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Black Friday Deals: The Only List You NeedPosted: 2 days ago by Bornbad Black Friday is a week away, and thousands of markdowns are already announced. Our master list of Giz-friendly deals—a hefty read—includes similar items priced differently at different stores. Keep it refreshed, cuz we'll be updating it all week. Comments: 0 Score: [-] 204 [+].
Age of cyber warfare is 'dawning' Posted: 4 days ago by Bornbad It said that many nations were now arming to defend themselves in a cyber war and readying forces to conduct their own attacks. Comments: 0 Score: [-] 127 [+].
My Oh Mayan!Posted: 4 days ago by Bornbad 2012 may indeed be the end of the world as we know it.As the sun sets on the day of love—better known as Thursday, Oct. 29—men and women file into The Ark, a bookstore specializing in crystals, tarot cards, world music and New Age tracts. If some cosmic accident brought Sarah Palin through its doors, she would probably burst into flames. The magazine rack alone could boil her blood. Comments: 0 Score: [-] 162 [+].
Dad Charged In Son's Execution Posted: 4 days ago by Bornbad Police said Jamar Pinkney Sr. forced his son, Jamar Pinkney Jr., to get naked and then he led him out of his mother's Highland Park home Monday and shot him execution-style in the head in a nearby field. Comments: 0 Score: [-] 271 [+].
Women need to watch their drinks -- and their drinkingPosted: 1 week ago by midnightbliss10 The rumors were everywhere. On Facebook. On Craigslist. At the coffee shop. Young women were being drugged at downtown bars. Someone was slipping them "date rape drugs," like the sedative Rohypnol or party drug GHB. They weren't being sexually assaulted. But someone was making them sick. It seemed like the stuff of urban legend. Comments: 3 Score: [-] 240 [+].
Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex crimesPosted: 1 week ago by iamamaniac Evangelist Tony Alamo used his status as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering. Comments: 3 Score: [-] 196 [+].
German Killers, Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber Suing WikipediaPosted: 1 week ago by 2manyusernames Wolfgang Werlé & Manfred Lauber murdered in 1990. Germany dictates that the press can't i.d. people such as Wolfgang Werlé & Manfred Lauber after they did their time. Wikipedia, who Wolfgang Werlé & Manfred Lauber must not know is not in Germany, published their names in a encyclopedical nature. Now Wolfgang Werlé & Manfred Lauber are suing to censor it. Comments: 7 Score: [-] 205 [+].
Times are tough, 9 Muppets evicted from Sesame StreetPosted: 2 weeks ago by kakana In 40 seasons, Sesame Street has featured over 1,000 characters. Although we’ll always have mainstays like Big Bird, Elmo, Bert and Ernie, many Muppets have been forgotten or deemed unnecessary. Comments: 8 Score: [-] 358 [+].
The True, Heartbreaking Faces of the Nuclear EraPosted: 2 weeks ago by Bornbad There's something fascinating about the technological terror that humans have been developing to obliterate each other for centuries, so it's easy to forget about the real consequences of this mad race. Comments: 7 Score: [-] 285 [+].
Brazilian uni readmits miniskirted studentPosted: 2 weeks ago by Bornbad Sao Paulo's Bandeirante University, aka Uniban, has decided to readmit the student expelled for wearing an insufficiently long skirt to campus, a garment which provoked a near riot as a baying mob of fellow students hurled abuse at the 20-year-old "whore". Comments: 2 Score: [-] 93 [+].