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PLoS ONE: Implications of Extreme Life Span in Clonal Organisms: Millenary Clones in Meadows of the Threatened Seagrass Posidonia oceanica ...yields a minimum age estimate between 80,000 and 200,000 years, projecting the origin of the clones well into the late Pleistocene. Although there is no biologically compelling reason to exclude this possibility, we consider it to be an unlikely scenario because local sea level changes during the last ice age (from −80,000 to −10,000 years) would place these sampling locations on land (the sea was 100 metres below its present level).

Frozen sauerkraut causes German motorway chaos | Reuters

South African man escapes zombies but not police | Reuters

Mustache film festival to be held in Maine | Reuters

Astrophile: Pinball planets get wild, deadly ride - space - 03 February 2012 - New Scientist

How safe is Mexico for tourists? - World - CBC News

Canada's winter so tame, festival buys fake snow | Reuters

Russia's Putin gets a drink fit for dinosaurs | Reuters

IMAX replaces world's largest screen: pics - Hardware - News - ZDNet Australia

How Companies Learn Your Secrets - Slashdot

Tightrope walker to attempt first crossing of Niagara Falls | Reuters

Partners main source of happiness around the globe: poll | Reuters

'Tell Vic Everything' tweets protest online surveillance - Politics - CBC News

Swedish man survives for months in snowed-in car | Reuters

If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: Ancient Computers in Use Today | PCWorld

Nature News Blog: Alex the parrot’s last experiment shows his mathematical genius

Heartless thieves pick lovers' padlocks in Germany | Reuters

Will Slovaks walk over Chuck Norris to Austria? | Reuters

The Low-Down on the "Low Line": Architect James Ramsey Explains His Vision For an Underground LES Park | Artinfo

No Pulse: How Doctors Reinvented The Human Heart | Popular Science

March

The Schafer stigma: How his successful Kickstarter went to your head | Joystiq

Is Your Language Making You Broke and Fat? | Psychology Today

She sings, she dances, she's ... not real | Reuters

California man accused of trying to sell fake wine | Reuters

Polish woman saves babies with 75 days in labor | Reuters

Topher Grace Edited The ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Into One 85-Minute Movie and We Saw It | /Film

Smoking Slovak children burn down castle | Reuters

Watch a nanoscale race car get 3D printed with a laser – Computer Chips & Hardware Technology | Geek.com

That's not a salad, it's a symphony | Reuters

Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half - Technology Review

Cows worldwide to mourn superstud Jocko the bull | Reuters

Airport security to passengers: Please leave grenades home | Reuters

No rise in heart deaths after 2008 market crash in LA | Reuters

Imaging the charge distribution within a single molecule : Nature Nanotechnology : Nature Publishing Group

Reuters

Mayan Temple 'Lightbeam' Not a Sign from the Gods : Discovery News

Mammals put embryo development on hold : Nature News & Comment

Poo for tea: China's pandas brew a top drop | Reuters

A biplane to break the sound barrier - MIT Media Relations

Photo Gallery: Retired World of Warcraft Server - HotHardware

Mystery of Programming Language Used in Duqu Framework Solved | SecurityWeek.Com

Great-great grandmother, 101, breaks paragliding record | Reuters

Why Beckstrom's got a point, even if it's for the wrong reasons | News and analysis from .nxt (keywords: ICANN, conflict of interest)

The Man Who Broke Atlantic City - Magazine - The Atlantic
Why Can’t Journalists Who Write Articles About Gambling Understand Math? | Kid Dynamite's World

James Cameron emerges from 'complete isolation' after solo dive to bottom of ocean - The Globe and Mail

Cash Mobs gather to splurge in locally owned stores | Reuters

Referee dishes out five red cards in dressing room | Reuters

Couple to wed live on Country Music Awards show | Reuters

Face transplant recipient regains sense of smell - Health - CBC News

Japan bees cook enemy in 'hot defensive bee ball' | Reuters

Urine-soaked eggs a spring taste treat in China city | Reuters

Apple’s PC Free Feature: Insecure, But Maybe That’s Good

Artist creates stunning indoor clouds

Researchers may have discovered how memories are encoded in the brain

If you like 'banter', you are an idiot – Telegraph Blogs

Top banter: Liam Stacey is an idiot. That's punishment enough for his Fabrice Muamba tweets – Telegraph Blogs

Aggressive 'helicopter' parents force egg hunt cancellation – USATODAY.com

April

How the Aussie government “invented WiFi” and sued its way to $430 million | Ars Technica

Burglars caught by the security cameras they installed - Telegraph (at their own house)

