A Florida man was electrocuted in front of his wife Sunday morning when the long aluminum pole in his hands accidentally touched a high-voltage wire as he tried to knock down mangoes.
"OxiClean guy" Billy Mays likely died of a heart attack in his sleep, a medical examiner said Monday.
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The Supreme Court says white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race.
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A federal judge gives the 71-year-old the maximum sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.
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Classic summer treats and tricks can help you stay cool right in your own backyard.
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Bernard Madoff's wife issues a statement on the day he is sentenced, responding to the rage directed at her.
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A father has been arrested after he allegedly used a website to 'name and shame' 15 village children he claimed were bullies following an apparent attack on his son.
You're most likely to stick to a fitness program if you kick-start it on this "trigger" day.
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Show publicist Erika Denn says the four pieces of jade from the period of 1736 to 1795 was valued at $710,000 to $1.07 million. That breaks the previous record of $500,000 set last year in Palm Springs, Calif., for a painting by abstract expressionist Clyfford Still.
An unidentified woman from eastern North Carolina owns the jade, which she brought to the show early Saturday morning.
Photo: The Ewan via Flickr
We may live in society that stresses equality between the genders, but when it comes to gardening, women seem to have an upper larynx. According to a recent experiment by the Royal Horticultural Society in England, tomato plants grow faster when they are crooned at. The sung-to tomatoes grew two inches higher than their unserenaded counterparts. Female voices worked especially well for hasty tomato growth. Male voices, on the other hand, couldn’t make the tomatoes grow as quickly, and in some cases, low-voiced males were able to stunt the growth of the tomatoes by warbling at them. This must be why we throw rotten tomatoes at horrible singers. Wokka Wokka.
For the most part, only morons watch Fox News and buy the Rightwing BS that they peddle and believe it to be fact.Personally I world have used relevent in lieu of irrelevent as that denotes the relevence of a pisshole in the snow which as one knows is less than nothing. It is a great citation nonetheless.
There's a definite defect in the right-wing mindset.
Anyone who watches an 800 lb. ahole like Rush Limbaugh (for example) and thinks that the malarkey that he spews has any merit to it is, obviously, in serious need of neuroligical help.
Yet, these pompous imbeciles think that the problem in the U.S. is the left-wing.
Simply put, on Election Day, 2008, Intelligence voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and stupidity voted for John McCain and Joe the Plumber.
Personally speaking, when given the choice between intelligence and stupidity, I always vote for intelligence.
But, getting back to the subject. Fox's audience has become as irrelevent as a pisshole in the snow.
Witnesses say police used tear gas and clubs to break up a crowd of 3,000 protesters, and the European Union issues a harsh rebuke.
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"Flying from Los Angeles to New York for a signing at Jim Hanley's Universe Wednesday (May 13th), I was flagged at the gate for 'extra screening'. I was subjected to not one, but two invasive searches of my person and belongings. TSA agents then 'discovered' the script for Unthinkable #3. They sat and read the script while I stood there, without any personal items, identification or ticket, which had all been confiscated."The minute I saw the faces of the agents, I knew I was in trouble. The first page of the Unthinkable script mentioned 9/11, terror plots, and the fact that the (fictional) world had become a police state. The TSA agents then proceeded to interrogate me, having a hard time understanding that a comic book could be about anything other than superheroes, let alone that anyone actually wrote scripts for comics.
"I cooperated politely and tried to explain to them the irony of the situation. While Unthinkable blurs the line between fiction and reality, the story is based on a real-life government think tank where a writer was tasked to design worst-case terror scenarios. The fictional story of Unthinkable unfolds when the writer's scenarios come true, and he becomes a suspect in the terrorist attacks.
"In the end, I feel my privacy is a small price to pay for educating the government about the medium."
Jesse Levey is a repugican activist who says he believes in family values, small government and his lesbian mothers' right to marry.
The boisterous spokesman best known for hawking Orange Glo and OxiClean cleaning products was 50 years old.
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The sun periodically leaves Earth open to assaults from interstellar nasties in a way that most stars do not.
The Red Planet could have a water table hidden underground, despite satellite data suggesting otherwise.
Warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded suspected militant positions in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Sunday, killing 11 Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said.
Pakistani forces kill 11 Taliban militantsMassive geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may be fed by a salty ocean beneath the surface, adding weight to speculation it harbors the essential building blocks needed for life.
Fearing that Pakistan's problems could 'easily' spill over to India, Defense Minister A K Antony yesterday asked the armed forces to be vigilant about the happenings in the neighboring country and to keep in mind that the groups Islamabad was now acting against were once considered assets by the establishment.
Mexican soldiers have captured a suspected drug cartel operator with a list of the names of local police officers who apparently received payoffs, the army said Saturday.
Jenny Sanford recalls how her husband sought permission to visit his mistress even after she discovered his infidelity.
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Here's why you can feel great about eating a bowl of cereal every morning — as long as it's made with whole grains.
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An ongoing study launched in 1937 shows three powerful lessons on how to live a happy life.
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America's smallest state could drop part of its official name, which some believe conjures up images of slavery.
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Find out which days you should avoid dining out, and why looking at the bill closely is a good idea.
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Rising fuel prices and the approaching July 4 holiday mean now may be the time to buy.
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This 45,000-square-foot home has a 50-seat movie theater and a nine-car garage.
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Obama scores a major victory as the House passes a bill to slash industrial pollution blamed for global warming.
