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DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show

Seeded on Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:20 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Scientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA evidence, undermining the credibility of what has been considered the gold standard of proof in criminal cases.

justice, science, dna, proof, criminal, innocence, guilt, set-up

Is your lawn brown? Go directly to jail.

Seeded on Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:38 PM EDT (St. Petersburg Times > Local News)

On Friday morning, Joseph Prudente put on a pair of shorts and his "Grandpa Gone Wild" T-shirt. He took off his wedding band and put his heart medication in a plastic Wal-Mart bag. Then his daughter drove him to jail. Grandpa had time to do.

jail, justice, prison, us-news, stupid, broken, hoa, outrageous, homeowners-association

Proposed regulation would classify the Pill as abortion

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:14 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Set aside the fraught question of when human life begins. The new debate: When does pregnancy begin?

abortion, pill, controversy, bush-administration, us-news, pregnancy, contraception, pro-life, roe-v-wade, department-of-health-and-human-services

Believe Me, It's Torture

Seeded on Wed Jul 2, 2008 10:45 AM EDT (The Latest From VanityFair.com)

Here is the most chilling way I can find of stating the matter. Until recently, "waterboarding" was something that Americans did to other Americans.

iraq, guantanamo, politics, war, torture, al-qaeda, hitchens, interrogation, enhanced, waterboard

Video: Chicago to NYC on one tank of gas

Seeded on Tue May 20, 2008 9:41 AM EDT (CBS News)

Sound crazy? Maybe so, but yesterday Wayne Gerdes demonstrated that it is indeed possible to drive from Chicago to New York City without stopping at a gas station along the way.

chicago, toyota, prius, new-york-city, us-news, fuel-efficient, wayne-gerdes, hypermiling, cleanmpg

Universal gets slapped for copyright infringement, cries foul at "excessive" damages

Seeded on Thu May 15, 2008 1:12 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

When Jammie Thomas was found guilty of infringing the copyrights of 24 songs during a trial in Minnesota last year, a jury fined her $222,000 in statutory damages.

business, lawsuit, copyright, damages, riaa, universal, hypocrite, umg, excessive, whats-good-for-the-gander-is-good-for-the-goose

Holy Jetpacks, Fusion Man! Swiss Man Flies With Own Wings

Seeded on Thu May 15, 2008 11:02 AM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's a crazy Swiss guy with four jet engines strapped to his back flying above the Alps! A dedicated inventor has set a new record for powered personal flight.

technology, switzerland, flight, swiss, inventor, jet-pack, yves-rossy

Cabdriver Thanked for Returning a Stradivarius

Seeded on Tue May 13, 2008 4:17 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The violinist stood on a makeshift stage between two lampposts crowned with a patina of bird droppings, under a weathered vinyl canopy hastily erected outside Newark Liberty International Airport in the taxicab holding area.

music, newark, taxi, cab, new-york-city, us-news, classical, violin, lost-and-found, stradivarius

Unsigned band shoots music video from CCTV footage

Seeded on Fri May 9, 2008 11:29 AM EDT (Telegraph)

Unable to afford a proper camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause, an unsigned band from the city, decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets. With an estimated 13 million CCTV cameras in Britain, suitable locations were not hard to come by.

entertainment, music, video, surveillance, innovation, manchester, big-brother, cctv, the-get-out-clause

The ultimate act of sportsmanship

Seeded on Fri May 2, 2008 3:39 PM EDT (ESPN.com)

Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky had never hit a home run in her career. Central Washington senior Mallory Holtman was already her school's career leader in them.

sports, college, softball, sportsmanship, western-oregon, central-washington, sara-tucholsky, mallory-holtman

Dunkin' Donuts is systematically forcing its small franchisees out of business

Seeded on Thu May 1, 2008 10:45 AM EDT (NY Daily News)

Dunkin' Donuts is waiting for its small franchisees to make any mistake, then suing them out of existence whether they're profitable or not.

business, small-business, profit, greed, dunkin-donuts, evil-corporation, blame-starbucks

I suggest that you build this fence around the northern part of your city...": Rep. Tancredo thinks Brownsville, TX should be on the Mexican side of the border fence (video)

Seeded on Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:07 PM EDT (newschannel5.tv)

A Colorado Congressman is under fire this morning for making a controversial statement to some Brownsville landowners. Republican Tom Tancredo supports the border wall. The U.S. representative attended the hearing in Brownsville yesterday.

texas, mexico, immigration, politics, border, illegal, fence, tancredo, brownsville

