Taste Test: The 7 Healthiest Ice Creams and Frozen Desserts

Just in time for summer... Check out Health magazine's taste test for seven of the healthiest (and best-tasting) ice creams and frozen desserts available in supermarkets across the United States.

Where are the Sunspots? Are we in for a Quiet Solar Cycle?

So what's up with our Sun? Is it going through a depression? It seems as if our closest star is experiencing a surprisingly uneventful couple of years. Solar minimum has supposedly passed and we should be seeing a lot more magnetic activity, and we certainly should be observing lots more sunspots.

Teacher sacked after bizarre striptease in front of class

The secret of being a good teacher is said to be finding a way to get the children's attention. But stripping off in front of a class of unruly pupils is not one of the recommended techniques. The bizarre striptease was performed by a chubby supply teacher who threatened to punish misbehaving 13 and 14-year-olds by making them look at his body...

Jeff Weiner leaves Yahoo for entrepreneurship

Jeff Weiner's ladder of professional growth...

The Top 10 Rube Goldberg Machines Featured In Movies

Rube Goldberg machines are complex devices that perform simple tasksin indirect, convoluted ways. Here are the top ten featured in suchmovies as The Goonies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Pee Wee's BigAdventure and Back to the Future.

The 20 Unhealthiest Drinks in America

#19. Worst "Healthy" Drink - Glaceau VitaminWater - 130 calories & 33 grams of sugar

World Prison Population (Mapped)

NOTE: 90% source data used on this site comes from official government sources.This is not a 'conspiracy theory' and is simply factual evidence of collusion. Please feel free to come to your own conclusion...

German War Machine [PIC]

Cheap SUVs Creating Big Profit for Some

People are making money off of SUVs by buying vehicles at cut rate prices in the US and selling them to people in Central and South America, where gas is cheap and big trucks are in high demand. 2007 Ford F150 US purchase price: $9,000. South America sale price: $18,000. Shipping: $2,200. Profit: $6,800.

Cedar Rapids evacuated, 500-year flooding in Iowa feared

As thunderstorms loom, thousands quickly evacuated Cedar Rapids amid warnings the levee barely holding back the river could burst overnight and inundate city streets for miles. Churning currents licked at the city's bridges, with the worst flooding in the Midwest in 15 years exposing the vulnerability of aging dams and levees, barely holding ...

Schiller's iPhone 3G Has Front Camera or Greasy Fingerprint

Conspiracy theorist aficionados have spent a few hours analyzing the footage from the WWDC08 keynote like CSI agents investigating the Zapruder film. The result: they found what they believe could be a front-facing videocamera in Applemeister Phil Schiller's demo iPhone 3G. Unrevealed prototype or, likely, a fingerprint that looks like a camera?

If Fads Lived Up to the Hype

A video to watch while you drink Crystal Pepsi and surf Friendster on your Segway.

Fight the Smear against Barack Obama

Look at the lies see the truth !!

Qik Finally Comes to iPhone

demo client for the iPhone, bringing the popular video streaming service to the Apple platform. Much like the video apps from Sling and ..., Qik appears to be running an unnofficial app on a jailbroken iPhone.

FACT: Video Games Are Dropping in Price

"Just like new cars drop in price when you drive them off the lot, the resale prices of video games drop in price the day you buy them. In fact the resale price of video games released in 2007 dropped 0.24% per day. But do well reviewed games drop as much as poorly reviewed ones? We set off to find out."

RIAA doubles settlement cost for students fighting subpoenas

Ars has the details on an RIAA strategy to double the cost of settling copyright infringement suits for students who try to quash the group's subpoenas in court. In a nutshell: settle early, pay $3,000; try to quash the subpoena and the settlement cost rises to $8,000.

Sessler's Soapbox is Tired of the Bigots on Xbox Live

For this week’s Sessler’s Soapbox, Adam Sessler brings up an issue that’s old, but still unfortunately valid. That is, he, like many people, is fed up with the amount of racist and homophobic talk on Xbox Live. As he points out, the situation is just getting uglier all the time.

Intelligent people are 'less likely to believe in God'

Professor Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, said many more members of the "intellectual elite" considered themselves atheists than the national average. A decline in religious observance over the last century was directly linked to a rise in average intelligence, he claimed. But it may not be that simple...

GE Boosts Efficiency for Buisinesses' Fuel-Strapped Fleets

GE is taking smart advantage of the rising gas prices, unveiling an environmental service that will help businesses with auto fleets reduce their fuel costs and emissions, making businesses and the environment that much better.

