cnn.com — My wife is the first to admit it: For her, and for many people, Father's Day is an afterthought, a holiday just a few steps above the one that celebrates the groundhog and that other one that promotes trees.More… (Arts & Culture)
blogs.riverfronttimes.com — If you're going to try to raise goats - you had better keep them entertained. They're smart and will jailbreak their pens. They love to climb so why not build them a Tower of Baaaaabel? Sorry. I had to do it.More… (Pets & Animals)
torrentfreak.com — Several studios are currently taking legal action against Australian ISP iiNet. They accuse iiNet of failing to take steps to stop its subscribers from sharing files by disconnecting them from the Internet. Now iiNet has been ordered to hand over the personal details and logs relating to twenty alleged pirates, to anti-piracy group AFACT.More… (Tech Industry News)
netzpolitik.org — Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture.More… (Political News)
reuters.com — Iranian demonstrators called for more mass protests on Tuesday, a day after Islamic militiamen killed a man during a march by tens of thousands against a presidential election they say was rigged.More… (World News)
amog.com — These are some of the greatest players that the NFL has ever witnessed. Besides their great abilities & personal success, these players have something else in common - a gigantic void in their career resumes. This void is caused by an inability to win the biggest game of the year: The Super Bowl.....More… (American & Canadian Football)
blogs.riverfronttimes.com — 107 hula hoops twisting around Aleysa Gulevich's body for 3 seconds is all she needed to break into the Guinness Book of World Records. The beautiful and supposedly ageless Russian circus girl prides herself on her talent and started very young. She has held the title before, but will obviously do anything to keep it in her name.More… (People)
blog.indecisionforever.com — Comedy Central's not tooting their own horn here or anything ... Andrew Sullivan said that someone else said it first. Basically, the Daily Show has treated the Iran elections as if they were ... well, news.More… (Television)
brainz.org — These 12 machines were purpose-built to kill and destroy while saving American lives in the process. It may be an ugly idea, but it works.More… (Security)
mashable.com — MySpace, once the undisputed leader in social networking and the most popular topic on Mashable, announced it is cutting nearly 30% of its staff today. More… (Tech Industry News)
warmingglow.uproxx.com — Matthew Fox plays Dr. Jack Shepard on “Lost,” and as the sexiest and most important character (sorry, Sawyer) on the show, he’s the only actor so far to have learned how the series will end at the conclusion of Season 6. And he makes it sound pretty good.More… (Television)
nytimes.com — General Motors announced that it had reached a tentative agreement to sell its Swedish unit, Saab Automobile, to a consortium led by the sports car maker Koenigsegg Automotive.More… (Business & Finance)
ccinsider.comedycentral.com — If you've been watching The Daily Show in recent days, you've caught a few glimpses of Jason Jones's trip to Iran. Well, starting next Monday, you're in for an entire week of reports from Persia with Jason Jones in Iran: Access of Evil.More… (Television)
ismashphone.com — The new iPhone operating system, iPhone OS 3.0, which is coming out Wednesday June 17th, gives the iPhone tons of new features. While some of them are brand new, others are just small little additions which change the way you iPhone. The following list details every cool new feature and describes exactly how to use each one.More… (Apple)
siliconvalley.com — In an unprecedented scientific endeavor — and what may be one of the coolest space missions ever — NASA is preparing to fly a rocket booster into the moon, triggering a six-mile-high explosion that scientists hope will confirm the presence of water.More… (Space)
jaunted.com — 2009 has been the year when the US Domestic air carriers have really begun to step up their in-flight entertainment systems. We are no longer in the post-WWII era where airlines can cling to an occasional projector movie during longer flights. Here is a look at what each airline has to offer.More… (Travel & Places)
tv.ign.com — You may remember this Simpsons regular from such memorable quotes as these.More… (Comics & Animation)
telegraph.co.uk — The development of mechanical soldiers and remote-controlled tanks and planes is changing war for ever - but the moral consequences have often been overlooked.More… (General Sciences)
telegraph.co.uk — The development of mechanical soldiers and remote-controlled tanks and planes is changing war for ever - but the moral consequences have often been overlooked.More… (General Sciences)
news.com.au — A 30-year-old French burn victim who received the world's first face and double-hand transplant has died of cardiac arrest during a follow-up operation.More… (World News)
cssreflex.com — In this article author going to present you 15 free Social Icons Sets that you can use for your blog for bookmarking. These Icons are free.More… (Design)
businessinsider.com — We heard that instead of giving Vanity URLs away for free, like it did last weekend, Facebook originally planned to auction them off to the highest bidder. Now a Facebook spokesperson tells us it's true.More… (Tech Industry News)
videogames.yahoo.com — Some of the biggest names in video games placed in head to head battles, from Beatles Rock Band to Madden, see which of your favorites will come out on top.More… (Gaming Industry News)
washingtontimes.com — The Federal Reserve, already arguably the most powerful agency in the U.S. government, will get sweeping new authority to regulate any company whose failure could endanger the U.S. economy and markets under the Obama administration's regulatory overhaul plan.More… (World News)
mashable.com — Facebook launched its own IM system, FbChat, back in April 2008. Since then, it’s been working hard on adding features: It arrived on mobile phones last year, added friend lists in May and even has been experimenting with video chat. Now, it looks like that work is paying off in a big way.More… (Tech Industry News)
thrfeed.com — Hollywood Reporter- HBO's second season premiere of "True Blood" earned a series record-setting 3.7 million viewers, making it was the most-watched program on the network since "The Sopranos" finale two years ago. More… (Television)
