Brian Gongol
Nebraska pharmacy students create "Calvin and Hobbes" snowman tribute
ABC's Internet folks prove themselves just as dumb as NBC's
Tonight's episode of Scrubs (aired on NBC, but produced by Disney/ABC subsidiary Touchstone Pictures) included a prominent reference to a website called TheToddTime.com. ABC bought the domain, but naturally they weren't smart enough to actually put anything up on the site. Most people couldn't even get the site to load. After NBC's HornyManatee.com fiasco, you'd think someone would pay more attention.
Graphic of the day: Lullaby
Crazy circulation pattern over Lake Superior
Cancer-killing compound discovered by accident
A lab accident that killed some cancer cells may have revealed a new way of destroying colorectal cancer cells by attacking the proteins that form their building blocks. And if that's not good enough news, the Samuel Adams folks have designed a better beer glass. Progress abounds.
Security researcher says an old browser problem remains unfixed
Google Maps now includes much more-detailed building outlines
Get lost in higher definition than ever before. Not everywhere, yet: Iowa's tallest building is still invisible on the maps
Underpaid state legislators are a recipe for influence-peddling and corruption
Most state legislators have to spend at least 2/3rds of a full-time work week doing their legislative jobs; paying them $21,400 a year (like Iowa) or even less (like $1,050 in Alabama) is a good way to ensure that lots of people can't afford to serve their own communities -- and to create a very high risk that the people who end up getting those jobs will be invited to corruption
Rural water associations may be kept away from towns
US brigadier general asks "24" producers to take it easy with the torture
474 years after Henry VIII, Catholics are the largest religious group in the UK
Immigration from heavily Catholic countries (like Poland) and the general lack of growth within the Church of England mean that 474 years after Henry the Eighth said, "Sayonara!" to the Pope, the Catholic church is again the biggest in the United Kingdom.
London's fight over "congestion pricing" on the roads
"An attack on Iran would destroy all the young voices"
No one knows how much video people are watching online
Meanwhile, the BBC is trying to gain a bigger share of American television
