China disabling US satellites with laser beams

China with secret laser beams sounds like a story out of some cheap sci-fi novel. But this one is true, China is using laser beams directed at US satellites which "blinds" the sensitive surveillance devices. While it doesn't destroy the satellites, it does render them useless while over Chinese territory. Guess they're tired of big brother too - Full Story

Mark Cuban finds a way to hit the limelight outside of basketball season by claiming, that only a "moron" would buy YouTube. Well Mark, what do you have to say about the company that bought your useless piece of software years ago (for WAY too much), putting you on the map? Full Story

Mars Rover exceeds it's original mission and finds a huge crater - a "geologist's dream come true." A hole this size could apparently tell us about environmental conditions on Mars long ago. And how does this help human life on Earth? A lot of money for a science experiment - Full Story

Speaking of space, you can join Richard Branson for a suborbital flight in just twelve months. Cost - $200,000 - and you even get your own space suite. I'll say, for a 2 1/2 hour flight, that must be quite the suite. Full Story

US imposes sanctions on Thailand in an effort to encourage a precipitated move towards democracy - although the US still continues its humanitarian aid. Full Story

A few too many people confusing "Air Marshall" for "Marshall Law on airplanes." A group of Germans force a "terrorist looking" individual off the plane. Luckily, the pilot was able to diffuse the situation - Full Story

Google Talk is open for anyone, not just Gmail users. This is excellent news, and as someone who uses Google Talk on a regular basis and has done a few comparisons, it's the best free VOIP out there - crystal clear Full Story

You Can Take Your $15 Billion and....

With recent MySpace valuations floating in the $15 Billion range (full story), people waiting for Craig Newmark to cash in on Craigslist are going to have to wait - but don't hold your breath! Newmark responded with "If you're living comfortably, what's the point of having more?" full story

Although few people would turn to Time-Warner CEO, Dick Parsons, for words of wisdom, he did hit the nail on the head when he said that Murdoch’s acquisition of MySpace “appears to have been a masterstroke.” What will Rupert Murdoch go after next? How about Blogging? full story

The same people who accuse the president of being too stupid to tie his own shoes think this man can move energy prices north, then gas prices back south in time for elections. Can Bush really work magic? I don't know, but I'll enjoy my cheap fill-ups in the mean time. full story

Those of you taking kids to the dentist might want to keep this in mind - sedation is frequently used for routine cavity fixes for your squirmy children. This method had a sad ending for a 5-year-old Chicago girl who never awoke. full story

As Google turns eight years old, Fortune gets an insider's look at how chaos is all part of the $125 Billion company's master plan... they hope. full story

Fed up with Chavez, looks like 7-eleven is. Good for them. full story

For you football fans out there, enjoy this unforgettable play from the archives... click to watch

T.O. attempts suicide!

The guy who always seems to be in complete control with a smile on his face had a dangerous brush with death last night. According to police reports, Terrell Owens attempted suicide by trying to overdose on pain medication. Full Story

Bush to play mediator between President Karzai of Afgan, & President Musharraf of Pakistan. Could get dicey when the game of pointing fingers gets started. "You're harboring bin Laden." "No, YOU are. . . " Full Story

Tony Blair gives an emotional speech to the Labour Party, announcing it will be his final time addressing them as the Prime Minister. Full Story

Rush takes a jab at Clinton's wardrobe, then dissects the interview with Mike Wallace, calling Clinton on a number of fallacies - Full Story

Bilingual babies, wouldn't it be wonderful & give your kid a headstart on life? Well, maybe, but there are a lot of ways parents go about this which are more harmful than good. Full Story

Barry Bonds wants to play in 2007 and go for the all time HR record. But will he do it in a Giants uniform? Full Story

Steve Irwin predicted his own early demise, but never thought it would be due to animals Full Story

Just Learned How to Walk, Why Not Drive?

