India's upper house of parliament has passed a historic bill aimed at reserving one-third of seats for women in federal and state legislatures.

A post by Jesse Ventura has been removed from the Huffington Post for violating a policy against spreading conspiracy theories. Considering that the post identifies Ventura as the author of a book called Conspiracy Theories, you'd think HuffPo would have known what to expect from the former Minnesota governor. Apparently Not.

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There’s a lot of movement in the rumor mill about technology waiting to be unveiled at E3, so lets take a look.

Troubled rapper DMX was arrested in Arizona on Tuesday for violating his probation by regularly using illegal drugs during the last nine months, authorities said. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, told a probation officer that he used cocaine and was not complying with the terms of his treatment plan.

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A survey of the 1.9 million accounts on AshleyMadison.com, a dating site for people looking to cheat on their spouses, rounds up the most common occupations among the would-be infidelitous.

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It’s not just a red and blue glass that makes things fly at you! Well sort of but its much cooler than that.

Nurse Sara Dale was fired from a UK hospital after bedding grieving husbands of deceased cancer-stricken wives she had cared for, reports say.

A North Dakota man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to threatening to kill President Barack Obama.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig named a 14-person "special committee for on-field matters" that is discussing a radical form of "floating" realignment in which teams would not be fixed to a division.

There were 18 homicides in Los Angeles County during the first week of March. The year-to-date total of homicides for the county is 108 – down from 138 for the same period last year and 161 in 2007. John Feehan, a 47-year-old man, died from "multiple penetrating wounds to the left side of the head and neck," according to coroner's records.

I think China's trying to send us a message...

Mongolia is experiencing one of the worst winters in 30 years. Presently the government has declared an emergency requiring foreign aid to alleviate the impact of the "Zud" (Mongolian term for a multiple natural disaster) caused by bitter cold and thick snow.

Gareth Davis, the platform manager in charge of Games at Facebook, delivered his keynote today at the Game Developers Conference In Sa Francisco. Davis focused his talk on the changes in social gaming and told the audience that, despite FarmVille, the killer social game is still “out there”.

Trainspotting scribe John Hodge is attached to write the script.

Question-Everything/Ked Benson's sobering infographic puts our current economic situation in perspective. All of a sudden 100 Billion doesn't seem like much and Bernie Madoff looks like an angel in comparison (Wow, even the MPAA looks good in comparison!).

Senate Staffers Warned to Stay Clear of Drudge. Maybe responsible for the many viruses?

Today, we’re launching a new service to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks.

What's a parent to do when their child is being bullied relentlessly by peers on Facebook? School administrators say they have no control over what happens outside of school.

The digital world's top thinkers share their visions of the future. Ge Wang, co-founder of Smule and assistant professor at Stanford University speaks about the power of mobile apps - and how they can enable meaningful human relationships.

The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen covered the Pringles recall that's rocking the nation. Evidently, two flavors of Pringles are being pulled from the shelves, because they may be tainted with salmonella.

The best hybrid cars of today can only deliver about 48 miles per gallon. By using this newly developed fuel injection system a test vehicle was measured at achieving 64 miles per gallon in highway driving. This is approximately a 50% increase in fuel efficiency in a gasoline engine.

SAN FRANCISCO — In the late 1950s, American space companies jumped into a headlong race to build an aerospace industry that could launch missiles across the world and rockets above.

Christian Van Vuuren is back, now 71 days in quarantine, with a new fear of germs. As if getting tuberculosis wasn't enough to make him scared of germs. Pretty funny, impressive...

The Credit CARD Act is good news for consumers and puts a stop to many of the more nefarious practices of the credit card issuers. But it doesn't stop everything, and they are already finding new ways around it.

Investors are pumping more and more money into web services that are heavily reliant on Facebook. So how big is the economy around the world's most popular social network?

By now, you've probably seen many of the homemade videos from people who ordered an Intel Core i7-920 processor from Newegg.com and received a bogus processor and hunk of plastic shaped like a fan. We have one in the office.

In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.

Are the recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and Turkey a coincidence or a sign of increases seismic activity?

Rabbi Mordechai Elon, a popular figure, has not been charged with any crime, and no evidence has emerged that any of the students allegedly involved were under age 18, but the case is rattling the foundations of Israel's Orthodox by casting a focus on topics some would prefer to avoid: sexual harassment by religious leader..

Chuck Thacker, a technical fellow at Microsoft Research, has won the prestigious A.M. Turing Award -- sometimes called the Nobel of computing -- for a lifetime of contributions to computing. The Association for Computing Machinery recognized Thacker for his work on building Alto, the first modern personal computer, while working for Xerox PARC.

