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VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Repeatedly shutting her eyes against the glare of TV cameras, the Austrian teenager imprisoned for 81/2 years described in a nationally broadcast interview Wednesday the horror of being locked into her dark underground cell for the first time. "I was very distraught and very angry," Natascha Kampusch, now 18, told Austrian public broadcaster ORF in her first televised interview since bolting to freedom on August 23 while her captor busied himself with a cell phone call. Early in her captivity, Kampusch said she threw water bottles at the wall in frustration and despair and would have "gone crazy" if kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil had not occasi…

I Can't Believe There's Not An Active Thread About Snakes On A Plane. That's all I have to say.

has anyone else seen this? i saw it today without really knowing anything about the film and was quite surprised. I've never really seen a horror-comedy done like this before...I was laughing and crapping myself at the same time! very gory though...

Armed, masked men have burst into a bar in Mexico and flung five human heads onto a crowded dance floor, in an apparent warning to a rival drug gang. An official said 20 men entered the bar in Uruapan city, Michoacan state, fired into the air, forced revellers to lie down and then "threw down five heads". The men also left behind a note saying the act was "divine justice" carried out on behalf of "the family". Michoacan state's Pacific coastline has become a haven for drug traffickers. Magdalena Guzman, a spokeswoman for the state prosecutor's office, told the Associated Press news agency investigators believed the beheadings may be linked to drug smugglers. "No…

yes that's right fried coke, welcome to Texas :laugh3: FRIED PRALINE, COKE WIN BIG TEX CHOICE AWARDS DALLAS — Wondering what they'll fry next for the State Fair of Texas? Start imagining Fried Praline Perfection and Fried Coke. Judges for the second annual Big Tex Choice Awards Contest chose Shirley London's Fried Praline Perfection as the tastiest fried delicacy and gave Abel Gonzales Jr.'s Fried Coke the creativity award. The two won out over fried macaroni and cheese, a deep-fried cosmopolitan, and sweet and meaty concoctions wrapped in tortillas and fried. Both London and Gonzales have been thinking a long time about what to fry up this year. "I bough…

A Swiss man caught speeding on a Canadian highway has blamed his actions on the absence of goats on the roads. The man was caught driving at 161 km/h (100mph) in a 100 km/h (60mph) zone. A traffic officer's notes said the Swiss driver had said he was taking advantage "of the ability to go faster without risking hitting a goat". Canadian police spokesman Joel Doiron said he had never found a goat on the highways of eastern Ontario in his 20 years of service. "Nobody's ever used the lack of goats here as an excuse for speeding," Mr Doiron told the AFP news agency. "I've never been to Switzerland, but I guess there must be a lot of goats there," he said. The drive…

Captain Kirk reveals he won't go boldly into space Scared: William Shatner won't go into space As Captain Kirk he vowed to boldly go where no man had gone before, but away from the TV screen actor William Shatner is a little less adventurous - reportedly turning down a real-life space flight because he was too scared. The Star Trek legend was offered a ticket by Richard Branson onboard Virgin Galactic's first passenger flight in 2008. But Shatner, fearing he would be ill in space or the starship would crash, ironically revealed he's terrified of space travel. The 75-year-old actor said: "I'm interested in man's march into the unknown but to vomit in space …

Jewish man removed from airplane for praying Last Updated: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 | 11:12 PM ET CBC News Some fellow passengers are questioning why an Orthodox Jewish man was removed from an Air Canada Jazz flight in Montreal last week for praying. The man was a passenger on a Sept. 1 flight from Montreal to New York City when the incident happened. The airplane was heading toward the runway at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport when eyewitnesses said the Orthodox man began to pray. "He was clearly a Hasidic Jew," said Yves Faguy, a passenger seated nearby. "He had some sort of cover over his head. He was reading from a book. "He wasn't…

I was this story's 'tip off' :) Rock Frontman Invites Viewing Millions To See Alex Jones Movie Muse singer scrawls name of Terror Storm on t-shirt, performs headlining show at Reading Festival Paul Joseph Watson | August 27 2006 Critically acclaimed rockers Muse cited Alex Jones' new film as one of their influences as frontman Matt Bellamy scrawled "Terror Storm" on the back of his shirt for the band's Saturday night headline gig at the Reading Festival in the UK. The Reading Festival is famous worldwide amongst music lovers and is regularly screened by the BBC to viewers in the UK. Muse are considered one of the best alternative rock bands in Britain and…

Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Super Highway Jerome R. Corsi / Human Events | June 14 2006 Quietly but systematically, the Bush Administration is advancing the plan to build a huge NAFTA Super Highway, four football-fields-wide, through the heart of the U.S. along Interstate 35, from the Mexican border at Laredo, Tex., to the Canadian border north of Duluth, Minn. Once complete, the new road will allow containers from the Far East to enter the United States through the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas, bypassing the Longshoreman’s Union in the process. The Mexican trucks, without the involvement of the Teamsters Union, will drive on what will be the natio…

British couch-potato children 'among world's laziest' Couch-potato British children are a short "chill out" from becoming the laziest in the world, according to an international study. UK youngsters spend 9.4 hours in front of a computer games console or TV screen each week, it said. That is just behind Australian children, who spend 10 hours a week relaxing in front of a screen - and significantly more than children in all the other locations interviewed. The average British child now spends the equivalent of half a year watching TV or playing computer games between the ages of seven and 16. The report - released to highlight the second year of the Tesc…

