- 10/26/2011
Hurricane Rina Projected Path: Astronauts in Hurricane's Path Forced to Abort Mission (VIDEO)
Hurricane Rina can potentially cause a lot of damage, according to meteorologists, but what has not been expected is that the storm would hinder space exploration.
Tags Hurricane - 10/26/2011
Hurricane Rina Projected Path: Twitter Users Calm Amid News of Storm Headed for U.S.
As yet another hurricane approaches, people are planning accordingly in anticipation of Hurricane Rina, from fishing villages in Mexico being evacuated to tourists canceling trips to Cancun. On Twitter, however, the reaction from many has been slightly more laid back.
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10/26/2011Steve Jobs Biography: Taiwanese News Company NWA Animates Excerpts From New Book
The new biography about Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson has been written about ad nauseum in the media for all its interesting tidbits about the legendary Apple CEO. But have you seen the animated version?
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10/25/2011Seattle War Vet Upset Daughter Is 'Forced' to Recite Pledge of Allegiance in School
In another chapter of the debate over how Americans should treat the flag in the public sphere, a U.S. Air Force veteran is upset that her daughter's public school is forcing students to recite the pledge of allegiance each day, an act some view as an integral component of being American.
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10/25/2011'Kill Gaddafi' Video Game Created by Company Linked to Defense Department
If photos and videos of Muammar Gaddafi's death at the hands of rebels have not shown enough blood and carnage, a new video game developed by a reality game company that has collaborated with the U.S. Department of Defense will allow kids to relive the capture and murder of the ousted Libyan dictator over and over again.
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10/25/2011'I'm Getting Arrested' App Just Perfect for 'Occupy Wall Street' Protesters
Jason Van Anden, a Brooklyn-based software developer, has created a handy app for protesters participating in the "Occupy Wall Street" movement who may wind up getting arrested.
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10/25/2011$99 HP TouchPad Sale: Steve Jobs Called TouchPad Fiasco a 'Tragedy'
Hewlett-Packard took a beating over the summer as its HP TouchPad had to be "given away" for $99 after the product failed to generate enough sales to continue its market presence. Although HP was a competitor of Apple and Steve Jobs had a long, complicated history with the company, he described the collapse of HP as a "tragedy," according to Steve Jobs, a new authorized biography of the former Apple CEO by Walter Isaacson.
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10/25/2011Harold Camping Update: Family Radio Website Removes Doomsday Warnings After Failed Predictions
For the past five months, Harold Camping's Family Radio website has had posted on its main page an "explanation" of why the world did not end on May 21 and why it would truly end on Oct. 21. Four days after Camping's failed doomsday date, however, that explanation has been removed, suggesting that Family Radio may be out of the rapture prediction business.
- 10/24/2011
Man on Ledge Burns Bible in Front of Pope, Thousands of Onlookers at Vatican (VIDEO)
As Pope Benedict XVI was naming three new saints for the Catholic Church during Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, a man decided to pull a prank by climbing onto an upper colonnade and burning a copy of the Bible in front of thousands of onlookers, including the pope himself.
Tags Pope - 10/24/2011
Harold Camping: Business as Usual for Family Radio After Another Wrong Doomsday Prediction
Despite Harold Camping's insistence that the world would come to an end on Oct. 21, it has been business as usual for his Family Radio network, with employees working, programming remaining unchanged and donations still being requested.
- 10/24/2011
Steve Jobs Biography: Apple CEO Gave President Clinton Advice on Lewinsky Scandal
Steve Jobs' influence is apparent by the amount of people one sees everyday entranced by their iPads or waiting in line for the next iPhone. However, when Jobs was not putting his stamp on modern culture through the latest gadgets, he was doling out advice to American presidents.
- 10/24/2011
Artist Turns Giving Birth Into Work of Art, Will Deliver Baby During Live Performance
A New York City performance artist is planning on turning her baby into a work of art. Marni Kotak, 36, has turned a section of an art gallery into a home-birth center where she will give birth among spectators as part of a new performance art piece, the Huffington Post reported. The “performance” will be one of several performances in which the artist has used real-life experiences for her art.
- 10/24/2011
Atheist Richard Dawkins: Jesus Was 'Too Intelligent to Believe in God'
Biologist and best-selling atheist author Richard Dawkins talked about his fear of Islam, how religion is strong in the U.S. due to its free-enterprise business model and how somebody as intelligent as Jesus would have been an atheist, in a recent with the Guardian.
- 10/21/2011
Obama Announces End to Iraq War: 'Troops Will Be Home for Christmas'
President Barack Obama has announced he will withdraw all U.S. troops in Iraq by the end of 2011, marking an end to one of the most controversial and bloodiest wars in American history.
Tags Conflict/War - 10/21/2011
Steve Jobs Biography: Apple CEO Warned Obama He Would Be 'One-Term President'
Steve Jobs warned President Obama that he would be a one-term president unless he adopted business-friendly policies like China, according to a new biography about the recently deceased former Apple CEO.
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