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Beam Me Up! - William Shatner loses pants in TSA line

Thunderstruck - Army developing laser that shoots lightning

Slow Down! - Pedestrian thrown in jail for 12 hours for holding up sign warning drivers about police speed trap

Technology in the News Today

GameStop Taking Galaxy Nexus 7 Pre-Orders

How Google Pulled Off Insane Project Glass Stunt Demo

Google I/O Redux

Born on this Day in History: June 29, 1943 - Plucked from obscurity by songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin, for whom she was babysitting, Little Eva reached the top of the charts with the dance song "The Loco-Motion" in 1962. She appeared on the popular TV dance show, "American Bandstand," and her follow-up single, "Keep Your Hands off My Baby," made it into the top 20 later that year. Later efforts, however, failed to catch on with fans.

On this Day in History: June 29, 1995 - the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. This historic moment of cooperation between former rival space programs was also the 100th human space mission in American history. At the time, Daniel Goldin, chief of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), called it the beginning of "a new era of friendship and cooperation" between the U.S. and Russia. With millions of viewers watching on television, Atlantis blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida on June 27, 1995.

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Brave New Schools - Texas college hacks government drone

Start Peeling! - Police: 5 suspected of stealing 9.5 tons of garlic

HIC! - Coke and Pepsi contain alcohol, reveals French research

Technology in the News Today

FCC, Comcast Reach $800K Broadband Deal

Hands On With Google's Nexus 7 Tablet

Hands On With Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Born on this Day in History: June 28, 1960 - John Elway was born in Port Angeles, Washington. A former Denver Broncos quarterback, John Elway was especially known for his last-quarter comebacks. The top pick in the 1983 National Football League draft, Elway ended up playing for the Denver Broncos. He helped transform the team, leading them to five Super Bowl championships in the late 1980s and 1990s.

On this Day in History: June 28, 1953 - Workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. The first completed production car rolled off the assembly line two days later, one of just 300 Corvettes made that year. The idea for the Corvette originated with General Motors' pioneering designer Harley J. Earl, who in 1951 began developing plans for a low-cost American sports car that could compete with Europe's MGs, Jaguars, and Ferraris. The project was eventually code-named "Opel." In January 1953, GM debuted the Corvette concept car at its Motorama auto show at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. It featured a fiberglass body and a six-cylinder engine and according to GM, was named for the "trim, fleet naval vessel that performed heroic escort and patrol duties during World War II." The Corvette was a big hit with the public at Motorama and GM soon put the roadster into production.

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Dress for Success - Asbury Park may enforce 40-year-old law banning bathing suits on Boardwalk

Animal Kingdom - New disability regs require businesses to admit mini horses as guide animals

Stop Thief! - Hackers hit 60 banks, steal $75 million

Technology in the News Today

Android Jelly Bean Statue Arrives at Google

U.K. ISPs to Start Piracy Warnings in 2014

AIR.U Bringing "Super Wi-Fi" to Rural College Campuses

Born on this Day in History: June 27, 1930 - Ross Perot is a U.S. businessman who worked for IBM from 1957 to 1962, soon forming his own company, Electronic Data Systems. He sold it to General Motors in 1984 for $2.5 billion. In 1992 he ran as an independent candidate for U.S. president, winning 19% of the popular vote. He ran again in 1996. The Reform Party, which he founded in 1995, gradually established its autonomy from him.

On this Day in History: June 27, 1950 - President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea. The United States was undertaking the major military operation, he explained, to enforce a United Nations resolution calling for an end to hostilities, and to stem the spread of communism in Asia. In addition to ordering U.S. forces to Korea, Truman also deployed the U.S. 7th Fleet to Formosa (Taiwan) to guard against invasion by communist China and ordered an acceleration of military aid to French forces fighting communist guerrillas in Vietnam.

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The Birds, Animal Kingdom, -and- Going to Pot

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The Birds - New Jersey town considering $2,000 fine for feeding wild turkeys

Animal Kingdom - Man eats family dog after police say he ingested synthetic drug K-2

Going to Pot - LAPD: Granada Hills baseball coach accused of smoking marijuana with students

Technology in the News Today

5 Things We Want From Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean"

Mozilla Releases Updated Firefox for Android

"Twisted Light" Beams Data at a Staggering 2.56 Terabits Per Second

Born on this Day in History: June 26, 1956 - Christopher Isaak was born in Stockton, CA. As a boy, he listened to records by Elvis and Roy Orbison, which were major influences. Isaak's third album, Heart Shaped World became a hit when director David Lynch used Isaak's song "Wicked Game" in the film Wild at Heart. Herb Ritts' video for the song helped make Isaak a star. He continues to record and act.

On this Day in History: June 26, 1959 - In a ceremony presided over by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II, the St. Lawrence Seaway is officially opened, creating a navigational channel from the Atlantic Ocean to all the Great Lakes. The seaway, made up of a system of canals, locks, and dredged waterways, extends a distance of nearly 2,500 miles, from the Atlantic Ocean through the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Duluth, Minnesota, on Lake Superior. Work on the massive project was initiated by a joint U.S.-Canadian commission in 1954, and five years later, in April 1959, the icebreaker D'Iberville began the first transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Since its official opening, more than two billion tons of cargo, with an estimated worth of more than $300 billion, have moved along its canals and channels.