How web savvy is YOUR three year old? full story

Rookie Leinart about to take over the leading role in trouble stricken AZ full story As a side note, AZ's new stadium will get a new name, courtesy of University of Phoenix's effort to "lend more credibility to the students who earn degrees from." full story

If anyone needs a lesson on how to turn lemons into lemonade, they can look no further than this jilted bride full story

Don't forget that water bottle on your next flight... yes, FBI tests prompted a shift in the recent travel rules full story

Breakfast - most important meal of the day or just hype full story

Global Warming, yeah right full story

Rice let's Clinton know how she feels full story

Mona Lisa still has more secrets! full story

OPEC hot on the trail of another way to keep gas prices high full story

The sky is falling, the sky is falling

Oh wait, that's just the safe re-entry of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Chicken Little, not a literal "ball of fire." It gave quite the scare to a small village in Mexico - Full Story

A look at the less public side of President Bush - visiting with families of fallen war combatants - Full Story

Oil prices keep on dropping, and we keep on cheering! Sweet Crude. . . Full Story

Marshall law is exercised to take down a pervert! Man caught showing lewd images to kids on a playground gets what this editor thinks he deserves - Full Story

Jay Gibbons tags his own wife with a foul ball! A million to one shot, guess we know who slept on the couch last night ;-) Full Story

Need some motivation to get some exercise? Stick a pedometer on your belt and find out just how lazy you are (or impress yourself with how far your two little legs take you) - Full Story

I get a little tired of "political correctness" myself, but even I think this is a little too much dancing on that fine line. A jihad car commercial probably isn't a great way to sell cars. . . - Full Story

A quick peek inside the Red Bull offices - unlike any others. I could definitely go for some table tennis during a slow board meeting - See Pictures

If you can't get enough of The Simpsons, even though it's been shown on network television multiple times daily for over a decade, here you'll find every season, every episode See Episodes

So what does this tell us about modern society - Jackass #1 at the box office - Full Story

A democrat sticks up for our chief of state

This is great to see, a representative (D-NY) puts Chavez in his place. Charles Rangel scolds Chavez and puts it to him directly, "You don't come into my country, you don't come into my congressional district, and you don't condemn my President. . . . I just want to make it abundantly clear to Hugo Chavez or any other president: Don't come to the United States and think because we have problems with our President that any foreigner can come to our country and not think that Americans do not feel offended when you offend our chief of state." United we stand - Full Story

Israel admits its been a tough year, and no one here seems too optimistic as the year 5767 (according to Jewish tradition the number of years that have passed since the Earth was created) begins that this one will be any better - Full Story

Time Warner chief Parsons questions the validity of the price tag on the likes of YouTube & Facebook, but should we really heed the advice of someone who's managed to keep the stock of his company flat for years & years? It would do the same thing in my mattress. . . Full Story

Is your company retreat this much fun, soccer in cars! See video

With another weekend of NFL football approaching, especially for the Carolina faithful, it looks as though Steve Smith may soon be returning to rectify the painful start to the season - Full Story

Not a bad article for managers out there, especially if it seems your top people keep leaving. Here's a look at the top reasons the best talent go elsewhere - Full Story

You think your commute is bad, check out this Russian Federal Highway! Full Story

How much more will people be willing to pay for a stinkin' cup of coffee - looks like Starbucks is willing to push consumers even higher - Full Story

Sweet video on the most amazing piloting of a remote control plane. Wow See Video

Here's one way I wouldn't recommend giving your two-week notice! The pilot tells passenger the plane isn't safe, then resignes and walks of the plane - Full Story

Did man used to swing from the trees?

Latest discovery of a well-preserved ape-man skeleton leads scientists to surmise (although results are inconclusive) that the human race used to swing from tree to tree. Full Story on Selam

Space shuttle arrives safely at the Kennedy Space Center before dawn this morning - Full Story

While the US focuses on Iraq and Iran, South Korea continues quietly in the background to build up their weapons capability... Full Story

The ultimate in rechargeable batteries. The batteries have a built in USB port to recharge. Very slick - Check it out

Iranian president argues his case with, "We don't need a bomb. . . the time for nuclear bombs has ended." What's that supposed to mean, it doesn't help me sleep any easier at night - Full Story

