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There’s a lot to be said for the success of Earth Day.  Back in 1970, when Earth Day first started, the globe was a mess.  That’s the year the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught on fire, after all.  The threats to the earth and human survival on it were obvious and directly visible.  However, since […]

The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are no strangers to being threatened by Muslim extremists.  After all, in 2006, the show was at the center of a firestorm surrounding a supposed depiction of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, who Muslims are not allowed to depict in religious artwork.  They believe it is […]

The thing about antivirus companies is that we, the user, are trusting them to protect our computers.  They’re supposed to keep the bad guys from being able to do damage to our computer and its pertinent information.  Unfortunately for users of McAfee Antivirus 8.7, the only thing attacking your computers is McAfee itself.  That’s right, […]

In the latest skirmish in the food wars, 7-Eleven, one of the world’s largest chains of convenience stores, has decided to take on the beer companies on their own turf.  Enter Game Day, 7-Eleven’s store-brand beer.  Basically, 7-Eleven looked at how much beer it sells and decided to get into the market at a cheaper […]

The war between the Department of the Treasury and counterfeiters around the world continues to escalate.  For every change in their techniques, the Treasury responds with a change in the currency, and after 14 years, the $100 bill is getting a new look to help combat forgery.  This is the bill’s first redesign since 1996; […]

Bill Jordan moved to Aurora, Colorado, from New Jersey some 15 years ago to get away from Jersey’s crime.   Unfortunately for 59-year-old Bill, crime is everywhere.  His employers had him pick up one of the new Apple iPads for a coworker who was getting promoted.  It was a gift for the guy, and like […]

When police arrested a 60-year-old man in South Lake Tahoe, California, on charges of possession of methamphetamine, they noticed something unusual.  He had a remote control in his pocket, with wires leading out of it to where the sun doesn’t shine.  When he started talking about his expertise with explosives and making bombs, well, it’s […]

Gizmodo, the gadget blog, scored one of the biggest scoops in journalism history thanks to simple mistake.  When Gray Powell, a software engineer on the iPhone team, went to the Gormet Haus Staudt, a German beer garden in Redwood City, California, he left something behind.  As it turns out, and as Apple’s official letter proves, […]

Back in 1946, the United States military was crucial in pushing for the passing of the National School Lunch Act, which serves millions of children meals at school on a daily basis.  Now, the military is leading a different crusade, this time against school lunch.  Nearly 75% of people age 17-24 are unfit for military […]

James Bond is one of the world’s most popular and enduring movie characters;  the spy is a hero to men everywhere and an international sex symbol.  He’s been the star of some 22 different films, and the 23rd flick was in the process of production.  However, financial troubles may have done what Dr. No never […]

Matthew Clemmens is kind of a gross guy.   The 21-year-old from New Jersey is also one of the few Philadelphia Phillies fans that give the baseball team (and the city’s sports fans in general) a horrible reputation for being serious jerks and drunken idiots, because he’s the guy that supposedly intentionally vomited on an […]

Windows, like any computer operating system, has a lot of problems.  Any time you have 97% of the world using the same type of computer, you’re going to get a ton of bugs, kinks, and nagging little problems that seem to pop up.  However, Microsoft is doing something about it.  The company has rolled out […]

A publishing company was left with egg on their faces after a popular cookbook contained a racially-themed misprint!  Nearly 7,000 copies of the book Pasta Bible had to be pulled from shelves after publishers Penguin Books Australia noticed an unusual spelling error.  A recipe for spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto asked for cooks to […]

George Washington, the father of the United States, famed General, and beloved Patriot, was also a bad borrower, at least according to ledgers uncovered at one of the country’s first libraries.  Some 200 years ago, George Washington borrowed two books from the New York Society Library (the only library in NYC at the time), Law […]