A Moderate in a Polarized Society

Twitter users are changing their locations to Tehran to confuse the Iranian censors

Seeded on Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:29 PM EDT (CNET.com)

Twitter users across the world are attempting to turn that dynamic on its head. The best way that the Iranian government could discover which tweets were from Iranians is to look and see whose accounts are registered to people who identify themselves as being from that country.

technology, twitter, iran, tweet, microblogging, social-networking

Iran arrests human rights activists

Seeded on Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:19 PM EDT (NPR)

Security officials posing as clients entered the Tehran offices of one of Iran's leading human rights lawyers today and arrested him, Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi just told NPR's Davar Iran Ardalan.

world-news, iran, human-rights

Arizona bishop sentenced because church bells break city noise ordinance

Seeded on Sat Jun 6, 2009 3:02 AM EDT (WSBTV2.com)

The bells at the Cathedral of Christ the King in northwest Phoenix normally chime at the top of every hour from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Neighbors said the bells are too loud and ring too often.

religion, church-bells, noise, strange, bizarre, what-did-you-expect-living-next-to-a-church-you-fo

Documentary: We could be the generation that runs out of fish

Seeded on Fri Jun 5, 2009 9:46 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

An extraordinary documentary released next week, The End of the Line, forces us to stop, and see. Its story is stark. In my parents' lifetime, we have killed 90 per cent of the world's fish. In my lifetime, we will finish off the rest – unless we change our ways, fast.

science, so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish, environment, conservation, documentary, fish, extinction

GM sells Saturn to Penske

Seeded on Fri Jun 5, 2009 9:38 PM EDT (CNN)

The deal gives Penske the rights to the 19-year old brand including its five different models. GM would continue production of only the three highest-selling models: the Aura sedan, and the Vue and Outlook cross-over SUVs, for the next two years.

business, gm, general-motors, saturn, penske, automakers, recession

Stephen Colbert to Guest-edit Newsweek

Seeded on Thu Jun 4, 2009 10:24 PM EDT (SeattlePI.com)

Newsweek will have more truthiness — for one week only. ... And in true satirist fashion, Colbert will spice up the issue with the "conventional wisdom" of his ultra-right-winged alter ego.

us-news, stephen-colbert, truthiness, colbert-nation, satire, newsweek

Decreasing cow emissions to fight global climate change? Why not?

Seeded on Thu Jun 4, 2009 10:02 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Libby, age 6, and the 74 other dairy cows on Guy Choiniere's farm here are at the heart of an experiment to determine whether a change in diet will help them belch less methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that has been linked to climate change.

science, climate-change, global-warming, cow-farts, cow-belches, methane, greenhouse-gases

New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage!

Seeded on Wed Jun 3, 2009 7:57 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The New Hampshire Legislature approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on Wednesday and Gov. John Lynch promptly signed the legislation, making the state the sixth in the nation to let gay couples wed.

us-news, gay, gay-rights, lesbian, homosexual, gay-marriage, new-hampshire, civil-rights, lgbtq, for-the-win

Good News Wednesday: Student's letter convinces first lady to deliver commencement address

Seeded on Wed Jun 3, 2009 5:55 PM EDT (myfoxdc.com)

In her letter, 19-year-old Jasmine Williams told Michelle Obama, "Where we come from, being a young minority means that we have little chance to succeed," because of incorrect stereotypes.

us-news, graduation, commencement, michelle-obama, first-lady, good-news-wednesday

Dems eye Army Secretary John McHugh's (R-NY) House seat

Seeded on Tue Jun 2, 2009 5:09 PM EDT (NPR)

The 23rd Congressional district has never been represented by a Democrat -- it's as bedrock Republican as New York gets. But Barack Obama won here in 2008 and state Democratic chair June O'Neill lives in the district. She's been steadily building a powerful grassroots machine.

politics, army-secretary, john-mchugh, democrats, elections, new-york

Borowitz fools Gawker: Sign of the times?

Sun May 31, 2009 7:32 PM EDT

Every few days, Andy Borowitz publishes a new satirical news article. Usually Scoop picks them up, and occasionally his seeds have a few comments by readers who took it seriously. This time, it wasn't a commenter who was had.