Wyoming town - population 1 - sells for $900,000 to Vietnamese buyer | Reuters

Quebec woman credits Calgary man for long-distance rescue - Calgary - CBC News

Kindergarten boy brings heroin to show and tell | Reuters

When it comes to war, beer beats silver and gold | Reuters

MIT Fusion Researchers Answer Your Questions - Slashdot

Ohio man charged after six puppies found in suitcase | Reuters

Argentine hospital blamed after dead baby found alive | Reuters

The True Chinese Credit Bubble: 240% Of GDP And Soaring | Zero Hedge

UCLA apologizes for erroneous admissions notice snafu | Reuters

U.S. Defense Spending Compared to Other Countries | pgpf.org

Unwelcome visitor leaves teeth wounds on Louisiana motel guest | Reuters

Stuxnet worm reportedly planted by Iranian double agent using memory stick

German runaway Yvonne the cow nets moo-vie deal | Reuters

Canada issues glow-in-the-dark dinosaur quarter | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News

Shooting zombies is the fad among gun enthusiasts | Reuters

Philippine runners race to survive zombie horde | Reuters

Miniature royal fairy tale to grow and grow | Reuters

Newt [Gingrich] nipped by zoo penguin, gets Band-Aid | Reuters

Dutch bug cookbook launched to stir taste for insects | Reuters

Four-legged US viewers wag tails for DogTV channel | Reuters

No monkeying around for Japan man, fastest on four legs | Reuters

Can science help reinvent the thinking cap? - The Globe and Mail

Anontune: The New Social Music Platform From Anonymous | Underwire | Wired.com

Researchers use brain-injury data to map intelligence in the brain | News Bureau | University of Illinois

Starbucks to phase out coloring from crushed beetles | Reuters

South Korean bullfighting is for bulls only | Reuters

Canadian nutrition label claims often wildly misleading, tests show

Soccer ball swept up by Japanese tsunami found in Alaska | Reuters

UK firm's 1,300 staff accidentally given marching orders | Reuters

Falsely accused teacher calls for accountability - Canada - CBC News

Oda pays taxpayers back for $665 nightly hotel stay - Politics - CBC News

Saudi man spends 15 years in jail on father's order | Reuters "[W]hen the [original 3 year] sentence had been served the father asked a judge to keep his son in prison 'until he is proven to be righteous by his father'. The judge agreed and 12 years later Sinani is still in jail, Zahrani said."

Virginia woman wins $1 million - twice in same lottery | Reuters

Tupac "hologram" merely pretty cool optical illusion

Ukraine government's office art swapped for fakes | Reuters

Bionic Eye Patient Tests Planned For 2013

MIT Researchers Invent 'Perfect Glass' [VIDEO] (The glass is self-cleaning, anti-reflective, and superhydrophobic)

Report of Mexican woman expecting nine babies a hoax | Reuters

Students create automated bone-lengthening device

Antibiotic resistant bacteria discovered in isolated New Mexico cave

Berlin yodel school revamping alpine sound of music | Reuters

CordCrunchers turn headphone wires into functional jewelry

Discovery Channel crashes plane for documentary - latimes.com

Meteor hunters strike pay dirt - latimes.com

Dog's throat slashed in grooming accident - British Columbia - CBC News

» Amazing Photos Show What the World Really Eats Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

First photos of escort at center of Secret Service scandal - New York Daily News

Woman injured during sex on company time gets workers' comp

Pilots' spouses learn to land planes safely - Manitoba - CBC News

May

Tsunami motorcycle owner located in Japan - British Columbia - CBC News

Clock ticks on Koch case over fake Jefferson wine | Reuters

Finally, a Shark With a Laser | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Canadian Mint's last penny produced tomorrow - Manitoba - CBC News

Rob Ford wants Star reporter out of city hall - Toronto - CBC News

7 Canadian high school students who stood their ground - Canada - CBC News

Researcher believed killed by lab bacteria | Reuters

Court rejects appeal in wife's attempt to poison mistress | Reuters

Octopus eating seagull captured in photos - Technology & Science - CBC News

Rob Ford: After defending its fair journalism, the Toronto Star calls Toronto Mayor fat | Full Comment | National Post

Canada's last penny minted - Manitoba - CBC News

Travel Picks: Top 10 ugly buildings to visit | Reuters

Robocalls linked to Guelph Tory campaign worker's computer - Politics - CBC News

Insight: Training immune system to fight cancer comes of age | Reuters

Isolated wolves of Isle Royale in peril | Star Tribune

Do these mysterious stones mark the site of the Garden of Eden? | Mail Online

It's a gas: dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth | Reuters

Dezeen » Blog Archive » Cross # Towers by BIG (Danish architects BIG have designed a towering apartment block for Seoul that will be shaped like a hashtag)

Three Cheers for Joss Whedon: King of the Geeks, King of the World

Woman gives birth in Tim Hortons - Windsor - CBC News

World News: Paralyzed woman completes London Marathon wearing bionic suit - thestar.com

Al-Qaeda airline bomb plotter was CIA informant - World - CBC News

[1111.3328v2] On the reality of the quantum state (Here we show that any model in which a quantum state represents mere information about an underlying physical state of the system must make predictions which contradict those of quantum theory.)

