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Student Googles Himself, Finds He's Accused of Murder 184

University of Florida student Zachary Garcia was more than a little surprised to find out he was wanted for murder after Googling his name. It turns out the police were looking for a different man but had mistakenly used Garcia's photo. From the article: "Investigators originally released a driver's license photo of Zachary Garcia — spelled with an 'A' — but it was Zachery Garcia — spelled with an 'E'— who was charged in connection with the crime."
Graphics

The First Photograph of a Human 138

wiredog writes "The Atlantic has a brief piece on what is likely to be the first photograph (a daguerreotype) showing a human. From the article: 'In September, Krulwich posted a set of daguerreotypes taken by Charles Fontayne and William Porter in Cincinnati 162 years ago, on September 24, 1848. Krulwich was celebrating the work of the George Eastman House in association with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Using visible-light microscopy, the George Eastman House scanned several plates depicting the Cincinnati Waterfront so that scholars could zoom in and study the never-before-seen details.'"

Comment Re:Bluff City is south of Bristol Motor Speedway (Score 1) 680

I've driven I-10 in Houston and I agree. I also lived in Atlanta for over 10 years and both cities have the same problem with "slow [moving] road bumps." Why can't the police enforce "slower traffic keep right" or "keep right except to pass" laws? I recently drove the PA Turnpike, which is mostly 2 lanes each direction, but is peppered with Keep Right signs. It was so much easier to drive across that state than it was to drive the +4 lane I-75/I-85 highways around Atlanta.
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Man Put On "No-Fly List" While In Air To NYC 300

An unnamed man flying from Nigeria to New York City found out he was added to a no-fly list somewhere above the Atlantic Ocean, when the plane stopped to refuel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Officials won't say what he did or why he was added to the list after he had already boarded a flight. He was not immediately charged with a crime and Customs and Border Protection will only say that he is a "potential person of interest." From the article: "The man, a citizen of Gambia, was not on the no-fly list when he boarded the aircraft in Dakar, Senegal, said a US official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly."
Software

Simple CMS For Mixed Mac/Windows Team? 119

Quasar Sera writes "I am looking for a content and/or project management solution for a marketing research team using both Macs and PCs. Ideally it would support document sharing, metadata/tags, search capabilities, revision control, and the ability to share documents easily with people from outside the team without any software installation or login required. It may be tricky to configure (since I will be doing that) but must be dead simple to use for the rest of the team. We rely mostly on Word, Powerpoint, and Excel (all in their native file formats) for our work, so it would be a large number of fairly small files. Any and all advice would be appreciated."
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Woman Claims Wii Fit Caused Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome 380

Amanda Flowers always liked her Wii Fit but now she can't get enough of it. Amanda claims a fall from her balance board damaged a nerve and has left her suffering from persistent sexual arousal syndrome. From the article: "The catering worker said: 'It began as a twinge down below before surging through my body. Sometimes it built up into a trembling orgasm.' A doctor diagnosed her with persistent sexual arousal syndrome due to a damaged nerve."
Earth

Breaking the Squid Barrier 126

An anonymous reader writes "Dr. Steve O'Shea of Auckland, New Zealand is attempting to break the record for keeping deep sea squid alive in captivity, with the goal of being able to raise a giant squid one day. Right now, he's raising the broad squid, sepioteuthis australis, from egg masses found in seaweed. This is a lot harder than it sounds, because the squid he's studying grow rapidly and eat only live prey, making it hard for them to keep the squid from becoming prey themselves. If his research works out, you might one day be able to visit an aquarium and see giant squid."

Comment Re:Not the domain (Score 1) 1049

I have a coworker who also is a licensed respiratory therapist, which was reflected in his personal email address - joetherapist@isp.com. Channeling an old Benny Hill routine, I asked him if he got many clients, advertising as Joe the rapist. He changed his address the same day.

Comment Re:Hackers Diet FTW. (Score 1) 978

I hear you, and I've been there. I started going to the gym with a coworker before work in the morning. I looked around the weight training area and saw a lot of the men and women you mention. I also saw some senior adults there too, so there was quite a mix. Everyone was into doing their own workouts and the hard core guys never did or said anything to make me self conscious. After a few weeks of seeing me there, I even got a few encouraging comments from some of them about how I was improving. I found out the general feeling is that as long as you're in the gym doing something, then good for you. And if you're there doing it regularly, you get some level of respect from the hard core folks because you're committed to improving yourself. Before I moved off of the project that had me in that town, I had lost 40 pounds, reduced my waist by 4 inches, and added enough muscle mass to improve my posture.

Comment The solution is obvious... (Score 4, Funny) 385

Using the TSA model (shoes, liquids, etc.) the only possible solution is to prohibit backhoe use. Remember, when backhoes are outlawed, only terrorists will have backhoes. Why, right now there could be huge numbers of terrorists in heavy equipment training classes, just planning and waiting for the opportunity to dig up phone, internet, power, water, and gas lines throughout the USA. And without any of the things supplied by those lines, just think of what would happen to the children. You may now commence with the hysteria. Alert the press.

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