Villagers in India try to capture a pregnant lioness after it escaped from a reserve. The tranquiliser didn't work as planned and gave a few of them a bit of a fright.

stoolpigeon writes "The O'Reilly School of Technology is teaming up with Wolfram Research to provide on-line math courses using an AJAX version of Mathematica. O'Reilly has posted an and interview with Scott Gray, the director of OST, that has more details on the program (named Hilbert after David Hilbert) itself as well as the classes they will be offering."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Drug hitmen have killed a popular Mexican singer along with his manager and assistant near the U.S. border, authorities said on Wednesday, the latest murder among musicians who sing "narcocorrido" ballads glorifying drug traffickers.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday in a new report to the Security Council that the situation in Sudan's Western Darfur region was deteriorating and more peacekeepers were urgently needed.

Fidel Castro Resigns. That?s a fantastic headline, and should be cause for celebration. But just because the doddering dictator is stepping aside doesn?t mean that Cuba?s abandoning tyranny. And just because he?s leaving doesn?t mean the media are dropping their fictions about Castro, the Cuban "president." Glancing at a TV set, I caught this CNN screen graphic: "Fidel Castro Resigns: Cuban Pres. Rejects New Term." Where on earth is the media?s r
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When it comes to Islam, the approach of too many media outlets seems to be not to question authority. Whether this attitude stems from fear (as in the case of Lawrence O'Donnell), ignorance, or plain old-fashioned political correctness doesn't really matter because the end result is the same: when extremist Islamic groups like the Council on Islamic Relations say jump, far too many news organizations say "how high."The standard isn't incredibly h
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Reuters - Lighten up, Oscar voters. If movie fans picked the best film this Sunday, comedy "Juno" would eclipse grim front-runners "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood," according to an E-Poll/Reuters survey.

The latest software release from "DVD Jon" Lech Johansen painlessly removes digital rights management from the MP3s stored on your computer, then lets you share your music files with your friends through a Facebook widget.

Un-happy Valentine's Day. Or was it a spoof marriage proposal - like the last time?

The Moth: Listen to Stories

Elizabeth Cotten [previously] sits down and talks with Pete Seeger. She plays the "Wilson Rag," "Mama, Your Papa Loves You," and Pete joins her for "Freight Train." (Lyrics are provided for "Freight Train," so you can all sing along, too.) More footage of Libba being interviewed can be found here. And, because it's such a good song, here's Libba by herself performing "Freight Train."

LoyaltyMatch has been in development for over a year now and the swapping commerce service is finally ready to open its doors to everyone. While LoyaltyMatch can be summed up as a swap site, there’s really a lot more to it than just bartering with other users. This service is actually an ecommerce [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "LoyaltyMatch: Turn Frequent Flier Miles into Cash", url: "http://mashable.com/2008/02/20/loyaltymatch/" });

We?re smack dab in the middle (figuratively, not literally, of course) of the eBay seller strike. And what began Monday, February 19 (and is intended to push through a 5-day stretch) has caused the online auction giant to see the number of its listings drop from 14.5 million to a (mere) 14 million, according to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "eBay Seller Strike: 3% Decline in Listings by Mid-Week", url: "http://mashable.com/2008/02/20/ebay-stri

Filed under: GDC "Details seem like the hard work, they seem like they important part, but they're not your friend. They really just drag you down."It's a surprising message from BioShock developer Ken Levine, who spoke this morning at the GDC. But despite how intricate his game was, he said that plotting details are (with a few exceptions) best left out. He says that the best storyteller is the one that might seem the most benign: The world."Wha
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Filed under: Culture, Features, PC, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, First Person Shooters, GDC, MachinimaKen Levine gave an amazing talk this morning on the process of crafting BioShock's story. There were two video presentations during the course of the talk and one of them was a hilarious mile-a-minute clip from Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw - the twisted mind behind the Escapist's Zero Punctuation. We have a video of the clip, which was introduced by Levi
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Filed under: Nintendo Wii David Braben's Frontier Developments promises "the power of the wind" at the tip of your Wiimote in LostWinds, the indie studio's first pint-sized, WiiWare adventure. There's a wind spirit (that's you!), a boy with an odd cap, the evil Balasar and the magical land of Mistrails, where puzzles can be a breeze and enemies are blown away without bullets. "WiiWare offers a perfect extra outlet for that creativity, and I hope
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TMZ.com: Celebs flock to Pastis, Keith McNally's French brasserie in the Meatpacking District in New York. Tenjune down the street, SoHo House around the corner and the Gansevoort Hotel across the street are also star magnets. TMZ is LIVE in NYC! ... Read more