Due to the Independence Day holiday later this week, it’s rather light. But even if you like Family Feud, there ain’t much here.
The summer season continues rolling out new shows this week, starting tomorrow, and we bring you a look at what’s new and when it’s on, for the week of June 30, again, thanks to USAToday.com, though any comments not in quotes…
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Back in the days when men were men and women were women, psychologists were often completely mental. With no ethics boards to keep a lid on scientific enthusiasm, researchers carried out some truly extraordinary feats of immorality. From the CIA giving away free drugs and setting up brothels to the Standford prison experiments.
In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed.
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“Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” is arguably the best monologue George Carlin ever did. Not only did Carlin’s cavalier ode to the ‘Seven Dirty Words’ shock and offend his critics, it also led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling about what could and could NOT be said on broadcast TV & radio. But are those seven words still ’shocking’?
“It's so silly and so stupid,” said the veteran comedian and fashion critic, who got kicked off British television last week for saying f*** and s*** on a show that she noted was named, of all things, “Loose Women.” “I…
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Starting things off with a bang, Chile declared a permanent ban on whaling on the opening day of the International Whaling Commissions annual meeting. The Pacific Ocean-bordering country is playing host to the conference, where tensions are running high.
The attendees of the meeting this year might have a hard time getting much accomplished given the chair person’s aforementioned decision to avoid conflict. As an example of how this choice is reflected in actuality, lunch time for…
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A team led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology students last week successfully tested a prototype of what it says may be the “most cost-efficient solar-power system in the world,” revolutionizing global energy production.
The dish is the latest in a slew of sun-centric projects with which MIT has been associated. Other notables include solar-powered homes (it's been working on those since 1939), a pilot solar cell plant in Lexington, Mass., and…
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It’s lovely,” Dr. Sarah Sallon said of the date palm, whose parents may have provided food for the besieged Jews at Masada some 2,000 years ago. The little tree was sprouted in 2005 from a seed recovered from Masada.
This is a great thing. Far greater than any G.M.O. May this project and others like it recieve all the support they need. These seeds are crutial to our understanding of ourselves, our environment and the gene pool. Our gene pools are being…
That would be the preference of Adam Jones, the suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback who has been known by the nickname throughout his life. Hed like to be called by his given name and make Pacman? a thing of the past.
Jones had told reporters that he’d talk Thursday after the end of minicamp, the last organized on-field sessions for Cowboys until they report July 24 to training camp in Oxnard, Calif. But there was no media access after coach Wade…
By Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. motorists are risking rampant drug violence in Mexico to drive over the border and fill their tanks with cheap Mexican fuel, some even coming to blows over gas shortages and long queues. The gap…
“It's worth taking the risk even with the violence,” said a retired California engineer named Terry, who declined to give his surname, as he filled his red Ford pick-up truck in Tijuana, over the border from San Diego. “I…
Following the recent championship at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods suggested that the 2008 U.S. Open may have been the best of his 14 career major titles so far. Here is ESPN’s breakdown of all of Woods’ major victories in order, from #1-14.
No other explanation was necessary. In case you don't recall that victory, welcome back to the planet Earth. The short story: Competing in his first major championship as a professional, the 21-year-old phenom of mixed ethnic…
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FAKE REALITY … Or is it real fakery? An earwig who used to watch the TV show “Jericho…
This clever photoshopping from www.Alaskareports.com/blog predates Lyda Green's bombshell announcement that she won't be running for re-election. Picturing Lyda and Charlie Huggins as Scarlett and Rhett was apparently meant to be…
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