cnn.com — His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test this year at Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider, which will be the world's most powerful particle accelerator.The accelerator, estimated to cost between $5 billion and $10 billion, could provide answers to questions physicists have had for decades.

"When I figured out how to do that for myself, I just thought it was just the coolest thing, that little old me, scratching away on my piece of paper, could figure this out," he said. "From about 13 or 14, I knew that this is what I wanted to do."

www.consortiumnews.com - Unlike the attack on Iraq five years ago, to deal with Iran there need be no massing of troops. And, with the propaganda buildup already well under way, there need be little, if any, forewarning before shock and awe and pox – in the form of air and missile attacks – begin.

This time it will be largely the Air Force’s show, punctuated by missile and air strikes by the Navy. Israeli-American agreement has now been reached at the highest level; the armed forces planners, plotters and pilots are working out the details.

Emerging from a 90-minute White House meeting with President George W. Bush on June 4, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the two leaders were of one mind:

“We reached agreement on the need to take care of the Iranian threat. I left with a lot less question marks [than] I had entered with regarding the means, the timetable restrictions, and American resoluteness to deal with the problem. George Bush understands the severity of the Iranian threat and the need to vanquish it, and intends to act on that matter before the end of his term in the White House.”

www.wired.com - "We're talking about every man, woman and child basically having a supercomputer on their desk," says Jon Peddie, a graphics-industry veteran and president of Jon Peddie Research.

blog.wired.com - There is a lot of CO2 ice on Mars in the winter. However, Phoenix landed in the Martian arctic during the summer (because the lander is solar powered, the extra summer light is a necessity). In the Martian summer it is much too hot for dry ice to be solid. It would be like trying to keep water ice from melting on a 140-degree day here on Earth.

maxim.com — #3. Spice Rack -- Impression it gives: You have a dignified palate tuned to the finer flavors in life. Why you shouldn't use them: Show us one thing rack spice can do that Mrs. Dash and garlic powder won't take care of, and we'll eat our perfectly seasoned hat.

collegehumor.com — Listen to the whole thing. He starts to sound like your older retarded brother towards the end.

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huffingtonpost.com — Republicans have hammered Michelle Obama for her remarks in February that she was proud of America "for the first time in my adult life." Tonight, however, Dan Abrams showed footage he uncovered of a Fox News interview with John McCain on March 13, 2008, in which McCain said, "I didn't really love America until I was deprived of her company."

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — Perhaps he really does mean for change...He personally called the women that were not allowed on stage with him to apologize. Can you see McCain doing this?

salon.com — Congress is going to decree that the President has the power to order private citizens to break the law, as well as to spy on our telephone calls and emails with no warrants. Well done, Democrats!

networkworld.com — Parts of the blogosphere have been buzzing over the discovery of a 1.5-meter Ethernet cable that is being sold for the insane price of $499. The cable would cost you $4 elsewhere. The manufacturer is Denon, and the target customer is the "audio enthusiast." Apparently "audio enthusiast" is Denonese for "sucker."

gizmodo.com — Almost 4,000 pieces of absolute nerdgasmic technological terror now available to order, showing 14 scenes that were in the no-moon during the original trilogy. We have all the official info + three high def photos at every angle of this amazing set, with 21 amazing mini-figs, including Han and Luke dressed up as Lego Imperial Stormtroopers.

youtube.com — The latest in a series of recent high-profile media "mea culpas," CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan told Jon Stewart she'd "blow her brains out" if forced to watch what passes for TV news coverage in America.

torrentfreak.com — Despite public protests both online and on the streets of Stockholm, the Swedish parliament has voted in favor of a new “wiretapping” law which invades the privacy of its citizens by allowing the government to monitor web traffic and phone calls, without the need for court orders or similar authorization.

null-hypothesis.co.uk — Quotes from some of the greatest minds on the planet on inventions they deemed had no future. From the Head of Century Fox declaring TV had no more than six months to the Chairman of IBM declaring that there is no need for more than five computers in the World.

