A new government survey shows that Americans are getting more free time but using it for leisure, reports the Wall Street Journal. This means Americans are working less, sleeping more, and watching a lot of television. (LISTS: Top 10 Reality TV Shows) On average, Americans age 15 or older spent about three hours and 58
Continue reading …It certainly wasn’t staged: New video has emerged showing the moments leading up to the now-legendary kiss at the Vancouver riots—and it’s clear that police knocked the couple down, hovered briefly over them, and moved on. The video shows a distraught Alexandra Thomas being comforted by Scott Jones at…
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Kim Kardashian put her fashionista abilities to good use in New York City Friday as a guest judge on the upcoming ninth season of ‘Project Runway.’ Contestants were instructed to put together an outdoor, public runway with models on stilts. (June 24)
Continue reading …Two journalists were arrested this week in Washington, apparently for recording a public meeting—on city taxis. Pete Tucker, who reports taxi industry news, landed charges for disorderly conduct, unlawful entering, and refusing to stash his camera when asked. Then Reason TV journalist Jim Epstein was arrested after taking video…
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Before clicking on this extraordinary video — which shows a meeting of civilizations that may never happen again on our planet — be sure to turn the sound off and spare yourself the awful soundtrack. The expressions on the faces of the Toulambi tribesmen are enough anyway, and even though history tells us that these parties First Meeting Between Papua New Guinea Tribesmen & Outside World is a… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Open Culture Discovery Date : 23/06/2011 16:25 Number of articles : 5
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I love the Medic. Wait, no. I hate playing TF2 as the Medic but a good medic can offset almost an entire team. This video proves it. Meet the Medic. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : CrunchGear Discovery Date : 24/06/2011 04:03 Number of articles : 6
Continue reading …NASA lander prototype ditches the manpower for an autonomous flight (video)
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Hear that? Those were the giddy giggles of some very happy scientists down at NASA’s Alabama-based Marshall Space Flight Center. Besting its previous June record for autonomous flight, this prototype robotic lander hovered for nearly half a minute at a height of seven feet before parking itself safely on the ground. Conceived as a joint project between NASA, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation, the intelligent bot is slated to go where its parachuting, aero-braking cousins can’t — like the Moon, or an asteroid. Future tests are on deck for the self-propelled lander to hover up to one hundred feet over the short span of a minute — no doubt its current feat is pretty neat, but we wouldn’t want to be the unsuspecting dolt who walked under it without his infrared goggles on. NASA lander prototype ditches the manpower for an autonomous flight (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Conan O’Brien’s editors made a video statement expressing their love for the new version of Final Cut Pro. via The Next Web Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Laughing Squid Discovery Date : 24/06/2011 15:32 Number of articles : 5
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Conan O’Brien’s editors made a video statement expressing their love for the new version of Final Cut Pro. via The Next Web Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Laughing Squid Discovery Date : 24/06/2011 15:32 Number of articles : 5
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A 71-year-old woman in Texas is accused of stealing a lone pickle from a store. But after legal twists and turns that included lawyers, no one is sure who took the pickle. (June 24)
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