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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Mysterious tremors detected on San Andreas Fault

Scientists have detected a spike in underground rumblings on a section of California's San Andreas Fault that produced a magnitude-7.8 earthquake in 1857.

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And I Quote

We’re crazy about Obama in Europe.
We’re all Obama crazy.
Everyone thinks he’s sexy.
He’s brought back dignity, which is an amazing thing to put back on the cultural agenda.

~ Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys

Attacks Show Lack of Basic Internet Protections

A highly publicized series of "cyberattacks" really just represents business as usual on the Internet.

Lack of Basic Protections

Quake in Southwest China Injures More Than 300

An earthquake rocked southwest China on Thursday evening, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes, state media said.

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Christmas In July?

Now that Fourth of July is out of the way -- it's about time to start decking the halls, right?
Some stores already are!
They call it Christmas creep -- when Christmas starts creeping into stores earlier and earlier each year.

Some Stores Say Yes

This kid is good ...

... at Hide-and-Seek that is

A Pennsylvania toddler did such a remarkable job of hiding during a game of hide-and-seek that the family had to call police and firefighters to help find her.

Police Are 'it,' Assist In Hide-and-seek Game

Woman lives with name Chicken Dung for 18 years

A Chinese woman finally has obtained permission to legally change her unusual name ... Chicken Dung.

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Mammoths roamed southern Spain

A woman works on an exhibit at a mammoth show.
Remains of woolly mammoths have been found in southern Spain, proving that the chilly grip of the last Ice Age extended farther south than thought, palaeontologists said on Thursday.

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Mystery of Fossett plane crash may be solved

Officials announce their theory as to what caused the late entrepreneur's deadly crash in 2007.

Mystery may be solved

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Defiant Iranian protesters: 'Death to the dictator'

Thousands storm the streets for the first time in weeks in a protest planned online.

'Death to the dictator'

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Jailed reporter in North Korea calls sister

Jailed reporter in N. Korea calls sister

One of two American reporters held by North Korea calls her sister Lisa Ling to give a "very specific" message.

Jailed reporter calls sister

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Ways to keep foods fresher longer

Find the best ways to store fruits, meats, and dry goods to extend their shelf life and save money.

Ways to keep foods fresher longer

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Boy saves mom after strange lightning strike

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A quick-thinking 9-year-old's 911 call saved his mom's life after she was struck by lightning inside their house.

Strange lightning strike

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Computer learns sign language by watching TV

It's not only humans that can learn from watching television – software has worked out the basics of sign language in just 10 hours.

Computer learns sign language by watching TV

Ancient supernova is oldest and most distant found

Astronomers have found a supernova that exploded 1.5 billion years earlier than any seen previously – finding others like it could shed light on how the universe got its heavy elements.

Ancient supernova

Liars and Fools

The Liar and Fool for the day is:

Faux News channel host Brian Kilmeade actually bemoans inter-racial marriage, likening it to marrying other "species".

Kilmeade and two colleagues were discussing a study that, based on research done in Finland and Sweden, showed people who stay married are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer's. Kilmeade questioned the results, though, saying, "We are -- we keep marrying other species and other ethnics and other ..."

At this point, his co-host tried to -- in that jokey morning show way -- tell Kilmeade he needed to shut up, and quick, for his own sake. But he didn't get the message, adding, "See, the problem is the Swedes have pure genes. Because they marry other Swedes .... Finns marry other Finns, so they have a pure society."

―The idiots keep proving they're insane, over and over again!