Tips for improving gas mileage 30% or more

Area gas prices reached record highs again yesterday, and crude oil neared $120 a barrel. So, how would you like to improve your fuel economy by 30 percent or more without buying a new car?

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Newest PS3 COD4 Hackers Caught on Tape

Last night gamer PSN ID: excursel caught a new set of hackers on tape. It seems they have found a way to be part of the game while spectating the only issue is they hid there ids and themselves.

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Megan Fox crowned sexiest woman in the world

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Megan Fox was named the world's sexiest woman on Wednesday by an annual online poll, while the world's most Googled woman, Britney Spears, barely scraped in at No. 100 after a shocker of a year. Fox, 21, who starred...

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A $40 demo? Ars review of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue

Would Gran Turismo 5: Prologue stand on its own two feet? Probably not, but that doesn't take away from what's an amazing, but flawed, release. Ars reviews the first chunk of Gran Turismo 5.

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NES Cartridge Modded into NES System

This has to be the most jaw-dropping NES mod ever... putting a whole system-on-a-chip NES console clone into an original game cartridge. Talk about how to demonstrate the advances in shrinking electronics over the years!

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Girl, 15, to Have 16-Pound Facial Tumor Removed in Miami

A Vietnamese girl with a 16-pound facial tumor is in Miami awaiting surgery that will restore her ability to eat and speak. The International Kids Fund is seeking donations to fund Lai's surgery.

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GTA IV Creator Talks Inspirations, Hot Coffee, PS3 vs. Xbox

It's not that Rockstar founder Sam Houser is a man of few words. Get him talking about Grand Theft Auto IV and the British-born executive producer of the GTA series will fill two hours of audio tape. We were granted one in early January for EGM's GTA4 cover story. And here, for the first time, is the full interview....

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Top NFL Draft Busts of the Modern Era [PICS]

#17 - Lawrence Phillips - The NFL began psychological testing for draft prospects because of players like Lawrence Phillips. Rams coach Dick Vermeil thought he could control the troubled back, but St. Louis released Phillips a year after drafting him. The troubled back never found a permanent NFL home.

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Bush Sets Record for Highest Disapproval Rating Ever

President Bush has set a record he'd presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll.

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Duct Tape Saved Apollo 17 Moonbuggy

NASA "shares a story that turns back the clock 36 years to reveal the "key roll of duct tape in the Apollo program." The quality of the photographs from the moon always grabs me, and the duct-taped fender here is no exception.

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Is a Dog's Mouth Cleaner Than a Human's?

Here’s the myth that makes dogs sound like a dental miracle: Despite all the leftover macaroni, rubber bands and dead squirrels they chew, our canine friends still maintain better oral hygiene than human beings do, no matter how studiously we floss and how often we visit our dentists.

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10,000 Pot Smokers Have Marijuana Smoke-Out in Protest

10,000 people gathered , puffing joints till the air turned blue. University police stood by to maintain order, but no one was busted for smoking pot. In the meantime, the DEA is staunchly defending its policy against American farmers legally growing hemp, claiming it is an illegal substance.

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Man Arrested After Pumping Gas Into An Imaginary Car

According to the arrest report, Metro Police arrived at a gas station at First and Jefferson streets in Louisville and immediately smelled marijuana coming from Joshua L. Moore, who station clerks contend was filling up an imaginary vehicle.

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Coolest Wedding Rings Ever! ...Ya I know, I am a geek...

There you have it, the single most profound expression of your love and superiority over token ring in a $175 dollar package. Presumably, these Ethernet rings come in both straight-through and cross-over pin-outs for traditional and same-sex nerding.

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Economics 101: The Price of Gas

Gas prices are up and oil executives are once again testifying before Congress. Clearly, many politicians, pundits, and consumers lament the rising cost of gas. Before we join them in their chorus, let us take a step back and ask this question: Are gas prices really all that high?

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Last Request: Please Don't Smoke

Powerful last message

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TOP 10 Shirts To Get Arrested In

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11 of the Dumbest Business Decisions Ever

We’ve all made mistakes … but probably not big mistakes like making snot beer, saying no to The Beatles, or turning down the patent for the telephone. In fact, here are some of the biggest business blunders in history:

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BitTorrent Throttling ISPs Exposed by Azureus

Data collected by the BitTorrent client Azureus shows that Comcast might only be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to BitTorrent throttling ISPs. Early findings show that customers from quite a few other Internet service providers experience an unusually high amount of TCP-resets.

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13-year-old charged with felony

A Morton Middle School eighth-grader faces felony charges after putting crumbled peanut butter cookies in the lunch box of another student with a severe allergy to peanuts.

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Student Loan Checks Start To Bounce.

Norton thought he was set when he deposited a $16,000 student-loan check to pay for summer classes and the fall semester. But when he started to pay bills for classes, rent, and other expenses last week, his checks bounced.

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South Park wakes up to no internet!

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NYPD traffic cop parks in front of fire hydrant for lunch

That's why "you are not supposed to film any police, anybody who employed with the police department because of the terrorism".

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Report: Sony to unveil PS3 video service in July

According to anonymous executives close to the Los Angeles Times, Sony will announce an online video service for PS3 as early as summer, presumably (or conveniently) in July at E3, gaming's largest worldwide press event.

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'Bee-boy' born in Russian town

The doctors of the cardiological center in the Kemerovo region were shocked when they made ultrasonic examination and saw the heart of a newborn baby Vanya Maryin. He was born with a 5-chamber heart. Only bees have such heart constitution.

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