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PadRacerExtreme writes:
A 14 year old Utah boy got a surprise gift of porn rather than his copy of Madden 07. It appears to be either an annoyed employee or a mistake at the duplication plant. From the article:
The kid is obviously a very intelligent boy, as on discovering the porn, he was reported as thinking: "This is definitely not Madden."
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root_42 writes:
As the BBC reports the billionaire founder of amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, has released the first images of the launch of a private spacecraft that could bring space travel to the masses. The spacecraft is operated by his company Blue Origin and looks like a soft, cone shape. It is able to perform vertical lift-off and landings. During the first test flight in Texas a height of 285ft were achieved.
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vorlich writes:
The BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6224601.stm has reported that the London School of Pharmacy has produced version of interferon- used to treat hepatitis C — that has the same therapeutic use as commercially patented interferon owned by Roche. Professor Sunil Shaunak is quoted as saying that medical academics can choose either to make large sums of money from their ideas or to provide affordable medicines for the global community.
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obiwankennedy writes:
The CNES (equivalent of NASA in France)said it will publish its archive of UFO sightings and other phenomena online, but will keep the names of those who reported them off the site to protect them from pestering by space fanatics.
web site of CNES:
http://www.cnes.fr/
sources :
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16392923/
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CrazedWalrus writes:
Philadelphia police recently captured a serial killer using a combination of Homeland Security and private surveillance cameras. Police pieced together relevant video from twelve different cameras, and eventually were able to identify the murderer. Once caught, he confessed to several other murders spanning the past eight years. Without these cameras, this killer would probably be lurking the streets of Philadelphia today. With results like that, is there really a good basis for argument against these cameras?
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innocent_white_lamb writes:
Several valid Safeway gift cards had their remaining balances set to zero, according to this article.
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chuckbag writes:
From NPR: "In November, a gray, metallic, saucer-like object was spotted hovering above Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. As many as 12 United Airlines employees spotted the object and filed reports with United.
Officials at the airline say they have no knowledge of the incident, and the Federal Aviation Administration is not investigating.
Melissa Block speaks with Chicago Tribune transportation reporter Jon Hilkevtich, who reported on the incident."