Pentagon memo says homosexuality a mental disorder

Seeded on Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:25 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A released Pentagon memo classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, many years after this stance was abandoned by mental health experts.

pentagon, mental, us-news, disorder, homosexuality

Armless man charged with dangerous driving

Seeded on Thu May 11, 2006 3:05 AM EDT (Stuff.co.nz)

I really don't know what to say about this.

man, driving, world-news, dangerous, wtf, armless

Nintendo DS Lite comes in pretty colours!

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:36 PM EST (nintendo.co.jp)

The soon-to-be-released Nintendo DS Lite will be made available in 3 colours on March 2nd - black, white, and pale blue.

technology, nintendo, ds, lite, colours

Mattel makes over Ken

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:22 PM EST (CNN)

In an attempt to revive its flagging Barbie sales, Mattel has revamped Ken. He has been made over by flaming Hollywood stylist and Mattel consultant Phillip Bloch, and supposedly is modelled on both Orlando Bloom and Matthew McConaughey.

mattel, barbie, ken, doll, us-news, make-over

Malaysia bans possession of Mohammed cartoons

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:07 PM EST (Stuff.co.nz)

Malaysia has banned the circulation and possession of the Danish Mohammed cartoons that have been causing an uproar over recent weeks.

malaysia, politics, islam, cartoons, mohammed

Could the outcry over Danish cartoons be a conspiracy?

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2006 11:58 AM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)

This is an interesting article about the current controversy over the Danish Mohammed cartoons.

denmark, politics, cartoon, danish, mohammed

Outcry over AOL & Yahoo's proposed email charges

Seeded on Mon Feb 6, 2006 5:37 PM EST (CNN)

Marketers are up in arms over AOL and Yahoo's plans to charge businesses to send commercial email. The plan is to use a certified email system called Goodwill, which will charge $2-3 per 1,000 messages.

yahoo, technology, aol, email, charge, goodmail

Face transplant woman wants a normal life

Seeded on Mon Feb 6, 2006 5:31 PM EST (CNN)

The French woman who received the world's first face transplant thanked her doctors and said she wanted a normal life during her first media apperance since the operation.

france, health, transplant, dog-bite, face, isabelle-dinoire

Scientists make first tangible anti-matter calculations

Seeded on Mon Feb 6, 2006 5:25 PM EST (BBC News)

Anti-matter is one of the big unknowns about our universe. According to research, 80-85% of everything we know is made up of these dark matter particles - particles that can not be detected because they don't emit radiation or light.

science, dark-matter, cambridge, galaxies, anti-matter

New Zealand newspapers reprint Danish Mohammed cartoons

Seeded on Mon Feb 6, 2006 5:17 PM EST (Stuff.co.nz)

The Dominion Post and The Press published reprints of the Danish cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammed. The cartoons were also showing on television channels TV One and TV3.

new-zealand, islam, world-news, cartoons, mohammed

Internet firms 'bowed to Beijing'

Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2006 9:51 AM EST (BBC News)

There is a big hoopla on the internet at the moment with Google's decision to censor their Google.cn search results for China's mental censorship policies.

google, technology, china, microsoft, censorship

TELEGRAMS OVER STOP WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT STOP

Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2006 9:39 AM EST (Wired News)

On May 26, 1844, the first telegram was sent by Samuel Morse. On January 27, 2006, the last telegram was sent by Western Union.

technology, pony-express, western-union, telegrams

iPod owner suing Apple over hearing loss

Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2006 9:33 AM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)

John Kiel Patterson from Louisiana is suing Apple claiming that iPods are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss".

technology, lawsuit, apple, ipod, hearing-loss

Stephanie Tanner has a meth problem

Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2006 7:00 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Jodie Sweetin, who played Stephanie Tanner in the memorable '90s sitcom Full House, has admitted that she is a recovering meth addict and was once using daily.

entertainment, meth, full-house, addiction, jodie-sweetin, stepanie-tanner, crystal-meth

Lee Tamahori is a transvestite prostitute

Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2006 6:50 AM EST (BBC News)

World famous New Zealand director Lee Tamahori was arrested in Hollywood, Los Angeles after trying to solicit sex to an undercover police officer. He was dress in drag and wearing a black wig.

entertainment, director, bond, los-angeles, lee-tamahori

Dark Crystal sequel to be filmed

Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2006 6:08 AM EST (cinecultist.com)

One of my favourite movies from when I was younger is to have a sequel filmed - Dark Crystal. Rumoured to be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of Samurai Jack, it should be very interesting - although time will tell if it is in any way reminiscent of the original.

entertainment, dark-crystal, jim-henson, sequel

"How-To" CD circulating amongst NZ criminals

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:48 AM EST (Stuff.co.nz)

A "how-to" CD is being circulated amongst New Zealand criminals - alledgedly being sold for as much as NZ$4,000. The disc contains information from how to commit credit card fraud to how to make drugs from household substances.

criminals, odd-news, cd

California votes to classify second-hand smoke a toxic risk

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:35 AM EST (Stuff.co.nz)

The move by Californian's Air Resources Board to classify second-hand tabacoo smoke as a "toxic air contaminant" could lead to further laws banning smoking in the state.

health, california, smoking, second-hand-smoke