How to deal with a delinquent client

Seeded on Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:46 PM EDT (Telegraph)

A builder who was not paid for the £22,000 porch and conservatory he built for a customer has taken revenge by demolishing his own handiwork.

business, uk, self-employed, delinquent, west-sussex, bad-faith, shoreham-by-sea

American pastor sentenced to jail for bringing ammunition to Russia

Seeded on Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:44 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

A Moscow court sentenced an American pastor to more than three years in prison on Monday for illegally bringing a box of hunting ammunition into Russia.

russia, customs, jail, hunting, justice, missionary, south-carolina, world-news, moscow, conway

Straight to the bank, or, how your pocket Aces fooled you into giving me all your chips

Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:03 PM EDT

I'm afraid I don't remember your name. I was too slow to take a screenshot of that big pot I took down last night. I do remember the complete mess you made of your pocket Aces, and so I'm writing this down to remind myself how not to play when they show up for me in the future.

Continue reading this entry ...

entertainment, strategy, poker, psychology, how-to, straight, hold-em, how-not-to, pocket-aces

Today's baggage screener is tomorrow's air marshall

Seeded on Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:42 AM EDT (CNN)

Their mission is to protect airline passengers from acts of terror on U.S. flights.

theater, security, terrorism, marshall, air, us-news, tsa, disgrace, screener

Blame The Subprime Meltdown On The Repeal Of Glass-Steagall

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:34 PM EDT (Consumerist)

A lot of blame has sloshed around for the sub-prime meltdown, from greedy borrowers to greedy mortgage brokers to Alan Greenspan, but if you want the real culprit, it was the repeal of the Glass-Stegall Act.

bank, clinton, politics, mortgage, finance, investment, greed, meltdown, subprime, filthy-lucre

Clown Court: The Bizarre Fight to be Mayor of London

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:10 AM EDT (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

Two eccentrics are competing for the London mayor's office. Ken Livingstone is the successful but unpopular incumbent -- with a few odd scandals under his belt -- and Boris Johnson is his pranking, TV-ready opponent. But does either man really want the job?

mayor, election, london, united-kingdom, world-news, boris-johnson, ken-livingstone

Wikipedia's zealots

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:12 AM EDT (National Post)

As I'm writing this column for the Financial Post, I am simultaneously editing a page on Wikipedia. I am confident that just about everything I write for my column will be available for you to read.

technology, global-warming, bias, wikipedia, agenda

Newborn Brought Up on Sex Assault Charges

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:53 PM EDT (Nobody's Business)

Just hours after being born, an allegedly sex-obsessed infant was taken into custody on charges of harassment.

sex, harassment, us-news, satire, stupid, zero-tolerance

"The market for Canadian bacon is down. Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?" "I think so, Brain - $50 million bailout?"

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:14 PM EDT (Google)

In what is being called an unprecedented move, the federal government will pay Canadian pork producers $50 million to kill off 150,000 of their pigs by the fall as the industry teeters on the brink of economic collapse.

business, canada, market, bacon, bailout, ottowa

Student suspended for taking phone call from dad in Iraq

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:29 AM EDT (KXAN.com)

A call from a parent stationed in a war zone has landed a Texas high school student in hot water, and his mother is asking the school to ease up on the punishment.

texas, phone, school, cell, policy, us-news, high, austin, stupid, cove

It took less than one drink to get Shannon Wilcutt busted for felony DUI

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:04 AM EDT (Phoenix New Times)

The businessman was meeting with clients for lunch at Mimi's Café when he noticed the woman. Sitting a few tables over with her 4-year-old boy, she seemed groggy — yet she was drinking a mimosa.

arizona, justice, dui, law, phoenix, drink, us-news, drive, stupid, broken

"Even the men cried that day": eviction in the name of conservation

Seeded on Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:09 AM EDT (Guernica)

In the spring of 2003 about 8,000 tribal people and low-caste farmers living in the Kuno area of Madhya Pradesh, India, were summarily uprooted from the rich farmlands they had cultivated for generations and moved to 24 villages on scrub land outside the borders of a sanctuary cr …

india, force, justice, nature, wildlife, balance, wilderness, eviction, world-news, conservation

Fish and coral thrive at Bikini Atoll atomic test site

Seeded on Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:15 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

Coral is again flourishing in the crater left by the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated by the United States, 54 years after the blast on Bikini Atoll, marine scientists said Tuesday.

reef, bomb, nuclear, test, science, coral, weapon, bikini, atomic, 1954

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