Karen Butler maintains that after being heavily sedated she awoke speaking with a thick British accent. Can it be true?

He showed a clip from a local news station that equated the portrayal of homosexuality on 'Glee' to product placement. "You throw a soda in a movie and within a few seconds everybody in the theater is thirsty for that particular brand," the woman in the clip said.

London is unprepared for a terrorist attack on the 2012 Olympics because of a chronic shortage of air ambulance crews and other fast response teams, Lady Justice Hallett warned in her report into the July 7, 2005 terrorist attacks.

Joystick Division looks at gamers' reactions to the PSN hack and outage.

Here’s a headline you don’t see too often: “Rubber Chicken Turned NASA Mission Mascot Embarks on a Flight to Space.” Seriously, this is a true story.

New data from comScore for this past March has pointed to Apple nearly passing RIM in smartphone market share for the US. Shipping 18.65 million iPhones helped Apple gain half a point since December to hit 25.5 percent share in its home country.

Trash talking and sports go together like apples and pie. They are synonymous like chicken and dumplings. They mix beautifully like peanut butter and jelly!

The Long Island Serial Killer may one day take his place alongside the Gacys and the Bundys. Or he may be all but forgotten like these poor lunatics.

Looks like Skype is in play, again. Unlike last time, both the suitors have good business reasons. Between Google and Facebook, the social networking giant makes perfect sense. We actually suggested this deal six months ago. Question is: why does Skype want to sell?

Who says you need your sight to solve a Rubiks Cube? Thanks to designer Konstantin Datz, blind individuals can now take part in the classic brain teasing (and let’s be honest, infuriating) game. The prototype will be at MoMA as early as July.

Full story at LikeCool.

More inspiring designs.

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Severiano Ballesteros, who underwent surgery for a brain tumour three years ago, died early this morning at his home in...

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Cute enough to make my teeth hurt.... whilst simultaneously thinking WTF?

MONTREAL, May 7 (UPI) -- Canada's McGill University says it plans to present Montreal-born actor William Shatner with an honorary doctorate next month.

PORTLAND, Ore., May 7 (UPI) -- A goal by Mamadou Danso in the 72nd minute Friday gave the expansion Portland Timbers a 1-0 victory over Philadelphia.

CARDIFF, Wales, May 7 (UPI) -- The Labor Party won 30 of the 60 seats in the Welsh Assembly, one short of a governing majority, officials said Friday.

SEATTLE, May 7 (UPI) -- A two-out single by Brendan Ryan in the ninth inning scored Adam Kennedy from third Friday to give the Seattle Mariners a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.

MEMPHIS, May 7 (UPI) -- A pilot refused Friday to take off from Memphis with two Muslim clerics traveling to a conference in Charlotte, N.C.

ANAHEIM, Calif., May 7 (UPI) -- Torii Hunter singled to left with the bases loaded and none out in the 11th Friday, bringing the Los Angeles Angels a 2-1 decision over Cleveland.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (UPI) -- A one-out single in the ninth inning by Freddy Sanchez drove in Cody Ross from second Friday and lifted the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 win over Colorado.

LONDON, May 7 (UPI) -- Changes must be made in intelligence and emergency services, the coroner who heard five months of testimony on the London Transport bombings said Friday.

ATLANTA, May 7 (UPI) -- Nothing quite says Mother's Day like a plate of chicken wings, and Sunday they are free for moms at any U.S. Hooter's restaurant, restaurant officials say.

CHICAGO, May 7 (UPI) -- Forty-five percent of working U.S. moms who are the sole provider for their family earn less than $35,000, a survey indicates.

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For many of us a morning without coffee or tea is a like the proverbial day without sunshine. For me much of it is about the ritual. Okay, who am I kidding?

Pole dancing is on the rise as a form of fitness, but calling it a sport may still be a stretch. Or is it?

Kamel Makhloufi created this simple yet stunning visualization of Iraq war casualties using just pixels to represent deaths.

Apartment renters are the angriest and most jaded people on the planet. On one hand, I see where they're coming from: Every day, dozens of people call a renter and visit his/her apartment. The renter has to answer the same questions over and over again, they need to tour people around, and they need to feign excitement.

Think you've mastered Apple's iTunes app? Not so fast. Here are some expert tips guaranteed to help you get even more out of the media database powering your iPhone or iPad.

Your overall happiness may depend in part on whether you drew the long or short version of a gene, say researchers.

Apple reportedly made an extremely interesting move recently. when it hired audio engineer and THX sound system inventor Tomlinson Holman to head up audio at Apple.

At the state level, the GOP's attacks on reproductive rights may widen the already huge gulf between red and blue states in health, family stability, and education.

Smartphones’ share of the global cell phone market is poised to explode over the next four years, according to market research firm Pyramid Research.

No games have been played -- or even any offseason practices held -- but the Green Bay Packers remain a favorite to win Super Bowl XLVI.

Bigger doesn’t always mean better when it comes to foreign aid. Small countries can have deep pockets too — and some are much deeper than their larger neighbors. Take Norway, for example. The $4.58 billion it gives away is almost double what Switzerland donates – impressive already, but when you consider the Scandinavian kingdom’s scant population of 4.8 million, that works out to a whopping $936 per capita donation (versus Switzerland’s $295). 

(Click on the infographic below to learn more.)

Via Column Five for Mint

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Even though we ooh and ahh about the beauty of our gadgets when they’re bright and shiny and new, that feeling quickly fades as soon as we encounter that dreaded first scratch. But according to Remy Labesque of Design Mind, there’s a certain beauty that even our most worn out devices exude. Scuffs and scratches serve as proof our gadgets are well-loved. The Japanese term ‘Wabi-sabi’ sums up this notion. Wabi-sabi is used to describe the aesthetically pleasing wear and tear of our beloved objects as they decay over time.

Read Remy’s complete ode to old tech at Design Mind.

Get your gadget fix.

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In this edition of your daily cute fix, a persistent pup tries to convince a park statue to play fetch with it. After these repeated failed attempts and adorable doggy cries, hopefully the people recording this video picked up the stick and gave in to the its desperate plea for a playmate.

Full story at Geekosystem.

Everything adorable.

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Sir Alex Ferguson claims he is gripped by the “big fear” that more controversial refereeing decisions will swing the title...

A seriously ill child whose parents had a “saviour baby” in the hope that he could be healed has been cured....

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie are to be stripped of their £500,000-a-year, round-the-clock police protection, it was reported last night....