Five front page stories that didn't happen - World - CBC News

Two weeks of smartphone charging in your pocket | Cutting Edge - CNET News

Stone-Throwing Chimp Is Back -- And This Time It's Personal - ScienceNOW

Researchers Reverse Evolution in Water Striders - ScienceNOW

Scientists may recreate beer from 1840's shipwreck | Reuters

German man has last laugh with new home obituary | Reuters

Unintended Acceleration Study Blames Older Women Drivers | TheDetroitBureau.com

Divorce courts mirror society as more women pay alimony | Reuters

Vic Toews’ bizarre plan to introduce his own personal inflation rate to prison | Full Comment | National Post

What moose? Woman can't recall dramatic collision - Nfld. & Labrador - CBC News

Afterlife comes at a discount for diehard Benfica fans | Reuters

NAEP Questions Tool v4.0 (Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test: See the test questions)

Reuters

Reuters Slideshow Editor's Choice | Reuters.com (picture 1: A girl walks on a disused railway track, through what is known locally as the "Tunnel of Love", in small town Kleven some 350km (217 miles) off western Kiev, Ukraine May 13, 2012. REUTERS/Gleb Granich)

Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup | Reuters

There are no bad jobs, says Flaherty - Canada - CBC News

Man bitten by rattlesnake at Washington state Walmart | Reuters

Daredevil Stratford pilot becomes Jordan princess - World - CBC News

Childhood scars spur tattoo artist to help others - Toronto - CBC News

Neil Macdonald: 2 billion reasons to regulate America's banks - World - CBC News

Honda UNI-CUB: what is it and why would you want one? | News | TechRadar

Fired for being too hot, New Jersey woman claims | Reuters

Are sweaty brokers more ethical? | Reuters

Saudi ghost-hunters raid haunted hospital | Reuters

Donald Trump insists Obama was born in Kenya - World - CBC News

Bankia Using Spiderman Towels To Lure Young Investors Amid Crisis

Bear pulls corpse from car near Kamloops - British Columbia - CBC News

Father who went for kidney stones discovers he is a woman

Girl posts cash pile image on Facebook, masked men raid house within hours | Geek.com

iPad prototype goes for £6,500 on auction site - uSwitch.com

June

William Martinez, Threesome Death Victim, Family Awarded $3 Million In Medical Malpractice Suit

Dead obese woman's excess body fat sets crematorium on fire

Surreal Flying Houses Travel Through the Sky - My Modern Metropolis (photo manipulations)

Drivers block traffic to watch this woman masturbate on road

Edmonton teacher suspended for handing out zeros | CTV News

Probation for Colorado woman who slid buttocks across $30 million painting | Reuters

Squat-down toilets will boost Nomura, shareholder says | Reuters

Radiation: Shall I compare thee to an angry Japanese wife? | Reuters

“Casserole” protests in support of Quebec students spread across Canada

On U.S. car license plates, DAMNIML8 is OK, TOILET is not | Reuters

Montreal protest resonates across Canada and in U.S. - Montreal - CBC News

Rectangle Oreos and cucumber gum, made in China for China | Reuters

Why We Don't Believe In Science : The New Yorker

Nokia Continues to Struggle (Calculating the Elop Effect: He's already destroyed a company the size of Oracle, and profits the size of Google)

German minister chided for flying carpet from Kabul | Reuters

Blow darts just a breeze for Japanese old folk | Reuters

Cameron left eight-year-old daughter in pub | Reuters

Yelp accused of burying good customer reviews - British Columbia - CBC News

Can bolting bovine replace Germany's oracle octopus? | Reuters

Bulgaria puts vampire skeleton on display | Reuters

Fermented fashion: Dress made out of wine scum | Crave - CNET

BBC News - Linus Torvalds: Linux succeeded thanks to selfishness and trust

BBC News - Superflattery: The art of getting what you want

Public swearing outlawed in Massachusetts town | Reuters

Microsoft Talks Daily With Your Computer - Slashdot

Forest boy made up story: German police | Reuters

2nd hypnotist rescues students stuck in trance - Montreal - CBC News

Meet your vegetables - Ideas - The Boston Globe

Why Google almost certainly didn’t steal your sex secrets | PC Pro blog

Why Hate the Catcopter? Drones Are the Real Flying Death | Motherboard

Linus Torvalds Gives Nvidia the Finger. Literally | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Dinosaur to be seized by U.S. Homeland Security - Technology & Science - CBC News

Erotic hotel's guests oblivious to G20 summit stress | Reuters

Same-sex couple wed to mark comic book superhero marriage | Reuters

Breast cancer survivor wins right to swim topless in Seattle | Reuters

Norway men asked to don condoms for Sex Hour | Reuters

Hitler, bare breasts, adultery: election time in Mexico | Reuters

Spaniards stomp their heels at bailed-out bankers | Reuters

Laocoön | TechCrunch What exactly does Apple mean by using the hacker emblem in this way?

