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English Gardener Grows Dragon in Front Yard

Posted: 22 May 2014 10:32 PM PDT

A dragon grows in England — and the fantastic beast surprisingly has nothing to do with Game of Thrones or the next Harry Potter film. Norfolk native John Brooker cultivates the creature out of his own hedges, tending to them for hours every day to get each snarling tooth and pointy claw just right. At about 100-feet long and 20-feet tall, this definitely isn't your garden variety shrub.

Godzilla Guy to Direct Star Wars Spinoff Movie

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:30 PM PDT

Director Gareth Edwards poses for photographers during the UK premiere of Godzilla in London on Sunday, May 11, 2014 Godzilla director Gareth Edwards will direct the first Star Wars spinoff movie, Lucasfilm announced Thursday — without revealing the first detail on what the movie is about. The untitled Star Wars movie got a scriptwriter and a release date, too. You'll be seeing it everywhere

World Cup Preview: Payback Time for the USA in Group G

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:28 PM PDT

United States forward Clint Dempsey, right, is congratulated by forward Herculez Gomez (9) and teammates after scoring during the first half of a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Guatemala in Kansas City, Kan., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 This is the seventh post in a series previewing the World Cup's eight groups. Read Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E and Group F; then check

Tourism in Thailand Goes on Despite Martial Law

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:22 PM PDT

Tourists take pictures of Thai soldiers guarding outside Thai police headquarters Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. BY JESSICA PLAUTZ Tourism is so important to Thailand that the announcement of martial law in the nation included a concession for travelers. On Thursday, Thailand's military chief announced the military had taken control of the government; a curfew has been imposed

Microsoft Surface Pro 3: What You Should Know

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:18 PM PDT

Microsoft unveiled its Surface Pro 3 this week, calling it "a tablet that can replace your laptop." The third-generation Surface Pro tablet is larger and lighter than its predecessor, but will this mean more success in the market than its previous iteration? SEE ALSO: 7 Things You Didn't Know About Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 To discuss its market potential, specs and more, we're hosting a 

Disney's 'Big Hero 6' Trailer: This Robot's Struggle Is Real

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:14 PM PDT

In Disney's first full trailer for Big Hero 6, teen prodigy Hiro Hamada turns his synthetic buddy Baymax — who looks like a much fatter, taller Pillsbury Doughboy — into a battle-ready robot. The movie is inspired by Marvel's comic book series of the same name. The new trailer, released Thursday, shows the young robotics genius struggling to fit Baymax into red high-tech body gear and a purple

National Weather Service Warning System Hobbled by Outage at Worst Possible Time

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:12 PM PDT

National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Rose works at the NWS facility in Old Hickory, Tenn. As severe thunderstorms, some spawning damaging tornadoes, erupted across the country from Denver, Colorado, to Albany, New York, a widespread data outage hit the National Weather Service (NWS) on Thursday. Radar data stopped flowing to mobile apps and NWS websites for at least a half an hour, and

Investors to Facebook: Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:09 PM PDT

The Nasdaq MarketSite welcomes the Facebook IPO in New York's Times Square in 2012. "I'm a shareholder since the IPO," a Facebook investor said on Thursday. "Thank you for making me money." Those words would have been almost unthinkable a year ago when Facebook held its first annual shareholder meeting as a public company. But several Facebook investors echoed that sentiment during the

Microsoft Beats Secret FBI Data Request

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:07 PM PDT

In a rare legal challenge, Microsoft fought against a secretive data requests from the FBI last year — a National Security Letter (NSL) — and forced the feds to back down, the company revealed Thursday. The FBI asked for Microsoft data concerning an unnamed enterprise customer's account with an NSL in late 2013. The request came with a gag order, which is normal for NSLs, meaning the company

10 Dogs That Will Break Your Heart, Then Make You Smile

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:05 PM PDT

Beach corgi is good to roll. Image courtesy of Eddie's Wheels Willa helps teach vet techs at a community college. Image courtesy of Eddie's Wheels Pepper Grable is a pug ready to get on the move. Image courtesy of Eddie's Wheels Roo is really excited about the new wheels. Image courtesy of Eddie's Wheels Luther the dog and Stu the bunny. Image courtesy of 

Cute Calf Gets a Shiny New Set of Prosthetic Hooves to Help Him Walk

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:06 PM PDT

Thanks to science, this calf can get mooo-ving. A Texas calf has a shiny new set of hooves to break in, thanks to a team of hard-working prosthetic limb makers. The Virginia-born calf, named Hero, got a new set of prosthetic hooves on Wednesday to accommodate his growing size. Hero's caretaker, Kitty Martin, rescued the calf from a Virginia farm in 2013 after frostbite claimed his back

This Isn't a Siamese Dream — Billy Corgan Is Cuddling Kittens

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:02 PM PDT

BY ANDREA ROMANO Say what you want about eccentric rocker Billy Corgan, but his feline friends think he's purr-fect. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman appeared on the cover of PAWS Chicago magazine, the literary arm of the no-kill organization that shelters and re-homes thousands of cats and dogs. The two adorable cats Corgan is holding on the cover are his personal pets, Sammi and Mr.

