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World Business
Obama Insists On Performance Standards For Teachers
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Today, President Obama wades in to a controversy that threatens to split one of the Democratic Party's most generous source of donations and activists, the teacher unions, from the whole.
more… | Political News
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French mother charged with killing eight of her babies
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A French mother, Dominique Cottrez, has been charged by with murdering eight newborn babies and her husband has been charged with hiding the bodies in the village of Villers-au-Tertre, near Lille .
more… | World News
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The Cocaine Trade: Who's Really Bumping Up the Prices?
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The vast pharmacology industry is matched by a vast traffic in illegal drugs.
more… | World News
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Iran Encourage Population Growth by Paying Families
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The new government effort will pay families for every new child and deposit money into the newborns’ bank accounts until they reach 18. The program effectively rolled back years of efforts to strengthen the economy by reducing population growth and ignores the 10 Million people living already under poverty in Iran.
more… | World News
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Porn Motherlode Unearthed From San Francisco Work Computers
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Porn downloaded by city workers, on city time. Just when you thought the ongoing porn scandal within the city's planning department couldn't grow any more bizarre, along come a nude man, a chainsaw, and a hula hoop.
more… | Political News
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Technology
50 Face-Numbingly Bad Websites [PICS]
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The Internet has been around for a while now, and at this point we don't know what we'd do without it. Despite having ample time to adapt their sites to meet current trends and expectations, some people just don't get it. Here are 50 of the Web's most face-numbingly bad sites, all still active today.
more… | Tech Industry News
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When phones are too big for pockets
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Something weird is happening to mobile phones: After shrinking from enormous Zack Morris proportions in the '80s and '90s, they're getting bigger again. The Dell Streak, which is set to be released in the U.S. later this summer, is the biggest of the big-daddy phones so far, with a 5-inch screen.
more… | Tech Industry News
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iPad Owners Are Elitists, Non-Owners Are Independent Geeks
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Consumer firm MyType has done a study of the opinions of 20,000 people, and have determined that iPad owners are wealthy, sophisticated, educated, and score very low in tests designed to chart altruism and kindness. In short, they're rich and smart, but also spoiled and cruel.
more… | Apple
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Sports
Finally A Sport I Could Get Behind: Beach Volleyball [pics]
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FTA: Originating in Southern California and Hawaii, sand volleyball – as well as regular Volleyball – is really fun and it’s a great way to exercise your body too. Yeah, okay, but check out these babes !
more… | Other Sports
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Top 50 ESPN Commercials Of All Time (VIDEOS)
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Odds are that if you've watched any amount of ESPN, you've seen some of the "This is SportsCenter" ad spots, which have been around for the last 16 years. The sheer comedic brilliance of these 30 second clips has been unmatched by any network (sports or non-sports).
more… | Other Sports
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The Ultimate Catch [Video]
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ESPN Video: Andrew Fleming makes an impossible catch in Ultimate Frisbee.
more… | Other Sports
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9 Greatest Moments in Women's MMA History (Videos)
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Whether you love it or hate it, the female version of limited-rules combat is here to stay. So here’s a look back at some of the greatest moments in MMA herstory.
more… | Extreme
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Why I Already Hate The Miami Heat
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Like much of America, I suddenly find myself hating the Miami Heat. It's not so much that I want to hate them, it's more that I have no choice. I hate the Heat because of what I love.
more… | Basketball
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