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In the wild, wild west, when a poker player was caught cheating it was a capital offense, with the punishment quickly dispensed right across the card table. But today if you're caught cheating in the popular and lucrative world of Internet poker, you may get away scot-free.

The NFLâs International Series of regular-season games will return to the United Kingdom in 2009 when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the New England Patriots, the NFL announced Monday.

Warner Bros. is developing an American remake of Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 Anime classic 'Akira', with Leonardo DiCaprio. Knowing how Hollywood has a track record for bastardizing what makes classic foreign films great, we have every reason to fear the remake could end up looking like this...

The idea seemed too crazy to Rod Simmons, a measured, careful field botanist. Naturalists in Arlington County couldn't find any acorns. None. No hickory nuts, either. Then he went out to look for himself. He came up with nothing. Nothing crunched underfoot. Nothing hit him on the head.

Dave Tiderman wondered if the decimal point was in the wrong place when he opened his $35,000 company bonus. Jose Rojas saw his $10,000 check and thought, "That can't be right."

Chris Duhon had a franchise-record 22 assists, Lee had career highs of 37 points and 21 rebounds, and New York rang up a record-setting 82 points in the first half in a 138-125 victory over Golden State on Saturday night.

A couple from Wales who were holed up in the Taj Mahal hotel, ciaim that CNN broadcast information that could have tipped off terrorists to their location.

If the components in your dive are still functioning, you can recover the data yourself. If there's mechanical damage, send it to the pros. Complete guide to getting your files back.

The UFO phenomenon never existed in the former USSR, at least in the official records. There were numerous stories about unidentified flying objects which could be heard from susceptible individuals, but Soviet cosmonauts never said anything on the subject, although they had a lot to share.

The president-elect chose former campaign rival Clinton as secretary of state, and said Gates would remain as defense secretary, making Bush's Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq.

The first comprehensive âinventoryâ of sea and land animals around a group of Antarctic islands reveals a region that is rich in biodiversity and has more species than the Galapagos. The study provides an important benchmark to monitor how they will respond to future environmental change.

A Spanish Sony exec has gone on record to state that Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 â arguably the PlayStation 3's most-wanted game â will be releasing at Christmas.

Chances are you use at least two major social networks - 49 million people, for example, visited both MySpace and Facebook in October ...

SanDisk isn't spilling all the beans just yet, but the company is hinting that it's got the technology to make many of SSD's negative aspects go away. Full disclosure is coming at CES 2009, but for now, here's what we know.

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Scientists have found evidence that convective mixing in the North Atlantic, a mechanism that fuels ocean circulation and affects Earth's climate, has returned after a decade of near stagnation â thanks, perhaps, to a dramatic loss of sea-ice in the Arctic during the summer of 2007.

To him, it's nothing strange, but will you find anyone like him in the U.S.? Probably not. He isn't one who earns $1 and then makes millions in company stock and other bonuses. He's cut back on other company perks as well during these tough economic times.

Do you find that Planet Of The Apes, its four movie sequels, movie remake, TV series, cartoon show and books havenât left you satisfied?

Picture, if you will, Hugh Grant in high pursuit, spraying rounds of bullets out of a fast-moving car. You can't? All right, how about Hugh Grant clad in a bat suit gliding over

Venice suffered its worst flooding in 22 years as water in the Italian city rose to more than 1.5 metres (five feet) deep before beginning to recede.

you have to see it to believe it. This dude loses control of his bike, falls off and runs after the bike and gets on it again...

It's no surprise that ISPs are aggressively pursuing new revenue streams, but UK ISP BT may have crossed the line. Two years ago it retained search records and information on some 18,000 users, without informing them first.

During a Nov. 16 "60 Minutes" interview, Obama elaborated on his plans: "Eight teams. That would be three rounds to determine a national champion. I don't know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this. So, I'm going to throw my weight around a little bit. I think it's the right thing to do."

To some legal scholars and Internet gambling proponents, efforts against online poker highlight a widening disconnect between 21st-century technology and the 20th-century laws. "Congress shouldn't be trying to make criminals out of people who have taken the game from the kitchen table to the computer table," said John Pappas of the PPA.

Robinho believes Manchester City can emulate neighbours United as the teams prepare to meet at Eastlands tomorrow.

Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together.

We've all heard the old adage: never judge a book by it's cover. But judging it by its title? Hell yeah.

To help you prepare for this yearâs Christmas celebration, we present this collection of free Christmas-themed Adobe Photoshop tutorials.

A Montreal actor who was wounded in last week's Mumbai terror attacks described finding himself in the midst of a real-life "Bruce Willis 'Die Hard' moment" as he came under a hail of gunfire.

When the original Apple Macintosh debuted in 1984, it carried a $2,495 price tag - roughly $5,250 in 2008 money. Ever since, the debate has raged over whether Macs are more expensive, feature-by-feature and capability-by-capability, than their PC brethren. And what a meaningless debate it is.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin report on their attempts at improving science education by better preparing teaching fellows. The results are promising, but show a long road ahead.

FORT WORTH, TXâCash-strapped American Airlines announced a new series of fees this week that will apply to all customers not currently flying, scheduled to fly, or even thinking about flying aboard the commercial carrier.

I think when you read it, it will turn your hair white. It did me. In fact, I don't think it's overstating it a bit to say that unless this case is overturned, it is time to get off the Internet completely, because it will have become too risky to use a computer.

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, âThe Dark Knightâ tops the chart for the third week in a row already.the dark knightAs we reported earlier, The Dark Knight is on its way to become the most pirated movie of 2008, crushing Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Transformers.

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