Gold to Be Reclassified in the U.S.

July

On a New York island, firefighters set homes ablaze | Reuters

Texas GOP rejects ‘critical thinking’ skills. Really. - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

RÉSONAANCES: H-day Live (Higgs Press Conference Live Blog)

Doctors remove 51-pound tumor from New Jersey woman | Reuters

Why the Higgs Particle Matters | Of Particular Significance

6 reasons why the 'God particle' matters - Technology & Science - CBC News

iBrain to allow Stephen Hawking to communicate through brainwaves alone

'Trojan' software extorts money with fake legal threat - Ottawa - CBC News

San Diego fireworks show exploded in 15 seconds, ruining show [Video] - latimes.com

Robert Joyce, O.D.: Overworked Eyes: Will Your Computer Make You Go Blind?

Dark matter filament found, scientists say - latimes.com

A filament of dark matter between two clusters of galaxies : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Michael Smith Battling AT&T Over $1 Million Phone Bill

Why is my flight cancelled? Because DC is so damn hot that our plane sank 4" into the pavement. - Imgur

Cupcake Crazies Break Sprinkles' Cupcake ATM! | PerezHilton.com

Cornstarch Physics Is Shear Nonsense - ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Sex for Dinner - ScienceNOW

A Big Magnet in a Small Fish - ScienceNOW

Two-Faced Fish Tricks Competitors - ScienceNOW

Batman could fly, but he'd crash and die | Reuters

Parasite tied to self-harm, suicide attempts | Reuters

EU farmers deliver moo-ving milk lake protest | Reuters

Berlin gripped by family feud over sausages | Reuters

Chinese city declares war on piranhas | Reuters

Yahoo CEO’s pregnancy overshadows flat revenue - thestar.com

Oatmeal Creator Posts Photo of Giant FU to FunnyJunk Made from Over 200 Grand in Cash

Surrogate mother rape-victim wants to marry rapist

Video: Baseball fan with full hands catches foul ball using legs

World's heaviest woman sheds 98 lbs with seven-times-a-day sex

Dior's Show-Stopping Set of a Million Flowers - My Modern Metropolis

Footwear for the blind: Bluetooth shoes | The Economist

Millionaire Jailed After Son, 16, Gets Married in Vegas | Reuters

Cash-strapped Berlin stalked by 450-year-old debt | Reuters

Global Warming's Terrifying New Math | Politics News | Rolling Stone

Experimental musicians use body as instrument | Reuters

Omar Khadr: Peace-loving Canadian or al-Qaeda royalty? - Canada - CBC News

SpongeBob coins among Peregrine assets seized by FBI | Reuters

'Death by chocolate' plot to kill Sir Winston Churchill - Telegraph

To kill, or not to kill? - FT.com

Breaking the Olympic gender barrier in Muslim Qatar - World - CBC News ("For the first time in the history of the Games, every member nation of the International Olympic Committee will be sending at least one woman to participate this year.")

Why does the IT industry continue to listen to Gartner? | ZDNet

Crime rate falls 6% across Canada in 2011 - Canada - CBC News

Interviews: Giovanni Organtini Answers About the Higgs and LHC - Slashdot

Austrian admits making up story to get rid of snake | Reuters

Man Impales Leg on Fence During Dine and Dash | Reuters

11-year-old pianist sets Guinness record | Video | Reuters.com

Blind Man Sues Hospital for 'KKK' Surgery Scar | Reuters

Opticians see advertising gold in Korean flag flap | Reuters

Man charged with manslaughter in Florida butt-injection case | Reuters

Olympics 2012: Opening ceremony rips up the rule book - Sport - DNA

61-year-old man killed in Brooklyn when lightning strike causes scaffolding at church to collapse - NY Daily News (stunning pictures)

Dramatic volcano eruption caught on camera in Japan | News.com.au

Saving throw: securing democracy with stats, spreadsheets, and 10-sided dice | Ars Technica

Jack Daniel's Sends the Most Polite Cease-and-Desist Letter Ever

August

Weightlifting: Briton oversleeps, still has dream debut | Reuters

Call me Brawny: Iran defends tankers alias game | Reuters

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher buys $2.5m Manhattan apartment in New York's Essex House | Mail Online

First gliders navigate ever-changing Penrose universe - physics-math - 03 August 2012 - New Scientist