BBC: Jewish settlers attack Palestinians on film

Footage from a video camera handed out by an Israeli human rights group appears to show Jewish settlers beating up Palestinians in the West Bank. An elderly shepherd, his wife and a nephew said they were attacked by four masked men for allowing their animals to graze near the settlement of Susia.

Here's Obama's Birth Certificate

For those of you posting false information about Obama not being born in the US, here's the information that proves you wrong.

Childhood Fears: Nightmares Come To Life (PICs)

Fairy tales...can come true...it can happen to you......If you're young at heart...

Old Fashioned Grand Piano Gets Connected to the Internet

Old Fashioned Grand Piano Gets Connected to the Internet

Message to Judiciary Committee: IMPEACH BUSH

Contact information for all the members of the House Judiciary Committee from their own official webpage. Call or write and let them know that you want Bush impeached. Support Dennis Kucinich's 35 Articles of Impeachment.

App Store has size and price caps, opening with iPhone 3G

Developers submitting content to the App Store will have wide-ranging control over how their app is offered, but face a definitive limit for the size of their apps, AppleInsider has learned. The portal may also open its doors in sync with the launch of iPhone 3G.

A dad’s guide to a gadget-filled Father’s Day

Very useful gadget ideas for Father's day gifts.

Prius is Now the Most Searched New Car on Cars.com

Cars.com has announced that for the first time ever, the Toyota Prius has become the most searched for new vehicle on the popular vehicle classifieds site — surpassing long time favorites such as the Accord and Camry. The Prius first appeared in the top 10 most searched vehicles list last summer.

"Canadian DMCA" brings "balanced" copyright to Canada

The Canadian government has introduced its long-awaited copyright reform bill, the first in a decade. While there is much talk about "balance," a close look at the details finds a rightsholder-friendly piece of work.

9 Insane Cases That Prove the US Legal System is Broken

Justice is blind ... and stupid.

Army's PR Office Spreading Partisan Attacks On Obama

The Army's public affairs office publishes a daily roundup of Army-related news called "Stand To". Tuesday's edition contained an entry that struck me as unusual -- both for its headline and its patent political bias: "Obama: World peace thru surrender." Have any of these people actually read the Obama defense policy papers or speeches?

Important "PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT" for all Gamers!!!

Remember KIDS, just say NO to DRUGS.

How To Ask a Woman Out on a Date

whether your a man or a woman your going to want to check this out

Rep. Kucinich not giving up on Bush impeachment

Rep. Dennis Kucinich said he’s not going to let his effort to impeach President Bush die a quiet death in committee. He said that he’ll bring his resolution back in 30 days if the Judiciary Committee doesn’t act on it.

Crime, Horror, and Gore – The Comic Book Controversy (PICS)

Between 1945 and 1954, distribution and readership soared; in particular, the horror, crime, violence, and sadism genres became widely popular. But were the books really that bad? You can judge for yourself by checking out some of the more gruesome covers, which offer some insight as to the contents within

Red Hat looks out for OSS community with patent settlement

Red Hat announced today that it has settled a patent dispute with Firestar and DataTern over two patents, including one that covers object-relational database mapping—a technique that is used in Hibernate, a component of the JBoss middleware stack. Red Hat says that the terms of the settlement will offer broad protection for upstream developers, al

Exclusive: Hulk Prod.: No Capt. America, plus Punisher news

The hottest news is that on the eve of The Incredible Hulk's release, fans are in a frenzy over rumors regarding a cameo appearance by Captain America. Despite Leterrier's statements that Cap was cut from an artic sequence, Producer Gale Anne Hurd personally told us he was never in the film.

12 Creative Table Designs

Nice collection of creative tables.

Does Every 15 Minutes Scare Kids “To Death”?

Can you be scared straight into sobriety? If not that, can you be scared into refraining from driving drunk ?

Kucinich: Impeachment ball in Judiciary's court now

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), two days after presenting 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush, urged in a statement that a key House committee commence examination of the articles. “It is now imperative that the Judiciary Committee begin a review of the 35 articles," said Kucinich...

Superheroes Who Can't Have Sex

Two of this summer's biggest movies star superheroes who can't get laid - or terrible things will happen. (We won't reveal which movies here, since it's a minor spoiler.) But in any case, these heroes aren't alone - a vow of chastity has been part of the "great responsibility" that has come with superheroes' great power for years now... [SPOILERS]