This guy was counting his cash, when a $20 bill flew out of his hands and into the Manatee River. The dude doesn't miss a beat, jumps the wall of the bridge and plummets 50 ft into the water, then swam 100 yards to retrieve the bill. Wow. Full Story

Nothing like a preposterous goal that just makes the keeper look silly. Liverpool scores from behind the halfway mark! Video

A former sportsman of the year, Lance Armstrong can't just sit on the couch for retirement. He's prepping to run the NYC marathon, and thinks he can finish within an hour of the winner. Pretty bold Lance - Full Story

Man, everyone wants a piece of YouTube

Two stories today about the latest challengers to YouTube. But I'm not one to predict the demise of YouTube. Why? Because they were first to market, first in people's minds, and they've got such a big headstart. It's like MapQuest, they still dominate the "driving directions" market despite Yahoo & Google maps. So if you'd like to read more about the latest challengers - Microsoft - Full Story or Yahoo & Current TV - Full Story

Bloodless coup in Thailand, ousted prime minister heads for the UK - Full Story

As if we didn't know, Chavez takes advantage of another opportunity to tell the world that he's FOR anyone that's AGAINST the USA. Here seen siding with Iran - Full Story

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Not a bad search strategy for AOL Enhanced by Google - Full Story

Man, California has it all - even E Coli - the outbreak has been tentatively linked back to the Golden State. Message of the week is to avoid spinach. I'm sure a lot of people are groaning over this one. . . . Full Story

One of the best Dodgers games in history, & an excellent article to tell the story - Full Story

I don't want it for free, make me pay for it! Consumer's approach to protecting their computers. It's all out there for free, yet those packaging & selling it for $50 are still making a killing - Full Story

Howo good are you at calling out a photo shopped image? Take the test

Lastly, what do you do when a panda bites you? Bite him back! Ok pal, have yet another beer - Full Story

Movie night on Google!

We're all tired of paying $12 bucks per person to watch a movie on the big screen, not to mention the ridiculously inflated price of popcorn, candy, & drinks. Well, now Google is seriously contemplating sending us to the movies for free! - Full Story

Sometimes you just have to pick-up and move. And that goes for the Mississippi River too. Scientists finally admitting that the elaborate levee system to control the river is a bad idea, so they're about to let nature (re)take it's course. - Full Story

On deck, ye scabbarous dogs!! My only chance of the year, yep, today is Talk Like A Pirate Day! - Full Story

Bush & Iran President to face off today, as both address the UN regarding the Middle East - Full Story

Chirac offers the Pope a lesson in politics, "We must avoid any confusion between Islam, which is of course a respected and upright religion, and radical Islamism, which is a totally different form of behavior that is political in nature." - Full Story

Israeli troops to celebrate Jewish New Year at home. Should see a complete withdrawal of troops from Lebanon by Friday - Full Story

This is why you don't propose to your girl in front of thousands of people, she may say NO! - watch video

Google's taken enough of a beating from Capitol Hill to finally do somthing about it. So they've formed their own political action committee to ensure the interests of the "Free Net" are represented - Full Story

Sports Illustrated pictures of the "not-so-role-model" athletes - those that spent time behind bars. Maurice Clarett is about to join the club - Slide Show

Up Next: War with Iran?

The much debated possibility of warring with Iran may soon become more than a theoretical discussion.

Radio is dead, next on the chopping block - Movie Theaters. An excellent article on why "going to" the movies is soon to be a thing of the past.

Astronauts quickly found the source of an odd smell out in space, & resolved the problem, declaring a brief state of emergency. You would think potent smells aboard a crowded space station would be a common occurrence. . . .

A search engine that dominates Google? Yep, it's out there, and serving a population of over 1 billion

Musical chairs @ #2 in college football continues - now it's Auburn, while Miami drops out of the top 25 for this first time since '99

1 mediocre company + 1 mediocre company = 1 great company? False. Better hurry and let Ford & GM know before they create an even bigger sinking ship.

Even worse, a company teams up within itself(AOL & Netscape), and that's news?

Oh the weather outside is frightful - snow in SLC already!

Another story illustrating that Western medicine still doesn't have all the answers.

Is this eye-popping enough for you?