Nanex ~ 03-Aug-2012 ~ The Knightmare Explained

London 2012's oldest competitor, Hiroshi Hoketsu, takes the reins | Sport | The Guardian (The Olympic veteran, 71, on his horse Whisper, tackles the dressage – almost half a century after his first Games)

Hiroshi Hoketsu competes in Olympics at age 71

Johannesburg snow fulfils couple's white wedding dream | Reuters

Marjorie Rhodes, Ph.D.: How Generic Language Leads Children to Develop Social Stereotypes

You may kiss the bride and update the Scrum board | ITworld

Baskerville Is the Greatest Font, Statistically, Says Filmmaker Errol Morris - Slashdot

BBC News - The longevity of US presidents' mothers

Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage Confirmed : US/World : Medical Daily

Measuring pupil dilation is a strong indicator of whether a person is straight, gay or bisexual. - latimes.com

Belarus fines two for toy bear photos after airdrop | Reuters

Steal a little, but don't loot- Indian minister sparks outcry | Reuters

Underground sect found after nearly a decade in Russia's Kazan | Reuters

Ecuador Grants Julian Assange Asylum - NYTimes.com

Conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel offer a glimpse in to their extraordinary world | Mail Online

Don’t buy a Kindle to read maths or computer science books « cartesian product

US Doctors Back Circumcision - Slashdot

Be More Productive. Shorten the Workweek. - NYTimes.com

6 Years Old, and Reaching Summits - NYTimes.com

Photo-Realistic Ball-Point Pen Drawings by Samuel Silva | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities

Watch Your Back, Hasbro, 3D-Printed Games Have Arrived | Wired Design | Wired.com

Missing woman unwittingly joins search party looking for herself | Weird | News

Science and Technology News and Commentary: Aardvark Daily It's all about time

September

Radical bi-directional flying wing design gets NASA funding

French Company Makes Luxury Computers Worth 17,000 Euros | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities

Communities Dominate Brands: The Sun Tzu of Nokisoftian Microkia - Mirror mirror on the wall, who'se the baddest of them all - Waterloo, I was defeated you won the war - a long trek blog in search of the worst CEO ever (spoiler alert: Elop)

Colorado Frozen Dead Guy festival to go on with or without corpse | Reuters

Bearing Sons Leaves Male DNA Traces in Mom's Brain | Wired Science | Wired.com

Coffee Meets Bagel Is Online Dating Meets Groupon | Wired Business | Wired.com

The iPad Is Already a Beloved Toy, Now Parents Can Embrace the Inevitable | Wired Business | Wired.com

Fish oil pills, omega 3 fatty acids don't fight heart disease - Chicago Tribune

U.N. chief duped by prank call from fake Canadian PM | Reuters

San Jose, Costa Rica to install its first street signs | Reuters

Comet ISON could outshine the moon next year | Geekquinox - Yahoo! News Canada

DailyTech - First Free Digital Font Optimized for Dyslexics Arrives

Milky Way’s missing atoms may be in a hot cloud surrounding us | Ars Technica

Your Moral Compass Is Reversible - Slashdot

Orchestra London feted above and beyond | Music | Entertainment | The London Free Press

Data Centers in Rural Washington State Gobble Power - NYTimes.com

Justin Bieber recovers like a pro after being sick on stage - thestar.com

October

Swingers' hotel? German firm's expense claims laid bare | Reuters

Genetically engineered cow makes anti-allergy milk | Reuters

The Unintended Consequences Of China's One-child Policy

New Orleans prosecutor arrested after joint falls from his pocket in court | Reuters

Blue and green honey makes French beekeepers see red | Reuters

A brassiere brouhaha: British man in patent fight with Seattle startup JoeyBra - GeekWire

“I am calling you from Windows”: A tech support scammer dials Ars Technica | Ars Technica

Organism without a brain creates external memories for navigation | Ars Technica

What we miss in iOS 6: Ars reader edition | Ars Technica

An always-on Siri: MindMeld listens to you talk, finds what you need | Ars Technica

Swiss police arrest two after mock kidnap incident | Reuters

Canada 'at risk' from Chinese firm, U.S. warns - Politics - CBC News

When is a job interview too personal? - Canada - CBC News

Winnipeg’s ‘Math with Marty’ star fights back after university throws him out of teaching program | Canada | News | National Post

German teen sells mum's jewels for brothel visit | Reuters

Choking dog saves its own life by dialling 999 | The Sun |News

Dog Saves His Own Life By Dialing Emergency (PHOTOS)

David Siegel Email To Workers Threatens Layoffs If Obama Is Reelected (UPDATE)

Texas School District Reportedly Threatening Students Who Refuse Tracking ID, Can't Vote For Homecoming

