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Cop Who Killed Man Pulled Wrong Gun

OAKLAND, Calif. — The transit officer who shot and killed an unarmed man may have mistakenly pulled his service pistol instead of a stun gun, his lawyer said Friday. Defense attorney Michael Rains made the argument during a bail hearing for 27-year-old Johannes Mehserle. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson later set bail at $3 million. Jacobson said he set the high amount in part because he considered Mehserle a flight risk after the former officer fled to Nevada during ...

Future Emissions May Cause ‘Irreversible’ Warming

If carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere are allowed to rise beyond what they are today, certain effects to the Earth’s climate will be “locked in” and irreversible for at least a thousand years, a new study finds. "Our study convinced us that current choices regarding carbon dioxide emissions will have legacies that will irreversibly change the planet," said study leader Susan Solomon, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder,...

1,800-year-old figurine found in Jerusalem

Archaeologists believe it could depict an athlete, possibly a boxer JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists say they have discovered a rare 1,800-year-old figurine in a Jerusalem excavation. Dating from the time of the Roman Empire, the 2-inch marble bust depicts the head of a man with a short curly beard and almond-shaped eyes. A statement Monday from the Israel Antiquities Authority says nothing similar has been found before in the country. Clara Amit / AFP - Getty Images Thi rare Roman-er...

5 Things You Didn’t Know: Human Hair

Human hair is a simple thing made of keratin and dead skin cells. Its function is to prevent heat loss from a person’s head, yet it also causes women to weep, men to buy Porsches and people to spend billions each year on its upkeep. Throughout history, humans have used their hair to represent their class, indicate religious faith and piss off their parents. Madonna changes her hair to represent each comeback, while Donald Trump represents his wealth with a comb-over made from 40 kt gold. Samson...

The Quentin Tarantino Guide to Social Media

I can see if there is a true match with my interlocutor just by the degree of his/her knowledge of QT movies. The same applies to Social Media on a professional level. twitter, Wordpress, Facebook, Linkedin absorb most of my day. In a logical sequence of arguments, let me show you how Quentin Tarantino and Social Media were made for one another. 10. Quentin loves conversations I see the “Madonna Speech” (Warning: strong language) from Reservoir Dogs as a front page article on Digg. ...

The Top 10 Awesome Things You Didn’t Know About Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood has become a living monument of Hollywood. He is to film what Chuck Norris is to roundhouse kicks: the founding father and ruling king. His squint alone has the ability to make lesser filmmakers renounce the craft altogether and his gravelly snarl has made plenty of punks reassess the status of their luck. But everyone knows he’s a badass, and everyone knows he’s as talented behind a camera as he is behind the trigger of a .44 Magnum. But there are some things you might not ha...

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SHOCKING! Israeli newspaper: “Don’t pity the Palestinians”

This is how "gods chosen people" act right. These are the reactions of a "civilized" 'evolved' people. Pity worst form of patronizing, will ensure Gazans continue to whine instead of acting Observers worldwide have been expressing great pity for the people of Gaza, many of whom have been killed, injured, or forced to flee their homes during the ongoing IDF operation. This pity may be a natural emotional reaction, yet it is unethical and immoral. To pity the people of Gaza is to patroni...

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Death

5 Things You Didn't Know & May Not Want To Know About Death Death scares us for a host of reasons, but it’s chiefly terrifying for its unknowable quality -- any kind of change makes us nervous. But death doesn’t have to be such a grave affair. Recently, Mary Roach wrote what is possibly the most entertaining and hilarious book ever written on death and dead bodies (and a major source for information in this piece), entitled Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. In morgues and cemete...