Following on yesterday's spy shots of Star Wars: Episode 7, TMZ posted photos today that appear to be an under-construction Millennium Falcon and another ship, possibly an X-wing starfighter.

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That's the argument made in the supreme court of Delaware by the attorney representing Rev. Terence McAlinden, a priest accused of serially molesting "a number of" boys. Read the rest

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Dave Ng sez, "The Canadian government is poised to once again abhor evidence-based decision making. 300 scientists have looked over the Joint Review Panel Report that is being used to push forward the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project have concluded that it 'has so many systemic errors and omissions, we can only consider it a failure.'" Read the rest

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At ProPublica, the story of a young woman who had a mental health crisis -- a psychotic episode -- and as a result, lost custody of her infant daughter. Read the rest

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Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness in the USA, and is widely referred to as "cruise ship virus" for its reputation of mass outbreaks on sea vessels.

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[Video Link] "The Cat Says The Lid Stays Closed," an animated ditty from the Album "Animals" by Jonathan "Song A Day" Mann. Give him some dough if you like his work.

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Bradley Hall writes, "I am trying to get funding via Indiegogo so that I can spend more time translating old public domain German sci-fi books. So far I have translated Robert Heymann's 'Der Rote Komet' (The Red Comet) and am currently working on Bernhard Kellerman's 'Der Tunnel' (The Tunnel). Neither of these books have been translated to English before."

English sf is greatly impoverished by the lack of translations from other languages. You meet German sf fans who're conversant with English, Danish, Swedish, Italian and French authors through translation. We get by on a little Lem and Strugatsky. Read the rest

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At the subscription-only Beautiful Agony site, people submit videos of themselves having an orgasm, shot from the shoulders up; Vice interviewed the founders. Read the rest

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Astoundingly, the answer is ... possibly. Doing so would require a particularly strong crusher and would be more likely to crack, rather than grape-like pop, the skull of the crushee. (Also: SPOILERS FOR TV SHOWS at the link.)

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The trouble with tackling a global crisis nation-by-nation and sector-by-sector is that each change, while important, doesn't contribute much to solving the big problem.

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Usaga Jima was once the headquarters of Japan's WWII poison gas research and production facilities. Today, it's home to 1000s of rabbits, who rely on the kindness/gullibility of tourists for sustenance. (Video Link)

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Andy Warhol's film of The Velvet Underground live in Boston, 1967.

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Molly Ringwald's ten-year-old daughter wanted to watch The Breakfast Club (1985) with her mom; This American Life sent them a tape recorder and the resulting story is funny, nostalgic, and quite touching.

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Hugh Howey's Wool is now a graphic novel. Installment one in a Kindle Series, offering updates every two weeks is now available.

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Plastic surgeons are seeing an increase in "hand lifts," a trend some doctors think is fueled by the desire to post a good engagement ring photo on social media, according to Elle magazine and WFSB.

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I've used Underwater Audio's iFloatie in both the pool and ocean, for $10 it is cheap insurance against losing your waterproof iPod.

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National treasure John "Pink Flamingos" Waters just published Carsick, a book about his adventures hitchhiking from Baltimore to San Francisco (readers will remember that he got picked up by an indie band on the road). The Baltimore Sun interview with him about the book is a mix of heartwarming tales about how good Americans are to weirdo hitchhikers, depressing ruminations on why he won't be making any more movies anytime soon (Hollywood only wants $300M "tentpole movies" with a lot of explosions), and hilarity from the road. This looks like a hell of a book. Read the rest

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Matt Maranian's latest installment of Maker Mayhem: Low Moments in How-to History looks at converting ham cans into toys Read the rest

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Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, maverick chemist, psychedelic pioneer, and inspiring human being, died yesterday at 88 years old. Sasha is best known for popularizing MDMA (Ecstasy) and introducing it to the psychological community, and synthesizing hundreds of new psychoactive chemicals that he first tested on himself.

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The New York Times proposed an outrageous undertaking in 1908: An automobile race westward from New York to Paris, a journey of 22,000 miles across all of North America and Asia in an era when the motorcar was “the most fragile and capricious thing on earth.” Read the rest

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