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Which Summer Movies Did The Writers' Strike Hit Hardest? (95 diggs) Last year, Hollywood's writers went on strike for 14 weeks, and genre television took tremendous damage as a result. But movies didn't emerge unscathed, either — we just won't see the fallout until this year. So how does this affect the movies you care about? Here's a rundown.

Drunk Judge Hits Police Car, Gets Slap On Wrist (195 diggs) In a proceeding that took less than 15 minutes, a judge who police say was drunk when she drove into a parked state police cruiser -- and who allegedly made racist remarks after the collision -- was accepted into an alcohol education program. Which, if successfully completed, could lead to the erasure of the charges against her in a year.

China Launches Crackdown on Internet Pornography (213 diggs) China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google.

The day the music died...piano-player roll production ends (326 diggs) The remark scribbled at the end of the production sheet said simply, “End of era.” It was written shortly after the last piano roll came off the assembly line at QRS Music Technologies, 1026 Niagara St., at noon Wednesday.

Regulators probed Madoff eight times over 16 years: report (233 diggs) (Reuters) - Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was examined at least eight times in 16 years by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators, who often came armed with suspicions, the Wall Street Journal said. SEC...

Guantánamo May Close, But in Afghanistan Another Gitmo Grows (300 diggs) The incoming Obama Administration says it wants to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guant ánamo Bay. But even if Guantánamo closes, it won't end the controversial U.S. practice of jailing suspected al Qaeda militants and other terrorists indefinitely.

Mouse Wonders: Can I Has Cheezburger? (562 diggs) Aren't animals just great?

What's G-Stone Been Up To? (or Tips For A Great 2009) (307 diggs) Cracked.com

Third Bush For President. WTF! (561 diggs) Former president George HW Bush, father of the outgoing US commander-in-chief, has touted another son, Jeb, for a future presidential bid. "I'd like to see him run. I'd like to see him be president some day," the elder Bush, 84 told Fox News yesterday. "I think he's as qualified and able as anyone I know," he said in an interview.

Oakland Police Officer Shoots Unarmed Man, Handcuffed Man (850 diggs) BART-Police who patrol the Bay Area's subway system came to break up a fight. They had a 22 year old man named Omar Grant in handcuffs and on the ground when an officer shot him point blank in the head.

Campaign to Stop File-Sharers Being “Guilty Upon Accusation” (496 diggs) Next month, New Zealand is scheduled to implement Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act. The controversial act provides ‘Guilt Upon Accusation’, which means that if a file-sharer is simply accused of copyright infringement, they are immediately guilty. The punishment - summary Internet disconnection.

Biofuel Development Shifting From Soil To Sea. (225 diggs) Bell-bottoms… Designer jeans … Disco… Big hair… Gas shortages. Some icons of the 1970s are emblazoned in the memories of those old enough to remember. A few styles, to the dismay of many, have come back in vogue—oil-related crises among them.

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard (3,220 diggs) It couldn't be simpler!

Inventor: Geo-Engineer a Worldwide Refrigerator Using Oceans (333 diggs) Bailing out the entire human race might turn out to be cheaper than bailing out Wall Street: Spray gigatons of seawater into the air, mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, and let Mother Nature do the rest, suggests inventor Ron Acer in a patent petition for “a colossal refrigeration system with a 100,000-fold performance multiplier.”

Nine European countries hit by gas shortages amid Russia.. (275 diggs) Nine countries in and around Europe have now reported problems with their gas supply as a result of Russia's dispute with the Ukraine, after Slovakia, Greece and Croatia today disclosed they were experiencing drops in gas pressure.

Google to Release Picasa Beta for Mac (603 diggs) Google plans to release on Monday a beta version of Picasa for Mac OS X, helping Apple fans catch up to Windows and Linux users already employing the free tool for editing, cataloging, and uploading photos.

Comcast Able To Slow Bandwidth Hogs Across Its Network Again (525 diggs) Comcast, which got in trouble with the FCC for its P2P-throttling approach to network management has now completed its plan that deals with bandwidth hogs by slowing all broadband traffic for heavy Internet users during times of congestion. The new system is Protocol-Agnostic which means it isn't targeting P2P protocols only, therefor ok by the FCC

Architectural Wind: A Cleaner Way to Keep the City Running (283 diggs) A new building with affordable rents in the Bronx will be powered partly by 10 wind turbines, which should cut its utility bills for common areas in half.

20 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2009 (530 diggs) You're probably playing catch up with all the great games that came out the last few months, but you better hurry up. There's a lot more coming in 2009. You can expect everything from sequels to game series reboots to brand new franchises. Here are 20 of 2009's most anticipated games.

Top 10 NFL Coaching Carousel Plot Lines. Who Lands Where? (194 diggs) One week after Black Monday, there are still six head-coaching vacancies, two open G.M. jobs, and no real sense as to who ’ll get any of the positions. Here are ten takes on this year’s jobs that have come open, those that haven’t, and those that apparently won’t.

Cheap Thrills: Gadget Makers Bet on Budget Gear in 2009 (272 diggs) Get ready for an onslaught of the cheap. With the economy more unstable than Plaxico Burress' mental state, electronics manufacturers are putting the e-brakes on their budgets,

Security and your mother's Linux box (350 diggs) As the professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, Ross Anderson is one of the founders of security economics as an academic discipline. Perhaps more impressively, though, he wants your ISP to send you cash every time you get spam.

Huge Undersea 'Wall' Discovered (554 diggs) A giant rock formation resembling a city wall has been discovered under the Taiwan Strait. The 220m stretch of basalt rock was found by biodiversity researcher Jeng Ming-hsiou. He said it was likely to have been formed by a volcanic eruption up to 1,800 years ago.

U.S. smooths away an illegal border crossing wrinkle (434 diggs) A massive earth-moving project is transforming Smuggler's Gulch near San Diego from a narrow canyon used by cattle thieves, bandits and illegal immigrants into a plugged breach. For a century, the narrow canyon leading into California from Mexico provided cover for cattle thieves and opium dealers, bandits and booze runners.

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know: Wolverine (694 diggs) From the fact that Wolverine was a sickly child to his war experience, this is a very interesting list to gear up for 'Origins'