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• ‘Fake Facebook profile’ victim awarded £22,000
  A man who sued a former school friend for creating a fake profile on the social networking site has won his libel case
• 43 Busted In Illegal Immigration Raid On Oahu - Honolulu News Story
  Federal officials said they netted 43 illegal aliens in an immigration raid on O`ahu.
• Why the press is ignoring the Edwards “love child” story.
  Everybody had a good laugh last August when Roll Call broke the story about Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, getting arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for playing footsies in a toilet stall. The late-night talk…
• Pet rabbit hops to rescue to save owners from fire
  It’s a story to make Watership Down seem realistic, but a pet rabbit has been credited with saving an Australian couple from a blaze which was burning down their house as they slept.
• Cuba silent on Russian bomber report: Fidel Castro
  Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday said Cuba does not have to explain or “ask forgiveness” about a report out of Russia this week that Russia might use its Cold War ally Cuba as a refueling base for nuclear-capable bombers.
• Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up
  FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist.
• Swimmer Jessica Hardy tests positive
  Jessica Hardy’s first trip to the Olympics could be over before it began. The swimmer tested positive for a banned substance, leaving her just two weeks to pursue any appeals before the Beijing Games begin.
• DZ-BD10H: The new HD camcorder from Hitachi, with BD & HDD support
  Hitachi introduced new Full HD camera which will be available on August 9th , the DZ-BD10H, the new version of the DZ-BD9H we introduced at the beginning of the year.
  Our new camera features a built-on Blu-Ray recorder (BD-R/RE), 30GB of HDD…
• SANYO Contactless Charger Set for Wii Remote Control
  SANYO Contactless Charger Set for Wii Remote Control
  Contacless Charger, you can charge through the silicon Wii remote jackets
• Robot dragonfly takes flight: Scientific American Blog
  Researchers at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands today unveiled a small, remote-controlled aircraft weighing just 0.11 ounces (three grams) and with a four-inch (10-centimeter) wingspan–just large enough to accommodate an onboard camera.
• It’s Not a Question of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, But When…
  Looking forward to Spike Jonze’s filmed adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE? Worried about the reports of “disastrous” test screenings and rumors of massive reshoots? Curious as to how a film once scheduled for release on October 3…
• Quint has a ton of pics from the floor of Comic-Con! SPIRIT, WATCHMEN, GOON, Weta’s HALO line, NECA and more!!!
  Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with some pics from the floor of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.
• Tim Burton Finds An ALICE To Send To WONDERLAND!!
  Mia Wasikowska will climb into Tim Burton’s rabbit hole (wait, that doesn’t sound right) as the title character in Burton & Disney’s live-action, Digital 3-D adaptation of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. So says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.
• Let’s Do The Time Warp Again (Again)!!
  Because the original film’s influence on pop culture wasn’t significant enough…MTV is prepping a remake of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
• Net firms in music pirates deal
  Six of the UK’s biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online.
• US cancer boss in mobiles warning
  The director of a leading US cancer research institute has sent a memo to thousands of staff warning of possible higher risks from mobile phone use.
• Tim Burton finds his Alice
  Tim Burton and Disney have found their new Alice — not in Wonderland or down the rabbit hole but Down Under.

• Obama trounces McCain … in sales of T-shirts, badges, caps
  Barack Obama is trouncing John McCain in the race for the White House — at least in sales of T-shirts, badges, baseball caps and other campaign merchandise.
• China warns media about “vulgar” ads
  China warned its already tightly controlled media on Wednesday that the government would not tolerate “obscene, sexual, superstitious or base” advertisements over the Olympic period which may embarrass the country. “Advertising companies have…
• California foreclosures up 261% from ‘07 levels
  DataQuick reports today that foreclosures in California soared 33% from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2008, and are running 261% ahead of year-ago levels.
• Bush on Economy: ‘Wall Street Got Drunk’
  Explaining the current economic downturn to a closed-door fundraiser last week, President Bush said, “Wall Street got drunk.”

  “There’s no question about it,” Bush said. “Wall Street got drunk, that’s one of the reasons I asked you to turn off…

• Police arrest man accused of taking 42 cents from mall fountain
  With sky-high gas prices, 42 cents won’t get you very far nowadays.

  However, it will get you a trip to jail.