Skydiver breaks sound barrier - Technology & Science - CBC News

Cardboard bicycle can change the world, says Israeli inventor | Reuters

A diamond bigger than Earth? | Reuters

Cancer-Detecting Smart Bra Could Soon Surpass Mammograms in Accuracy | Ecouterre

Soda Industry Sues NYC Over Supersized Soda Ban
Previous stories:
Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple - Slashdot
The Economics of Michael Bloomberg’s Large-Soda Ban : The New Yorker
How Bloomberg's Soft Drink Ban Will Backfire on NYC Public Health - Brian Wansink & David Just - The Atlantic

Nike Dumps Lance Armstrong In The Smarmiest Way Possible

Maine town is shaken by Zumba prostitution scandal | Reuters

Binders Full of Women | Know Your Meme

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight | Teen Builds His Own Tiny Home So He Can Move Out Of His Parents’ House

Outlawed by Amazon DRM « Martin Bekkelund

How a High-Speed Rail Disaster Exposed China’s Corruption : The New Yorker

Star Trek fans tie the knot at Klingon wedding | Reuters

New York bans Broadway Bomb skateboard race | Reuters

Poland's narrowest building opens | Reuters
Wow... The Poland's narrowest building opens! | Republika Online

Dubai cafe camel-ccino new take on Bedouin staple | Reuters

Vineyard robot will prune like a pro | Video | Reuters.com

Scientists hijack worm brain | Video | Reuters.com

Arizona ballot measure contests ownership of the Grand Canyon | Reuters

Referee sends off 36 brawling soccer players in junior match | Reuters

German undertaker sues dominatrix for pain and theft | Reuters

Brothel, funeral home bail out Greek soccer clubs | Reuters

Skeleton of French man found in bed after 15 years | Reuters

Drunk Munich partygoer finds car - two years later | Reuters

Lawyer is dog's best friend in U.S. attack case | Reuters

Brazil car washer turns up alive at own wake | Reuters

Video: The world’s first ever teletext service Ceefax taken off the air as UK goes fully digital - TV & Radio, Entertainment - Independent.ie

New York court finds pole dancing revenue can be taxed | Reuters

Why Angry iPad 3 Owners Are Being Stupid | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Brazilian woman auctions off virginity for $780,000 | Shine On - Shine from Yahoo! Canada

Vienna sushi bar installs one-way mirror into women’s bathroom | Shine On - Shine from Yahoo! Canada

$430,000 Lamborghini seized after complaint about fine - Yahoo! Autos

China is building the world's biggest airport | Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Finance Canada

Live shark falls from sky onto golf course - thestar.com

Rich Kids Rack Up $132,000 Tab in St. Tropez - Receiptrocity - Eater National

Life-size LEGO forest makes final appearance in Coogee, Sydney (Includes first-hand account)

The Rich Kids of Instagram: 107,000 Euro Bill

Wizards vs Aliens: ‘Doctor Who-Harry Potter mash-up’ launches

If Intelligence Is the Norm, Stupidity Gets More Interesting - NYTimes.com

I.B.M. Reports Nanotube Chip Breakthrough - NYTimes.com

New York doctor not liable for patient who caught on fire during cesarean section delivery | Fox News

Study says person's trustworthiness determined by how close photo is taken | Fox News

Discovery Of Diamond Planet Opens A New Rocky World

Royal Caribbean confirms plans to build another 'world’s largest cruise ship' | Fox News

The New Livestock: Rodents of Unusual Size in Heifer Projects in Ghana | Heifer.org

Fox Steals Handbag, Returns It, Anna And Jeremy Clark Say

http://diamondsyacht.com/#!prettyPhoto[gallery]/6/ | Diamonds Are Forever - New 200' Benetti - Available for Luxury Charter

Was Hurricane Sandy supersized by climate change? | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Hurricane Sandy: Five Reasons it's a Superstorm | Fox News Latino

The National Memo » Grandma Gives Birth To Her Own Grandchild

The Wolverine | Hugh Jackman | James Mangold

Melting moment (A far cry from its humble beginnings, the toasted cheese sanger has made a heart-stoppingly welcome return.)

Given Tablets but No Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach Themselves | MIT Technology Review

Quantum entanglement shows that reality can’t be local | Ars Technica

Can humans cause an earthquake? | Ars Technica (not funny)

