35 NFL Players Qualify for Dementia-Alzheimer's Assistance

Gene Upshaw was taken aback when he first saw the list of retired NFL players applying for financial help under a new program to help those with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. it's still hard to know many ex-players need help. "A lot of people are embarrassed to talk about it or to acknowledge they have a problem," says Dan Rooney



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In Meeting, "Wild-Eyed" Bush Thumped Chest, Repeating "I Am The President!"

What a complete ass-hat.



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U.S. fights to keep U.S. meatpackers FROM testing all slaughtered cattle

"WASHINGTON: The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease"



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squirrels with lightsabers [PICS]

Awesome.



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How Do You Get Access to a Gmail Account of Someone Who Dies?

When a person passes away, sensitive information might reside on a Gmail account. How can a family get access to this information if necessary? Handy info to know.



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Most Incredible Animal Journeys - Extraordinary & Often Mysterious

"Animals will make extraordinary and often mysterious expeditions to find a good meal, sexy mates, and the perfect place to raise a family. This month, billions of cicadas will burst out from their 17-year-old hiding places to complete one of the longer journeys in time, while moving only a few inches from burrow to daylight. "



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In a Jurrasic Park like tale 100's of Elephants found on a remote island

International wildlife experts have located hundreds of wild elephants on a treeless island in the swamps of south Sudan, where they apparently avoided unchecked hunting during more than 20 years of war.



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[PIC]Google in 20 years

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Man Randomly Attacked By Police Dog, Beaten By Police For Defending Himself

Story about a guy sleeping in his backyard who is randomly attacked by a vicious police dog chasing a "suspect". He naturally tries to defend himself and gets beaten by the police for it. The police justified this by saying the "suspect" they were after was riding a moped without a helmet or headlights on. And it only gets worse from there.



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Amazing LEGO model of Mos Eisley Spaceport

Landspeeders, Banthas, even Han & Chewie escaping from Docking Bay 94 in the Falcon! It's all here in impressive LEGO detail. Flickr user Bluemoose uploaded these photos from the 2007 Leicester LEGO Fest. Check out his photoset!



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PICTURE : Proof by Male Chauvinism

"Tracey is wrong. Use an example to show that Tracey is wrong."



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The mystery of the big black hole on Mars.

There is absolutely nothing visible inside that hole. It's black black black black black. HiRISE is a very sensitive instrument, and Mars' dusty atmosphere scatters quite a bit of light around, so there is certainly light entering that cave hole and bouncing around the interior, but none comes out.



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The final days of Google

Back in the 1990s Bill Gates said the company that would eventually beat Microsoft probably had yet to be founded - some people believe that company is Google. But what about Google itself, who will kill Google? An interesting analysis of who is most likely to form "the next big thing".



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Pic! The largest wild Hog you will see today. astounding.

just look, really. just look.



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"Let Are Kids Walk"

Best protest sign EVER.



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Woman Pushed Baby on Segway

Wow, folks are lazy.



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Bird Sh*ts on Bush During Press Conference

Seems a passing sparrow took an opportunity to weigh in on what the President had to say."



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30 pieces of trivia about Star Wars

The original Star Wars film was released on 25 May 1977. Much to the surprise of many involved in the project, including the studio which backed it, it became a runaway success.The celebrate the movie's 30th anniversary here are 30 facts and figures related to the film which influenced a new generation of film-makers.



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Now THAT'S a Star Wars cake.

Last month, I found myself incensed by your coverage of the Death Star cake. I applaud all pastry-tributes to Star Wars, but didn't see why this one merited any special attention. My Mom, being the part-time cake artisan and gracious lady that she is, agreed to create a cake based on the likeness of Max Rebo (from Jabba the Hutt's palace band)...



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NINE INCH NAILS Frontman Says His Record Company Is Run By 'Thieves'

It's a very odd time to be a musician on a major label, because there's so much resentment towards the record industry that it's hard to position yourself in a place with the fans where you don't look like a greedy asshole. But at the same time, when our record came out I was disappointed at the number of people that actually bought it.



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"Racism goes on trial again in America's Deep South"

"[Three black schoolboys] are on trial for a playground fight that could see them jailed for between 30 and 50 years.



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Jobs: Gore will become president if he runs

Apple chief Steve Jobs recently spoke with TIME Magazine to reveal his opinion on the former vice president of the United States, Al Gore, with regard to the upcoming presidential election. "If he ran, there's no question in my mind that he would be elected," said Jobs, referring to Gore. "But I think there's a question in his mind,



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There's a Jungle in Madrid's Train Station

Madrid is growing a jungle in their central train station to improve well-being. 4000m2 of tropical greenhouse with over 500 species create a moist and exotic atmosphere. Wait for the train in a huge green space watching turtles, fishes and carnivorous plants. It's breathtakingly beautiful (see photo).