Mussolini, Hitler, the Pope - let's be serious

The pontiff "quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who said the prophet Mohammed had brought 'things only evil and inhuman'." Immediate reaction is comparisons to Mussolini & Hitler, come on now - a bit much. The reaction on the street - burnings & violence from the Muslim community. Protesting what was said, or emphasizing the point?

If you think layoffs at your company are bad, think again, and I wouldn't recommend buying any auto stock for a while

Stephen Colbert gets his bridge!! And if you don't like Stephen Colbert, it's because you've never listened to or seen his show - he's hilarious.

Castro appears to be up and at it - so to put it mildly, the partying in Miami seemed to be a bit premature. Although no one ever regrets a party.

If you're in the mood for some heavier reading on this fall Friday - kissinger's article warns of war between civilizations. given Solzhenityn's 1978 address at Harvard was this inevitable?

Picasa 2.5 is finally out of beta, great, but I'm still waiting for Google to give me free online photo storage, when!?!

Even I'M smarter than to make a disparaging comment on this story, but will a woman be smart enough to refrain from commenting on this one ;-)

For the my conspiracy friends, here's a common topic - Area 51

Pluto's big brother - Eros

Named after the Greek goddess of grief & strife, the ball of rock (bigger than Pluto, by the way) that caused the whole planetary shake-up has been justly named - Eros.

Is the judge trying to make nice with Saddam? What's this all about, "You were not a dictator" the judge told Saddam, "people around you made you a dictator." Huh?

Gas risks to drop as low as $1.15!?! Maybe my dreams of the $20 tank of gas can still come true :-)

Phil Angelides admits to hacking Gov. Schwarzenegger's website, but says it was a legal hack!?! And I quote "no laws were broken". Yes, we were hacking, yes, it was for dirty politics, but somehow it's still ok. . . .

Is cleaning the walls really considered graffiti? Well, yes, if it's selective cleaning. The British prefer their walls to be completely dirty.

Rare earthquake rattles Hong Kong

Coach tells kid he'll pay him 25 bucks to hurt a teammate so he can't play, then even refuses to pay up when the kid does as he's told. Slim is too kind of a word for this coach.

Test US Military Weapons on our own US Citizens!?!

Not sure what they're smoking in the Air Force these days, "Secretary Michael Wynne says nonlethal weapons should be tested on U.S. civilians before being used on the battlefield."

Life's a Search - especially online. Want to build a successful website, follow the footsteps of these web successes - findings aren't exactly what you'd expect.

Apple has diversified, now the question is will their movie store experience be as wonderful as iTunes. . . .

Apparently Israel didn't follow any rules of engagement, showering Lebanon with over a million cluster bombs, among other banned weapons.

Some people need to learn a little patience when trying to move up the food chain

Whosespace is MySpace?

I'm not a big fan of stray animals, & I'm definitely not a cat person, but this might be a bit much!

Sudoku - makes my brain hurt, but at least it's a "good hurt"

Still haven't joined the ipod masses? Maybe this will sway you - the new nano

This is one way to get your kid to finish his homework, but not one I'd recommend.

Sweet Video - Is your car tricked out?

You can't bring him back

A sudden surge of stingray attacks have been noted, likely due to the incident with our beloved Crocodile Hunter. Couple problems with this - Steve was all about PRESERVATION, & secondly, do you think you're sending a message to some large stingray community, so that they'll think twice when reacting to a potential predator!?!

Facebook is going away from what made them unique and famous - they're opening up subscriptions to everyone. Ever heard of a unique selling proposition? You just threw yours out the window! Why, so they can become just another Myspace.com wannabe.

Now this is an idea I love. A hijack-proof plane. Perfect, make it impossible for terrorists to use planes as missles. Although it's in the early stages, a round of applause for thinking like this.

Smartpox - aptly named. An interesting idea for linking the offline & online world - through bar-like codes.

Nanotechnology is about a lot more than cell phones & Ipods these days, it's in some everyday items I would have never imagined.

Mark Burnett is banking on the fact that you've got nothing better to do at work than surf the net, hang on a minute, he may be onto something - Go for the Gold!

