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Twitter Hack Raises Flags on Security of Web Tools

The Twitter breach occurred about a month ago, Twitter said.

The Longevity Experiment

Despite the tremendous cultural and geographic differences between these distant lands, Buettner has identified common practices that seem to aid in extreme longevity.

Google to Introduce Operating System

In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google is expected to announce on Wednesday that it is developing an operating system for a personal computer based on its Chrome browser, according to two people briefed on Google's plans.

Koogle: Orthodox Jews launch kosher search engine

Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now "Koogle" it on a new "kosher" search engine, the site manager said on Sunday.

Porsche and VW Agree to a Merger

After a dramatic three-and-a-half-year battle to take control of much larger Volkswagen, German sports carmaker Porsche has given up the chase and agreed in principle to a merger with its one-time prey.

50 Best American Adventures

These days in particular, it's good to live in the adventure capital of the world. When dollars are stretched and time is short, our own spectacular backyard has never looked better.

Smoker-in-Chief

So yesterday morning, when she woke up, she thought of herself as a smoker. Cool! And who's the most famous smoker she knows? Our president, of course. On went the shirt.

You and Obama, Sittin' In a Tree

People just love Barry. But how do you prove that he loves YOU? With cold hard photographic evidence, that's how.

EBay's Income Drops 31% as Traffic Declines - NYTimes.com

The turbulent economy battered eBay, and the online marketplace reported its profit fell 31 percent and that it had its first revenue decline since it started in 1995.

Obama to Shut Guantánamo Site and C.I.A. Prisons - NYTimes.com

President Obama is expected to sign executive orders Thursday directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut what remains of its network of secret prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year, government officials said.

Death sentences in China milk case - International Herald Tribune

Two men were sentenced to death on Thursday and the chairwoman of a dairy conglomerate received a life sentence for their roles in the contaminated-milk scandal that killed six children and sickened nearly 300,000, according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency.

Bike Lane That Travels With You

Though many cities are getting serious about making bike-friendly infrastructure changes, installing bike lanes is a costly porposition with a glacial pace of implementation. Enter LightLane, a safety concept from the clever designers at Altitude, Inc.

One Green Year: What You Can Do Today

You could decide to lose weight—again—or this year you could resolve to lighten the load you leave on the planet.

Gannett to Furlough Employees for a Week

The Gannett Company, the nation's largest newspaper publisher, said on Wednesday that it would force thousands of its employees to take a week off without pay in an effort to avoid layoffs.

Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes

In moves that will help shape the online future of the music business, Apple said Tuesday that it would remove anticopying restrictions on all of the songs in its popular iTunes Store and allow record companies to set a range of prices for them.

Avoiding Twitter hacks, Koobface, and other security holes

The messages are sent by friends, family, and trusted acquaintances. Some appear to carry embedded images or videos. Most arrive under innocuous subject lines: "You look just awesome in this new movie," or "Funny moments."

7 Simple Rules For How to Take A Nap

Birds do it, bees do it (we think), even educated monkeys do it. So let's do it, people. Let's fall asleep.

'Meh': Apathetic expression enters dictionary

The expression of indifference or boredom has gained a place in the Collins English Dictionary after generating a surprising amount of enthusiasm among lexicographers.

"Extinct" Primate Found in Indonesia

It may look like a gremlin, but this tiny animal is actually a pygmy tarsier, recently rediscovered in the forests of Indonesia. The 2-ounce (57-gram) carnivorous primate had not been seen alive since the 1920s.

Hijacked Saudi oil tanker drops anchor

A hijacked Saudi-owned supertanker carrying more than $100 million worth of crude oil is believed to have anchored off Somalia and its owners are working toward "the safe and speedy return" of the 25 crew, the owners said Tuesday.

FEMA Firefighters Manual Covers UFO Attacks, Crashes

This video shows how FEMA no only deals with credible threats as hurricanes and terrorist attacks, but also with credible threats like alien attacks and UFO crashes: They have an entire chapter dedicated to this topic in their firefighters manual.

"Smile" Octopus Spawned Many Species

It may be the most adorable deep-sea invertebrate this side of Eddie McBlobbules, but this juvenile octopus, shown in a photo released Sunday, isn't actually smiling.

Monitor shifts from print to Web-based strategy

The Christian Science Monitor plans major changes in April 2009 that are expected to make it the first newspaper with a national audience to shift from a daily print format to an online publication that is updated continuously each day.

The Monitor Ends Daily Print Edition

After a century of continuous publication, The Christian Science Monitor will abandon its weekday print edition and appear online only, its publisher announced Tuesday. The cost-cutting measure makes The Monitor the first national newspaper to largely give up on print.

Plot to kill Obama inspired by the Order

Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman, the two Tennessee neo-Nazis arrested for plotting to kill 102 African-American schoolchildren and then assassinate Barack Obama, clearly drew inspiration from a violent white nationalist group called the Order.

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