newscientist.com — WHERE does your food come from? A few years ago, most consumers were satisfied with a sticker showing the country of origin. But concerns about fair trade and the environment, as well as food safety, are now driving a wave of projects aimed at tracking food from farm to shopping basket.More… (Food & Drink)
travelinglight.professionaltra… — Mark Malkoff is scared of flying. Or was. He's halfway through a 30 day stay aboard AirTran planes in an effort to conquer his fear of flying. How far does his dedication extend? He's "showering" in the freaking lavatory.More… (Travel & Places)
sfgate.com — A bizarre African mushroom that triggers snarky laughter and double-entendre jokes, has brought dubious fame to an eminent Bay Area botanist and his colleague working on a tiny cluster of African islands far older than Darwin's fabled Galápagos. The fungus, a new plant species called Phallus dreweseii, is named for herpetologist Robert Drewes.More… (General Sciences)
arstechnica.com — Adobe has launched its next salvo in the SaaS battle, creating a suite of online document creation and collaboration tools. Leveraging its AIR framework and Flash for a rich interface, the tools can replace traditional office suites—but overall, the tools don't seem quite ready for prime time.More… (Tech Industry News)
alphadictionary.com — Here are the 100 most beautiful words in English. How do we know we have the most beautiful? They were chosen by Dr. Goodword (Robert Beard), who has been making dictionaries, creating word lists, and writing poetry for 40 years.More… (Arts & Culture)
usatoday.com — Michael Phelps is set to announce his first endorsement since the furor over the photo began. Phelps and H20 Audio are entering a multiyear partnership for the company's line of waterproof sports headphones and accessories.More… (Other Sports)
news.bbc.co.uk — "The restoration of the large blue butterfly to Britain is a remarkable success story, illustrating the power of ecological research to reverse damaging environmental changes..."It is, moreover, a tribute to the dedication of many practical conservationists who have skilfully recreated its specialised habitat in our countryside." More… (Environment)
upi.com — Breastfeeding was associated with an increase in high school grade point average and an increase in the odds of attending college, according to a study published in the Journal of Human Capital.More… (Health)
cnn.com — Seven people were killed after they reportedly attacked a military post in central Tehran. Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi had told followers that he will "pay any cost" to contest the country's presidential election results, but said he had little hope his challenge would succeed.More… (World News)
movieline.com — We’d heard rumblings that another Indiana Jones sequel might be in the works, but we dismissed them instinctively; after all, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull took nearly twenty years to get off the ground, and it seemed unlikely that another decade or so of George Lucas script vetoes would lead to anything fruitful. And yet...More… (Movies)
noupe.com — Webmasters use certain programs, such as Google Analytics or Awstats, to complete this job for them. These programs obtain a wide variety of information about visitors to a site. They find page views, visits, unique visitors, browsers, IP addresses, and much more. More… (Programming)
dailymail.co.uk — JK Rowling and her publisher are being sued for 500million for allegedly copying Harry Potter from an earlier children's book, also by an English writer.More… (Celebrity)
mashable.com — A short while from now, Twitter will go down for maintenance due to extraordinary circumstances: The #IranElection Controversy. Originally scheduled to perform maintenance last night, the work was moved to 2 PM PT today so that Iranians could tweet about the crisis. More… (Tech Industry News)
news.cnet.com — The most major one being that the company has let up on its use for commercial applications, meaning that developers will be able to create services that take advantage of Digg's content and community without first having to ask for permission from the company. This includes pulling in content from the service and either charging to do so, or ...More… (Tech Industry News)
cracked.com — The Internet has made everything easier for everyone. Not the least of which involves hurting yourself in increasingly imaginative ways.More… (Comedy)
nytimes.com — Sammy Sosa is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year.More… (Baseball)
technologyreview.com — A new type of nuclear reactor that is designed to be manufactured in a factory rather than built at a power plant could cut construction times for nuclear power plants almost in half and make them cheaper to build. That, in turn, could make it possible for more utilities to build nuclear power plants, especially those in poor countries.More… (General Sciences)
cracked.com — You know, the little grabby-arm used for wiping your ass. Well it doesn't work.More… (Comedy)
star-telegram.com — Romo apparently got the message &, following a meeting in which he was told directly to shape up, has upgraded his conditioning, etc.More… (American & Canadian Football)
latimes.com — Though Tehran has largely shut down communication outlets, protesters are getting out snippets of text and stealthily uploaded photos in a guerrilla-style Internet game of strategies and slogans.More… (World News)
sciencedaily.com — Alcohol-related deaths, heavy drinking episodes and drunk driving have all been on the rise on college campuses over the past decade, a new government study shows.More… (General Sciences)
geektechnica.com — Since the release of the first draft in 2008, most major browsers (yes including IE8) implemented some of the features proposed in this draft and it is already generating a lot of interest from developers.More… (Software)
movies.ign.com — Although the conventional wisdom has been that Christopher Nolan would be back to direct Batman 3 after helming his next film, Inception, the rumor mill now suggests that Nolan's involvement with the sequel to The Dark Knight might not be a given after all. More… (Movies)
msnbc.msn.com — The latest cost estimates for health care legislation in Congress are around $1.6 trillion over 10 years, two Senate sources said Tuesday as concerns mounted over the price tag for the sweeping overhaul.More… (Political News)