Rookie mistake. Bank robber shoves the money down his pants, exploding money that is, laced with red dye. Smoke coming from his pants, & some paint in those hard to reach places.

Another mad scientist makes the paper, trying to convince readers that bikers are safer without helmets, because drivers pay more attention to riders without helmets. Unfortunately, he fails to make the more important case, you know the one, that those who do get hit wearing a helmet actually SURVIVE. Small detail some of us might find quite important.

Tired of lugging around that heavy Bible, or just wish you could reference John 3:16 from work? Then your time has come, at eBibel.com

Is this still news, more doping in cycling. The best line is that they are"admitting the use now because (they're) worried doping is having a negative effect on the sport" Whooda thunk it!

There is really an audience for anything these days. A few weeks ago I saw clips from a "paper, rock, scissors" competition, here's the winner of the World's Best Air Guitarist Competition. I can hear the sponsors now. . .

Spacewalker Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper took her turn working on the space station robotic arm worth $372 million. One small step for woman, one giant leap for. . . .

Please, no more Moore!

There's documentaries - very interesting
There's mocumentaries - very funny
Then there's Michael Moore - very twisted, unethical, bias, all while trying to hid under the "documentary umbrella". Let's rid the screens of Mr Moore & pass on his films.

Despite the fact that all the rest of us have, Gore admits that he hasn't yet ruled out another run at the presidency. Maybe someone should tell him he's not exactly helping his party with his ridiculous Chicken Little "documentary".

Gas prices at the pump - Punctured! Finally, some relief to the high gas prices, as summer driving is over and supply is up. Hopefully this trend can continue, I'd sure love to get back to the days of filling up my tank for $20. Ok, maybe those days are long gone, but a kid can dream. . .

1 skydive jump every 2 min, 30 seconds! This is a great video, a former green beret makes over 600 jumps in 24 hours and it's even for a good cause, the special olympics - nothing like good news that's newsworthy :-)

Having trouble hitting green lights on your morning commute, or even at 2am when there's no other car in sight? Here's a quick read on why some lights seem smart, while others seem to have no mercy at all.

Look out for Mitt Romney in the upcoming GOP elections, McCain is current frontrunner, but apparently Romney's already been brandished by his potential opponents as "the smartest, toughest guy in the race".

Now you can sleep by your laptop too, while it works for you. A simple site that works as a customized alarm clock, so you can get rid of that annoying beep & wake up the the sounds you want with your trusty laptop at your side. Just beware of the urge to smash the alarm now, cause I'd wager your laptop costs a few more pretty pennies than that annoying beeping gadget you have now.

How to embed YouTube &/or Google video into your site, I'll maybe give it a try here in a few. . .

Guess who's back, back again

I apologize for the extended delay, but vacations are so nice - it's tough to come back to reality. But hey, after a 10 day absence, it's great to see all the new headlines, so let's get started.

After Nagin's comments about "the hole" in NYC, it's nice to see some movement on the trade towers front. Remember that despite the lovely photo-shopped picture, these are still holes in the ground, & the article fails to give a timeline for their completion.

Will politicians ever learn that in public situations, or in their own offices, there's a good chance that the record button is on. Here's an interesting look at Arnold, the Californian governor when he thinks no one outside the office is listening.

Nobody's perfect, but when a social networking site screws up, it can leave a lot of people feeling quite vulnerable. But it's great to see the founder step up and take responsibility to get the problem fixed. As for me, I'll continue to steer clear of social networking, but I think Facebook's one of the better options out there.

What does Google want with over 1000 domain names!?!

Jones and her tarnished legacy. So the sprinter got out of this drug predicament with a negative test B sample. Ok, so she beat the system this time, but honestly, let's take a look at her "track record"- husband, boyfriend, coaches - all busted for drug scandals and accusing her as well. Marion, let it go, it's supposed to be about track & athletes, not doping yourself up, and learning to beat the system.

And, if it's a slow Friday, and you consider yourself a movie critic, play along with this video & spot the mistakes.

Captain Kirk is done with the whole "boldly into space" thing, prefers gravity.