Continue reading this entry ...

us-news, boy-is-us-news-meta, andy-borowitz, borowitz, borowitz-report, cnn, gawker, satire, tabloid-journalism, cult-of-celebrity

Microsoft Update quietly installs a Firefox Add-On - you know, like a virus does

Seeded on Sun May 31, 2009 2:21 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

When you installed the .NET Framework "security update," you probably got this little bugger in your Firefox or your Google Chrome (according to the comments). Oh, and you can't uninstall it without going into the registry.

technology, microsoft, firefox, annoying, net-framework, security-update, microsoft-update, mozilla, windows, add-ons

NME reveals 'Guitar Hero 5' artist list

Seeded on Sun May 31, 2009 2:03 AM EDT (NME)

'Guitar Hero 5' is expected to be released worldwide this autumn, and with the latest upgrade of the smash hit game comes a raft of new artists to play along with, including Gorillaz, Bob Dylan, The White Stripes and Coldplay.

technology, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-5, video-games, games, game, video-game, gaming, theres-no-way-in-hell-im-listing-every-artist, heres-some-of-the-artists

Hate your job? At least you can sit down or walk at a relaxed pace

Seeded on Sun May 31, 2009 1:53 AM EDT (Gizmodo)

You might think your job sucks, but at least your boss wasn't insane enough to remove all the chairs and install security so an alarm goes off if you don't walk fast enough.

odd-news, canon, whoa, job, work, work-environment, working-conditions, standing, sitting, not-my-job

Man arrested for slashing police cruisers' tires - because he bragged about it to 911

Seeded on Sat May 30, 2009 5:19 PM EDT (Fort Mill Times)

It turns out that calling police to brag about slashing the tires on four patrol cars isn't such a good idea.

odd-news, idiot, dumbass, tire-slash, brag, bragging, oh-come-on

Elderly man beats girlfriend for loading the dishwasher wrong--Wait, what?

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 11:30 PM EDT (The Orlando Sentinel)

A 74-year-old woman told Volusia County deputies her boyfriend strangled and beat her because she loaded the dishes into their dishwasher the wrong way.

dishwasher, domestic-violence, anger-management, wat

Newt: The Civil War is meaningless if Sotomayor is confirmed.

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 11:14 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

"If Civil War, suffrage, and Civil Rights are to mean anything, we cannot accept that conclusion," he writes. "It is simply un-American. There is no room on the bench of the United States Supreme Court for this worldview."

politics, sonya-sotomayor, sotomayor, supreme-court, newt-gingrich, wtf, what-is-wrong-with-people

Pilot Lesson 1: You might check your fuel gauge.

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 11:05 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

A retired Air Force colonel with decades of experience as a flight instructor gave one of his students a hands-on lesson in a key principle of flying: Don't run out of gas.

odd-news, flying, pilot, gasoline, fuel, look-out-falling-plane

Lab Unveils 'Star Maker' Laser System

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 10:53 PM EDT (KTVU)

A lab in Livermore, California will soon be able to replicate the heat at the birth of stars, hopefully paving the way toward fusion energy.

science, energy, tech, star-maker, lasers, fusion, nuclear-energy

Oklahoma City schools' seating mishap may force retaking of AP tests

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 5:31 PM EDT (The Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman)

Nearly 400 Oklahoma City high school students may have to retake tests for college credits because of a mistake in how they were seated for the tests. Advertisement

education, asinine-rules, ap-tests, advanced-placement, testing

Mom, my sno-cone tastes kinda deadly

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 12:25 AM EDT (KAKE-10)

What started as a fun day at the zoo nearly landed four people in immediate care after a sno-cone mixup. One was a bottle of sno-cone syrup. The other was a bottle of commercial degreaser.

odd-news, zoo, sno-cone, be-careful, this-is-terrifying

Genius robs bank, tells MySpace

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 12:21 AM EDT (The Baltimore Sun)

Authorities said Northington robbed a bank in North Augusta of almost $4,000 in January while visiting a friend, who called investigators after seeing surveillance pictures of Northington.

odd-news, dumbass, idiot, fool, bank, bank-robber, myspace

Vinecast Episode 23 Recording SOON.

Thu May 28, 2009 4:42 PM EDT

By Brad Leclerc (Clipped by SteveHouse)

June 1st (this coming Monday) at 8pm EST we will be recording episode 23 of the Vinecast.

Continue reading this entry ...

entertainment, newsvine, podcast, meta, vinecast

Woman tries to hand-deliver a letter to Obama, gets carried away

Seeded on Thu May 28, 2009 4:35 PM EDT (The Two-Way Blog from NPR)

President Barack Obama and his aides like to remind audiences and journalists that he reads the letters of real Americans to know their concerns.

odd-news, silliness, obama, letter, marriage, secret-service

US May Consider National Sales Tax

Seeded on Thu May 28, 2009 2:00 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Common around the world, including in Europe, such a tax -- called a value-added tax, or VAT -- has not been seriously considered in the United States. But advocates say few other options can generate the kind of money the nation will need to avert fiscal calamity.

us-news, tax, taxes, geithner, obama, kent-conrad, vat, value-added-tax

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