Pumpktris | HaHa Bird

November

Birds evolving faster in Americas, study says - Technology & Science - CBC News

Meet Koshik the elephant who speaks Korean | Reuters

Legendary Viking Sunstone Navigation: Solved : Discovery News

Cash-strapped UK government spends $16,000 on a dead snake | Reuters

Middle Earth beckons in Air New Zealand safety video | Reuters

Death bed plea, high-tech tool led to rightful lotto winners - Canada - CBC News

Polish coffin-maker uses nude models to sell wares | Reuters

Researchers Crown Buddhist Monk the World's Happiest Man - Slashdot

Tower of London intruder walks off with keys | Reuters

Arizona woman runs down husband with car for not voting: police | Reuters

California teen steps into rattlesnake nest, survives | Reuters

Denver mailman mistakes corpse for Halloween decoration | Reuters

Amsterdam struggles to evade ban on dope-smoking tourists | Reuters

NZ man planning manure protest told to stay away from Prince Charles | Reuters

Total Eclipse of the Sun in Australia - Photos - WSJ.com

San Francisco nudists rally for right to bare it all | Reuters

Soccer no excuse for outdoor sex, Italy court rules | Reuters

Toronto woman denied haircut files human rights complaint - Toronto - CBC News

Kung fu nuns teach cosmic energy to CERN scientists | Reuters

Pelicans blown off course by Sandy get plane ride home | Reuters

Ancient Thracian gold hoard unearthed in Bulgaria | Reuters

Kansas robber recognizes victim from prison, gives wallet back | Reuters

Colbert attack on 'Earth's rectum' Windsor extends to Winnipeg, CBC - Windsor - CBC News

UK man gave cocaine to trick-or-treaters by mistake | Reuters

Truly hairy mid-life crises: chimps and orangs get them too | Reuters

The Man Who Invented Scrobbling and Changed the World | Underwire | Wired.com

Obama pulls 'not impressed' face with Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney - Your Community

Harvard develops drug-filled, injectable sponge that expands inside the body | Geek.com

Girl posts cash pile image on Facebook, masked men raid house within hours | Geek.com

Paralyzed dogs walk again with injections - Technology & Science - CBC News

Credit reporting errors costing Canadians - Canada - CBC News

Gold Christmas tree for a mere $4.2 million in Tokyo | Reuters

Gadgets in Space: What It Takes to Get an iPad Into Orbit | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee's odd life in pirate haven | Reuters

AM980 News Talk Sports End of an Era in Downtown London - Novack's Closes Retail Division Local News

Water Bottle Harvests Water From Air | ASTOUNDE.com

Lagos school girls harness the power of pee | Video | Reuters.com

World's first toilet park flush with success in Korea | Reuters

UK team hopes to clean up with anti-pollution super soap | Video | Reuters.com

China's top paper goes to town with sexy North Korea's Kim | Reuters

Gimme shelter and light therapy at Swedish bus stops | Reuters

Pot-protecting alligators greet U.S. police probing gunshots | Reuters

Thai inmates go Gangnam Style | Video | Reuters.com

China party mouthpiece ridiculed after missing sexy Kim joke | Reuters

What's the secret to Gangnam Style's success? - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News

Budget Rent a Car fraud claims probed by RCMP - British Columbia - CBC News

Cassini Solstice Mission

How Apple Broke My iPhone, and How Their Policies Prevent Them from Fixing It

British farmer hunts buried Spitfires in Myanmar | Reuters

Read all about it: Pope has not cancelled Christmas | Reuters

Japanese man's childhood dreams give birth to giant robot | Reuters

Huge Mars Colony Eyed by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk - Yahoo! News UK

London To Sydney Spaceflight Edges Closer - Yahoo! News UK

Twitter-loving parents name baby 'Hashtag' - Yahoo! Lifestyle UK

Burglar jailed after hiding out in victim's wardrobe for 13 HOURS - Yahoo! News UK

Fattest Finger Ever Slams Stockholm Stock Exchange With $70 Trillion Buy Order | ZeroHedge

An FBI Dad's Misadventures With Spyware Exposed School Principal's Child Porn Searches - Forbes

Zynga, Zumiez shares drop in trading after hours - MarketWatch

Simulated brain scores top test marks : Nature News & Comment
Spaun: a Large-Scale Functional Brain Model - Slashdot (links)
Nengo Tutorial — Nengo v1.3 documentation

Lawmakers cry fowl over move to help lesser prairie chicken | Reuters

Canadians are less satisfied with democracy: Study | Home | Toronto Sun

More than 100 graves robbed in Benin for voodoo rituals | Reuters

Paul McCartney gets wish, is in last Dandy comic | Reuters

New York's most famous shoeless man stashes new boots | Reuters

Time for Santa to wave vaarwel to Black Pete? | Reuters

Brain-controlled helicopter takes mental concentration to new heights - CNN.com

Male Students Forced To Hold Hands As Punishment In Mesa, Arizona

werewolf » MegaContradictions Hypocrisy: Copyright infringement is allegedly theft – so how come state agencies and corporates advertise on pirate sites?