norml.org — States that have authorized the use of medical cannabis by qualified patients have not experienced an increase in pot use by the general population, according to a report issued this week by the Marijuana Policy Project. In seven of the twelve states, marijuana use among young people declined at rates that exceeded the national average.

blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - Well, it's working now -- but not without some help from a Windows test manager.

www.timesonline.co.uk - It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to change his test grades from Fs to As.

matador.org - "Below you’ll find ten of the world’s most precious endangered species and some interesting facts highlighting the urgency with which we should protect them."

askmen.com - There is no other company more synonymous with the internet than Google. As the mother of all search engines (a legitimate title considering Google surpassed Yahoo! as the most visited website in the U.S. in 2008), Google has come a long way since its early beginnings. It is also ranked as the No. 1 company to work for, according to Fortune magazine. Its popularity has become so widespread that most think Google was born along with the internet. To others, however, Google is the pinnacle of all internet companies -- a multifaceted search engine extraordinaire.

Why such intrigue? Well, here are a just a few things you didn’t know about Google.

gizmodo.com — Croatian police said she was last seen by neighbours in 1966, when she would have been 42 years old

chicagotribune.com — Sure, it's nice to know who's trying to help the environment, but which celebrities are contributing to all of the problems? Find out!

gizmodo.com - If you ever wondered where the Galactic Empire gets all those stormtroopers, look no further than the Lego factory in Denmark: here's an exclusive video about how the iconic mini-figure gets its characteristic evil look after getting out of the mold machine. The printing of these mini-figs is one of the most expensive processes at the Lego factory

bestweekever.tv — Ferris Bueller ’s Day Off + Requiem For A Dream score = Save Ferris, indeed.

blog.muchmusic.com — A list of the 10 worst things musicians have done to piss off their fans, and show a blatant disregard to those who are responsible for their success. Very very true!

tastybooze.com — Even booze hounds need to have goals in life so, I decided to come up with a list of the 10 things that every true drinker should accomplish before they die.

networkworld.com — We're talking about a children's snack shaped like the tiny plastic building blocks that every kid fortunate enough to have toys has put in his or her mouth at one time or another. What could they possibly have been thinking? And how did this ever get by the lawyers?

freedomworks.org — This is a provision with huge reach, and was slipped into the bill this week. Not only does it affect nearly every credit card transaction, such as Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, but the bill specifically targets payment systems like eBay's PayPal, Amazon, and Google Checkout, that are used by many online businesses.

blogs.computerworld.com — There are two reasons why it should not be illegal, or considered unethical, to use someone else's Wi-Fi network: 1) By using a Wi-Fi network you're -- by definition -- asking for, and receiving, permission from the owner; and 2) Your computer can't be on their Wi-Fi network unless their network is in your computer.

kotaku.com — People aren't just using the Spore Creature Creator to make penis monsters. Creative kids are trading ***** for controllers — just look at what Kotakuite zOmbi's friend Eric made in the Spore creator editor a few minutes ago. Yep, that's right, Eric made an Xbox 360 controller.

time.com — As summer vacation begins, 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies —more than four times the number of pregnancies the 1,200-student school had last year. Some adults dismissed the statistic as a blip. Others blamed hit movies like Juno and Knocked Up for glamorizing young unwed mothers...

i.dailymail.co.uk — these were the words written by newlyweds Sharon Papo (L) and Amber Weiss (R) stand with Patti and David Weiss outside San Francisco City Hall after exchanging wedding vows on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in California

youtube.com — Barack Obama talks about the decision to opt-out of the broken public financing system.

huffingtonpost.com — "The Obama campaign today announced the release of its first television advertisement for the general election," an Obama camp press release states. "The sixty second ad, entitled "Country I Love," will begin airing in eighteen states across the country tomorrow to highlight how our shared values have shaped Senator Obama's life."

phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu — "It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it's ice. There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can't do that."