+ FREE download of new NIN album the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. + Top 5 Urban Design Greenifications what scaffolding has to do with Bambi. + Top 5 Groundbreaking Graffiti Artwork This week, we’re looking at ideas that claim our urban space back from the gruesome grip of commercialization, concrete and the general ugly of the city. + Philly officers taken off street after videotaped beating A police sergeant and five officers were pulled from street duty Wednesday as city officials investigated television footage showing a group of officers kicking and punching three suspects during a traffic stop. + Having your laptop searched at the US border United States v. Arnold - which essentially allows US border guards to search your laptop or other digital devices without legal restraint if you try to enter the United States. + New Photos Of The Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Aftermath [WARNING: graphic content] + CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT POLITICAL PROPOSAL We are SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON, the wife of the former United States head of state, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, and also SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN, friend and associate of current head of state PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH. We got your contact through business inquiries as we were searching for contacts of a citizen who can help save our and our family's political careers since our country has been frustrating us. + Liberals called on to support net neutrality The National Union of Public and General Employees, which represents 340,000 workers across Canada, is urging the Liberals to support its call for laws that will keep the internet free from interference by service providers. + Top 10 most controversial ads The "Get unhooked" advert aimed at getting people to quit smoking was the most complained about advert last year. + Madonna Feat. Justin - 4 Minutes [Live, Roseland - New York] [video] + Cusack aims to offend with war satire film John Cusack is outraged over the Iraq war, so the U.S. actor channeled his anger into a low-budget political satire -- complete with a chorus line of scantily clad female amputees -- that he hopes will offend. + Free Tibet flags made in China Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say. + Cartoons’ anatomy Michael Paulus decided to dissect them like science does to all living objects - trying to come to an understanding as to their origins and true physiological make up. + Annie Leibovitz's iconic magazine covers In 2008, she photographed tween idol Miley Cyrus for a spread in Vanity Fair. In one photo, the 15-year-old Cyrus appears to be topless, clutching a rumpled sheet to her chest. In another, Cyrus appears draped over her father’s lap, her belly peaking out beneath her black tank top. + Has FLOW radio lost its way? Seven years after it went on-air, Canada's first urban music station has some listeners wondering if it has forgotten its cultural roots + Russian prosecutors eye Internet censorship The Russian prosecutor's office wants tough anti-extremism laws to be extended to the Internet, state newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported Wednesday, prompting fears of growing media censorship. + The Chasers War on Everything - American Muslims = Nazi Germany? [video] + Sean Penn leading biodiesel trek across America The actor, who baffled many when his name showed up on the lineup for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival underway this weekend in southern California, plans to board a fleet of biodiesel buses and take about 300 people on an 1,800-mile trek across the U.S., ending in New Orleans. + The New Economics of Hunger The globe's worst food crisis in a generation emerged as a blip on the big boards and computer screens of America's great grain exchanges. At first, it seemed like little more than a bout of bad weather. + Letters Give C.I.A. Tactics a Legal Rationale The Justice Department has told Congress that American intelligence operatives attempting to thwart terrorist attacks can legally use interrogation methods that might otherwise be prohibited under international law. + Voices in Her Head By the time Hillary Clinton's campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle finally packed up her lovely corner office with its fresh blue carpet and mini-fridge full of Diet Coke, her exit must have come as a relief--even to many of her friends on Team Hillary. Since Iowa, colleagues had been conducting an uneasy deathwatch for her. + My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ...by Michael Moore Friends, I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted. So, if you live in Pennsylvania, can you do me a favor? Will you please cast my vote -- and yours -- on Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama? + Majority believes Canada coddles minorities A majority of Canadians say their country bends too much in trying to make visible minorities feel at home, even as voters pat themselves on the back for being a welcoming society. + Bell rejects call to curb traffic shaping Bell Canada Inc. has rejected a call by smaller service providers to immediately stop the shaping of internet traffic. + I'll grow marigolds on the moon, says scientist In what marks an important step towards helping lunar colonists grow their own food, a Ukrainian team, working with the European Space Agency, ESA, has shown that marigolds can grow in crushed rock very like the lunar surface, with no need for plant food. + Nepal says torch protesters will be shot Nepal security forces have been authorized to open fire on pro-Tibet protesters while the Olympic flame is carried up Mount Everest, an official said. + Praying passenger removed from plane at NY airport A passenger who left his seat to pray in the back of a plane before it took off, ignoring flight attendants' orders to return, was removed by an airport security guard, a witness and the airline said. + Pirate Bay Trial Star Witness Employed by Plaintiff Police officer Jim Keyzer, the leader and key witness in the Pirate Bay investigation was recently employed by Warner Bros, one of the plaintiffs in the ongoing case against the Pirate Bay four. Undoubtedly, this will seriously hurt the credibility of the ongoing court case. + Your Domain Says What? 9 Hilariously Misleading Websites You would be surprised at the number of webmasters that don't spend quite enough time thinking about their domain choice. This lack of thought leads to some pretty misinterpreted domains. + Akon Caught In lies Akon's ad nauseum claims about his criminal career and resulting prison time have been, to an overwhelming extent, exaggerated, embellished, or wholly fabricated, an investigation by The Smoking Gun has revealed.