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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Chinese teen trades kidney for iPad 2

June 3, 2011 at 6:08 PM: BEIJING, June 3 (UPI) -- A Chinese 17-year-old says he used the money he made by selling one of his kidneys to buy an iPad 2 and a laptop computer. The teen, identified as Little Zheng, arranged the sale over the Internet and did not tell his parents, the BBC reported. [... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Britain readies "bunker-busting" bombs for Libya

By Peter Graff: TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Britain is to add "bunker-busting" bombs to the arsenal its warplanes are using over Libya, a weapon it said on Sunday would send a loud message to Muammar Gaddafi that it is time to quit. Britain and other NATO powers are ratcheting up their military intervention... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Doomsday predictions: the world ends now!

Humanity is obsessed with Apocalyptic forecasts. Doomsday predictions are made on an almost daily basis. Yet, another Friday the 13th has just gone by without any major catastrophes. Why are we afraid of Friday the 13th? What are the roots of this superstition? Find out in a pre-global-catastrophic... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Al-Qaeda's Alleged New Leader: Who Is Saif al-Adel?

By ISHAAN THAROOR: Terrorism expert Peter Bergen reports on CNN International that the Egyptian Saif al-Adel has been appointed as a "caretaker" leader of al-Qaeda, following the death of its emir Osama bin Laden. A Pakistani newspaper article datelined from Rawalpindi, the bustling city near... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

'Q' up: Scrabble expands its vocabulary

by: Chris Morris Scrabble, one of the last bastions of grammatical purism in a world overrun by cell phone text abbreviations, is capitulating to the times. The board game plans to add 3,000 new words to its official dictionary, including several slang terms like "thang" (9 points) and "grrl" (5... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Osama’s seized computers a ‘gold mine’ for U.S.

From wikileaksnews: Intelligence agencies combing through computers and storage devices found at Osama bin Laden’s compound expect a "gold mine" of data that could expose terror plots, Al-Qaeda figures’ locations and funding sources, ex-US officials said on Wednesday. The trove of material hauled... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Bin Laden news causes “bigger traffic spike than royal wedding”

May 1, 2011 | Dean Takahashi: The news traffic related to the killing of Osama bin Laden has caused a bigger traffic spike than the royal wedding, according to Keynote Systems, the mobile and cloud web monitoring service. Dave Karow, senior product manager at Keynote, said in an interview moments... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

I Do Smell A Rat! Pictures Of Dead "Osama Bin Laden" Are FAKE!

By northerntruthseeker: I have been pouring over all media outlets and most alternative blog and internet sites over the last day since the US puppet President made the announcement that US Special Forces attacked and killed Osama "been dead for 9.5 years already" Bin Laden in Pakistan. From the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Hamas condemns bin Laden killing

GAZA CITY, (RIA Novosti): Hamas leader Ismail Haniya condemned on Monday the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a special operation carried out by the U.S. military in Pakistan. "We condemn any killing of a holy warrior or of a Muslim and Arab person," Haniya told journalists in Gaza. "If... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Trump: Obama wasn't qualified for Ivy League

By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press: NEW YORK – Real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he attended. Trump, who is mulling a bid for the Republican presidential... Sign in to see full entry.

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