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Artist's Portrait Painting Is So Good It Looks Like A Photo [PIC]

Artist Dru Blair presented a photo portrait to his class and instructed them to reproduce the photo in painting as best they could. After the class had ended, he decided to test the limits of his painting skills and took it upon himself to recreate the photo, with pretty startling results.



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Bush Wants Full Control Of Government During Catastrophic Attack

With scarcely a mention in the mainstream media, President Bush has ordered up a plan for responding to a catastrophic attack. Under that plan, he entrusts himself with leading the entire federal government, not just the Executive Branch. And he gives himself the responsibility “for ensuring constitutional government.” THE GALL!



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A Plan to Build a Giant Liquid Telescope on the Moon

Astronomers propose an enormous liquid-mirror telescope on the moon that could be hundreds of times more sensitive than the Hubble Space Telescope.



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The Surprising Truth Behind the Construction of the Great Pyramids

"Ironically," says Barsoum, "this study of 4,500 year old rocks is not about the past, but about the future."



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Tattoo of Finger on an Arm with Amputated Hand [PIC]

No hand? No problem! This man decided that the joke was on everyone else, and has the world's largest finger as a result.



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Open Letter to Gonzales, From the ENTIRE Harvard Law class of 1982

This ad ran in the Washington Post today, it is from ALL of his classmates from the Harvard Law class of 1982. It chastises his reckless disregard for the constitution for the wire tapping, suspension of habeas corpus, and the recent politically motivated firings.



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Engadget Knocks $4 billion off Apple Market Cap on Bogus iPhone email

"Apple’s stock promptly tanked on massive selling, going from $107.89 to $103.42 in six minutes (11:56 - 12:02). This wiped just over $4 billion off of Apple’s market capitalization. A lot of people lost a lot of money very quickly."



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Fred Thompson Responds To Michael Moore

Senator Thompson responds to Michael Moore's letter and request to a debate.



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Not Quite Right: A Tattoo that Didn't go quite so well (PIC)

Some people just shouldn't draw!



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Could Scientology Be More Absurd?

This leaflet was written by Roland Rashleigh-Berry. He is an ex-Scientologist who left in disgust when he discovered the material it contains. He has asserted that the leaflet is accurate. (Includes picture of the story in L. Ron's own handwriting, verified by the Religious Technology Center.)



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Gonzales proposes new crime: "Attempted" copyright infringement

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing the U.S. Congress to enact a sweeping intellectual property bill that would increase criminal penalties for copyright infringement, including "attempts" to commit piracy."To meet the global challenges of IP crime, our criminal laws must be kept updated," Gonzales said during a speech



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A Chilling Tale A Brooklyn boy predicted the W T C days before the attacks.

On Sept. 6, 2001 Antoinette DiLorenzo, who teaches English as a second language to class of Pakistani immigrants, led a class discussion about world events. She asked a freshman “What are you looking at?” The youth was peering out the third-floor window toward lower Manhattan. “Do you see those two buildings? They won’t be standing there next week.



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PHOTOS: How not to ship a plasma TV

The title says it all.



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F-35 Helmet Display System To Scare the Bejeezus Out of Enemies

New Air Force Helmet for F-35 Fighter Jockeys



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Amazing creativity : Photography Illusions

Very nicely done..



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Woz's Awesome Nerd Watches

"Why would Steve Wozniak wear a watch on each wrist? And what kinds of watches would a man with his finger on the pulse of the tech industry sport? Not your standard Timex, that's for damned sure. If there ever was someone suited to wear these insane watches, the Woz is it."



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Stealing IS a crime, right?

One of the web's greatest photographers, the Icelandic _rebekka, is having her photos ripped off and sold on ebay and elsewhere by http://www.only-dreemin.com . Companies need to know that posting a photo to the internet DOES NOT make it public domain! Let's shut them down!



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Dish Network: No, We Didn't Install That Satellite Dish, The One On Your Ro

Jane came home to find a Dish Network receiver on her roof. Jane never ordered service from Dish Network, and isn't sure why she suddenly has a satellite dish on her roof. Dish Network isn't sure, either.



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Active-Duty Generals Will 'Revolt' Against Bush If Surge Continues Into '08

Appearing on NBC's Chris Matthews Show this morning, Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker revealed that sources within the military are warning of "a revolt from active-duty generals if September rolls around and the president is sticking with the surge into ‘08."



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Scientology row, bbc reporters youtube shouting match with scientology

BBC reporter tells how Scientology spied on him, shouted at him, harrassed him, members of his family etc, broke into his hotel room and many other acts during the making of a bbc documentary on scientology



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The coolest, most amazing and did I say awesome Tornado and Lightning pics

I forgot to add that "that you'll see all day". Plus Steve Jobs loves this website. The photos look even better if you're running Firefox on Ubuntu. Personally, the clouds are breathtaking on my modded AppleTV hooked up to a monster HDTV. Stay tuned for my "Top 10" Digg stories that Kevin Rose thought was cool. Now where is the photo section?



