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This story has mostly positive ratings. 37 votes / 1 sink

Gitmo Torture Techniques Inspired by Communist China

News – The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart that had been copied verbatim from a 1957 Air Force study of Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions, many of them false, from American prisoners.

View Story Discuss (1) (nytimes.com) 7 days ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 02, 2008 12:52am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Nugache Worm Writer Arrested

Gadgets & Tech – A teenager has been charged in connection with an elaborate computer virus scheme that officials say turned thousands of personal computers into "zombies" and used them to rip off banking and credit card information. Jason Michael Milmont, 19, has agreed to plead guilty.

View Story Discuss (0) (jacksonholestartrib.com) 7 days ago by Wil

Voted for on July 01, 2008 03:19pm

Americans Worry McCain Would Be Too Similar to Bush
This story has mostly positive ratings. 157 votes / 10 sinks

Americans Worry McCain Would Be Too Similar to Bush

Politics – A recent USA Today/Gallup poll finds about two in three Americans concerned that John McCain would pursue policies as president that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued. Nearly half -- 49% -- say they are "very concerned" about this.

View Story Discuss (103) (gallup.com) 7 days ago by Aidenag

Voted for on July 01, 2008 03:11pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks

Brain hijinks: out-of-body experiences and other tricks of consciousness

Science – What happens when your brain sees the world not as it really is? This week, the scientific effort to simulate out-of-body experiences to probe the limits of the self. Two scientists join Natasha Mitchell with extraordinary insights into how your brain creates your mind...

View Story Discuss (0) (abc.net.au) 7 days ago by Wil

Voted for on July 01, 2008 03:10pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / No sinks

Some clergy want out of wedding duty

Family – Some clergy think churches should divorce themselves from the wedding business. The controversy over same-sex marriage, along with a growing sense that many couples who marry in churches never return, has prompted faith leaders to say it's time to reconsider how California couples tie the knot.

View Story Discuss (0) (sacbee.com) 7 days ago by idyll

Voted for on July 01, 2008 02:55pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

"Paint" the house with water, "draw" on the driveway with ice cubes

Family – Parents can give their kids a paint brush and water and let me "paint" the house; it works like a cheap aquadoodle. Kids can "paint" the car, the driveway, the house, and even their parents! They can also use ice cubes like crayons to draw on the driveway. [via boingboing]

View Story Discuss (0) (parenthacks.com) 7 days ago by Wil

Voted for on July 01, 2008 02:55pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Interview with Arthur C. Clarke

Books – Arthur C. Clarke looks back on the lifetime of influences that led him to become a science-fiction Grand Master.

View Story Discuss (0) (scifi.com) 7 days ago by Wil

Voted for on July 01, 2008 03:19am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

The History of Science Fiction - Origins of SF

Books – Science Fiction as we know and understand it did not come into being until the 19th century and really came into its own in the 20th century. While there are many great works of literature which can be pointed to as the roots of Fantasy fiction, that isn't the case for SF.

View Story Discuss (0) (sflare.com) 7 days ago by Wil

Voted for on July 01, 2008 03:19am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

6 Better Ways to Search Google

Gadgets & Tech – Google makes looking up the most mundane detail simple. Need a phone number for the pizza place down the street? Google it. The possibilities are endless. However, did you know you can get more from your Google searches? It's true and here are six tips to achieving more productive Google search results.

View Story Discuss (0) (dailybits.com) 8 days ago by Wil

Voted for on June 30, 2008 11:31pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

Rhapsody: easy to join, difficult to cancel

Music – "To start giving them $12.99 a month entails just a few mouse clicks. To stop involves phoning an 800 number, waiting in a queue while loud music is pumped over the phone, and eventually dealing with a script-driven humanoid who demands to know your reasons for canceling."

View Story Discuss (0) (nielsenhayden.com) 8 days ago by Wil

Voted for on June 30, 2008 08:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

100 years ago today: KABLAM!!!!!

Science – 100 years ago today, a small chunk of rock or possibly ice was lazily making its way across the inner solar system when a large, blue-green planet got in its way. Now known as the Tunguska Event, it stands today as a shocking reminder that we live in a cosmic shooting gallery, and the Earth sits in the crosshairs of many objects.

View Story Discuss (0) (badastronomy.com) 8 days ago by Wil

Voted for on June 30, 2008 07:44pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / No sinks

It's Official. California's Death Penalty is a Multi-Million Dollar Failure.

News – A panel of experts, including 10 law enforcement officers and prosecutors, unanimously agrees that California's death penalty is utterly broken. To fix it, we'll need to spend over $200 million per year. The current failed system already costs over $137 million more each year than our alternative of permanent imprisonment.

View Story Discuss (0) (blog.aclu.org) 8 days ago by Wil

Voted for on June 30, 2008 06:13pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

McCain's strategy on the Clark comments

Politics – The McCain campaign's angle here is to not to prevent attacks on the integrity of McCain's war record (which Clark explicitly did not do) but to make it off limits for anyone to question that his war-time experience means he has the temperament and experience which make him the better qualified candidate to be president.

View Story Discuss (1) (talkingpointsmemo.com) 8 days ago by Wil

Voted for on June 30, 2008 05:49pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks

Higher Costs and Delays Expected at Ground Zero

News – A series of tough choices must be made at ground zero, which will delay some projects and raise the cost of completing the Sept. 11 memorial, the office towers and transportation center, according to a report by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that will be released at its board meeting Monday afternoon.

View Story Discuss (1) (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com) 8 days ago by phipphin

Voted for on June 30, 2008 05:27pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Naked Women's Wrestling League bests Carmen Electra in court ruling

Celebrities – Lawyers for the Naked Women's Wrestling League today won a round in court against Carmen Electra when a judge ruled the actress's lawyers need to revise portions of her lawsuit demanding $300,000 for hosting several events.

View Story Discuss (0) (dailynews.com) 8 days ago by Wil

Voted for on June 30, 2008 04:59pm

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