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Homeless Guy Gets 15 Years For Stealing $100
Friday, 8 Jul, 2011 – 20:42 | No Comment
Homeless Guy Gets 15 Years For Stealing $100

Today we have a great example of how flawed our justice system is.  In a world where paying for an expensive lawyer who knows the judge and/or prosecutor can mean the difference between jailtime or …

A Look Into Domestic FBI Investigative Tactics
Saturday, 28 May, 2011 – 21:40 | No Comment
A Look Into Domestic FBI Investigative Tactics

nytimes.com just posted an awesome article regarding domestic FBI surveillance practices.  Scott Crow was investigated for three years straight by the counter terrorism team from the FBI who conducted some intense surveillance on Scott and …

Famous Reluse Heiress Huguette Clark Dies at 104
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011 – 2:57 | One Comment
Famous Reluse Heiress Huguette Clark Dies at 104

This is a great example of a story that is very interesting but often falls through the cracks.
Huguette Clark died yesterday at age 104, and over 40 years after she had last been seen in …

Kyle Busch Busted Doing 128MPH on Public Road
Tuesday, 24 May, 2011 – 20:01 | No Comment
Kyle Busch Busted Doing 128MPH on Public Road

Naturally, any 26 year old multi-millionaire professional NASCAR Driver could forget from time to time that there are speed limits outside the racetrack.
For those of you not in the know (like I was, I had …

Mexican Police Find Ghetto Fabulous Narcotank
Tuesday, 24 May, 2011 – 14:05 | No Comment
Mexican Police Find Ghetto Fabulous Narcotank

Earlier today news got out that Mexican Authorities had found a homemade tank that was suspected to have been used by the Mexican Cartels for transporting drugs and for engaging in battles with other Cartels.   …

Are We On the Brink of Finding a Second Earth? NASA/Harvard Teams Say “It Could Happen Anytime Now”
Wednesday, 1 Apr, 2009 – 12:32 | No Comment
Are We On the Brink of Finding a Second Earth? NASA/Harvard Teams Say “It Could Happen Anytime Now”

Daily Galaxy2009-04-01
David Latham -Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
To date, Planet hunters have spotted more than 200 planets beyond our solar system, but the vast majority are hot, Jupiter-sized planets that would dwarf the Earth and are …

U.S. to Host Forum on Climate Change
Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 – 21:37 | One Comment
U.S. to Host Forum on Climate Change

Wall Street Journal2009-03-29
WASHINGTON — The U.S. will host a meeting of major economies in late April to lay the diplomatic foundation for an international agreement on climate change and energy later in the year, the …

Is life bubbling up in Mars mud?
Sunday, 22 Mar, 2009 – 13:41 | No Comment
Is life bubbling up in Mars mud?

New Scientist2009-03-22
IS LIFE bubbling onto the Martian surface in muddy squirts? The discovery of what could be mud volcanoes on the planet suggest it is possible, providing a new focus in the hunt for alien …

Cruising the Goldilocks Zone -The Search for “Earth’s Twins”
Wednesday, 18 Mar, 2009 – 23:41 | No Comment
Cruising the Goldilocks Zone -The Search for “Earth’s Twins”

Daily Galaxy2009-03-18
A little over a year and some three hundred exo-planet discoveries ago, astronomers at the European Southern Observatory in Chile announced that they had found what might be the first habitable planet outside the …

American Adults Flunk Basic Science
Sunday, 15 Mar, 2009 – 12:17 | No Comment
American Adults Flunk Basic Science

ScienceDaily2009-03-15
Are Americans flunking science? A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive® reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy test.
Over …