Haifa Fire: 5 Facts About the City Threatened by the Monster Blaze

Dec 3rd 2010 – 12:19 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 3) -- The massive wildfire raging in northern Israel has already claimed the lives of 41 people, but for an international team of firefighters conscripted to fight the blaze, the objective is...

From Robot Controller to Digital Bra-Maker: The Many Hacks of Xbox Kinect

Dec 3rd 2010 – 7:03 AM |AOL News

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(Dec. 3) -- Three-dimensional video chat. Green screens without a green screen. Sophisticated 3-D-mapping robots. Real-time virtual bras. This might sound like a rundown of the new gizmos on display...

Pollution Turns Birds Gay, Study Finds

Dec 2nd 2010 – 5:35 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 2) -- Leading to images of a dystopian future where men wander through smog-choked streets desperately trying to figure out whom to mate with (imagine the present with even more smog), Florida...

Just How Perfect Is Disney's Celebration?

Dec 2nd 2010 – 4:42 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 2) -- Murder has hit the community that Disney designed as an ultra-American wonderland. But while Celebration may feature Bing Crosby-laced foliage and front-porch rocking chairs, this isn't...

So It Looks Like NASA Probably Found Arsenic-Based Life

Dec 2nd 2010 – 11:32 AM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Dec. 2) -- Hours before today's much-hyped NASA news conference in which many have speculated the space agency might be ready to announce the existence of extraterrestrial life, the news appears to...

Food Safety Bill a Rare Moment of Bipartisanship

Nov 30th 2010 – 3:48 PM |AOL News

(Nov. 30) -- The Senate, expecting gridlock on key issues such as tax cuts and arms treaties, had an unusual moment of aisle-crossing today when it passed a hotly debated measure designed to beef up...

5 Facts About This Year's Rockefeller Center Tree

Nov 30th 2010 – 12:26 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

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(Nov. 30) -- Oh Christmas tree! The holiday season is upon us already, and New York's Rockefeller Center is getting ready for its annual Christmas tree lighting tonight. Here are a few facts about...

World AIDS Day Question: How Close Are We to a Cure?

Nov 30th 2010 – 11:46 AM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 30) -- Wednesday is World AIDS Day, where people around the world rally to raise funds and awareness to combat the still-potent global pandemic. But 30 years after the auto-immune disease...

Is WikiLeaks a Terrorist Organization? Rep. Peter King Thinks So

Nov 29th 2010 – 3:35 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 29) -- Journalists have called Julian Assange's WikiLeaks project a revolution in the way news gets to the public. Governments, not surprisingly, are less enthused about the shadowy Australian...

Mohamed Osman Mohamud: 5 Facts About the Portland Bomb Suspect

Nov 29th 2010 – 9:26 AM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 29) -- On Friday, the FBI arrested 19-year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud for allegedly attempting to detonate a van filled with dummy explosives at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Ore. With...

Nation Breathlessly Awaits DWTS Results: Will Bristol Win?

Nov 23rd 2010 – 2:20 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 23) -- The finale has aired, the results are being tallied, and the nation is waiting. Can dark horse "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Bristol Palin pull off an unlikely run toward taking...

'Gossip Girl'-Style Facebook Scandal Plays Out at Conn. Prep School

Nov 23rd 2010 – 1:18 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Nov. 23) -- America's elite prep schools may be portrayed as envious, insidious bastions of backstabbing politics on television, but in the real world they sometimes turn out to be -- well, pretty...

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