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Don't Touch Me There - House bill extends TSA intel sharing to mass transit

Here Comes the Sun - Sunscreen ban in schools angers parents

D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Man throws wife from car on I-90, attacks trooper

Technology in the News Today

Judge Dismisses Apple, Motorola Case

Google Experimenting With New Search Interface?

Woz, Kim Dotcom Pal Around at Megaupload Founder's NZ Mansion

Born on this Day in History: June 25, 1944 - David Louis Harter! See: David Louis Harter

On this Day in History: June 25, 1876 - Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near southern Montana's Little Bighorn River.

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Short People, One Man Is an Island, -and- Animal Kingdom

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Short People - Man left bloodied and screaming in pain after attack by "bunch of leprechauns"

One Man Is an Island - Oracle Chief Larry Ellison buying Hawaiian island of Lanai

Animal Kingdom - Bronx man accused of using 47 pit bulls in basement dog fighting ring

Technology in the News Today

Flipboard Releases Android App

AMD Releases Supercharged 7970 GHz Edition Video Card

TiVo Releases Official Android Tablet App

Born on this Day in History: June 22, 1936 - Kris Kristofferson started by selling his songs to singers Roger Miller and Johnny Cash. His own second album (1971) was a hit, with songs like "Help Me Make It Through The Night" and "Me and Bobby McGee." He then turned to film acting.

On this Day in History: June 22, 1944 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services--known as G.I.s--for their efforts in World War II.

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Back to Basics, Brave New Schools, -and- Hit the Showers

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Back to Basics - Jogging in forest twice as good as gym for mental health

Brave New Schools - British school calls police to remove pupil obsessed with studying

Hit the Showers - Miami to ban bath salts

Technology in the News Today

Walmart, TruConnect Offer Prepaid MiFi Hotspot

Google Launches Endangered Languages Web Site

Adobe Probes Flash Player Firefox Problems

Born on this Day in History: June 21, 1905 - French novelist, playwright, and leading exponent of Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophies continues to influence the fields sociology, critical theory and literary studies. Beginning with the book Nausea in 1949, he was eventually awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, but he declined it. He had a long polyamorous relationship with social theorist Simone de Beauvoir.

On this Day in History: June 21, 1982 - John W. Hinckley, Jr., who on March 30, 1981, shot President Ronald Reagan and three others outside a Washington, D.C., hotel, was found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity. In the trial, Hinckley's defense attorneys argued that their client was ill with narcissistic personality disorder, citing medical evidence, and had a pathological obsession with the 1976 film Taxi Driver, in which the main character attempts to assassinate a fictional senator. His lawyers claimed that Hinckley had watched the movie more than a dozen times, was obsessed with the lead actress, Jodie Foster, and had attempted to reenact the events of the film in his own life. The movie, not Hinckley, they successfully argued, was the actual planning force behind the events that occurred on March 30, 1981.

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Bugs!, Disarmed and in Danger, -and- Fly Me to the Moon

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Bugs! - Swarms of cyborg insect drones are the future of military surveillance

Disarmed and in Danger - Chicago police to hold gun turn-in event this weekend

Fly Me to the Moon - Company to begin private lunar expeditions by 2015

Technology in the News Today

LinkedIn Sued Over Password Breach

Robot 'Skin' Built With Touch Superior to Humans

Google Launching Custom Gmail Themes

Born on this Day in History: June 20, 1942 - Brian Wilson formed the Beach Boys in 1961 and had a long string of hits. Moving beyond the cheery harmonies and catchy hooks that characterized his early music, Brian Wilson elevated himself and the Beach Boys to the status of rock legends with the release of the acclaimed album Pet Sounds in 1966. This would be the last Beach Boys album, as drugs and mental issues would plague Wilson for years.

On this Day in History: June 20, 1900 - In response to widespread foreign encroachment upon China's national affairs, Chinese nationalists launch the so-called Boxer Rebellion in Peking. Calling themselves I Ho Ch'uan, or "the Righteous and Harmonious Fists," the nationalists occupied Peking, killed several Westerners, including German ambassador Baron von Ketteler, and besieged the foreign legations in the diplomatic quarter of the city.

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Art Imitates Life, Role Reversal, -and- Drink Up!

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Art Imitates Life - Yoko Ono's new art exhibit: Piles of dirt

Role Reversal - Woman accused of groping TSA agent

Drink Up! - Cambridge, MA considers banning sodas in restaurants

Technology in the News Today

Hands On With Microsoft's Surface Tablet

Audi Makes Hybrid History With Le Mans Victory

Google Nabs 50 Mobile Patents From Magnolia Broadband

Born on this Day in History: June 19, 1903 - Lou Gehrig attended Columbia University before joining the New York Yankees in 1925. He played first base, batting right after Babe Ruth. In 1934, Gehrig led the league in batting average, home runs, and RBIs.

