Um, yipes?
A Canadian mother has frozen her eggs for use by her seven-year-old daughter, who is likely to become infertile.
Should the girl opt to use the eggs and gain regulatory approval, she would effectively have a baby that was her half-brother or sister.
Critics said the work, presented at a fertility conference in Lyon, was deeply [...]

A pizza chain has been hit with death threats and hate mail after offering to accept Mexican pesos, becoming another flashpoint in the nation’s debate over immigrants.
“This is the United States of America, not the United States of Mexico,” one e-mail read. “Quit catering to the damn illegal Mexicans,” demanded another.
I think this is [...]

Here is a scary/interesting piece about a killer robot that was developed bu Samsung to guard the Korean border.

Click the link below to see the video of this robot in action.
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Technorati Tags: Robot Sentry, Killer Robot, Samsung Robot, Korean Robot Sentry

Randy Wooten figured he would get at least one vote in his bid for mayor of this town of 80 people — even if it was just his own.
He did not. Now he has to decide whether to file a formal protest.
Wooten got the news from his wife, Roxanne, who went to City Hall on [...]

Now what the hell kinda course was this teacher giving?
Apparently he was handling the grenade when it went off. He has been identified as Abdul Rahman. A security official said on condition of anonymity that the pin on his grenade was accidentally removed, and that two of his companions were wounded in the blast.
I [...]

From the “by-catch doesn’t bother us - we’re dolphin safe” files… I’m supposing that the NSA is having a public relations week that makes the release of Sneakers look like a promo film for half crazed interventionist fake-government organized crime - HOLY SHIT - WHO KNEW IT WAS A DOCUMENTARY!!!!!
How is the plot of [...]

From the “merchants of death” files we find the farmer, David Lucas, from Suffolk. He has been building and selling gallows to African countries such as Zimbabwe for roughly 10 years. Thankfully, this type of activity will be outlawed by an upcoming EC regulation. This man doesn’t see what’s wrong with what he has been [...]

From the “Please ignore the 325MW gas turbine behind the curtain” files… a sainted group of warriors for truthiness in New Jersey (the Garden State) have come up with a proposed law which:
would make it a crime — punishable by up to 18 months in jail — to photograph, videotape or otherwise record for an [...]

I can’t say that I’m remotely surprised at this news. Congress is hot after the Shrub on news that the NSA has been building a database of every call made by ordinary American citizens.
“We are not mining or trolling through the personal lives of innocent Americans,” Bush said before leaving for a commencement address at [...]

From the “Jon Stewart will never need to look for work as long as these jokers breathe” files… The Republican Party wants you to have a party.  In fact, if you have a great party, and the pickle jar gets really full of greenbacks, and you send all those greenbacks to the nice folks at [...]