A fascinating look at how bomb-proof suits actually work

On Wednesday, more than 1,000 women who flew military planes during World War II will be honored with the Congressional Gold Medal. They were known as WASP, Women Airforce Service Pilots, and at the time of their service, they were civilians. They waited three decades to be granted military status. And history nearly forgot them.

The Transportation Department next month will begin having the option of fining airlines any time a flight departs more than 3 hours late. An indignant Continental Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek says his company will cancel flights altogether rather than risk such fines... Have a nice day and thank-you for not flying Continental.

Actor Corey Haim died this morning of an apparent overdose, according to LAPD. He was 38. Haim shot to fame in the 80s -- when he co-starred in a number of ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned former captains Mohd Yousuf and Younus Khan for life, besides imposing a 1-year ban on Shoaib Malik in the wake of the team's disastrous tour of Australia.

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses and that without sufficient intake of the vitamin, the killer cells of the immune system - T cells - will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body.

The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation’s checkerboard of locally written standards.

Palestinian leaders meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. condemned a decision by Israel on new housing, but still spoke of participating in peace talks.

Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.

The Times caught up with Karl Rove to talk about democracy in Iraq, the impact of the C.I.A. leak case and questions about his family life.

President Obama made the pledge after meeting with President Rene Preval of Haiti on Wednesday, even as the U.S. military begins withdrawing forces.

How long "before the business model collapses of its own weight?,'' the secretary of health and human services asked insurers on Wednesday.

The announcements by Ingersoll-Rand and Royal Dutch Shell come as the U.S. is pressing for new sanctions.

Prosecutors accused Colleen R. LaRose, who called herself “JihadJane,” of involvement in a plot with militants.

KNOXVILLE, TN--Donald Miller told his campaign manager to tell the people that Tennessee would be better off with a more confident, outgoing representative.

In response to President Obama's call for compromise, several lawmakers have concocted their own health care reform bills. Here are some...

TORONTO—The Raptors medical staff announced Tuesday that Chris Bosh will miss the rest of the season after the inquisitive forward cut open his knee with a steak knife in an effort to look inside and see how the joint works.

SPRINGDALE, AR—The dynamic processes by which matter and energy function in the physical world ground to a halt Thursday night as 7-year-old...

In a long-term study that surveyed the drinking habits of 20,000 women, those who consumed moderate amounts of alcohol were more likely to keep their...

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland

WASHINGTON—Without an illustration, chart, or embedded YouTube video to ease them in, millions of dumbfounded citizens from Maine to California were frozen in place, terrified by the sight of one long, unbroken string of English words unsure of what to do next.

CHICAGO—Subjects who drank five glasses or more showed an increased ability to recall each time their mothers had been unsupportive of boyfriends or husbands.

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When tablet computers first reared their heads in the '90s, they were quickly written off as low-powered machines that were kind of neat, but not...

DALLAS—During last Wednesday's game against the Phoenix Suns, Mavericks center Dirk Nowitzki reportedly told teammates that he "needed a sec" after a possession featuring quick-paced perimeter passing made him nauseous.

2,000 MILES BENEATH BAVARIA, GERMANY—Mytron the Fifth, Illuminati ruler and secret mastermind of the entire human race since the year 8449...

Since 2008, the number of people who don't believe in global warming has doubled to 16 percent. What do you think?

Excruciating up-to-the-minute coverage of some irrelevant bullshit story that has no ramifications whatsoever.

WASHINGTON, DC—Though officials are vague about what year NOW was founded, they do say a women's organization is only as old as it feels.

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KANSAS CITY, MO—Oh man, sources confirmed that it looks as though Paul Martinelli, that irritating guy from sales, is going to give you an entire breakdown of the differences between IndyCar and NASCAR...

ATLANTA—A study of the effects of antidepressants on sleep patterns was derailed this week when the experiment's out-of-control...

A study of American teens shows that one in five has unhealthy cholesterol levels. What do you think?

CLEARWATER, KS—"Cramps are a natural part of your new monthly visitor," a sentence halfway down the first page read, one of roughly a half dozen upbeat mentions of menstruation-related discomfort that greeted Vanessa McMillan as she reached her amazing milestone.

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STATEN ISLAND, NY—During a recent screening of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, wrestling enthusiast David Graziano fluctuated between an awareness that the match he was watching was completely scripted and a willingness to treat the event as though it were 100 percent real.

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland

HOUSTON—With the challenges accompanying his developmental disorder widening the already vast gulf between his parents, autistic child Evan Thomas, 3, continued this week to destroy the failing marriage he was brought into this world to save.