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For all the hand-wringing over how many drones is too many drones, there’s one job for which they would appear to be perfectly suited: hunting pigs. The best article in the new issue of the Economist is a short piece about an outfit called Louisiana Hog Control that hunts pigs at night using a remote controlled plane outfitted with an infrared camera. Hunters on the ground, informed by the bright white blobs of porcine body heat illuminated on their video feeds, can then sneak up on the clever and twitchy critters and dispatch them to hog heaven.On a successful hunt...

There’s oil in the Gulf, a scandal in Pennsylvania, and a war in Afghanistan. Someone wake President Obama when it’s over. President Bush’s harshest critics often described his look during moments of crisis as “deer in the headlights.” After two years of Hope and Change, America has grown accustomed to President Obama’s crisis face: eyes glazed over. At his first press conference in 308 days, Obama fielded questions about the Gulf oil spill, immigration, the war in Afghanistan, and the mounting outrage over Pennsylvania Democratic congressman Joe Sestak’s job-trading allegations with a sluggishness bordering on geriatric. His aplomb was a...

NEW YORK (AP) - Computer chips, it seems, work better if they're more like Swiss cheese than American cheese. Chips with minuscule holes in them can run faster or use less energy, IBM Corp. said in announcing Thursday a novel way to create them - potentially one of the most significant advances in chip manufacturing in years. To create these tiny holes, the computer company has harnessed a plastic-like material that spontaneously forms into a sieve-like structure. The holes have a width of 20 nanometers, or billionths of a meter, placing the method in the much-vaunted field of nanotechnology. "To...

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This is huge. It means that Scott's boat was NEVER LAUNCHED.

This isn’t the first time in our history that we’ve had the possibility of dangerous weapons in the hands of a leader we didn’t trust, and this won’t be the first time we’ve responded to this possible threat with a military assault. In 1992, the U.S. federal government conducted a military siege at Ruby Ridge, ultimately killing Randy Weaver's dog, son and wife. Mr. Weaver was suspected of being a cult leader, hording weapons and ammunition for anti-government purposes. The government was never able to prove their allegations, but ends-justify-the-means justice was the explanation for the loss of life. Did...

Fining Every NBC-TV Station In The Country - For Failing To Bleep The F-Word During Golden Globes Broadcast Urgent Action Neededparentstv.org (PTC E-Alert)To File An Official Complaint Insisting That The FCC Enforce TV Decency Laws By Fining Every NBC-TV Station In The Country For Failing To Bleep The F**k Word During Golden Globes Broadcast.PLEASE READ AND IMMEDIATELY TELL YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!!!The Parents Television Council has denounced NBC-TV for failing to mute the "F**k" word" from Sunday night's broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards.  Bono, the lead singer of U2, said the word while accepting an award.  Until now, TV networks...