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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:23:17 -0800

The Associated Press' Helpful List of Excuses For Not Visiting Your Family this Thanksgiving [Excuses]
If you're not already at the airport trying to smash your way to the front of a ticket line, you're probably not visiting...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:17:40 -0800

Website Releases 573,000 Sad, Frightened and Banal Text Messages from 9/11 [History]
Wikileaks.org has released 573,000 text messages from 9/11—they range from "The only thoughts I have are of Nicholas,...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:05:16 -0800

White House Party Crashers Are Awesome, Sad [Fameballs]
Did you hear about this DC couple that crashed Obama's first state dinner last night? Michaele and Tareq Salahi—aspiring...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Best Wishlist Tool? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]
Whether you're being shopped for or doing the shopping, good wish lists are very useful to have on-hand. This week we want to...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0800

MouseExtender Launches Programs With Two Clicks [Downloads]
Windows only: The Windows 7 taskbar is pretty convenient, but if you are running an older version of Windows (or are just...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:43:48 -0800

This Thanksgiving We're Thankful for a Break [Special Programming]
That's it, we're in holiday mode: the dayside writers are taking Thursday and Friday off, but the night crew — Adrian,...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:30:00 -0800

Add Extra Effects to Photo Booth and iChat with a Quick Tweak [Tweaks]
Mac OS X: Photo Booth and iChat's handful of native effects are fun, but the novelty of making yourself glow sepia wears off...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:09:56 -0800

When Travel Was a Joy [Pic Of The Day]
[If you're going to JFK International Airport today, you will see nothing like the pristine modernism from the TWA Terminal in...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:01:47 -0800

The City 's Elle Intern Did Not Give a Fake Interview to a Fake Reporter [Disclaimer]
Hey, everyone. This is Bryn Poulos. She wants you all to know that she didn't talk to fictional reporter Betsey Morgenstern...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0800

TouchFreeze Disables Your Touchpad As Soon As You Start Typing [Laptop]
Windows only: Most laptop owners have experienced the frustrations of a spastic cursor when your wrist grazes the touchpad....
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:35:32 -0800

Lou Dobbs Love Immigrants Now, Everyone [Assholes]
Oh, seriously? "In a little-noticed interview Friday, Mr. Dobbs told Spanish-language network Telemundo he now supports a plan...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:08:00 -0800

Court: 'F—- the Police' [Law]
In perhaps the greatest American legal decision since "A Book Named 'John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure' v....
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:06:32 -0800

A Thousand Years of Vince Vaughn [Romance]
A book proposal by this title has been doing the rounds at publishing houses and agents. It needs to see the light of day. Why?...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:00:06 -0800

Which Celeb Serves Drugs for Thanksgiving Dinner? [Blind Items]
Between our high-flying Julia Child, a celeb couple that invites the mistress over for the main meal, and a Twilight star lying...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:07 -0800

NY1 Anchors 2/3 of the Way to Terrible Trend [Curses]
NY1 news anchors: Cursed? Portly (former) political anchor Dominic Carter ruined his own career by beating his wife and trying...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:31:28 -0800

Obama Pledges up to 30,000 More Troops for Afghanistan [Front Pages]
The news that the President is to announce that his weeks of agonizing are over, and that there will be a troop increase,...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:40:00 -0800

Google Testing Out a New Search Look [Google]
Google has, according to some Gizmodo readers, been randomly offering up a bolder but more condensed view of its home and...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:10:00 -0800

Muppets' Bohemian Rhapsody 1080p YouTube Video Excites My Gonads [YouTube]
A Muppets version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody? You got me at Gonzo and the chickens. This is one of the first 1080p YouTube...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:40:00 -0800

Doubt Cast on Man Found to Be Conscious After 23-Year Coma [Health]
Remember that story about the guy who was supposedly revealed to be fully conscious (but physically paralyzed) and not in a...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:00:00 -0800

Mr. Skin Uses Blu-ray to Reveal Previously Unknown Celebrity Nudity [Nsfw]
Celeb-nudity expert Mr. Skin has been using the HD power of Blu-ray to extract image and video of heretofore-unknown celebrity...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:20:00 -0800

Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why) [Remainders]
Canada Has Its Very Own Version of the AT&T vs. Verizon Ad Lawsuit...CollegeHumor Tackles Modern Warfare 2 (With Bonus Giz...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:00 -0800

These Venetian Blinds Make Me Want to Stick With Curtains [Design]
I like my typography the same way I like my coffee and men. Hot and confusion-free. These venetian blinds are neither. They...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0800

Hacked Email Archive Fuels Climate Skeptics' Conspiracy Theories [Weather]
The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia keeps some of the most accurate climate records which are key to...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:00 -0800

This is How a Pissed Off Designer Quits His Job [Image Cache]
It might not be the smartest way of giving a zero-weeks notice at work, but you've gotta give this guy some credit for doing...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:03:00 -0800

Racist Picture of Michelle Obama Will Live on Forever in Google Image Search [Gfail]
Yikes, we need a moment to wash our eyes with cool, clear water after looking at that thing . OK: Google is refusing to remove...
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