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One of the Wrongest Facebook Status Updates of All Time

At first I was like "what?" and then I was like, "oh, dear God. no." [lamebook] continue

Hydrocodone Demand Spurs Increase in Robberies

Pharmacies are seeing a "growing problem" with individuals willing to resort to violent means to gain access to painkillers like hydrocodone. There are a few causes behind the spate of frightening crimes like the recent incident on Long ... continue

GPS Tracking Device Question Treads Terrifying Constitutional Grounds

The issue of the constitutionality of use of surveillance technology by law enforcement should be on everyone's radar. Heh, like speed guns. Anyway, one of the implications of awesome new technologies is that they are not yet integrated ... continue

Lyme Disease Skyrockets, Fears Grip Northeast

Cases of Lyme Disease have tripled between 1992 at 10,000 cases nationally to almost 40,000 in 2009. 95% of Lyme Disease cases occur in 12 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Maine, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. To complicate matters, as ... continue

Lyme Disease Not Only Tick Threat Now, Enter Babesiosis

Lyme Disease is a relatively new infection that can wreak havoc on those infected, and its effects are still being hashed out by the medical community. Another, similar tick-borne illness is making its way through the Northeast with ... continue

[Actually Quite Scary, Video] Being in a Hardware Shop During an Earthquake

Out of all the places you might not want to be when an earthquake strikes, Bob's Hammers, Anvils, Bowling Balls and Other Pointy Things probably tops the list. Via Gawker, footage of people who had the misfortune ... continue

Four Injured By Flaming Bananas Foster at Florida Restaurant

Have you ever sat at home scarfing a warm, sugar free Jell-O Pudding Snack and imagined lots of other people were getting to eat fancy desserts at fancy restaurants, like stuff that's on fire? The grass may really ... continue

[WTF?] Tennessee Bans Posting Offensive Images Online

What could possibly go wrong here? So, about those civil liberties you appeared to be enjoying... Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law into effect last week that makes it illegal to "transmit or display an image" on the ... continue

[Wait, What?] Tracy Morgan’s Homophobic Rant in Nashville, Updated

Late Friday night, a friend in Nashville (who incidentally is gay) posted on Facebook, angry about some offensive things Tracy Morgan said during a stand-up performance. At the time, I didn't know the details of what was said, and it ... continue

Happy Urinal

I officially take back every statement of penis envy I have ever made, every desire to pee neatly standing up, and every complaint about long lines at the ladies' room. This is a nightmare. [via] continue

[Pic] An almost cruelty-free way to deter pests

Kill one centipede, save a thousand. continue

Lars von Trier officially declared ‘persona non grata’ at Cannes for Nazi remarks

The Board of Directors at Cannes has officially declared filmmaker Lars von Trier a "persona non grata" at Cannes after he made some bizarre and offensive comments calling Israel a "pain in the ass" and saying he ... continue

Wow… wait, what? RIAA lobbies for legalization of warrantless searches

Forget the War on Drugs or the War on Terror- it seems the biggest war being pushed by our elected officials nowadays is the War on the Bill of Rights, a war funded heavily by corporate America. A ... continue

Awfulness squared: Bedbugs and MRSA team up to plague humans

You know what's worse than bedbugs or MRSA? Bedbugs with MRSA. Both are persistent scourges that once acquired, are near impossible to eradicate. Both are fairly terrifying, and make life a lot less pleasant for the afflicted. And ... continue

iFixit teardown of GPS device reveals scary gov’t surveillance tactics

In the recent dissection of a GPS device used by law enforcement to track suspect's vehicles, iFixit basically said it all when they said: "...in its presence, we can almost feel our civil liberties being flushed down the ... continue

Man in NM diagnosed with Bubonic Plague, recovers

A New Mexico man has been positively confirmed as the United States' first bubonic plague sufferer in 2011. The 58-year-old man, who lives in Santa Fe County, experienced severe groin and abdominal pain, high fever and swollen lymph ... continue

Gas prices to finally drop somewhat in June

Do you remember those halcyon days in 2008-2009 when gas prices hovered around $2 and it was awesome? They've been steadily increasing up until this January, when they began sharply increasing. (Prices for gas right now here on ... continue

Court of Appeals upholds firing over GIS search for ‘blonde’

The umbrella of content deemed Not Safe For Work (NSFW) got a bit bigger this week when the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a biology teacher's termination over a Google Image Search for the word "blonde." While ... continue

Scary: Rent-to-own outfit accused of spying on customers via laptop cams

Renting to own a piece of electronic equipment is a pretty bad idea for a number of reasons, although the practice is not entirely uncommon because lots of people feel they can't afford the items in question ... continue

Study: ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ could become reality

The notion of "deleting" bad memories has been somewhat of a pop-culture wishlist staple for a long time, and was a huge plot point in the Jim Carrey/Kate Winslet film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In ... continue

Armadillos linked definitely to leprosy in humans

Most people remember leprosy as a biblical disease, with some of the most holy individuals so lauded because they were the only ones who would hang out with lepers, ever. In most first-world countries, leprosy is exceedingly rare. ... continue

Pediatricians urge better regulation of ‘toxic’ chemicals

A policy statement from the American Association of Pediatrics urges more stringent government oversight in chemical regulation, as well as amendments to the decades old Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) to better protect pregnant women and children from ... continue