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Teen Depression Worsened by Marijuana, Government Says the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy sent out a clear message on teen pot use. http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/brain-and-behavior/2008/05/09/teen-depression-worsened-by-marijuana-government-says.html Comments
London mayor bans alcohol on public transport Boris Johnson, the new mayor, announced a ban on drinking alcohol on all public transportation http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/07/europe/7london.php Comments
Iron Man Movie takes in over 100 million dollars in 1st weekend
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38 million dollar deal reached in Minn. bridge collapse Winkler said victims will be able to collect up to 400,000 Dollars http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/bridge.collapse/ Comments
Cheerleader cover-up in Indian cricket The manner in which semi-clad girls keep shaking their limbs is in bad taste - Uddhav Thackeray http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEIC07277120080430 Comments
A Sporting Gesture in College Softball Opposing team members carry her around the bases after her injury http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/sports/baseball/30vecsey.html Comments
Obama Strongly Denounces Former Pastor Wright Senator Obama had come under increasing pressure to put more distance between himself and Wright http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-29-voa62.cfm Comments
Court told accused Uma Thurman stalker just creepy did not break the law, his lawyer told a New York jury on Monday http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN2829507720080428 Comments
Actor Wesley Snipes gets 3 years in prison for tax evasion Apologizes for costly mistakes http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqRdIQN43C8lgKXjzAris2-Xu0YAD908R9HO0 Comments
What Parking Lot is This Can you identify eight different businesses just by examining their parking lots http://www.cockeyed.com/magic/parkinglot/parkinglot.php Comments
Wal-Marts Sams Club Restricts Purchase of Some Rice Sams Club warehouse unit is restricting the purchase of some rice to four bags a visit http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aXSMgDf2JeSw&refer=home Comments
Danica Patrick gets victory at weekend race in Japan win came in her fourth full season and 50th career start in the IRL IndyCar Series http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ivriISiH6GQrXRKEkCbfO2gALOJw Comments
ThinkPad X300 solid-state drive shines Solid-state drives continue to outperform hard-disk drives in tests, for 2,900 dollars http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9922049-1.html Comments
Remembering Ollie Johnston the last of the Nine Old Men, the animators responsible for the classic Disney cartoon features http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/04/ollie-johnston.html Comments
Harry Potter author testifies in NYC J.K. Rowling seeks to halt a publishers Harry Potter lexicon. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D901NS000.htm Comments
Harry Potter author testifies in NYC J.K. Rowling seeks to halt a publisher's Harry Potter lexicon. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D901NS000.htm Comments
The Indoor Carcoon Inflatable Storage System The Carcoon is the ultimate automobile storage system designed to protect your precious investment http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11262991 Comments
The Gold Kit Surprise Turn your junk gold into one dollar checks! http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/goldkit/gold_kit.shtml Comments
Improv Everywhere - Best Game Ever For our latest mission we turned a little league baseball game in California into a big-league event http://improveverywhere.com/2008/04/07/best-game-ever/ Comments
Texas officials remove 219 from polygamist ranch A young lady made more than one call seeking assistance. http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0443225320080407 Comments
Spinoff of The Office highlights new NBC shows the new series will premiere back-to-back with an episode of the parent show http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSN0238602720080402 Comments
Police Search for Two Kidnapped Maryland Teens A gang of armed men kidnapped two teenagers from a home near Baltimore on Tuesday http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/02/AR2008040200705.html Comments
APRIL FOOLS ON THE WEB Roundup of April 1 Internet Gags in the comments section
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John Hargrave featured on Yahoo People of the Web today Master Prankster video and interview http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/67882/nobodys-fool Comments
Bachmann bill would reverse phase-in of energy-efficient bulbs Rep. Michele Bachmann asserts _Congress should not be in the business of promoting fads_. http://www.examiner.com/a-1303650~Bachmann_bill_would_reverse_phase_in_of_energy_efficient_bulbs.html Comments
Robin Williams wife files for divorce Comedian Robin Williams second wife, whom he met when she was his nanny, has filed for divorce http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2645052920080326 Comments
Pakistans New Premier Frees Detained Judges The new prime minister of Pakistan released the judges detained by President Musharraf http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/world/asia/25pakistan.html?hp Comments
CA Court Awards Starbucks Baristas 105 Million in Tip Dispute ruling that the company had wrongly allowed supervisors to share in tips http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/business/21sbux.html?ref=business Comments
Diesel theft gives new meaning to self-serve Police are searching for a man who pumped away 1,400 gallons of fuel from the underground tanks http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5635491.html Comments
France raises idea of boycotting Olympics ceremony over Tibet Bernard Kouchner of France said that the European Union should consider punishing China http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/18/asia/react.php Comments
