SILVIS, Ill. (AP) - On just about any other day, Steve Stricker's 60 in the opening round of last year's John Deere Classic would have left him comfortably ahead and soaking in the adulation.
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Giant hogweed is a menacing plant that can burn, scar and blind you - and now it's spreading across New York. Here's what you need to know
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Read More »How LightSquared Could Cast A Wider Web (And Ruin Your Road Trip)
LightSquared, a 4G satellite internet provider backed by an eccentric billionaire, could change the nature of broadband Internet in the United States. The only problem is that their network could just make GPS receivers go blank
Read More »SceneTap Lets You Check Out The Bar Scene Before You Even Haul Your Butt Off The Couch
The local bar scene has always been a mystery. Step into a pub on any given night and you might get a bro-filled fratfest dominated by Polo-clad Murray Hillers. Another evening could attract a smaller, older crowd, shouting out answers at trivia night.
Read More »iPhone 5 Details Kinda, Sorta Leak
Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 will be "thinner and lighter" than the iPhone 4 and also sport an 8-mega pixel camera, according sources who spoke to official Apple leakbucket
Read More »PGT: French Open winner Levet to miss British
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Read More »It Will Cost $1.9 Trillion Annually To Create A New Industrial Revolution
To avoid planetary disaster, the global community is going to have to overhaul nearly all of its operations.
Read More »Off the Bench: Tiger heat cream ad (video)
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Read More »Cuddling is key for a happy relationship – for men, says Kinsey Institute study
Kinsey Institute questionnaire given to 1,000 couples yields surprising findings on relationship and sexual satisfaction
Read More »The jig is up — guys like to cuddle more
Men need more cuddles and kisses than women, and if that weren’t surprising enough to researchers in an international study on long-term relationships, sexual satisfaction is more important to women in long-term relationships.
Read More »New Glasses Give The Blind Bionic Eyes
Smartphone and gaming tech offers the vision-impaired the promise of better lives, for much less than the cost of a guide dog. By combining imaging, display, and sensing technology honed for smartphones, with games consoles and systems like Microsoft's Kinect, Oxford scientists have designed a set of high-tech glasses that could radically change the life of people suffering from a number of vision-impairing disorders.
Read More »Gabe Zichermann, Author and CEO of Gamification Co.
He is an author, public speaker and CEO of Gamification Co., a company that takes games and game mechanics and applies them to the real world to create engagement and solve problems.
Read More »Clark withdraws from Open with elbow injury
Tim Clark has withdrawn from the British Open, the second straight major he is missing because of an elbow injury.
Read More »Verizon Halting Unlimited Data Plans
Starting July 7, Verizon will no longer offer new customers unlimited data plans. And, oh yeah, you're going to start paying for using those LTE mobile hotspots too (that includes existing customers; more on that below). Have a nice day! First, let's cover the new data plans.
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