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White Cop Gets Desk Duty For Cornrows

A white Philadelphia police officer has been forced to do desk duty and cut his hair by his black superior after showing up for work with cornrows, traditionally a black hairdo. Thomas Strain, who has five years experience in his job, got taken to the inspector's office and...

Four Door Media introduces Road Mice

" Four Door Media introduces its innovative wireless optical car shaped computer mouse called Road Mice which is officially licensed by renowned auto manufacturers. You can now park a Dodge Charger,...

The latest on the 2008 presidential race exit polls

"The networks will follow strict rules Tuesday on projecting election results, examining not only the data from exit polls but actual vote tabulation and turnout data. NBC — which keeps its decision desk isolated from the calls made by competing networks — will call a...

Congress to revisit fight over offshore oil drilling

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Monday to resume their fight over legislation allowing more offshore oil drilling, in a bid to help relieve sky-high gasoline prices that are hurting the economy and infuriating voters. ...

Headless Hitler - Man attacked Waxwork on a bet

And Now for more on the saga of the headless Hitler...."The man who tore the head off the Adolf Hitler wax figure at Berlin's new Madame Tussauds on Saturday said he did so to protest war and fascism – and to win a bet. “Politically, I lean to the left, but I'm not an...

Tim Russert: Buffalo's Good Guy Who Made it Good

The sudden shock of losing Tim Russert, a truly professional and human journalist, has been hard. Back home in his native Buffalo, Tim's being remembered as a good guy who made it good.There'll be a candelight...

Study shows napping is the way to go

All employers should definitely be reading this study as it shows that afternoon power naps are more helpful than coffee and having a good night sleep. Maybe if companies start implementing mandatory naps in...

At Least One Third of Americans Sleep at Work

I may or may not have slept during my midnight shift at a call center when I was just out of high school...I mean, just because I had access to super comfy chairs and only received one or two calls a night does *not* mean that I would get a full nights sleep and have my day...

London council paints over street artist Bansky's graffiti murals - worth mil...

A piece of Banksy's work was painted over by London council just a little while after it was first displayed, saying it was worth worthless graffiti. Some of Banksy's previous works have fetched up to a million...

Psychic CEO Buys Dickens' Desk for $860K

Praise the spirits of sir Charles! Tom Higgins can now attempt to summon the ghost of Dickens himself, having purchased  the very desk on which Great Expectations was penned. "An Irish millionaire has humble plans for Charles Dickens's writing desk and chair, which he...

Your office may be killing you

" THIS could be any office in Britain – but working here could kill you, scientists warned this week. A desk job may seem like a safer option than toiling in construction. But long stints at the computer or...

Pollution Increases Blood Clot Risk

Air pollution that increases the exposure of small particles to the body may cause blood clots in the leg. This will result in an increase in deep-vien thrombosis, a condition that is similiar to the "economy...

How Many Cables do you Have Under Your Desk?

Neat idea via CNET, a company called Green Plug is having a 'what's under your desk' contest. The goal is simple, take pics of the mess under your desk, and send it in!My house has several 'choke' points of...

Comcast Major Internet Outage in 7 states

Comcast Major Internet Outage in 7 statesPolitisite did a quick background check on other major internet Comcast outages.  What we found were outages in 2005, 2007 and today. All happened in the month of...

Creative Disorder, The Mystery of the Messy Desk

My desk is messy. Very messy, some would say. It's how I work best. Papers, pens, straws, soya sauce packets all find their natural resting place.  When I came across this dandy of an article, I couldn't...

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