Fighting Back, TV Gone to the Dogs, -and- Just Say "No"

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Fighting Back - "Stand Your Ground" defense denied in Florida case

TV Gone to the Dogs - Ashleigh Buter and her dog Pudsey have won this year's Britain's Got Talent

Just Say "No" - The most dangerous drug in the world: "Devil's Breath" chemical from Colombia can block free will, wipe memory and even kill

Technology in the News Today

HP Getting Back into the Tablet Game with Windows 8

USPS Banning International Shipments of Most Battery-Powered Gadgets May 16

Born on this Day in History: May 14, 1944 - Director George Lucas was born in Modesto, California. He grew up in the suburbs, which inspired his 1973 film American Graffiti. He studied cinematography at the University of Southern California and caught Francis Ford Coppola’s eye. Coppola helped him enter the film business. He’s best known for directing the Star Wars movies and Indiana Jones series.

On this Day in History: May 14, 1976 - Keith Relf, former vocalist of the Yardbirds, is electrocuted in his London home while either tuning or playing a guitar belonging to either him or his son, in either the basement or the bathtub. Details are sort of sketchy, resulting from the family's reticence to describe the death scene.

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Animal Kingdom, Shop Til You Drop, -and- The Unfriendly Skies

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Animal Kingdom - Giant mystery creature captured on deep-sea camera

Shop Til You Drop - Texas mall requires teens to be accompanied by parents after 6 PM

The Unfriendly Skies - Midnight was movie hour, nap time in New York air tower

Technology in the News Today

Report: FTC Probing Facebook, Instagram Deal

SpaceX to Offer Trips to Private Space Stations

Major Bing Redesign Searches Your Friends and Experts

Born on this Day in History: May 11, 1904 - Salvador Dali was born May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. From an early age Dali was encouraged to practice his art and would eventually go on to study at an academy in Madrid. In the 1920's Dali went to Paris and began interacting with Picasso, Magritte, and Miro leading to his first Surrealist phase. The rise of the fascist leader Franco in Spain led to Dali's expulsion from the Surrealist movement, but that did not prevent him from painting.

On this Day in History: May 11, 1907 - A derailment outside Lompoc, California kills 32 Shriners, when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot. Many of them were scalded to death when the steam boiler ruptured.

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Homeland Insecurity - TSA tags 18-month-old baby as terrorist, orders off plane

No Cause for Celebration - NY town cancels Memorial Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving

Can You Hear Me Now? - NJ town to ticket pedestrians for texting, talking while walking

Technology in the News Today

Researchers Develop Wallpaper That Blocks Wi-Fi Signals

Google Maps for Android Adds Local Offers, Indoor Directions

Free, Browser-Based "Wolfenstein 3D" Released by Bethesda

Born on this Day in History: May 10, 1957 - Sid Vicious was born John Simon Ritchie in London. As a high school dropout, his "punk" look captured the eye of Malcom McLaren, creator of the Sex Pistols.

On this Day in History: May 10, 1941 - Running out of fuel and unable to find a suitable spot to land his Messerschmitt, Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess bails out over Scotland. When Hess claims to have made the trip in order to negotiate a peace treaty with England, the Nazis declare that he was a psychotic who "lived in a state of hallucination." After the war, Hess is confined to Spandau Prison until his apparent suicide in 1987.

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Adventures in Babysitting, Lawnmower Man, -and- Stupid Criminals

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Adventures in Babysitting - Man arrested after four kids found strapped to hood of car

Lawnmower Man - Former Detroit police chief robbed at gunpoint while mowing lawn

Stupid Criminals - Teen tried to rob officer at gunpoint inside police station
Technology in the News Today

Astronaut Hall of Fame Welcomes Three New Members

Wi-Fi Passpoint Auto-Login Tech Begins Testing in June

Portable Fuel Cell Charger Offers Weeks of Smartphone Power

Born on this Day in History: May 9, 1949 - After a disappointing first album in 1970, singer Billy Joel returned with Street Life Serenade (1974), featuring hits "Piano Man" and "Captain Jack." In the 1980s, Joel married supermodel Christie Brinkley and topped the charts with "Uptown Girl" and "We Didn't Start the Fire." By 1999, his worldwide song sales had topped 100 million and he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

On this Day in History: May 9, 1950 - L. Ron Hubbard publishes the first edition of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. This follows on the heels of a feature article in the pulp sci-fi magazine Astounding Science Fiction. A book review in the The New Republic describes the work as "a bold and immodest mixture of complete nonsense and perfectly reasonable common sense, taken from long-acknowledged findings and disguised and distorted by a crazy, newly invented terminology." The subsequent movement goes on to become one of the scariest, most powerful pseudo-religious cults in modern history.

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Fighting Back - Woman bites off mugger's finger

Somebody's Watching You - Report: Principal created "Suzy" Facebook page to snoop on students

Don't Let Them Eat Cake - State bans bake sales at schools
Technology in the News Today

Samsung, Qualcomm Team Up for Wireless Charging Standard

Nokia Unveils Augmented Reality "City Lens" App for Lumia Phones

Nevada Approves License for Google's Self-Driving Car

Born on this Day in History: May 8, 1940 - American singer and songwriter Rick Nelson was an early teen idol who acted out his real-life childhood on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." He began to conclude each episode with a song from his band and quickly became popular as a musician. He went on to produce a number of albums, and owned the music charts for a three-year period from 1957 through 1959 with his hit songs.

On this Day in History: May 8, 1902 - Mt. Peleé erupts on the West Indies island of Martinique. A wall of superheated ash and rock cascades down the slopes, slamming directly into the community of Saint Pierre. The shockwave and intense heat even manage to destroy twenty ships in the harbor. Only two of the town's 28,000 residents survive the cataclysm.

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