Through five weeks of college football, the top six teams in the nation are no surprise, but beyond that it’s anyone’s guess. Dan Rubenstein gives his power rankings, including LSU falling behind Georgia, Texas sneaking ahead of Notre Dame, and Geno Smith’s West Virginia Mountaineers slipping to 12.
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Kindle Paperwhite, Ping R.I.P., and more – 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, October 1, 2012
“O, I die, Horatio; / The potent poison quite o’er-crows my spirit: / I cannot live to hear the news from England; / But I do prophesy the election lights / On Fortinbras: he has my dying voice; / So tell him, with the occurrents, more and less, / Which …
Read More »Fantasy Football Week 4 Update – Keepers
Week 4 in the NFL has been a weird one with Tom Brady rushing for a touchdown, and Michael Turner catching one, while Ryan Tannehill made a star out of…Brian Hartline? Matt Ufford runs through Sunday’s top performers and looks ahead to fantasy implications in Monday night’s matchup between the …
Read More »Cabbin Stabbin’ | Alaska State Troopers
Troopers rush to the scene of a stabbing and race to find the attacker before he can run away. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer …
Read More »Egypt ‘Morality’ Killing – 3 Convicted
“An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted three Islamists of killing a student this summer as he sat in a quiet park with his fiance, sentencing them to 15 years in prison in a case that sparked fears of vigilantes trying to enforce strict religious mores. The state-owned Middle East News …
Read More »Least Informed Audience: Fox News (Pew Survey)
“The inevitable dominance of online media is quickly becoming a reality, a new Pew survey showed on Thursday. The organization’s biennal study of American news consumption was as stark a piece of evidence of the decline of newspapers as media-watchers are likely to find. Pew reported that more people now …
Read More »Hands-on with an $11,000 coffee pot
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Read More »Castration Increases Life Expectancy – Would You Do It?
“It’s a life-extending strategy most men probably won’t want to pursue, but new research suggests eunuchs live longer than non-castrated guys. Historical Korean eunuchs — men who had their testicles removed in order to secure high positions in the palace hierarchy — outlived their non-castrated counterparts by as much as …
Read More »Why Philip K. Dick matters
When sci-fi author Philip K. Dick died 30 years ago, his work was out of print, virtually unknown. Today he’s more famous than ever. At the 2012 Philip K. Dick Festival, held in San Francisco, fans (including novelist Jonathan Lethem) explain the unique appeal of this visionary writer. Read the …
Read More »Osvel Hinojosa Huerta: Bringing Water Back to the River | Nat Geo Live
The Colorado River was once mighty enough to carve the Grand Canyon, but now human use drains it to a trickle that never reaches the sea. National Geographic Emerging Explorer Osvel Hinojosa Huerta is leading efforts to change that. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About …
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