Experts Unfazed by Drugs in Ontario Water

You know all those painkillers, prescription drugs and antibiotics we all take throughout the year? Turns out we're getting some of it back in the same water we're drinking. So far no one seems very concerned, nor are there any plans to deal with the drugs as they are...

After losing to Google, "tasteful" nude site sues Microsoft

"Norm Zada, the founder of Perfect 10, a Web site that specializes in "tasteful" nude imagery, has a problem. (Whatever your taste, that link is NSFW.) Zada publishes a lot of pictures of pretty naked ladies -- but technology seems to have disrupted the torrent of cash you'd...

Fake MPAA-Sponsored Video Site Goes Offline

"A video download site that had been exposed as a front for the MPAA to catch those who download copyrighted content, as well as those who may have already downloaded it, has been taken offline. The site, called "MiiVi," contained whole downloads of movies as well as links to...

Advert Pokes Fun at Ahmadinejad

"A Danish art group that specializes in targeting world leaders has succeeded in offending its latest victim -- right on his home territory. They managed to smuggle an advert insulting the Iranian president into a Tehran newspaper. The Danes certainly seem to enjoy stirring...

Pass the gravy, put on the game [fall asleep]

"Scholars of Thanksgiving will tell you that in 1621, the Wampanoag Indians taught the Pilgrims to hunt, fish and survive in their new land. Modern Thanksgiving traditions, however, also might credit the tribe for teaching the forward pass and nickel defense. Historical...

Can You Live Long and Prosper?

"Daniel Fish, a New York City lawyer who specializes in helping elderly clients, keeps a small collection of blank birthday cards in his desk drawer. The number 100 is on the front of each one. (Hallmark says it sells 85,000 such cards a year.) "I'm just waiting for the 105s...

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