  A 43-year-old Bonita Springs man was arrested Monday morning after Naples police say he stole 42 cents from a mall fountain.

• Peter Berg Directing HERCULES As Well As DUNE??
  “Hancock” director Peter Berg, who created “Friday Night Lights” (which features an obnoxious Texas guy in a wheelchair named “Herc”), now plans to direct Universal’s “Hercules: The Thracian Wars” from a screenplay by somebody named Ryan C
• AICN Anime-Hollywood Cowboy Bebop In Development
  Anime News Network points out that IF Magazine has learned that producer Erwin Stoff is developing an adaptation of one of America’s favorite anime series…. Cowboy Bebop.

  “I’m developing COWBOY BEBOP for Fox, but doing it as a live-action film,…

• Birth weight ’sets future health’
  Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists.
• EU suspends funding for Bulgaria
  The European Commission has suspended EU aid to Bulgaria worth hundreds of millions of euros because of concerns about corruption and organised crime.
• Manned spaceship design unveiled
  The first official image of a Russian-European manned spacecraft has been unveiled.
• China ‘to allow Olympic protests’
  China says it will allow demonstrations in three designated city parks during the Olympic Games in Beijing.
• Belkin BreakFree Protects Your Amps
  Belkin International, Inc., announces new BreakFree Connectors, which detach under extreme tension, protecting your amplifier or guitar from unexpected damage. BreakFree will provide noise-free dynamic sound without any degradation in audio quality.
• Robot recruited in war on illegal immigrants
  Fitted with powerful searchlights and high-resolution video cameras, the robot - codenamed Hero - carries out detailed searches of the undersides of lorries and coaches.
• Pre-Order Ultimate WALL•E Remote-Control Robot
  It’s WALL•E! See the robot star of the hit Disney/Pixar film ”WALL•E” come to life with our Ultimate WALL•E remote control toy. WALL•E’s charming personality shines through with this interactive toy robot. Imported.
• Number port stats suggest curious trends in iPhone 3G launch
  Sure, Apple alleges to have flipped over a million iPhone 3Gs at this point, but what does that mean? The devil’s in the details, as always; yes, true, the first one took 74 days to reach that same milestone, but it was available in less than…

• On a Scale of One to Ten, Does THE ROCKER Rate an Eleven?
  If you have to see a movie with music in it this year,
  I’d suggest choosing this over “Mama Mia!” but if you have to see only
  one comedy, I’d go with “Tropic Thunder”.
• Moriarty’s Seen STEP BROTHERS!
  STEP BROTHERS is the work of diseased minds.
  Really. Dale and Brennan are sociopaths. They are as shit-your-pants crazy as Heath Ledger’s The Joker. And STEP BROTHERS seems to be celebrating this particular brand of manchild retardation as not only a…
• McCain returns to NH with visit to Rochester
  Sen. John McCain returned to New Hampshire last night, flashing an “OK” sign at an aide as he stepped out onto an airport tarmac in Manchester.
• McCain raises money off Obama’s trip
  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), resigned to what an adviser memorably called “table scraps” of news coverage this week, has blasted a fundraising e-mail to supporters arguing that the press has “a bizarre fascination with Barack Obama.”
• Barack Obama faces tough task to please Arabs & Jews on Mideast
  Barack Obama sets out Tuesday on the most politically perilous part of his foreign trip - to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank, where his every word will be scrutinized by Jewish and Arab voters back home.
• In reversal, Ford veers from SUV’s
  Ford Motor, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to putting millions of Americans into big pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, is about to drastically alter its focus to building more small cars.
• Al-Qaeda leader in TV interview
  The man believed to be al-Qaeda’s commander of operations in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, has given a rare television interview.
• Electric MINI will be in US customer hands in summer 2009!
  At a breakfast meeting with MINI USA VP Jim McDowell this morning he was asked to elaborate on recently announced plans for a battery powered MINI. McDowell acknowledged that the US branch was caught somewhat by surprise with the announcement.

