Coke Unveils Bottle With 30 Percent Plant Material

From Matte Network: Coke said the new bottle is made from a blend of petroleum-based materials and up to 30% plant-based materials that are by-products of sugar production. The soft-drink maker also said the bottle has a lower reliance on a non-renewable resource, reducing carbon emissions by up to 25%, compared with other petroleum-based PET plastic bottles...

Chicago Park District may open five beaches for surfing

From Chicago Sun-Times by Maurice Possley: For the first time, Chicagoans with dusty surfboards in their garages or basements can start thinking about legally hanging 10 in Lake Michigan, perhaps as early as this summer. Prompted by a group of avid Midwest surfing enthusiasts, the Chicago Park District has agreed to begin taking steps to open as many as five of its beaches to surfboarding...

Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich

From The Wall Street Journal by Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore: Here's the problem for states that want to pry more money out of the wallets of rich people. It never works because people, investment capital and businesses are mobile: They can leave tax-unfriendly states and move to tax-friendly states...

Support Plummets for Restrictions on Gun Rights

From NJ Voices by Scott L. Bach: Four different polls recently point to declining support for gun restrictions as the answer to crime. In October, a Gallup poll found that fewer Americans than ever favor handgun bans, based on Gallup's 49 year history of polling on the issue. Support fell from a high of 60% in 1959 to a low of less than 30% in 2008. The same trend repeats itself in a question on whether more restrictions are needed on the sales of all firearms, not just handguns...

Drive Your Dream Car For Under $1000

From CNBC: A new breed of companies is looking to tap this demand by making the high-end, turbocharged experience more affordable. One company, New York-based Gotham Dream Cars, maintains a fleet of 18 super cars and offering a range of products, from exotic rentals and club memberships, to the increasingly popular "Dream Car" tours—a six-hour, 150-mile journey allowing drivers to experience multiple cars in a single day.

GM CEO: Bankruptcy Likely; Firm May Leave Detroit

From CNBC: General Motors is open to considering moving its headquarters from Detroit, selling off U.S. plants and even renegotiating parts of its restructuring plan with its major union, the new chief executive said...

Dead Woman Gets Federal Stimulus Check

From WBALTV: The [Social Security] agency blames the error on the strict mid-June deadline of mailing out all of the checks, which didn't leave officials much time to clean up all of their records...

Army sergeant faces 5 counts of murder

From NBC News: Officials told NBC News that doctors had diagnosed Russell with some kind of stress ailment, and either the doctors or Russell's commander ordered that he be disarmed. There was reportedly an altercation between Russell and the clinic staff and he was escorted from the area by an armed soldier. At some point, Russell seized that soldier's weapon, returned to the clinic and allegedly opened fire, killing the five victims. Russell was overpowered and taken into custody. Military officials say this was Russell's second or third tour in Iraq. It's believed he was due to return home in a few weeks...

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Where I'm Calling From

From On The Media: In big and small screen thrillers law enforcement is able to track you via your cell phone signal in seconds flat. But how real is that capability and what are the privacy safeguards in place when everyone’s got a cell phone? Al Gidari, Seattle privacy attorney, explains how your cell phone signal may know you better then you know yourself.

Truth or Satire?

From On The Media: Stephen Colbert parodies an outraged conservative TV host every night on Comedy Central. A recent study looked at liberal and conservative reactions to his satire. One of the study's authors, Heather LeMarre, explains that both liberals and conservatives actually think Colbert shares their political beliefs.

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The Trolls Among Us

From The New York Times by Mattathias Schwartz: In the late 1980s, Internet users adopted the word “troll” to denote someone who intentionally disrupts online communities. Early trolling was relatively innocuous, taking place inside of small, single-topic Usenet groups. The trolls employed what the M.I.T. professor Judith Donath calls a “pseudo-naïve” tactic, asking stupid questions and seeing who would rise to the bait. The game was to find out who would see through this stereotypical newbie behavior, and who would fall for it. As one guide to trolldom puts it, “If you don’t fall for the joke, you get to be in on it.”

Merry Young Trolls

From On The Media: Time Magazine threw a party for the world’s most influential people. One attendee was Christopher Poole, founder of the website 4chan. What set Poole apart from the guests was his mode of entry: he hacked his way in. Mattathias Schwartz has written about Poole and 4chan's dark culture.

Ezzy Sails

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True Ames Series 2000 Fin

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True Ames Sweeper Fin

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True Ames Convert Fin

This Free Ride design blends the speed of a slalom fin with the looseness of a wave oriented design. This fin excels in river, lake, or bay sailing. Suitable for boards in the 78 to 115 liter range. Very forgiving. Bases: A, T, PWR, TR.

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Courageous Man Refuses To Believe He Has Cancer

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Paleontologists Discover Skeleton Of Nature’s First Sexual Predator

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Congressman’s War Hero Son Would Have Wanted Highway Bill Passed

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On Thin Ice

In a special one-hour NOW on PBS, David Brancaccio and environmentalist Conrad Anker—one of the world's leading high altitude climbers—trek to the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayan Mountains, the source of the Ganges River, to witness the great melt and its dire consequences first-hand. The two also visit Montana's Glacier National Park to see the striking effects of global warming closer to home and learn how melting glaciers across the globe can have a direct impact on food prices in the U.S.

New Jersey Windsurfing Association

New Jersey Windsurfing Association is run totally by boardheads, for boardheads. The Board of Directors, who tirelessly give their time, would much rather be sailing than worrying about mailing lists, newsletters, and account balances. Many of them have to take precious vacation time to meet with government officials. It is very unusual for Board of Directors to show up at an evening board meeting with dry hair because they're always shredding up to the last minute before.

Bic Sport Techno 293 in Action

Promotional video of the Techno 293 Class windsurfing competition in France.

Don Cheadle Planned Darfur Genocide To Create Film Role

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American Schools Trail Behind World In Aptitude Of Child Soldiers

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Reporters Expose Airport Security Lapses By Blowing Up Plane

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Hijacking Satellites

From WIRED By Marcelo Soares: Brazilian satellite hackers use high-performance antennas and homebrew gear to turn U.S. Navy satellites into their personal CB radios...