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Modern-Day Captain Ahab Spears Whale With Cruise Ship

The Sapphire Princess, a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises, struck a 43 foot long female humpback whale on Wednesday, causing it to become lodged in an undersea protuberance of the bow.

Chelsea Clinton's $3m not quite royal wedding

The entrance to the town of Rhinebeck, a tiny rural idyll about 100 miles north of New York, is marked by a sign reading "Mulch for Sale".

San Francisco: Diana Gameros at this weekend's Bicycle Music Festival

This Saturday in San Francisco, the largest bicycle-powered music festival in the world takes place in Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadow and throughout the city. Bike powered? Think Gilligan's Island.

Report: retailer lists 'Hardened,' 'Prestige' editions of Call of Duty: Black Ops

Last year's "Hardened" and "Prestige" editions of Modern Warfare 2 set a precedent -- a precedent apparently being reinforced by similar "limited editions" for Call of Duty: Black Ops, as spotted by IGN. The listing was seen over on Buy.

Retailer lists Black Ops" Hardened and Prestige editions

As if there was any doubt, it looks like online retailer Buy.com has listed Hardened and Prestige editions of the upcoming sure-to-make-millions entry in the always-makes-millions Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops: the Hardened edition at $79.99 and the Prestige at $149.99, the same prices as the sp

Intellivision Lives! comes back from the dead this September

Virtual Play Games unearthed a collection of ancient relics, believed to have been called "Intellivision games" in their time.

10 Stunning Photos of Far Away Galaxies (Slideshow)

Stargazing has been popular since that day our ancestors learned to look up at the sky and wonder, "what's out there?" Now, thanks to modern developments like space telescopes, orbiting satellites, high-tech space stations and observatories, we can see the universe (and our earthly

Five stunning stone circles (besides Stonehenge)

Every year thousands of tourists flock to Stonehenge, the iconic stone circle on Salisbury Plain, England.

Hitachi emulates "Minority Report" a new gesture interface

[TRANSLATION] Everything is not invented a lot of that, someone has to repeat it ad nauseam. When the touch-screens, the entertainment industry looked for a digital signal, where the projects are born Kinecta Microsoft .

The WAR Against Age

In this article I examine at what ages baseball"s very best hitters had their best seasons as measured by wins above replacement ( WAR I looked at the top 40 position players in career WAR and plotted their top 5 seasons against their age during that season.