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It was a squid of colossal dimensions, fully eight meters long. It was traveling backward with tremendous speed in the same direction as the Nautilus. 20000 Leagues Under the Seas, by Jules Verne Remember [more]

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J.Tatar and a number of other readers alert us to the shooting death of an anti-government webmaster while in police custody in Ingushetiya, a volatile province in southern Russia. Police took Ingushetiya.ru owner Magomed Yevloyev off a plane that had just landed in Ingushetiya. “Yevloyev… was a prominent opponent of the pro-Kremlin president of Ingushetia, […]

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland

Up to five million birds a year may die by crashing into cell phone towers at night. After a court order, the wireless industry has been meeting with the FCC to work out the least painful rules for making new transmitter towers avian friendly.
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New Orleans is being evacuated once again, as Hurricane Gustav lumbers towards the Gulf Coast. Everyone from the U.S. military to the British Royal Navy to Blackwater is gearing up to respond.

Is Sarah Palin a hacker? Well, not exactly, but that’s what a couple of articles and a nascent internet rumor might have you believe.

Drive-in theaters are just a bit of nostalgia for most of the country, but Geekdad writer Kathy Ceceri can choose from five drive-ins in her vicinity.

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These athletes are turning the stereotype of the inarticulate jock on its empty head. But they have more on their minds than endorsements and bad calls. Just try to match the pros with their prose.

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Members of the San Diego hardcore punk scene reunite on a blog dedicated to rare material from the early ’80s. From the diplomat in Nairobi to the Jiu Jitsu instructor in Hawaii, we track them down with the help of a blog to see where life has taken them.

The racing wheel, 120GB HDD, wireless networking adapter, headset and remote all at new prices.

Microsoft to cut system price by 30%.