Apparently confused about Harvard University’s exact role in U.S. foreign policy, a group of hackers claiming to be Syrian supporters of President Bashar al-Assad (yes, the same one who’s been horrifically killing anti-government protesters) hacked Harvard’s website.
Pakistani intelligence is reporting that U.S. forces have now withdrawn from their southern base in Pakistan.
Alain Robert, a man known as the French Spider-Man, has climbed pretty much every tall building—and now he’s climbed the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
It looks like GM may pay back American taxpayers by publicly selling its shares.
When Lady Gaga wore a meat dress to the VMAs, everyone wondered two things: 1) Why? and 2) What was going to happen to the meat? Sadly, it was not cooked and eaten at an afterparty. Instead, the designer of the dress says it will be turned into jerky to preserve it.
Normally we wouldn’t say anything about something as mundane as an iPad cover … but this one transcends the mundanity.
If you’ve seen any of the Old Spice commercials, you know that the Old Spice guy (former football player Isaiah Mustafa) is awesome.And now he’s even more awesome, as Old Spice kicked off a crazy viral campaign where they responded to Twitter comments.
If you eat yogurt on a regular basis, you know it can become pretty pricey, especially if you buy organic yogurt. Someone figured out how to save a ton of money by making his own yogurt—and it’s way easier than you’d think.
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking said that religion will fail and science will win because it works. We’re guessing someone is going to have a response to that.
This might be the new mask for the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles planned for 2011.
Someone has started a Facebook group for William Shatner to become governor general of Canada.
If you’re going to Israel and you want to show off your shiny new iPad, you might want to think again. Israel has banned the sale and import of the new Apple product for not complying with the country’s network rules …
James Cameron says that a longer version of Avatar will be in back in theaters in August, and he’s planning a sequel to take place in the ocean. He’s already copied one Kevin Costner film (Dances with Wolves); might as well take on Waterworld too …
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