Calming Indonesian Travel Montage Takes Your Mind on Vacation

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:01 PM PDT

Sometimes we need a gentle reminder to appreciate the the world around us. It's easy to let monotony and normalcy of a schedule reign over our thoughts, forcing us to forget the beautiful aspects of life and everything around us. Nhi Dang's travel montage, entitled "Lost in Indonesia," beautifully captures her 10-day journey through the islands. The tranquil soundscapes combined with the

49 Million Tons of Electronic Waste Generated in 2012

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:00 PM PDT

TV and computer monitors are rounded up at a recycling point. BY ANDREA ROMANO We all love the thrill of buying a shiny, new gadget, but very little thought goes into what we do with our old devices. Some companies, like Apple, offer recycling programs for our old electronics, but often times, our obsolete technology ends up in a scrap heap. Researchers at StEP, an initiative for the

Finally, Robots That Turn Into Furniture

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:59 PM PDT

Get ready for self-constructing, shape shifting, moving-on-command furniture — or as its creator like to call it, Roombots. There are a lot of things we imagine our future robot overlords doing. But making, or rather being our furniture is probably not one of them. The kind of robot furnishings researchers at Switzerland-based technical university Ecole Polytechnique Federerale de Lausanne (

Thailand's Military Forces Total Media Blackout Amid Coup

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:58 PM PDT

Thai soldiers stand guard in front of the Democracy Monument after the coup Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's military seized power Thursday in a bloodless coup, dissolving the government, suspending the constitution and dispersing groups of protesters from both sides of the country's political divide who had gathered in Bangkok and raised fears of a violent showdown.

Celebrities Still Don't Care About Your Mean Tweets

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:55 PM PDT

When life gives you mean tweets, go on Jimmy Kimmel Live and confront them. For the seventh time (yes, this has yet to get old), Kimmel has persuaded Hollywood big shots to confront their heartless Twitter trolls in another edition of "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets." A choice favorite: "Matthew McConaughey is a d*ck turd." But, as McConaughey suggests, doesn't present the question "What

NOAA Predicts Mild Hurricane Season, But Cautions 'It Only Takes One' for Disaster

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:53 PM PDT

This May 12, 2014 photo shows a house across from the ocean in the Ortley Beach section of Toms River N.J. in much the same condition as it was the day after Superstorm Sandy destroyed it. The 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season is likely to feature a near-to-slightly-below average number of tropical storms, hurricanes and intense hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (

Obama Takes a Surprise Walk Around D.C., Meets With Normals

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:52 PM PDT

President Obama stepped out from his White House bubble on Wednesday to greet a bunch of normals who happened to be in Washington, D.C., that day. A video released by the White House, called "The President Takes a Surprise Walk," provides ample record of this historical moment, and shows us all how we'd react if we randomly encountered Obama on a stroll across Washington. "The bear is

Critics Slam 'Watered-Down' Surveillance Bill That Congress Just Passed

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:50 PM PDT

In this Jan. 17, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama Talks about National Security Agency surveillance at the Justice Department in Washington. A surveillance bill aiming to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records passed the House on Thursday, despite privacy advocates calling it "weak," "watered-down" and "dangerously broad." Known as the USA Freedom

Facebook Product Director in Rant About the Media: 'Someone Fix This Sh*t'

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:46 PM PDT

A Facebook product director has kicked off a discussion of the problems with modern media. Facebook product director Mike Hudack has generated a fiery debate about the state of modern media with a rant posted to his public page (embedded below). Hudack's screed centered around a Vox.com article. Vox refuted a claim by Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh that freezing pairs of jeans is a more

For USA World Cup Team, the Road to Brazil Starts at Stanford

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:44 PM PDT

United States players participate in a juggling drill during a training session in preparation for the World Cup soccer tournament on Friday, May 16, 2014, in Stanford, Calif. STANFORD, California — Kyle Beckerman says he and the 29 young men with him "feel like we go to Stanford right now." They do spend most of their time at this idyllic Northern California university. And it's true that he

Facebook Lets Restaurants Post Menus to Their Pages

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:43 PM PDT

Aiming to keep users on the platform and possibly prompt more ads, Facebook started letting restaurants post menus on their Facebook pages on Thursday. The social networking giant is using Constant Contact's SinglePlatform, an online listing service that helps local businesses showcase products, photos and menus. The program is only available right now in the U.S. and Canada, though if your

This Is the Earth (in 36,422 Selfies)

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:41 PM PDT

The images depict both halves of the globe. All the world's a selfie. It just took NASA's help to figure that out. NASA created a mosaic of the globe from 36,422 selfies taken by people across the planet and released the image on Thursday. On Earth Day this year, NASA asked people around the world to submit selfies on social media using the hashtag #GlobalSelfie and to answer the question

23 Americans Are Going to the World Cup and Not One Is Landon Donovan

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:40 PM PDT

Aron Johannsson, center, of the U.S. celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Panama in a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match, in Panama City, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Alright, America: How much do you trust Jurgen Klinsmann? The United States Men's National Team (USMNT) coach unveiled his final 23-man roster for the 2014 World Cup on Thursday afternoon — much earlier than
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