On this Day in History: June 19, 1953 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths, by the electric chair. The Rosenbergs were the first U.S. citizens to be convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime and their case remains controversial to this day.

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Animal Kingdom, Can You Hear Me Now?, -and- The Clothes Make the Man

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Animal Kingdom - Wolves maul woman to death at zoo in Sweden

Can You Hear Me Now? - Ottawa airport wired with microphones as Border Services prepares to record travelers' conversations

The Clothes Make the Man - Adidas under fire for unveiling new trainer with shackles

Technology in the News Today

IBM Supercomputer Overtakes Fujitsu As World's Fastest

Verizon Rolls Out 300 Mbps "Quantum" FiOS Internet Service

CBS Picks Up "Draw Something" TV Show

Born on this Day in History: June 18, 1952 - Isabella Rossellini appeared in her first film in 1976, and has since made over 50 other films, including Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, and Big Night. She was also the face of Lancôme cosmetics for 14 years.

On this Day in History: June 18, 1812 - The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President James Madison signs the declaration into law--and the War of 1812 begins. The American war declaration, opposed by a sizable minority in Congress, had been called in response to the British economic blockade of France, the induction of American seaman into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier. A faction of Congress known as the "War Hawks" had been advocating war with Britain for several years and had not hidden their hopes that a U.S. invasion of Canada might result in significant territorial land gains for the United States.

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Emergency!, You Are What You Eat, -and- To Serve and Protect

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Emergency! - Man calls 911 over sandwich order

You Are What You Eat - Politicians backtrack on ban preventing 9-year-old girl from posting pics of school meals

To Serve and Protect - Buffalo officer suspended after leaving fugitive's house carrying gun, $5,000 cash and Rolex

Technology in the News Today

Report: Microsoft to Buy Enterprise Social Network Yammer

LulzSec Hacker Indicted in U.S. for Sony, X Factor Hacks

Born on this Day in History: June 15, 1973 - Neil Patrick Harris was 15 when he starred opposite Whoopi Goldberg in Clara's Heart. The next year, he began four seasons playing the title role in the TV sitcom "Doogie Howser, M.D." Harris then appeared in films and TV movies, as well as on stage, in Rent and Cabaret. In 2005, he landed the role of Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother." Harris is openly gay and the father of twins.

On this Day in History: June 15, 1215 - Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or "Great Charter." The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed that the king would respect feudal rights and privileges, uphold the freedom of the church, and maintain the nation's laws. Although more a reactionary than a progressive document in its day, the Magna Carta was seen as a cornerstone in the development of democratic England by later generations.

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Lie to Me, You Are What You Eat, -and- Move Along

In the News Today

Lie to Me - Class-action suit filed against Apple over Siri giving wrong directions

You Are What You Eat - Pizza vending machines to arrive soon

Move Along - Berkeley approves public vote to ban sitting, lying on sidewalks

Technology in the News Today

MIT Creates Glucose Fuel Cell for Brain-to-Computer Inferfaces

Smashing Pumpkins Frontman: Facebook, Apple Ruined Rock 'n' Roll

Report: DOJ Probing Cable Over Online Video Tactics

Born on this Day in History: June 14, 1946 - Real estate developer Donald John Trump was born in Queens, New York. In 1971 he became involved in large profitable building projects in Manhattan. He opened the Grand Hyatt in 1980, which made him the city's best known and most controversial developer. After several more development projects, he began to star in the hit NBC reality series "The Apprentice" in 2004.

On this Day in History: June 14, 1777 - During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that "the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white" and that "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." The national flag, which became known as the "Stars and Stripes," was based on the "Grand Union" flag, a banner carried by the Continental Army in 1776 that also consisted of 13 red and white stripes. According to legend, Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross designed the new canton for the Stars and Stripes, which consisted of a circle of 13 stars and a blue background, at the request of General George Washington. Historians have been unable to conclusively prove or disprove this legend.

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Yard Care, You Are What You Eat, -and- Food Fight

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Yard Care - Town threatens to fine residents 10K for not mowing lawns

You Are What You Eat - Burger King offering bacon sundae

Food Fight - NYC mulls limiting popcorn, milk

Technology in the News Today

Report: Amazon Cozying Up to Music Labels to Expand Cloud

Google, Amazon, More to Battle Over New Domains

Spokeo Fined $800,000 for Deceptive Web Profiles

Born on this Day in History: June 13, 1892 - Basil Rathbone began as a Shakespearean actor on the London stage. Although he had a few parts in silent films, his big break came when movies added sound. His stage training and fencing skills made him a natural swashbuckler. In 1939, he starred as Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles. After 14 movies in seven years, Rathbone was forever linked to the famous sleuth.

On this Day in History: June 13, 1966 - The Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. Now considered standard police procedure, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you," has been heard so many times in television and film dramas that it has become almost cliche.

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