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Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
The White House
June 27, 2009
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a historic piece of legislation that will open the door to a clean energy economy and a better future for America.
For more than three decades, we have talked about our dependence on foreign oil. And for more than three decades, we have seen that dependence grow. We have seen our reliance on fossil fuels jeopardize our national security. We have seen it pollute the air we breathe and endanger our planet. And most of all, we have seen other countries realize a critical truth: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy.
Now is the time for the United States of America to realize this too. Now is the time for us to lead.
The energy bill that passed the House will finally create a set of incentives that will spark a clean energy transformation in our economy. It will spur the development of low carbon sources of energy – everything from wind, solar, and geothermal power to safer nuclear energy and cleaner coal. It will spur new energy savings, like the efficient windows and other materials that reduce heating costs in the winter and cooling costs in the summer. And most importantly, it will make possible the creation of millions of new jobs.
Make no mistake: this is a jobs bill. We’re already seeing why this is true in the clean energy investments we’re making through the Recovery Act. In California, 3000 people will be employed to build a new solar plant that will create 1000 permanent jobs. In Michigan, investment in wind turbines and wind technology is expected to create over 2,600 jobs. In Florida, three new solar projects are expected to employ 1400 people.
The list goes on and on, but the point is this: this legislation will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy. That will lead to the creation of new businesses and entire new industries. And that will lead to American jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced. I have often talked about the need to build a new foundation for economic growth so that we do not return to the endless cycle of bubble and bust that led us to this recession. Clean energy and the jobs it creates will be absolutely critical to this new foundation.
This legislation has also been written carefully to address the concerns that many have expressed in the past. Instead of increasing the deficit, it is paid for by the polluters who currently emit dangerous carbon emissions. It provides assistance to businesses and families as they make the gradual transition to clean energy technologies. It gives rural communities and farmers the opportunity to participate in climate solutions and generate new income. And above all, it will protect consumers from the costs of this transition, so that in a decade, the price to the average American will be just about a postage stamp a day.
Because this legislation is so balanced and sensible, it has already attracted a remarkable coalition of consumer and environmental groups; labor and business leaders; Democrats and Republicans. And I want to thank every Member of Congress who put politics aside to support this bill on Friday.
Now my call to every Senator, as well as to every American, is this: We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Don’t believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and economic growth. It’s just not true.
We have been talking about energy for decades. But there is no longer a disagreement over whether our dependence on foreign oil is endangering our security. It is. There is no longer a debate about whether carbon pollution is placing our planet in jeopardy. It’s happening. And there is no longer a question about whether the jobs and industries of the 21st century will be centered around clean, renewable energy. The question is, which country will create these jobs and these industries? I want that answer to be the United States of America. And I believe that the American people and the men and women they sent to Congress share that view. So I want to congratulate the House for passing this bill, and I want to urge the Senate to take this opportunity to come together and meet our obligations – to our constituents, to our children, to God’s creation, and to future generations.
Thanks for listening.
Methane trapped in sub-marine ice and permafrost could possibly fuel the world for hundreds of years – but there's an explosive snag ...
The Southern Ocean has lost its appetite for carbon dioxide, and now it appears that ozone levels could be partly to blame.
Researchers say the idea is to replace explosives in small hand grenades with a certain variety of red chili to immobilize people without killing them.
The chili, known as Bhut Jolokia, is said to be 1,000 times hotter than commonly used kitchen chillies.
Scientists at India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) are quoted as saying the potent chili will be used as a food additive for troops operating in cold conditions.
Banks may need a bailout, but probably not this kind of one. Cameron B. Jefferson, 38, was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine and possession of cannabis after mistakenly depositing not just $200 in cash at the drive-thru teller, but a bag containing a small amount of marijuana and cocaine.
Iran's dissenters should be punished harshly "without mercy," a senior cleric says in a nationally broadcast sermon.
Mark Sanford apologizes to state leaders and promises to pay back thousands spent on an earlier trip to Argentina.
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Lin Zongxiu, from the southwestern province of Sichuan, heard in 2008 that soup made with a man's head could help cure her daughter who had suffered from psychiatric problems for years, the Chengdu Commercial newspaper reported.
Minutes after leaving the airport, five tourists find themselves in a wild police chase.
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If you thought piranhas were scary, be glad Megapiranha is no longer around.
Megapiranha was up to 3 feet long (1 meter) - a fish-beast four times as big as piranhas living today, studies of its jawbones indicate. It lived about 8 million to 10 million years ago and might have been quite comfortable stalking cartoon animals in an "Ice Age" movie.
Another close relative of the piranha, called pacu (singular and plural), is not so scary. Pacu have squared-off stumps of teeth used for munching veggies. (For the record, tales of carnivorous piranhas eating humans are fictional.)
Now a newly uncovered jawbone of a transition species ties all these teeth together. Named Megapiranha paranensis, this previously unknown fossil fish bridges the evolutionary gap between flesh-eating piranhas and their plant-eating cousins.
Read the rest: Three-foot 'mega' piranha fossil uncovered, paleontologists say.
Two Russian women got an unpleasant surprise when their former boss paid them more than 36,000 rubles to settle a labor dispute - in dozens of heavy bags full of tiny coins.
At least 20 people were executed, an equal number condemned and hundreds put on trial as China marked a global anti-drug day with stark warnings of rising illicit drug use, state press said.
MSN has an article on how to spend your money to optimize happiness.
1. Relationships
2. Time
3. Health
4. Learning
5. Debt relief
6. Giveaways
7. Security
