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Carly Fleischman has severe autism and is unable to speak a word. But thanks to years of expensive and intensive therapy, this 13-year-old has made a remarkable breakthrough… (Also, check out the very moving video linked in the article.)

Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths.

Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctica said Tuesday they have collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the murky depths.

George Washington must be green with envy.

“In August, Sen. Barack Obama had made the argument that, as president, he would target Al Qaeda officials in Pakistan even without the country’s acquiescence — the type of attack that, six months later, proved to be successful.” The White House had earlier criticized his position. Naive/inexperienced indeed…

I’ll leave the digg community to do the name calling…

The CoS can delete auctions from eBay with no supervision, and has used this to delete all resale of the e-meters Scientologists use. This is to stop members from buying used units instead of buying from the official (and very expensive) source. Given Scientology’s record of fraud and abuse, should eBay give them this level of trust?

“Almost a decade ago, the federal government dropped $100 million for an Earth-monitoring satellite that never made it into space. Today it sits in a closet in Maryland. Cost to taxpayers for storing it: $1 million a year.” – That’s just one expense… You’ll want to read more.

“Almost a decade ago, the federal government dropped $100 million for an Earth-monitoring satellite that never made it into space. Today it sits in a closet in Maryland. Cost to taxpayers for storing it: $1 million a year.” – That’s just one expense… You’ll want to read more.

After Angela Garbarino was arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana last November on suspicion of drunk driving, she wound up lying on the police station floor in a pool of her own blood with two black eyes, a broken nose, two broken teeth, and other cuts and bruises. Garbarino says that Officer Wiley Willis beat her up after turning off the police video.

Video for Mova’s Contour facial capture system: “This pushes Unreal Engine 3 to its very limit … it’s about as photo-real as you can get in real time.”

The best thing the Nintendo Wii got going for it is the excellent Opera web browser, but web browsing with the Wii remote is still a bit klunky. Luckily, using that very same browser, you can turn your Wii into a full-fledged media center with the freeware Windows application Orb. Here’s how

An interesting post which compares the current social media climate with life and technology in the 1990s. Before Digg, there was your local newspaper’s “Top Stories of the Year” issue. ou used to have to wait until December to find out hottest story of the year. Now there’s an infinite stream of uncensored content and entertainment online..