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Graphic punishment newest in severe push to curb crime, follows hanging.

He may be known best as Drake, but "Degrassi" alum Aubrey Graham was formerly known (at least to fans of the Canadian teen drama) as Wheelchair Jimmy, after a school shooting left his character injured from the waist dow...

The newspapers over the last couple of days must have made interesting reading for Prince Charles. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has unexpectedly announced that she will step aside to allow her son, Crown Prince Wille...

During my junior year of college, I was friendly with a group of people who had all known each other since grade school. One member of this crowd was a guy named Tim. Growing up, Tim had always been the brain of the grou...

by Debbie Fay

By: Tim Parker

Official Chinese media have hailed the successful test flight of China's first domestically-made jumbo air freighter.

The Next Web and Gizmodo are reporting that many users in the U.S. are reporting that Facebook is down tonight. Here, in Maine, it's working fine, so I can confirm that the outage, though large, is localized. Instagram d...

For more than two decades now, the Hubble Space Telescope has served up some of the most spectacular images ever made.

The self-righteous, hypocritical bull*** is heating up on the US, Japanese, and South Korean side. Even the United Nations is involved. They are all once again lecturing and threatening North Korea about launching a rock...

Cisco Systems disclosed in a blog post that it has agreed to buy Cognitive Security, a privately held network security firm based in Prague, Czech Republic.

Although officials still did not announce the new owners of Hotel Chateau on Tuesday, their lawyers did share plans to completely gut and rehab the facility. Mitchell Asher--he's the lawyer representing the newly formed ...

Confirmation hearings begin this week in the U.S. Senate for Defense Secretary-designate Chuck Hagel. Asia (home of the incipient "Pivot") and other important regions of the globe will be listening for specific reference...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said at a Tuesday press conference that it was "nobody's fault" the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is still open four years after President Barack Obama promised to c...

As a connoisseur of all things transmedia/expanded universe, I'm especially fond of Collector's Editions. These premium editions are generally a wonderful way for game publishers to experiment and display their prowess w...

Executives of Research in Motion probably won't get much sleep tonight.

Sarah Palin and Fox News break up. And everyone's asking what's next for the former Alaska governor.

The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's nomination of Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state Tuesday. The vote was 94 to 3, with three Republicans - Sens. Ted Cruz, John Cornyn and Jim Inhofe - voting against him...

Websense shares are trading sharply lower this afternoon after the company posted mixed results for the fourth quarter, and provided disappointing forward guidance.

Obama urges enforcement, a pathway to earn citizenship and improvements to legal immigration system.

Fire festival in Lerwick, Shetland

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