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18000 x norm radiation in San Francisco tap wate-> 2

Submitted by M4n
M4n writes "Despite countless reassurances that no harmful levels of radiation from the Japan nuclear fallout would hit the US from the EPA, the University of Berkeley in California is now reporting that rainwater in San Francisco water has now been detected at levels 18,100% above federal drinking water standards.

Iodine-131 was measured in a rainwater sample taken on the roof of Etcheverry Hall on UC Berkeley campus, March 23, 2011 from 9:06-18:00 PDT. The 3 Liters of rainwater collected contained 134 Becquerels of Iodine for an average of 20.1 Becquerel per liter, which equates to 543 Picocuries per litre.

The federal drinking water limit for Iodine-131 is 3 Picocuries per liter, putting the rainwater sample at 18,100% above the federal drinking water limit."
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Sugar Is Sugar TV ad-> 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "The industry sponsored Corn Refiners Association have started a series of of TV adverts to stem the growing movement away from HFCS (High Corn Fructose Syrup). This might be an uphill battle based on the mounting scientific evidence. Even Hunts, part of Conagra, have switched sides on HFCS. Clearly the CRA have an issue. The Youtube copy of the advert posted by the CRA has a 95% disapproval rating."
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Government

US Government Domain Seizures Failing Miserably->

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ktetch-pirate
ktetch-pirate writes "Operation In Our Sites, a US Government led domain seizure action to deal with piracy, is pretty much a failure. TorrentFreak has examined a significant number of sites that have gone on pretty much unhindered, despite the seizures. Already some questions have been asked about the constitutionality of the seizures, and the evidence used as justification, but it seems the end results weren't as good as boasted either."
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Congress passes self passing bill!-> 3

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes ""If the House has not received a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating that it has passed a measure providing for the appropriations for the departments and agencies of the Government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, the provisions of H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011, are hereby enacted into law." — This speaks for itself, pitchforks and torches anyone?"
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Science

Simpler, Cheaper HIV Testing->

Submitted by RedEaredSlider
RedEaredSlider writes "Alexander Revzin, a biomedical engineer at the University of California, Davis, developed a simple strip that has an array of antibody molecules printed on it. The molecules bind to white blood cells as well as certain proteins. By counting the different types of cells, one can tell whether a person has HIV, and whether they are at risk for full-blown AIDS."
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Comment: Simple solution, don't use your router for DNS (Score 3, Insightful) 179

by Passman (#32926522) Attached to: Millions of Home Routers Are Hackable

As someone pointed out a comment on the Forbes story, this exploit can only affect you if you are getting DNS through the router.

Simply using a static IP & DNS for your computer on your local network would make you immune to this. In situations where using a static IP is not possible (a friend's house, public wifi, etc.) just set your DNS servers statically and you should be fine.

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. -- Lily Tomlin