Americans believe in religion -- but know little about it

For example - over 10% think that Noah's wife was Joan of Arc.



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Man Randomly Attacked By Police Dog, Beaten By Police For Defending Himself

Story about a guy sleeping in his backyard who is randomly attacked by a vicious police dog chasing a "suspect". He naturally tries to defend himself and gets beaten by the police for it. The police justified this by saying the "suspect" they were after was riding a moped without a helmet or headlights on. And it only gets worse from there.



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Medical Marijuana One Step Away from FDA Development Process

Judge Submits Official Recommendation to DEA Urging End to 40-Year Barrier to FDA-Approved Medical Marijuana Research.



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This is all that needs to be said:

“...SCIENCE, NOT POLITICS, needs to determine whether medical marijuana should be made legal, and the DEA has so far tried to block the scientific process,” said University of Massachusetts-Amherst Professor Lyle Craker.

It's disgusting to see a political organization interfering with medical research.

PS3 Upscaling: First Impressions

Sometime before 1:50am EST the latest version (1.8) of the PS3 firmware became available for North American users. My initial impression of the DVD upconversion quality is included below. Full list of what was updated is also reported.



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DVD and game Upscaling up to 1080p, Blu-ray playback at 720p, memory card support, improved media functionality and friggin printer support! Now that's an update.

IRONY: Anti-Cellphone Senator Crashes while talking on CELLPHONE

Carole Migden -- former voter on a state bill that fines people for using their cellphones while driving -- rear-ended her state-issued SUV into a Honda sedan on Highway 12 in Solano County, today.



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Haha.

Mom blames Satan for burning baby in microwave

A woman blames the devil and not her husband for severely burning their infant daughter after the 2-month-old was put in a microwave.



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There are no words, no matter how hard I try.

XM Suspends Opie & Anthony For 30 Days

XM Radio announced today that the company has suspended Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia, hosts of "The Opie & Anthony Show" and ceased broadcast of the show for 30 days, effective immediately.

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I've never once listened to Opie and Anthony (I figure now is a good time to start), but this is just plain bullshit. Political correctness = death of freedom.

STOP WITH THE FUCKING CENSORSHIP.