Rest easy, Canada: Your Twinkie supply is safe - The Globe and Mail

Man steals vacuum, makes clean getaway - Hamilton

December

Wheel patented in Australia - 03 July 2001 - New Scientist

Military pushed to route N.L. marine medical calls to Rome - Nfld. & Labrador - CBC News

A Brain-Based Explanation For Why Old People Get Scammed - Slashdot

Adobe demands 7,000 years a day from humankind • The Register

Oprah Winfrey too late to save Microsoft's Windows 8 • The Register

This may be the last time you can vote on Facebook’s policy changes | Ars Technica

Square Enix pulls “Hire a Hitman” app that generated Facebook threats | Ars Technica

Hannah Sabata, 'Chick Bank Robber,' Arrested For Heist After Posting To YouTube (VIDEO)

Sandy Island, Nonexistent South Pacific Island, Put On Maps By Whalers, Researcher Says

Murder Is Like a Disease (No, Really) | Motherboard

Original Batmobile to go under the hammer

Pooches have their cake and eat it in Japan for Christmas | Reuters

French men not producing as much sperm | Reuters

Austrian farmers dip into Internet milking craze | Reuters

Austrian bus driver returns half a million dollars found in bag | Reuters

French chateau renovation ends in demolition | Reuters

5 shopping challenges to consider this holiday season - Canada - CBC News

10 ways to get on Parliament Hill's naughty list - Politics - CBC News

A little compassion at university wouldn’t hurt - The Globe and Mail

Russian PM talks Father Christmas, aliens and jerks | Reuters

Cash-strapped Swaziland urged to hike witch-doctor tax | Reuters

Apple Maps strands motorists looking for Mildura - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Man hurls paint cans at Poland's black Madonna | Reuters

Woman's generosity to trooper triggers New York police search | Reuters

Stylish, lost Ikea monkey held by Canadian authorities | Reuters

Who's living past 100 in the U.S.? Mostly white women | Reuters

Before and After: 2012 in pictures - CBC.ca

Cohn: Never mind the LCBO — The Beer Store is an embarrassment - thestar.com

CataCombo sound system delivers music after death - thestar.com

Ikea monkey's owner seeks his return - Canada - CBC News

Linux Nukes 386 Support - Slashdot

This video strongly indicates that parrots will use robots to conspire against us

Ex-Rad, the drug that takes all of your radiation worries away

More evidence that volcanoes killed the dinosaurs

Female Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Still Encouraged to Use Male Pseudonyms

8 Incredible Nanotechnologies that Actually Exist Today

A 3D printer that manufactures new cancer drugs with drag-and-drop DNA

Highest-Res Color Printer Ever Fits Images on a Human Hair

Fortune Exclusive: Larry Page on Google - Fortune Tech

Toothy prehistoric lizard named Obamadon after smiling president | Reuters

Lidl Christmas dinner offer goes viral on Twitter | Reuters

Pope gets over half million Twitter followers a day after joining as @Pontifex | FaithWorld

Toronto woman wants her stylishly dressed monkey back | Reuters

Border officials tell travellers to avoid Windsor crossing - Windsor - CBC News (Front-line unionized workers are refusing to work at the Ambassador Bridge in protest of name tags)

Gaza perfume sales soar with rocket name | Reuters

Vatican denies free Christmas crib linked to corruption scandal | Reuters

Crazy contraband (Slideshow) | Reuters.com

Man who defaced Mark Rothko painting at London’s Tate Modern jailed for 2 years - thestar.com

Justin Bieber alleged murder plot foiled by wrong turn to Canada - World - CBC News

It's OK to crank up the music, Florida Supreme Court rules | Reuters

No, dogs don't have to be bilingual in Montreal - Montreal - CBC News

Japanese women enamored of Mr Right love game apps | Reuters

Mobile Lab Keeps Tabs On Street Drugs | Chemical & Engineering News

Have Scientists Found Two Different Higgs Bosons? | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network

China's Chang'E 2 succeeds in thrilling asteroid flyby

Sannakji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (live seafood dish)

Sweden finds Soviet submarine wreck in Baltic Sea | Reuters (The wreck of a Soviet submarine lost during World War Two has been found in the Baltic Sea, 71 years after it sank)

The Paradoxical Power of the Tiny Tweet - SlashGear

Scientists Speak Out Against Wasting Helium In Balloons - Slashdot (Hydrogen balloons: the best birthday present)

Human rights is reduced to a beef about beer and wings | Full Comment | National Post

Dec. 21, 2012

Canada's massive maple syrup whodunit ends in arrests | Reuters

Cassini's Christmas Gift: In the Shadow of Saturn : Discovery News

From Cassini for the Holidays: A Splendor Seldom Seen - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

New Species of 'Decoy' Spider Likely Discovered At Tambopata Research Center - Peru Nature Blog

Dear Santa letters answered by U.S. Post Office program | Reuters

Biofuel credits behind mystery cross-border train shipments - Canada - CBC News

The Hobbit Feels Like A Video Game. That's Not A Good Thing.

Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Planet Close to Us