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11-year-old booked with armed robbery - New Orleans News - NOLA.com
The boy confessed Thursday to the robbery, which occurred after he called Domino’s pizza and ordered a $35 takeout dinner of pizzas, Buffalo wings and cheesy bread, authorities said. When the driver arrived at his house, the boy took the order from the driver and [...]

World Community Grid - Statistics By Projects
Run Time (y:d:h:m:s) 69,020:226:18:57:20
69,020 YEARS of processing time has been allocated by members of the World Community Grid to help study AIDS.
a quick comparison shows
20 years for African Climate@Home.
7,069 years for the Cancer projects
45,344 years for the Human Proteome Folding projects
Total Run Time 136,898 [...]

Gay resurgence at Sundance - Washington Blade
Queer Lounge, a queer film networking organization launched at Sundance in 2004 by Ellen Huang, recently revealed a list of more than 40 gay-related films to be shown at this year’s festival. A quick glance over the offerings reveals some impressive debuts, interesting storylines and the return of some [...]

DesMoinesRegister.com | Des Moines News | The Des Moines Register
Carol Jontz of Baxter holds a sign Wednesday while joining several hundred supporters of the Iowa Marriage Amendment during a rally outside the Iowa Statehouse.
The Des Moines Register has a gallery of bigots that were protesting equality for all in Iowa.  Carl Jontz was joined by [...]

Underground Value: Notable Quotes

“Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.”
–Theodore Roosevelt.
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials.”
– Chinese proverb
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; if you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
– Unknown
“Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster.”
–Weston H. Agor
I’m [...]

Inventgeek.com - UV Panel Project - Overview
It was only natural that I would combine the two to…
Anything that starts with that phrase is bound to be interesting.
He replaces the backlights in a LCD panel with blacklights and uses the panel to show off UV reactive rocks.

Democrat & Chronicle: Business
Up to eight Don Pablo’s restaurants located in metropolitan areas of Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Ohio. Texas and Virginia were to be acquired by Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. of Minneapolis, along with its related companies, after an agreement was reached last month.
We go to BWW every thursday for 50 cent boneless wings [...]

Gun Egg Fryers

They are going to scratch that Teflon coated pan!
via about a billion people long chain

Dealzmodo: Free Air Guitars
Offered in the UK’s Glasgow City Centre in promotion with a radio station launch, visitors could snag a free air guitar.

Definitely an awesome way to promote a radio station.

defective yeti:
Dear Sirs,
Please consider augmenting the USAR Official Rules Of Racquetball with the following:
I am against the proposed rule as I would probably lose games constantly because of it.  At least today when Kevin and I played, it was pretty awful.

The Official KFVS12 and Heartland News Web Site | Two Injured in Cairo Stabbing
Police say 34-year old Curtis Williams of Decatur, Illinois, entered the Cut Mart and stabbed two workers.

about 7 hours 51 mins- Google Maps
It takes almost 8 hours to get from here to there.
via digg

How Much is Inside Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds?
Cold cereal walks the line between healthy breakfast and a sugary junk food. To become a top-seller, cereals have to be delicious and good for you.
A new “How Much is Inside” from cockeyed.com. When it comes to cereal, I prefer Wegman’s brand Fiber Essentials mixed [...]

Super Hair Mohawk
Danny decided that he wanted to have some fun with his hair before he cut it.

Awesome Mohawk, definitely takes some serious effort to get all that glue to dry.

xkcd - Dangers
Activities and their apparent dangers as inferred by google results.
According to my research, either ninjas are very safe, or ninjas simply do not make mistakes and therefore have no “accidents.”