Albuquerque restauranteur's decision not to pay the new minimum wage has sparked a call to boycott the business.

Some high ranking APD cops are the subjects of a new internal affairs investigation.

Competitive mass-shooting?

Documentary about the file-sharing site Pirate Bay premieres Friday.

Assange for Senator? Interesting new interview with the Wikileaks founder.

There was a diamond heist in Brussels.

There are Ganymedean slime molds all over the part of Siberia that was struck by a meteor.

Are drones armed with shotguns and grenade launchers and operated by local police departments in our terrible and absurd future?

The Chubby Checker app.

It appears the Chinese military is responsible for a great amount of cyber espionage world wide.

This record store only buys&sells copies of The White Album.

The longest war drones on: An ever-evolving terrorist kill list has been brought to light on the heels of a CIA request to expand its fleet of unmanned aerial weaponry.

Also, new Boeing microwave weapon technology "may change the future of warfare."

An Italian court convicted a group of scientists to six years in prison for not predicting something they're not capable of predicting.

Two survivors of Auschwitz died this week.

Paraplegic man left in the desert on the Navajo Nation dragged himself to safety after three days.

Doubts swirl around the alleged shooting of Mexico's Los Zetas crime cartel founder.

Topless Ukranian feminists may be hatching plans to disrupt the upcoming election in their country.

Retired bunnies.

Some great instrumental hip-hop just arrived.

American formerly held in solitary confinement in Iran visits a California prison.

An entreaty to commit social network suicide.

"The house would be printed in 31 sections using the largest 3D printer currently available, then transported by truck to the site and fitted together."

"Limited Area."

Japanese Juggling Festival excellence.

Do they click when you walk?

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Supersonic human free fall has been rescheduled for Sunday due to weather.

Navajo Nation will put drone tech to good use by using an unmanned aircraft to monitor crops.

Soprano to take a Virgin Galactic flight into space and siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

A diamond planet bigger than Earth.

Anarchist Peter Rabbit.

13 obscure punctuation symbols you might like to use, such as the authority point and the snark mark.

Lots of people are going to be sassy Big Bird for Halloween.

Do you guys care about the veep throwdown? Guardian says it's crucial. And USA Today breaks it down. All the way down. "Joe just needs to be Joe," says the prez.

Advice from Miami stripper Skrawberry. (Warning: Kinda raw.)

America is not mostly Protestant anymore.

How to find truth on the Internet.

In today's so-obvious-maybe-it's-not-news news: NRA backs Heather Wilson.

Some pop stars to be naked on their album covers.

Gov. Martinez wants to evict the Mexican gray wolf pack.

And she's talking about driver's licenses some more.

Joanie Cunningham lives in a trailer park.

"Ladies man puts on gun show at Sonic."

Texas may increase the state speed limit to 85mph.

Scientists in Oregon are really trying hard to kill the Japanese sea creatures.

Sad story from Penasco, NM.

Remember the kaiboshed donkey-semen-chugging segment of Fear Factor? Here it is.

First manned Chinese space flight.

Here is a CBC interview with the guy who turned his dead cat into a helicopter.

City says the Lead/Coal project will be completely finished in three weeks.

Wildfire near Ruidoso.

Like another island off the coast of New York City, Hart Island features the ruins of a shuttered institution and an interesting history.

It's the anniversary of the escape from Alcatraz.

For the millionth time, scientists warn that the planet is approaching the point of no return, calamity-wise.

Did the dismembering-porn-killer chop people up in L.A. and Miami as well?

This hysterical bank customer stole the bank-robber's getaway car.

eldiabolik.com has a great psychotronic podcast composed largely of sixties/seventies soundtrack music.

Dumb pictures from online dating sites.

Someone stole 400,000 toothpicks.

New Mexico's Lightning Field is in need of restoration.

Domestic spy-drones.

Yesterday was Nancy Sinatra's birthday and today is Johnny Depp's birthday.

Minority births are the majority in the U.S.

A semi truck carrying lighter fluid just combusted on I-40.

If you're wondering why there are throngs of people in Albuquerque on Sunday, it's the eclipse.

Will drones spy on us?

Council plans for a stripper database delayed.

Tape dress. Neat.

The world's oldest yoga teacher is 93. And she's a badass.

Republican Super Pac plotting extreme attack ads about President Obama.

Limbless man attempting to swim between five continents.

Coffee drinkers live longer, says my new favorite study.

Fake chicken meat-maker promises new nonflesh will be even better than the real thing.

Gale-force wind in yo face.

"Extremely dangerous" cage fighter on the loose.

When rabid cows attack.

The always entertaining Rio Grande Sun police blotter.

Photo gallery of the decaying quarantine (Typhoid Mary was a guest) and drug rehabilitation facility on North Brother Island in the East River, New York City.

Now that you've seen the new Ferris Bueller Honda ad, you don't have to watch the Superbowl!

Queensland, Australia is flooding for the second summer in a row.

Anonymous are about to make a pile of emails relating to the 2005 Haditha massacre available on Pirate Bay.

Worried about potential libel claims? Let's revisit the "small penis rule."

Photo Gallery of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's (decaying, of course) Heritage U.S.A. theme park.

U.S. drones purposely killing funeral attendees and rescuers in Pakistan?

Today in 1914 William S. Burroughs was born.

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Family of civil rights lawyer Mary Han says police botched the investigation of her death.

Los Ranchos may get a plastic bag manufacturing plant that operates 24 hours a day.

Guv sent out letters to see whether immigrants with driver’s licenses still live in the state. She says more than a quarter of them were sent back by the post office.

Bernie Madoff’s pants can house your iPad.

Carlsbad is running out of water.

Tonight, Republican candidates will debate in Iowa. Gawker’s got your predictions.

More people are getting their tattoos removed.

Cybersex 2.0

The secrets of hand hearts revealed.

Robotic exoskeleton. Yhuuuuuusssssssssss.

Underwater volcano to erupt near Oregon.

American distillers may be rushing whiskey. Crisis?

An investigative report on the use of drones.

The top 100 sci-fi and fantasy books.

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Justin Wright, a.k.a. Expo ’70, channels the deep-space kosmische kourier aesthetic of early psychedelic improv practitioners Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel and (perhaps especially) the pre-sequencer Tangerine Dream. His echoing soundscapes embrace the synthetic and the organic, from the otherworldly skirling of analog synths to the earthy rumble of distorted guitars. If you notice vibrations in your diaphragm or a distant hissing in your ears, do not panic, these are merely the first signs of imminent sonic destruction. Albuquerque dronesters Hedia and Luperci start this all-ages show at Winning Coffee Co. (111 Harvard SE); the doors of perception open at 7 p.m.