Today, April 23, 2009, marks the 445th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birthday. In honor of the occasion, the day has been declared Talk Like Shakespeare Day. Ready to get started?
Talk Like Shakespeare Day
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Massive wildfires near Myrtle Beach have led to a state of emergency. A 15,000-acre area of Horry County is affected.
Myrtle Beach Fires: Horry County
Already, thousands of people have been evacuated from the North Myrtle Beach area of ...
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Matthew McConaughey's famous for shedding his shirt -- so one interviewer decided to turn the tables on him and see what would happen. Matt Zaller from National Lampoon's The Zaz Report stripped down while interviewing McConaughey and ...
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It's not Firefox 3.5 yet, but Mozilla has an update available to the Firefox 3.0x browser today. Firefox 3.0.9 is now available for download here. Current Firefox users should be prompted to upgrade within the next two ...
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It's Earth Day 2009, and several companies are offering up Earth Day freebies to encourage you to think green. Here of some of the Earth Day giveaways you can get in on.
Free Earth Day Stuff: Reynolds Wrap
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A new car by Chrysler will let you use your iPhone as the key. Chrysler's Peapod, available for preorder as of today, boasts some advanced forms of iPhone integration.
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The Peapod Car: iPhone Power
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David Kellermann, Freddie Mac's acting chief financial officer, has been found dead in his home outside of Washington. Kellermann's wife believes he committed suicide, reports indicate.
David Kellermann Suicide Investigation
David Kellermann, 41, had been with Freddie Mac since ...
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The HTC Magic -- the new Android-based phone set to follow the T-Mobile G1 -- has been delayed due to some sort of "last-minute hardware change," HTC says.
The Magic was set to launch in the U.K. this ...
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It's official: LEGO Rock Band is on the way. The game was announced this morning and is scheduled to hit store shelves before the end of 2009.
Inside LEGO Rock Band
LEGO Rock band will be marketed as letting ...
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The Lollapalooza 2009 lineup has officially been announced. Depeche Mode, Tool, the Killers, Jane's Addition, Beastie Boys, and Kings of Leon will headline the event, scheduled for August 7 through 9 at Grant Park in Chicago.
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Julie Chen, star of CBS's "Big Brother" and "The Early Show," is pregnant. The baby will be Chen's first child. The news was revealed first in The New York Post and later confirmed on-air by Chen herself.
Julie ...
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Apple has released four new "Get a Mac" ads, the first spots created since Microsoft's recent cost-centric campaign.
The new "Get a Mac" commercials don't directly respond to Microsoft's claims of affordability, instead focusing on security, stability, ease ...
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Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is hospitalized and "very ill," according to a report published by the BBC. Hawking is currently undergoing some type of medical tests at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, the network says.
Stephen Hawking Hospitalized
Hawking, 67, ...
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Following broken-down talks for a buyout by IBM (IBM), Sun Microsystems (JAVA) has now agreed to an acquisition by Oracle (ORCL). The deal is expected to be finalized by the summer.
Oracle's Sun Acquisition
Oracle will pay about $7.1 ...
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Cheerleaders at a California high school are protesting the firing of their coach over a series of nude photos from Playboy. Carlie Beck -- named in Playboy as Carlie Christine -- lost her job at Orangevale's Casa ...
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The blogosphere was a-buzzin' all day yesterday about Twitter's mysterious "big news," cryptically mentioned in a tweet by founder Evan Williams. "Tomorrow just became a very big day," Williams wrote. What could it be? What was this ...
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The new Harry Potter trailer is here. The Harry Potter 6 trailer, previewing the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie, hit the Web this week -- and the nearly two-and-a-half minute clip already has fans ...
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An odd airline designed to transport only animals seems to be off to a rough start. Pet Airways, set to launch from the U.S. in May, has already bitten the dust on the Web. Its site has ...
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The founders of The Pirate Bay, a BitTorrent tracking service, are now facing jail time and a hefty fine. A Swedish court found Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström guilty of being accessories ...
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Microsoft is moving forward with plans to open a pub on its Redmond campus. The company has gone back-and-forth on the idea, first approving the idea, then suddenly changing its mind a week ago. Now, the bar ...
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Flying is often unpleasant these days, but when your lap becomes the lavatory, you know you're really in trouble.
A man has just been sentenced to three weeks in jail for relieving himself on another passenger during a ...
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Legendary NFL broadcaster John Madden is retiring, NBC has announced. Madden has been in broadcasting for 30 years and is considered the most honored broadcaster in sports television history.
John Madden Retiring
In a statement released Thursday morning, Madden ...
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