunos Aires, Argentina
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Rewari, Haryana, India
Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada
High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

as well as every state in the United States

Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

After days of feeling like that tension in your shoulders was never going to go away, you'll wake up this morning feeling like a brand-new person.
And it's probably going to keep getting better, too.
By tonight, whatever stress you're still feeling from recent events will be nothing more than a distant memory.
Help the process along.
Refuse to discuss anything more serious than where to have dinner.

Hey, what is for dinner?