Earthquake rattles the East Coast, Californians think it's hilarious.

Missing Santa Fe boy found safe, after his father kills himself.

Water waste violations are up.

Walmart is dying, so is Groupon.

Son of Sam killer David Berkowitz won't seek parole.

Hurricane Irene is threatening much of the East Coast.

Hot Sauce Mom convicted of child abuse.

Have you tried the new flesh-eating cocaine?

Facebook adds new privacy settings.

Marines in Afghanistan ordered not to fart audibly.

Goofing around on the internet at work can make you more productive.

A UFO interrupts a British newscast.

Summer's worst new burger names.

How to ween yourself off caffeine.

NBC is developing a drama set in 1980s professional wrestling.

Meet the world's first camcorder pirates.

What are the implications of a six-sided earth?

Netflix acquires 1,200 hours of Telemundo programming.

This is why you should avoid buying cheap wine.

Check out this $1.7 million steampunk apartment.

Happy Birthday Vince McMahon!!!

• Sweet! (shredder) [ Wed Aug 24 2011 1:54 PM ]
  

If you love balloons, this might make you mad. France surpassed one of Albuquerque's ballooning records.

Thirteenth arrest made in News of the World scandal—an L.A.-based celebrity journalist.

David Letterman receives death threat from online jihadist.

New policy might mean fewer deportations of illegal immigrants who pose no threat and don't commit crimes.

Suicide attack kills eight at British council in Kabul.

New people's movement in India, led by Gandhi-esque social activist, meant to stop corruption.

xkcd illustrates the best workout.

New study supports the idea that not getting enough sleep can really mess you up.

A comedy about dealing with cancer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Plus, he needs your story contributions for a cool project.

With 15 more civilian casualties, the UN says Syrian government may be guilty of crimes against humanity.

Dow Jones sets a record by moving at least 400 points for four consecutive days.

The Pentagon releases names of the 38 people who were in the military transport helicopter shot down by the Taliban last Saturday.

Cleveland serial killer sentenced to the death penalty.

The Guardian thinks Republican debate was a snoozefest, Al Jazeera calls it hard-hitting.

A twelve-year-old rescued off the coast of Washington spent approximately 15 minutes under water and is alive and speaking.

Why we don't stand up and fight back in the U.S.

London teen who predicted riots predicts more.

Security forces open fire on Syrian protestors; killed 11 earlier.

Hawaiian boy catches rare and weird-looking blanket octopus.

The Oatmeal's Minor Differences Part 4, including how American accents sound to the British.

Oslo rocked by bombing.

Pentagon repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" law.

Let's save Greece.

Farm thieves!

Lucian Freud, significant artist and grandson of Sigmund, dies at 88.

Ostalgia: New York exhibition features work by artists from former Soviet Block.

Newspaper mug shot shaming of DWI arrestees may not be working.

Heatwave seizes United States and Canada. Yep.

Malawi citizens protest unemployment, lack of aid and president, Bingu wa Mutharika.

Canada deports Chinese man accused of smuggling, who sought refugee status.

How to identify Southeast Asian sea life.

Jill Bolte Taylor brought a human brain to her TED talk

TED: Ideas Worth Sharing. The TED website is awesome. It lets you search all the talks and even organize them based on criteria like how much they’re watched , number of comments people have posted on them or the date they were filmed.

I was excited to see that one of my favorites, Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity, was in the top ten most viewed. I was also ecstatic to see that there were nine much loved talks I hadn’t seen at all, and proceeded to spend most of a morning cramming my brain with inspirational fuel.

The others currently in the top ten most watched are:

Elizabeth Gilbert”s TED talk on genius

Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight

David Gallo shows underwater astonishments

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense

Arthur Benjamin does "Mathemagic"

Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen

Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth

Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?

 

Check these out, and then click around at random to watch more. I have never stumbled upon a TED talk that was less than thrilling. After you get really jazzed about TED, you’ll want to get tickets to TEDx Albuquerque. Get the details here. It’s a chance for us to absorb some of the TED talk energy live.

AND, yes, this is the blog on which you should comment if you want FREE tickets! Just tell us what your favorite TED talk is, and the Alibi will give a pair of tickets to the first two people who leave a comment. Then I can spend the afternoon watching your favorite talks. Sweet.

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Volcano erupts in Indonesia, evacuating thousands.

Kenya opens new refugee camp to deal with influx of Somalis facing starvation.

Misinformation may be un-erasable from our brains.

A DuPont herbicide suspected of killing trees.

A conspiracy theory about fluoride.

FBI investigates claim that journalists tried to hack phones after 9/11.

The United States has a lot of debt, dudes.

This short film about robots rioting in Brixton is cool.

Some idiot sends an email to The Oatmeal and he grades it.

Regretsy helps you know what is NOT steampunk.

Spotify hits the US and may reconfigure the music world.

What the heck is Spotify?

APD SWAT needed to break up domestic dispute.

