Wikipedia says that Grant Shapps, the bullying, untruthful millionaire spam kingpin who chairs the UK Conservative Party is behind an account that vandalised the entries for senior party officials and edited out references to Shapps's spamming career. Read the rest

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Our kitchen is a Wifi deadspot. I've tried using wireless extenders, but I think my walls have chicken wire in them, turning every room into a Faraday cage.

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“Alice Barker was a chorus line dancer during the Harlem Renaissance of the the 1930s and 40s. She danced at clubs such as The Apollo, Cotton Club, and Zanzibar Club, with legends including Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.” (more…)

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Ryan Chatfield of Ryan Chatfield Images: “Classic catch to save my drone from certain death.” (more…)

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Congress is expected to vote on two 'cybersecurity' bills sometime in the next week that are essentially surveillance bills in disguise. Trevor Timm writes in this editorial, cross-posted on the Freedom of the Press blog, about how they affect journalists and whistleblowers. Read the rest

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The Mickey Mouse Treasures is literally a treasure trove of Mickey artifacts. Contained within the hard-cover book’s 63 pages are pockets, pouches, and fold-outs containing removable replicas of select Disney memorabilia from the Walt Disney Archives.

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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 today that it is unconstitutional to hold a suspect without probable cause, even if it's for less than 10 minutes.

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Graeme Finlay, 53, is being tried in court for severely beating a senior couple who snubbed him at the dinner table on a Canary Islands cruise ship.

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The most high.

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“Right now, two planets dominate the sky after sunset: Venus in the west, and Jupiter high to the south.” Read the rest

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Michele Leonhart, who has reigned over an out-of-control Drug Enforcement Administration since 2007, is expected to resign as administrator soon. Read the rest

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Marvel's character, one of the original X-Men, is to be outed.

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Dr. Tim Byers, who is the director for cancer prevention and control at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, conducted a meta-analysis of 12 trials involving more than 300,000 people, over 12 years -- and found that high doses of certain vitamin supplements were linked to increased odds that a person would develop certain kinds of cancer.

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Music legend and noted marijuana aficionado Willie Nelson plans to launch a personal brand of cannabis that he intends to make "the best on the market." Read the rest

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In the run-up to 4/20 day, CBS News released a poll that shows 53% of Americans support marijuana legalization. Read the rest

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A lawyer retained by Sony has sent threat-letters to media outlets hinting at repercussions if they report on material in the huge dump of internal Sony docs from the North Korea hack that Wikileaks put online. Read the rest

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A woman was removed from a plane after she repeatedly poked a man with a pen to stop him from snoring.

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AP: “A five-legged lamb was born at a Welsh farm last week, becoming an internet sensation. (more…)

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