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"Universal" government-run health care proved too ambitious even for FDR, who stripped it out of the Social Security Act of 1935." With Obama, Baucus, Clinton and Daschle, it may be just around the corner for the 47 million uninsured Americans.

We're only two-thirds of the way into the regular season and this has already been one of the most bizarre, most ludicrous seasons on record. Read why.

There is something about beautiful lights that can mesmerize an audience. Take a fireworks show for example. Itâs been around for thousands of years, yet still has the power to put looks of amazement on faces of all ages. Thatâs why lighting effects make such powerful design elements. They are a great way to grab.

An Italian boy has been diagnosed with âPlayStation addictionâ following a marathon gaming session. The boy, 13, was rushed to a hospital where doctors thought he had suffered a stroke or some other serious condition.......

Mark Camm, 43, was unsteady on his feet and could barely talk because of his neurological condition. But instead of taking him to the nearest hospital, officers assumed he was drunk and disorderly and arrested him. Not once did the officers enter his cell to carry out a routine examination, preferring instead to look through the grate of the door.

Apple has conceptualized a means of displaying icon-like status indicators on the iPhone's displays even when the handset is locked and the backlight turned off, a new company filing shows.

Microsoft and Novell said Tuesday they are nearly ready with a beta version of Moonlight - a Firefox add-on that allows Silverlight content to play on Linux PCs.

A team of ex-Googlers, with backing from Y Combinator, the Friendfeed founders and others, have created what might be both the ugliest and most useful group productivity app weâve seen. Etherpad, a new product from Appjet, launches this morning, and you must try it out.

That's right, the group has finally jumped on the YouTube bandwagon and started uploading high quality videos of various sketches and movie clips to their own Monty Python channel. There are only 24 videos right now, but the channel is barely five days old and there's plenty of room to grow. [VIDEOS]

Scientists may have less to cringe about when they go to the movies, if a new initiative designed to foster cooperation between scientists and the entertainment industry is successful.

Some marketing genius decided it would be a splendid idea to plaster the subway station I arrive at in the morning with posters promoting Microsoft's "I'm a PC" campaign. So twice a day, five days a week, I'm face to face with one of the worst advertising spots in Madison Avenue's history.

Doctors in Arizona thought a Phoenix-area woman had a possible brain tumor, but it turned out there was something else penetrating her brain â a worm.

Looking to do your part to help reduce the U.S. expenditure on foreign oil with your next car purchase but hoping to not have to stifle your enthusiast leanings? Dodge may very well have you covered with its new EV sports car.

For the first time, Katie Couric talks about her interviews with Sarah Palin on the Late Show with David Letterman.

A lot of films get made these days, but it seems like more and more people are opting out of a $10 or $15 ticket to stay home and watch them on DVD. But this doesnât stop a slew of talent-lacking directors from hogging all the limelight and posing as "Geniuses of the Cinema."

A Brazilian has broken the record for surfing on the longest board after staying on a 30ft (9.16m) long surfboard for over 10 seconds. Rico de Souza, who broke his own record from 2006, said that it was a challenging but thrilling experience.

It may cost more, but as a high-definition gaming system and a high-quality Blu-ray player, the PlayStation 3 slays the competition.

The "sophomore slump" has been a term bandied about by music critics when describing a follow-up album that pales in comparison to an artist's unusually accomplished debut. When the pressure was on to live up to their own hype, these 25 albums delivered the goods.

Hide those keys. A quick camera phone picture could unlock your doors.

Thanks to last night's season finale of South Park, I finally know the difference between goths and vampires.

Do people act rationally, responding to the most important emails first? Or do they send emails randomly, without any regard to efficiency? After studying emails sent and received from more than 3000 accounts during a 3 month period, a mathematical model was created that shows people send email randomly, but in cycles. How do you respond to emails?

Gadgets James Bond used that you can use, too

There isn't much time to act ... but we're actually starting to take action.

Diggers need it, I know I do !

This was featured within the first 10 minutes of the last episode of "Heroes." Some call it a ripoff, others an homage - but whatever name you attribute to it, there is no denying that Elle's electrocution of Sylar has more than a passing resemblance to the graphic novel.

Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. The research suggests that the first humans in New Zealand hunted the newly found Waitaha penguin to extinction by 1500, about 250 years after their arrival on the islands.

Hendrick Motorsports confirmed what many NASCAR fans had suspected all season, announcing Wednesday that Jimmie Johnson's number 48 Chevrolet Impala would be put out to stud, ending its career in stock-car racing and living out the rest of its service life siring the cars of tomorrow.

Adventure Traveler Big D Travels to Amsterdam for an Inside look at the unique Dutch Coffeeshop and Cannabis Culture. See Amsterdam's famous Coffeeshops where Cannabis and Hashish are sold.

Pamela Anderson has written an open letter to Barack Obama, outlining ways to make the country better. She wrote on her official blog: "I think we should legalise marijuana, tax and monitor - farm hemp etc. This would make our borders less corrupt and then I think eventually this will be a more secure option and save children in the long run."

BitTorrentâs popularity is on the rise in India, and with a massive increase in broadband subscribers just around the corner, it is the number one growth market for BitTorrent sites. With a population of over 1.1 billion people and only 4.5 million broadband subscribers, there is huge amount of untapped potential.

Ethanol producers want to use a bailout of the auto industry to boost production of cars that can run on higher blends of the corn-based fuel. Detroit opposes these mandates. (As does the National Turkey Federation.)

It's back to the original line of scrimmage for the great slugfest between Comcast and the NFL Network. An FCC administrative judge says the case needs more time to be resolved.

CHATHAM, Ont. - Perhaps now Rony Salman, the Windsor man who earned notoriety and jail time earlier this year for cutting off the ears of A.K. the dog, knows what it feels like.

The widely used herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not appear to prevent Alzheimer's disease in healthy elderly people or those with mild cognitive impairment, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday

US shares plunge to five-year low

There's got to be hundreds of gadgets that we never got to see because they were either too useless or just plain embarrassing to use in public.

Microsoft is getting serious about global security, offering a free anti-malware package code-named Morro that has been specially designed for low cost PCs in developing nations.

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