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Beercade: Beer-Dispensing Arcade Game

Some pubs are actually encouraging bar fights, the virtual variety at least. The McKinney ad agency has created a beer-themed arcade game to promote Big Boss Brewing. RUGBY - BEER VENDING MACHINE The Last Barfighter is flash game styled after Street Fighter. Players choose one of five characters representing the five ... [Read More]

Mississippi Abolishes Slavery … Finally

Lincoln ended slavery in America, not the president but the movie. It inspired Ranjan Batra, an immigrant from India, to learn more about the 13th Amendment. "At the end of the story there was an open question about how the ratification process proceeded," he told ABC News. "Living in the South as I do, I found that a ... [Read More]

Real-Life Zombie Alert

Television stations in California, Montana, Michigan and New Mexico scared the life out of viewers this week. In a scene straight out of Night of the Living Dead, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) interrupted regularly-scheduled programs to announce a zombie outbreak! "Civil authorities in your area have reported that the ... [Read More]

Homeland Security Recommends Disabling Java (update)

The Department of Homeland Security's United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued an alert about a vulnerability in Java 7 that "allows a Java applet to grant itself permission to execute arbitrary code." A hacker could exploit this by linking to a malicious website or loading the applet on a ... [Read More]

RC Super Heroes Take Off

Former Air Force test pilot Otto Dieffenbach has been flying Remote Controlled (RC) super heroes for years but it wasn't until a passerby looked up in the sky and uploaded the now viral video to YouTube that they really took off. MORE FOOTAGE @ YouTube Channels for Otto Dieffenbach & Treggon Owens (best clips ... [Read More]

Fiscal Iceberg

We're officially on the edge of the so-called "Fiscal Cliff," a self-imposed trigger of $500 billion in tax increases and $109 billion in spending cuts. The main sticking point is the Bush tax cuts. Democrats want to extend them for individuals making $200,000 and couples making $250,000 but Republicans want those limits ... [Read More]

Tree-mendous Christmas

One Seattle home is literally bursting with Christmas spirit. The family's Christmas tree goes through the roof or so it seems. Patrick Kruger and his wife spent nine hours creating the illusion. They cut off the tree top and attached it to the roof using plywood, sheathing and spare roofing tile. Unfortunately, it wasn't ... [Read More]