Thousands of Egyptians demand faster reform, fill Tahrir square again.

Also, thousands of Syrians protest president, fill Hama.

South Sudan becomes an independent country tomorrow. Happy birthday, South Sudan!

Man falls from stands to death, trying to catch ball at Rangers game.

Twins born 50 hours apart, in two different counties.

California prison inmates on hunger strike over isolating conditions.

Texas is all "I do what I want," and executes Humberto Leal.

Dude, the unemployment rate is high.

Roger Ebert's appropriately scathing review of a dumbed-down Great Gatsby. With winch-inducing excerpts!

Doghouse Diaries on camera technology.

Fatal crash shut down 125 southbound last night.

Last night's Bosque fire intentionally set by trespassing teen.

Las Conchas fire still swallowing acres.

Auto updates on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn trial.

Another candidate vies for Republican nomination.

Someone nails down the secrets of Brad Pitt's acting.

Justin Timberlake buys Myspace.

War speeds toward Sudan.

Fish and Wildlife Service releases plan to save Spotted Owl. Finally.

The Oatmeal's take on smartphones.

Do you know about Google Voice Search?

Poets name the worst clichéd phrases.

Petraeus says plan to get troops out of Afghanistan is "too aggressive."

Is Google abusing its power?

Owner of ghost town shooting stumps cops.

This top-selling weed killer probably causes birth defects.

Fire whisperers determine wildfires' next moves.

Women charged with murder after miscarriages.

Hackers: Funny or criminals?

Dressers are behind-the-scenes best friends for actors.

Chefs give tips for how to eat well on planes.

Cameron Diaz is a bad teacher. Hot.

• Modest proposal for Roundup problem (sloppy) [ Fri Jun 24 2011 2:04 PM ]
  

East mountain fire flared last night.

The U.N. passed a GLBT rights resolution.

Don't make death threats to judges.

Obama says he didn't need permission to take military action in Libya, so there.

Weiner resigns.

Pictures of mummies!

Yemen, which you forgot about, still protesting.

Did you already read about these crazy poisonous snakes on our blog? If not, read about it here.

Scientists add memory to rat!

New York Times calls Green Lantern chintzy!

How The Oatmeal thinks 127 Hours should have ended (with spoiler!).

There's all that annoying smoke from the Wallow fire, but at least we weren't evacuated.

More of these damn tornadoes.

Don't keep dead rhinos in your backyard like this guy does.

A marijuana expo...medical. Of course.

Government hackers want you to make cupcakes, not bombs.

Gunman kills six in Arizona, including himself.

We have a new deadly strand of mutant E coli. Awesome.

Salvador Dali Foundation irked about the artist's name getting slapped on just anything.

This woman has ten reasons why Sarah Palin should run for president. Ten yawl.

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Just in the nick of time, four more years of the Patriot Act.

Hilary Clinton makes surprise visit to Pakistan

Your shark meat could be perch! A study shows that a large percentage of commercial fish is fraudulently labeled.

Saudi woman jailed for driving her car and posting a video of it on Youtube.

A new drug of choice on the prison scene.

Officials concerned that turning red light cameras off may increase red light running. Hmm.

Drought forces NM cattle to graze on federal land.

Russia offers to help Gadhafi exit; France wants heavier attack.

APS trying to force students to come to one last day.

Oh no, cost of coffee going up worldwide!

The Daily Word is late because I couldn't stop looking at XKCD.

Believers say goodbye because tomorrow's Judgement Day

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister get tense.

Atheist entrepreneur charges for post-Rapture pet care.

The guy climbing the building at Effex dies.

How do we know it's Judgement Day? Some portions of the theory here.

New treatment helps paralyzed man stand, walk.

Filmmaker Lars von Trier announces he's a Nazi and is banned from Cannes

Guatemalan First Lady to divorce husband and run for president herself.

Italian anger over ugly statue of the pope.

Some British film critics give the highs and lows of this year's Cannes Film Festival

Facebook event Post Rapture Looting had more than 520, 000 friends this morning.

Newest from The Oatmeal: how fun it is to help someone move.

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Web Feature: Students seek Gay-Straight Alliance in Clovis

News Bite: Pride flag flies in Clovis

Guest Editorial: Did UNM’s top dog sucker the regents into paying him too much?

A Close Call: PBS president breathes a sigh of relief

Council Watch: Curbside recycling

Odds & Ends: KFC teeth-tester, cow attempts milk robbery, speeders beware, barn voyeur

Letters: Not “new agey,” the weatha, bye Borders, Wisconsin and Nazi Germany, dump Trump, utilities correction

Courtesy of the Cordova family

Tera Cordova Chavez

“She Loved Strong”: The life of Tera Cordova Chavez

Council Watch: Calling all train lovers

Odds & Ends: Ayapaneco, tragic coincidence, smoke a hearing aid, TV shooting

Letters: Don’t murder Otero Mesa, vitamin D-ebate, monkeys run this place