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City In Contempt Of Court For Not Giving Marijuana Back (893 diggs) Medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access filed legal briefs Monday accusing the city of Montebello of contempt of court for refusing to return medical marijuana wrongfully seized more than four years ago. On Oct. 15, 2004, local police seized marijuana plants, growing equipment, and personal correspondence from Terry Walker.

Angry Driver Kills Homeless Man for Trying to Wash Windows (758 diggs) A transient who was washing car windows outside a gas station in Salinas, CA died after on Friday being knocked down by a man buying gas, according to police.

Let This Be A Warning [PIC] (1,947 diggs)

8 Makers Who Met Their Maker In '08 (763 diggs) Egg McMuffins, the Slinky, the Pringles can--all ubiquitous items in our everyday lives, all invented by people who died in 2008. We salute these heroes one last time

Cleaning Up the Top 10 Myths About Germs (810 diggs) Experts tell which germ concerns are legit.

Ambulancemen Arrest: "Not worth bothering" saving dying man (676 diggs) They were detained after detectives were given a tape recording of them in the patient's house in which they were allegedly heard discussing not bothering to try to revive him.

Top 10 Green Transportation Trends of 2008 (435 diggs) Rather than picking individual stories from the past year, we decided to analyze some of the incredible trends that made 2008 a landmark year in the transportation sector. Read on for an in-depth review of ten green transportation trends, and what we believe 2009 will bring us!

Good Physicians Know the Bad Ones in their Midst (550 diggs) One of medicine's most cherished commandments is "First, do no harm." Most doctors take this admonition to heart, but when it comes to those who fail to honor this promise, the medical establishment resorts to another, less noble commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of thy fellow physician."

Ford’s New Ultimate Parking Machine (432 diggs) The company is introducing Active Park Assist on two Lincoln models, a system to automate parallel parking.

Taxis in Rush Hour Traffic (520 diggs) Satellite technology reveals how the network of city streets is being pushed to the edge of capacity. Watch the GPS traces of 380 London taxis over the course of a single day.

The 11 Most Radical Beer Commercials of the 80's (518 diggs) The 1980s were nuts: cocaine, brick phones, Kirk Gibson and Reaganomics. But most importantly, it was the decade in which the campiest, and most ridiculous beer adverts were created. These commercials have a distinct playfulness to them, rather than the sex-laden advertising efforts of the 1990s, and the absurd or relatively high-brow commercials o

Scotland by train: Bonnie palace on wheels (270 diggs) Scotland by train: Bonnie palace on wheels

LA's Most Successful Female Chef Lost Everything to Madoff (516 diggs) It's a good thing Nancy Silverton still has her day job. The La Brea Bakery founder and queen of L.A.'s restaurant scene is among the legions of investors who've lost their fortunes in the alleged $50-billion fraud attributed to New York financier Bernard L. Madoff.

Genetic Tests Offer Promise of Personalized Medicine (337 diggs) Experts say that most drugs, whatever the disease, work for only about half the people who take them.

Researchers Finally Unlock Secrets of the 1918 Flu Pandemic (526 diggs) Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly -- a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most devastating outbreak of infectious disease in human history, accounting for about 50 million deaths worldwide.

GMAC Receives $5 Billion in Government Aid (444 diggs) The Treasury will buy $5 billion worth of preferred equity shares in GMAC, which used to be the financing subsidiary of General Motors and is now owned jointly by G.M. and Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity firm that owns Chrysler. A Treasury official said that the deal had already closed and that GMAC already has the money.

Study: Moderate drinking reduces risk of Alzheimer's (463 diggs) Moderate drinkers often have lower risks of Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive loss, according to researchers who reviewed 44 studies.

Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: Long Beach Harbor Patrol S (517 diggs) Thomas Hawk and Harbor Patrol MUST READ

Ringing In 2009 with People Power (262 diggs) How many tourists in Times Square does it take to light up the “2009″ sign on New Year’s Eve? 137,228 tourists.

N.Y. Boy Scout Earns All 121 Merit Badges (2,515 diggs) A Long Island teenager has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts of America. It's an accomplishment the local arm of the organization calls "an almost unheard-of feat."

Thai police to wear smiley-face masks (1,590 diggs) For the first week of the year - and longer if people seem to be smiling back - highway policemen in Thailand will wear smiley-face masks "to lift the mood of motorists," according to police officials.

A head of its time (1,198 diggs) Ancient Pontiac

The Truth About Diet Soda (1,818 diggs) Just because some drinks are low in calories doesn't mean they can't lead to weight gain

Happy Otter is Happy (1,393 diggs)

Inside a Biergärten During Oktoberfest (PIC) (986 diggs) Prost!