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Turning the tables on Nigeria's e-mail conmen

"I'm sure he's not a prince at all," Mike says. "He contacted me with a standard 419 [so-called after a section of Nigeria's legal code] scam... I tried to turn it round by saying I worked for a church and we couldn't do any business with people who are not of our faith."



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Photo: Cat Chases Bear Up Tree

see title.



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College Kids Scores 0/100 On a True or False Final. PHOTOS

Prof sends email - "If all else fails, go with B from now on. B is the new C"



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Video: What DO You Know? (Posed to Gonzales)

Congresswoman Maxine Waters doesn't suffer foolish testimony gladly.



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Woman drives through a puddle [PIC]

A lady thought that the puddle was only a few inches deep, but she was very surprised to find out how deep it was.



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WOW: Man Gets 1000+ Flouresent Lights Powered by Overhead Cables [PICTURES]

Using wasted energy, Richard Box was able to get over a thousand fluorescent tubes powered by low overhead power lines.



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Mad Squirrel Enters Classroom and Attacks

A squirrel waltzed into an open classroom at Evergreen Elementary School and scurried up a woman's leg in an attack that ended with an 11-year-old girl and two moms in the hospital this morning.



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And you thought our sun was big?

The size of the Earth compared to other planets, then to the sun, then our sun compared to other stars. Unbelievable how big some of these stars are!



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Free tickets for baseball fans who receive a rectal exam at the stadium

Want free baseball tickets? All you had to do last night was show up at Miller Park, home to the Milwaukee Brewers, and let a doctor check your prostate.After the "free and confidential" rectal exam, you would have scored two free tickets to a future Brewers game.



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Global Warming- NOT the END of the world as we know it

How bad is climate change really? Are catastrophic floods and terrible droughts headed our way? Despite widespread fears of a greenhouse hell, the latest computer simulations are delivering far less dramatic predictions about tomorrow's climate.



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DMCA Takedown Notice For a Fake ID

"Rachel Hyman, an artist and bartender in New York City, maintains a blog where she regularly posts images of fake IDs she confiscates from would-be underage drinkers, along with a description of the confiscation. Recently, one of her posts (Google cache) was taken down when the owner of the fake ID invoked the DMCA against Blogspot.



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A Dark, Dying Sky Over Death Valley [Panoramic Pic]

This eerie glow over Death Valley is in danger. Scrolling right will show a spectacular view from one of the darkest places left in the continental USA: Death Valley, California.The arch across the middle is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Light pollution is threatening scenes like this across the world - enjoy them while you still can!



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Paris Hilton Gives New Meaning to Cell Phone

"Poor Paris. She was really shook up on Friday when Judge Michael T. Sauer sentenced her to 45 days in county jail for violating her probation and “alcohol-related reckless driving.” She tearfully told the paps “I don’t deserve this.” Apparently, she thinks she’s different. Maybe she is. Maybe she won’t have to go to a commoner’s jail."



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What EVERY workplace is missing

Looks like you could reach about mach 5 in that thing...



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You Know You're in College When... [List]

1.High school started before 8am, but now anything before noon is considered “early." 64.You meet the type of people you thought only existed in movies. 91.You are no longer thankful that fire alarms are here to protect you.



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Moment Frozen in Time: Sunset on Mars

save it to your desktop and double click it to view. It's beautiful!



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Coolest Bedroom TV EVER

yeah, that's NEVER gonna break...



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TORNADO DESTRUCTION in GREENSBURG, KANSAS [PIC]

This aerial photograph and the ones that follow show the devastation that occurred when a large tornado struck Greensburg Friday night.



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How life has changed: 1973 vs. 2007

a funny yet sad look at how our way of thinking has changed.



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Spare any change? Canada unveils $1 million coin

The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a welcome addition to any piggy bank on Thursday -- a monster gold coin with a face value of $1 million (455,000 pounds) that it says is the world's biggest, purest and highest denomination coin.



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World's Fastest Toilet is Jet-Propelled, not Powered by Farts

This is, apparently, the world's fastest toilet. Powered by a Boeing Jet engine, the $10,000 vehicle's top speed is in excess of 70mph, and it farts flames from its tailpipe - rather like, I would imagine, a man forced to eat ten vindaloos one after another.



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Mexican (aka Real Sugar) Coke found at Costco!

Costco is carrying cases of "illegally" imported Mexican Coca-Cola - made with real sugar instead of corn syrup. Coca-Cola Co. says there's "no difference."



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Doctors Discover New Facts About How the Body Dies

"After one hour," he says, "we couldn't see evidence the cells had died. We thought we'd done something wrong." In fact, cells cut off from their blood supply died only hours later. But if the cells are still alive, why can't doctors revive someone who has been dead for an hour? Because the cells die when the oxygen supply is resumed.



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