Woman banned from playing power ballads Janice Lee enjoys repeated plays of Robbie Williams' Angels A music-loving mum was gagged from playing her favourite "power ballads" at home on Monday after enraging neighbours with her singalongs. Janice Lee, 37, enjoyed joining in hits like Queen's We Are The Champions and Europe's The Final Countdown on her favourite Power Ballads CD. The mum-of-four was given the Very Best of Power Ballads set for a birthday present from her kids - and played it day-and-night. But a court was given a list of her favourite top 20 singalong songs - and banned her from playing music at home for 18 months. Heartbroken Jan…

Spain Vs Greece ( 03 / 09 / 2006 ) Greece ( Team Schedule ) Spain ( Team Schedule ) Qatar 84 - 64 Newzeland 86 - 70 Lituania 81 - 76 Panama 101 - 57 Austria 72 - 69 Germany 92 - 71 Brazil 91 - 80 …

Christian faces court over 'offensive' gay festival leaflets Evangelical Christian Stephen Green handed out 'offensive' leaflets A police force was caught up in a freedom of speech row after its officers arrested an anti-gay campaigner for handing out leaflets at a homosexual rally. South Wales police admitted evangelical Christian Stephen Green was then charged purely because his pamphlets contained anti-gay quotations from the Bible. Mr Green faces a court appearance today charged with using 'threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour' after his attempt to distribute the leaflets at the weekend 'Mardi Gras' event in Cardiff. A spokesman f…

Government, Industry To Use Computer Microphones To Spy On 150 Million Americans Invasive surveillance and advertising obliterates even Minority Report style technology Paul Joseph Watson | September 6 2006 Private industry and eventually government is planning to use microphones in the computers of an estimated 150 million-plus Internet active Americans to spy on their lifestyle choices and build psychological profiles which will be used for surveillance and minority report style invasive advertising and data mining. Digital cable TV boxes, such as Scientific Atlantic, have had secret in-built microphones inside them since their inception in the late 1990's and…

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Lawyer: ACLU wants to destroy vets' memorial An individual from San Diego who is "discomfited" over a veterans' memorial has prompted the American Civil Liberties Union to renew its attack on the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial. The Thomas More Law Center said yesterday it is preparing to defend the cross memorial from a new attack by the ACLU, this time in U.S. District Court in California. A 17-year-long battle apparently reached a conclusion earlier this month when Congress approved and President Bush signed legislation giving ownership and control of the memorial to the federal government. That essentially should have ended a state case over the monument th…

I'm a punk toothbrush ... you're a blues toothbrush The amazing invention that plays music as you clean your teeth ... via your jawbone Scientists have invented a remarkable toothbrush that lets you listen to pop songs while you scrub away - by transmitting the sound waves through your teeth and jawbone to your ear. The £7 device, called Tooth Tunes, plays for exactly two minutes - the amount of time dentists recommend should be devoted to brushing every morning and night. It is initially being targeted at children, but could also be marketed to the so-called iPod generation of adults. American maker Hasbro claims that Tooth Tunes will 'single-…

Spain reigns despite Gasol's pain by routing Greece in world final No Gasol, no problem - Spain rips Greece to win world hoops title World basketball thrills tease wide-open Beijing Olympic battle

A video of Thomas Friedman talking about globalization and the "world being flat" Its a great video to watch. http://mitworld.mit.edu/stream/264/

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Jogger, 62, stranded waist-deep in mud for four days A 62-year-old jogger survived four days stranded in waist-deep mud after getting lost and falling into a swamp during his lunchtime run. Volunteers who had searched for Eddie Meadows since he disappeared from work last week found him 'stuck like glue' in a bog, covered in bug bites and drinking fetid water to stay alive. As rescuers approached, he looked up calmly and asked: "Do you have a phone? I want to call my wife." Police in Orlando, Florida, said that Mr Meadows survived by sipping water from the swamp around him and avoided sun exposure because he was under a shady tree canopy and slathered in mud. …

Iran’s regional position is key to its strength Wednesday 23 August 2006 Key messages: * The 'war on terror' removed the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, Iran's two greatest regional rivals, and strengthened Iran’s regional leverage in doing so; * Israel's failure to defeat Hizbullah has reinforced Iran's position as the region's focal point against US-led policy; * If seriously threatened, Iran has the potential to inflame the region yet further; * A US-sponsored military strike would be devastating for Iran, the Persian Gulf region and beyond Iran's influence in Iraq has superseded that of the US, and it is increasingly rivalling the US as the main act…

New map of Britain that makes Kent part of France...and it's a German idea Click the image to enlarge For centuries the people of Kent have called their county the Garden of England. So they might find it quite a surprise that - according to the European Union at least - they are actually part of France. Along with next-door Sussex, Kent has been rolled in with the Calais area on a map drawn up for Brussels. The counties now belong to the "Trans-Manche region". Under the plans from German cartographers, the East of England has also been shoehorned into a new region, which includes Scandinavia. The Western side of Britain has been lumped toge…

Situation: I want to make a little crappy animation using 5 jpeg pictures to make a countdown into a gif animation so i could use it on a website. Does anyone have any free or made-to-be-free software which does the trick?