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For those who thought the Taliban was training monkeys to operate machine-guns in Afghanistan, here comes the science.

Massachusetts is poised to become the sixth state to approve a law intended to bypass the Electoral College and elect the president of the United States by popular vote.

What would two dozen servers from across the country tell you if they could get away with it? Well, for starters, when to go out, what not to order, what really happens behind the kitchen's swinging doors, and what they think of you and your tips. Here, from a group that clears a median $8.01 an hour in wages and tips, a few revelations that ...

In 1,000 tweets the centenarian entertained her 56,000 followers with posts about food, family and meeting Gordon Brown

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"Global warming is undeniable," and it's happening fast, a new U.S. government report says.An in-depth analysis of ten climate indicators all point to a marked warming over the past three decades, with the most recent decade being the hottest on record, according to the latest of the U.S. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration

The Department of Defense is unable to account for the use of $8.7 billion of the $9.1 billion it spent on reconstruction in Iraq.

"A black bear cub whose family was sniffing around a chicken coop got himself caught in a dipnet at a Hillside home in Anchorage, Ak. this week, prompting competing rescue attempts by mother and homeowner. The homeowner used his truck to pull the net back from the tree line, but the growling momma bear wouldn't let him close enough to cut the ..."

Airline Ryanair is on a Europe-wide search for sexy female cabin crew to strip down for its 2011 calendar. A Ryanair spokesperson said that despite women’s groups criticism of the calendar idea, a recent poll indicated female staff as the popular choice. 50,000 passengers voted and said they wanted it to be female.

Despite calls for Elton John to join the Sound Strike, an artist boycott of Arizona over the racial profiling that will be encouraged by SB 1070, the musician went ahead and held his scheduled concert in the controversial state.

Not literally. But you can hear the fear in his voice.

Sony has had a bit of a hard time this generation, but despite being last in the console race Sony keeps digging themselves into a bigger and bigger hole.

Hold onto your hats folks. This one is going to have you spitting nails.

A first date can be a nightmare of anxiety. You want to make a good impression, so you agonize over what to wear, or you rehearse intelligent things to say. So for God's sake don't ruin it all by ordering some foolish food at dinner that is likely to make you a source of comedy or embarrassment for the rest of the night. So, here are the dangerous

This is going to do nothing to dispel those mean rumors that she'll swallow anything to get ahead in TV news.

If his recent Facebook activity has to be believed, than Facebook's founder and CEO might have just ditched his iPhone for Android. It was only last month when Mark made the headlines for switching to iPhone (it was 3GS, not iPhone 4) from BlackBerry. But the experience wasn't all that great as he posted about his frustrations with the device...

There are certain wedding photographs you see all the time, like the ones of the happy couple cutting the cake or standing with respective parents. A shot you're less likely to see, is one of the bride and groom pointing hunting rifles at the photographer… though it turns out there's a reason for that

Forge World in Halo: Reach is the foundation for the biggest change that the new game has to offer outside of the armor abilities. Think of it as a Sahara Desert-sized sandbox for would-be game architects.

Researchers reporting in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin last week say people are drawn to others who resemble their parents or themselves. This may explain why incest taboos are found in many cultures - to counter a natural tendency.

Simply stunning. You have to see this outsourced trailer.