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Just take the blocks and don't fuck with me! (4,209 diggs)

For the love of TV, don't move this fan! (3,156 diggs)

The Issue Sarah Palin Must Address: I Want to See Her Naked (3,173 diggs) If you ’ve visited digg.com at any point over the past two weeks, you’ve probably seen a ton of articles about Sarah Palin. Various scandals she may be involved in. Various scandals she someday will be involved in.

Well, that settles it. (3,794 diggs)

Man holds vigil for girlfriend-turned-nun (962 diggs) An Italian man whose girlfriend left him to become a nun is holding a vigil outside the convent where she is staying in a bid to get her to reconsider.

How to survive your first college roommate (614 diggs) If the separation anxiety isn't enough, teens headed to university have to face a scary fact: They've got no choice in a first-year college roommate. But that doesn't have to spell dorm doom, according to a study from University of Michigan researchers.

Five simple ways to save a life (614 diggs) In this story you can find be idea like What would you do if you impaled yourself with a large, sharp, piece of wood? If your tooth fell out? If you fell from a high ladder? If your friend had a severe allergic reaction?

Could a spy satellite identify any of us from our shadow? (425 diggs) Spy satellites could soon be able to identify someone from space by looking at their shadow. They would use a computer program that searches for the movement of shadows on the ground, and then identifies their owners from the way they walk.

Idiots For McCain (3,065 diggs)

Son Spots Dad on TV, 5 Years After Family ‘Cremated’ Him (1,732 diggs) John Renehan spotted his father, John Delaney, by chance on a programme about missing people. Unknown to his family, Mr Delaney had spent the intervening years living in a care home just a few miles away from them, using a new name because he could not remember his own...

Iowa man accused of offering bribe with sandwich (763 diggs) Iowa City police said a man who was driving drunk tried to bribe a police officer - with a sandwich.

Ow! [Pic] (2,583 diggs) You're doing it wrong!

The Ultimate Procrastination Flowchart [PIC] (4,876 diggs) I didn't create this but damn its pretty close to what I do online sometimes.

Doctored Photos: 20 Memorable Picture Fakes [PICS] (1,528 diggs) The doctoring of photos, once considered the reserve of tyrants and UFO nuts, is becoming increasingly widespread. With photo-editing software becoming ever more sophisticated, it has never been easier to create and spread hoax images. Here we present 20 of the most striking, interesting and controversial fake photos.

Heroin addicted elephant clean after rehab (867 diggs) A former heroin addicted elephant has emerged from rehab clean after a three-year detox programme.

Poor Kiwi (2,047 diggs)

Funeral home owners admit to selling parts from corpses--WTF (1,090 diggs) They allowed at least 244 corpses to be carved up without families' permission. Skin, bones, tendons and other parts, some of them diseased, were then sold around the country for dental implants, knee and hip replacements, and other procedures. Among the corpses plundered was that of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke.

The Terrifying (Inevitable) Future of Advertising (2,678 diggs) No man can know what the future will look like, but we're willing to go out on a limb and say that 1) there will still be advertising and 2) it will be even more annoying than it is now. Here are 30 visions of what might be in store.

Finding a Guy Who Looks Like Dear Old Dad (413 diggs) "You have such full lips, just like my mom." That pickup line probably won't get a guy many dates--but it's likely to be true. A new study of facial features adds to mounting evidence that a man tends to choose a girlfriend who resembles his mother, and a woman picks a boyfriend who looks like her father.

College Course Offers Vivid Perspective on Death (603 diggs) For the last decade, Bowe has led her classes of 30 students into morgues, hospice bedrooms, and penitentiaries for an unusual course called "Death in Perspective."

The 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century (442 diggs) Who are the seventy-five most influential people of the 21st century? Who made our register of the great and angry and inspired and obsessed -- famous, notorious, powerful, and not -- who will have something to say about the rest of our lives? This here, this is just a little hint.

Coincidence? (3,704 diggs) [Reported by Diggers as Possibly Inaccurate] FUCK FOX NEWS

Obsession is a bad thing, Digg. (1,517 diggs)

Found him. (7,412 diggs)

Police Deliver Baby Jesus At Gas Station (669 diggs) A pair of Modesto police officers who stopped to help a motorist Tuesday morning ended up helping the man's wife give birth to a baby boy, who was later named, Jesus. After the mother and baby were transported to the hospital, the two officers thought the logical next step would be to buy Jesus some gifts. =)