A Fascinating Gallery of Ziplock Seals
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Student disciplined after stopping out-of-control school bus A 15-year-old girl who stopped her out-of-control school bus was hit with a Saturday detention http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_8585445?nclick_check=1 Comments
Britney Spears has caused a headache at UCLA Med Center At least 13 hospital employees are going to be fired and at least six others have been suspended. http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=b056b7f7-419a-4bf1-a43b-b535fec0c86e Comments
Do you think the Whoville in the Horton Hears a Who movie is the same as the Whoville in How the Grinch Stole Christmas? http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Dr_Seuss_Horton_Hears_a_Who_Hits_Theaters_Today_15149.html Comments
Monk protests in Tibet draw Chinese security Chinese security forces surrounding three monasteries outside Lhasa, the Tibetan capital. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/14/asia/14china.php Comments
Conn. Student Suspended for Buying Candy Michael Sheridan was stripped of his title as class vice president after buying a bag of Skittles. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080312/D8VBVKKO0.html Comments
Spitzer Resigns, Citing Personal Failings New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer had apparently been a client of a prostitution ring. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/nyregion/12cnd-resign.html?bl&ex=1205467200&en=823faf9a1e1c976c&ei=5087%0A Comments
Unveiling the Secret Yellow Printer Dots with the Eyeclops In the margins of the page, and on a light-colored solid area on the page, I could plainly see dots http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/printer_yellow_dots/dots.shtml Comments
Group Seeks Volunteers to Get Malaria The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080305/D8V7IAIO5.html Comments
Macbook Air baffles TSA There's no drive, one says. And no ports on the back. http://www.michaelnygard.com/blog/2008/03/steve_jobs_made_me_miss_my_fli.html Comments
Coldwater Creek fights off sharp decline, PetSmart pulled lower
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Discovering new Velcro Closures with the Eyeclops An up-close look at three types of Velcro http://www.cockeyed.com/science/eyeclops/eyeclops_velcro01.shtml Comments
Buckdog, citizen journalist hotlinked my photo Can you find the photo I switched for him? http://buckdogpolitics.blogspot.com/ Comments
US christens 9/11 steel warship A US warship built partly from steel salvaged from the World Trade Center. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7273407.stm Comments
What other celebrities should be represented on NEWS IMPACT Anyone I need to add to this discussion? http://www.cockeyed.com/news_impact/item.php?item_number=140 Comments
Man Smuggles Art To The Moon the Moon Museum was secretly installed on a hatch on a leg of the Intrepid landing module http://greg.org/archive/2008/02/28/the_moon_museum.html Comments
Prince Harry Seeing Combat, British Media Kept Quiet Prince Harry has been fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan for 10 weeks http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/02/29/ST2008022900149.html Comments
Virtual fence along U.S.-Mexico border delayed - Fence consisting of sensors, cameras, and drone aircraft is running into technical snags http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9881621-7.html?tag=nefd.top Comments
Jackson faces Neverland auction could lose his Neverland ranch if he fails to pay 25 million http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7266186.stm Comments
How much is inside thread count Martha Stewart brand pima cotton pillowcases claim to have 360 threads per square inch http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/threadcount/threadcount01.shtml Comments
Stealth bomber crashes; pilots safe Aircraft was was taking off with three others on their last flight out of Guam http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/23/stealth.bomber.crash.ap/index.html Comments
THINGS FOR SALE THAT I WILL MAIL YOU David Horvitz would like to sell you a souvenir of his latest adventure http://davidhorvitz.com/if/index.html Comments
Report: Security relaxed at Obama speech the order to stop checking people for weapons had been intended to speed up seating http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/21/report_security_relaxed_at_obama_speech/8649/ Comments
FAA wants to know if pilots fell asleep Go Flight 1002 was headed for Hilo Airport around 10 a.m. but overshot the airport by 15 miles. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-02-20-go-sleep_N.htm Comments
Pakistan Opposition Leads as Voters Reject Musharraf Opposition parties were poised to win parliamentary elections. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=abdpX6uQDIN0&refer=asia Comments
Pakistan Opposition Leads as Voters Reject Musharraf Pakistan's opposition parties were poised to win parliamentary elections. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=abdpX6uQDIN0&refer=asia Comments
Man arrested for making more than 27,000 calls to 911 Authorities have arrested a prolific 911 cell phone caller. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/15/national/a140459S07.DTL Comments
Miley Cyrus Apologises For Seat Belt Gaff Is seen riding in an auto without a belt in her new concert film http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/40567/miley-cyrus-apologises-for-seat-belt-gaff Comments
The Third-Inning Blooper Reel With only a month until spring training, baseball did not get much of a rest this off-season http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/the_thirdinning_blooper_reel.php Comments
Introducing the Eyeclops - Super Magnifying Camera the Eyeclops is so powerful, it is actually hard to find things detailed enough to explore http://www.cockeyed.com/science/eyeclops/eyeclops.shtml Comments
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