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Workers rescued after oil platform fire
A fire on a well connected to an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Earl weakening as it approaches East Coast
Large and powerful Hurricane Earl prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard ...

BP removes cap from ruptured well
Crews removed the cap from BP's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late Thursday afternoon, ...

1 man, 2 murders lead to tough laws for sex crimes
Brent King says it still "takes my breath away" to talk about his daughter in the ...

USA: Obama vows to defeat extremists after foiled airline attack
US President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to defeat violent extremists following ...

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban release video of captured US soldier
The Taliban have released a video of captured US soldier Robert Bergdahl, six months ...

WEATHER: Deadly storm hampers Christmas celebrations in central US
A massive storm in the center of the US has forced scores of churches to cancel Christmas ...

USA: Senate passes Obama's keynote healthcare reform bill
The US Senate passed a sweeping health care reform bill early Thursday by 60 votes ...

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SI.com's 2010 Preseason Crystal Ball

No. 1 pick? Time for Locker to prove it
Jake Locker has been called a potential first-round NFL pick for so long that you ...

Damon Hack: 2010 NFC North Division Preview
The black-and-blue division moniker no longer fits. The NFC North features some of ...

Paul Daugherty: Believe the hype? Reds' Chapman comes out throwing gas
How long does it take a 104 mph Aroldis Chapman heater to reach home plate? About ...

FOOTBALL: France players accuse former coach of ratting on Anelka
Three French football internationals have accused Raymond Domenech, the former coach ...

TENNIS - US OPEN: Angry Roddick falls in second round
A foot fault made home favourite Andy Roddick lose his nerve against Janko Tipsarevic ...

BASKETBALL: USA slam dunk Iran at world championship
The US smacked Iran on the basketball court 88-51 on Wednesday, making four for four ...

FOOTBALL: Zidane visits new-look Les Bleus ahead of key Belarus match
With just a few days to go before France’s first Euro 2012 qualifier against Belarus, ...

What’s it going to take to topple mighty SEC?
Johnston: The conference's strength isn't exactly breaking news. After all, SEC teams ...

Alabama's Dareus ruled ineligible for 2 games
The NCAA has declared Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus ineligible for two games ...

Sabathia, Granderson give Yankees 4-game sweep
From the very first batter, the Oakland Athletics simply looked overmatched against ...

U.S. teen Capra to face Sharapova at Open
18-year-old Beatrice Capra, a wild-card entry ranked 371st, upset 18th-seeded Aravane ...

Fears grow over global food supply
Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain export ban, raising fears about ...

Wall St backs Dinallo for NY attorney-general
Wall Street is backing the right-hand man of Elliot Spitzer, its previous scourge, ...

Foreign companies ‘losing out’ in China
Foreign companies are losing market share in China across a broad range of industries ...

Leaders agree to meet again on Mideast
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to negotiate a ‘framework’ for peace talks ...

5 things you must know about homeowners insurance
1. Loyalty is overrated

The fading iPod Classic
The iPod helped Apple rise from the dead in the last decade. But the iPod Classic, ...

Oil roars into September 'like a lion'
After ending August in a slump, oil prices surged into September, rallying nearly ...

Quit whining, Wall Street. Nothing has changed.
There goes Dan Loeb again, sounding off to great effect. He used to confine himself ...

FOOD INDUSTRY: Burger King agrees to $3.26bn takeover by private equity firm 3G Capital ...
Burger King, America's second-largest hamburger chain, has accepted a takeover bid ...

TECHNOLOGY: Apple takes on Facebook with iTunes social network
Apple has unveiled its latest line of high-tech gadgets and services, including a ...

BRAZIL: Prominent Brazilian daily 'JB' gives up on print for the net
One of Brazil’s oldest and most prominent newspapers has given up on its print edition ...

INDIA: India eyes Google and Skype ban in telecom crackdown
Indian officials have raised concerns about the powerful encryption technologies ...

Jim Parsons: hottest geek on the web?
It is official: Jim Parsons is the new poster child for geekdom.

'Going the Distance' a rare romantic comedy
"Going the Distance" is a light and tasty morsel of a romantic comedy in which two ...

How Oprah reacted to news of Dr. Oz's colon cancer scare
Dr. Mehmet Oz and Oprah Winfrey share a tight bond. Not only did she coin his nickname ...

Police: T.I. and his wife arrested in L.A.
Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife in California after they were allegedly ...

Jay-Z and Eminem: A concert partnership for the ages
The upcoming Detroit and New York City concert series featuring the hip-hop superstars ...

Bryan Cranston to host 'Saturday Night Live'
We love it when stars spill the beans.

Cool fall books: Sara Gruen finds trust at 'Ape House'
'Water for Elephants' author shows her affinity for animals again in her novel about ...

Doctors: Michael Douglas' cancer therapy is grueling
Experts say the Oscar winner with Stage IV throat cancer is in for a tough haul, ...

Silent "Empire"
The ending of Empire Strikes Back as if it were made in the silent era of film.Rated ...

Tiesto - Ten Seconds Before Sunrise
Amazing song and videoRated 4.2662 / 5 | 255 views | 7 commentsClick here to watch ...

Lee Mack
Comedian Lee Mack performs live at the Apollo theater in LondonRated 4.085 / 5 | ...

Def a Doom Fan
Mos Def recites some of his favorite MF Doom rhymes.Rated 4.0495 / 5 | 255 views ...

Asus RT-N16
The Asus RT-N16 is a great, fun router for networking enthusiasts who want to use ...

Gateway ID49C08u
The Gateway ID49C08 combines speedy Core i5 performance and automatic-switching Nvidia ...

Metroid: Other M (Wii)

Vizio XVT323SV

CHINA: World's 'fastest' train unveiled
China put into service the world's "fastest" rail link on Saturday, with speeds over ...

SPACE EXPLORATION: Russian rocket blasts off to International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts on board took off from Kazakhstan ...

ARCHAEOLOGY : Find in southern France puts humans in Europe 200,000 earlier
Experts on prehistoric man are rethinking their dates after a find in a southern ...

Large Hadron Collider shut down until February
Scientists have switched the world's most powerful atom-smasher to standby for two ...

Crowded web TV field awaits Apple
With Wednesday's announcement that it will be revamping its web TV offerings, Apple ...

Samsung: Our Galaxy tablet better than iPad
When Samsung debuted its Galaxy Tab on Thursday, it made a bold claim: the device ...

Adult texters catching up to teens
Grown-ups don't text as much as teens -- at least not yet. A new survey suggests ...

iPad is for grandparents, not just geeks
Apple's iPad tablet isn't just for geeks, yuppies, and rich people. It's also for ...