List-a-licious: The -est of 2007

"It isn't only Santa who gets listy in December. Lazy observers of culture (present company sheepishly included) also turn to the list -- a convenient way to create splashy content with minimal reportage. Here at Celebritology central, we've been accumulating an uber-list of...

Waste, fraud in Iraq war has cost taxpayers $10 billion and counting

"WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is at risk of squandering significantly more money in an Iraq war and reconstruction effort that has already wasted, overcharged or poorly tracked $10 billion in taxpayer money, federal investigators said today. The three top auditors...

Torpark is Firefox

You may have heard about those heavily advertised second-rate software packages like Anonymizer, SafeSharing, InvisibleIP, SecretSurfer, etc. Well, not only do they charge you money and/or a subscription fee, but they are bloated and full of useless components. They also...

A Guide to Healthy Eating and Living

"Do you want to go through life feeling tired, needing a nap after you've eaten, overweight, bloated and overfull, nauseous, with intestinal gas, cramps or pains in your stomach, belching after you've eaten, with heartburn, constipation, foul stools, dull and slow thinking,...

Doctors Report Success With Heart Failure Treatment

" In the procedure, the bloated heart is shrunk with drugs while an artificial pump temporarily takes over the workload. Doctors are reporting surprising early success with a novel treatment they hope will one day cure congestive heart failure in thousands of dying patients:...