• APPLE INVESTORS WORRY ABOUT STEVE JOBS’ HEALTH
  Industry concerns about Steve Jobs’ health have not gone away more than a month after the Apple CEO appeared dramatically thinner at the firm’s annual developers’ conference, fighting what insiders at the time were calling a “bug.”
• Beijing Olympics: Battle for gold offers China first chance to defeat America
  The Olympic host is straining every sinew to dislodge the US from the top of the medals table, a badge of global superpower status.
• News Flash From the Cover of Esquire
  On the third floor of the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan rests a tribute to Esquire’s glory years — a collection of 92 covers from the 1960s and early 1970s that have become, in the museum’s words, “essential to the iconography of Ameri
• How not to do an American accent
  Everyone can do an American accent… at least everyone thinks they can. But how many would pass muster with a Hollywood studio? The BBC’s Stephen Robb took a lesson from one of the movie industry’s top accent coaches.
• Light therapy ‘beats plaque bugs’
  Scientists have developed a mouthwash that allows plaque-causing bacteria to be destroyed using nothing more than a bright light.
• Concerns over Olympic drug test
  A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics.
• Futuristic windshield aims to help older drivers
  When Coke-bottle glasses just won’t cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick.

• China Turns To More Modern Architecture
  Most of the buildings in Tiananmen Square, beneath the famous portrait of Mao Zedong, are monumental structures, with rigid lines and large columns. They look dynastic, part of post-revolutionary Communist China.
• China denies Olympic ban on drug sales
  China denied on Friday that pharmacies had banned the sale of everyday products such as cold medication and rash cream to prevent accidental doping during the Olympics, and sought to assure that drugs would meet standards.
• China anti-terror manual to enlist Beijing residents
  Having deployed surface-to-air missiles, readied a 100,000-strong anti-terrorism force and instituted a series of security checkpoints, Beijing is adding Chinese residents as another layer in its shield to protect Olympics venues against possible attack.
• Texas OKs lots more wind power
  Texas officials gave the go-ahead Thursday to the nation’s largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of dollars worth of new transmission lines to bring pollution-free energy from gusty West Texas to urban areas.
• Dancefloor generates electricity at London’s first eco-disco!
  Sustainability got sexier last week as Coldcut and Jade Jagger hosted the opening of Surya in King’s Cross. The Club4Climate project is London’s first taste of eco-friendly clubbing, making clubbers happy in the knowledge that …
• Entertainment Weekly goes Comic-Con Crazy! Here’s your first look at their Watchmen Cover!
  Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The good folks at Entertainment Weekly asked if we wanted to premiere their brand spankin’ new cover for their upcoming Comic-Con issue hitting stands this weekend. When they said it featured new looks at the Watchmen…
• Heavy metal monk in second album
  At first glance, Cesare Bonizzi looks like the archetypal Capuchin monk - round-faced, stout, with twinkling eyes and a long flowing white beard. But beneath his robes beats a heart of metal.

• Breaking: What Else Jesse Jackson Said on That FNC Tape - mediabistro.com: TVNewser
  TVNewser has been sent the transcript of what Jesse Jackson said Sunday morning July 6, as he prepared for an interview on Fox & Friends Weekend. Below is the partial transcript we received in our tips box, and confirmed to be authentic by Fox News…
• Anyone seen my rubber ring? The world\’s most crowded swimming pool
  But despite their collection of colourful rubber rings, the swimmers couldn\’t float about for too long.
• McDonald\’s franchisee fined 1 mln dlrs for hiring illegal immigrants
  A company that owns 11 McDonald\’s restaurants in Nevada was fined one million dollars Wednesday after pleading guilty to employing 58 illegal immigrants.
• One of every four California students drops out
  A new statewide count of high school dropouts, based on the tracking of individual students, shows significantly higher numbers than have been reported for years in California.
• Is A New TMNT Movie Ramping Up??
  When last year\’s TMNT film ended up being reasonably swell received, speculation about a sequel immediately began. Indications said that chances of a new TMNT movie were \”50/50\” at that time.\nSeems movement towards another film is now happening. THIS…
• Quint and Guillermo del Toro chat about HELLBOY II, THE HOBBIT and more!!!
  Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with an interview I did a few days ago with Guillermo del Toro when he came through Austin screening HELLBOY 2 with his cohorts in crime, Mike Mignola and Doug Jones, in tow.
• US slips down development index
  Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed nation, according to a report from several US charities.
• Older employees \’happier at work\’
  Older workers are the happiest employees, research commissioned by Vodafone suggests.