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Tim Dowling: The big issue is not which US actors will star, but which American places could stand in for Essex and Barry

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Milk fed lamb and pickled conger eel were among delicacies enjoyed by the G8 food shortage summit

The weakness of the pound to the euro is expected to hit the Spanish tourism industry

Gadgets are using up the earth's elements. Like, the basic elements that make up all chemical matter according Armin Reller, a materials chemist at Germany?s University of Augsburg. Gallium is apparently critical for making LCDs. We'll be out of it in a few years. Hafnium (part of Intel's breakthrough with Penryn) will be gone by 2017 says Dr. Reller. We're also blowing through our supplies of zinc and copper, even though we have a shitload of it
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Is it hot where you are? OObject celebrates Summer (and this SF heatwave) with a refreshing list of 20 different train-mounted railroad snowplows. Some look simply like giant plows, but the most gadgety look like giant snowblowing window fans. A little research turns up that these were developed by a dentist in the late 1800s as a tool to get through passes blocked by snow drifts too deep for plows. They're electric or diesel powered, and in Donn
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I prefer not to wear my geekiness around my neck, but I quite like this reversible Super Mario Brothers necklace ($12) because it celebrates one of my all-time favorite video game characters. Mario is captured in a clear high-gloss resin and you have the choice of a leather cord or ball chain. I probably wouldn't wear it as jewelry, but I'm sure I could find something to fasten it to. Super Mario Brothers Necklace: Love It or Leave It?
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Filed under: Cellphones If the old saying that you can't believe everything you read holds true, then it must be doubly so for images you see on the internet. Such is possibly the case in the latest batch of leaked pictures doing the rounds on the old information superhighway. Lately (i.e. today) shots of RIM's new touchscreen phone -- the Thunder -- have surfaced showing off what's supposed to be a new version of the BlackBerry OS (4.7) running
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Steve-O is back in rehab. The "Jackass" daredevil writes in his blog that after 115 days of sobriety, he is "back in the looney bin." Steve-O, whose real names is Stephen Glover, told fans that he's still struggling with the effects of the many drugs he'd taken over the years.

Rumors started circulating last week, and now it’s official. Instead of accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for President at the Pepsi Center, where the rest of the Convention will take place, Barack Obama has decided to move the main event down the street to Invesco Field at Mile High HuffPo: “The Democratic Party is nominating [...]

If this isn’t instructive of how seriously the Republicans take the “War on Terror”? and the horrible economic situation that their policies have put us in, I don’t know what does. The RK blog found this lovely gem. On Friday’s Fourth of July parade in Scottsville, VA, Democratic congressional nominee Tom Perriello threw [...]

Reuters - Three-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening has been elected to the governing board of the organization that gives out Hollywood's highest film honors, the Academy Awards, the group said on Monday.

AP - Steve-O is back in rehab.

Netroots activists are using a wiki and Barack Obama's social networking tool to try and change the senator's mind on an upcoming vote on overhauling warrantless wiretapping legislation.

Filed under: Celebrity JusticeTMZ.com: Dr. Jan "Jailbird" Adams -- the dude who operated on Kanye's mom before she died -- showed up at court today to face the music for his latest DUI arrest, but you know the saying about justice delayed ... his case was delayed.Outside court, Dr. Adams... Read more

Filed under: Celebrity JusticeTMZ.com: You know how it is with child stars -- they grow up so fast before our eyes and before you know it ... they're being tased by hotel security. Zachery Ty Bryan, who played Brad Taylor on "Home Improvement" -- is suing Choice Hotels International over... Read more

Filed under: Talk Sports, Shaq Attack, Dirty DivorcesTMZ.com: We know Shaq's a horse. We know Kobe ratted him out. But does this look like a man who's still getting divorced?!The Diesel spent his 4th of July playing the role of a giant human arm cushion for his wife Shaunie in the Canary Islands. See Also ... Read more