http://www.duggback.com/feed/ Find mirrors and caches of popular Digg news items. en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:40:54 +0100 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:40:54 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/ duggback.com ivc@x-pec.com (ivc) ivc@x-pec.com (ivc) 5 http://www.duggback.com/world_news/Benign_Flight_Simulators_Could_Be_Training_Pilots_to_Crash/ http://www.duggback.com/world_news/Benign_Flight_Simulators_Could_Be_Training_Pilots_to_Crash/ The behavior of the pilots in last year's crash that killed 50 people has become an all-too-familiar response when airliners go out of control. Over and over again, startled pilots mishandle stalls, icing and other emergencies. The way airline training simulators portray stalls now is so benign it gives the pilot a false impression of reality. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:20:03 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/apple/Apple_s_Secret_iPhone_Developer_Agreement_Goes_Public/ http://www.duggback.com/apple/Apple_s_Secret_iPhone_Developer_Agreement_Goes_Public/ The first rule of the iPhone developer program is: You do not talk about the iPhone developer program... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:20:03 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/odd_stuff/Man_Buys_Crack_With_Monopoly_Money/ http://www.duggback.com/odd_stuff/Man_Buys_Crack_With_Monopoly_Money/ When you attempt to pull one over on a drug dealer, they might be looking for retribution. For evidence, take a look at this case in Kansas in which a man bought hundreds of dollars worth of crack with Monopoly money and, weeks later, police found him driving with a bloodied face. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:02 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/world_news/Voodoo_practitioners_shrug_off_blame_for_Haitian_quake/ http://www.duggback.com/world_news/Voodoo_practitioners_shrug_off_blame_for_Haitian_quake/ In a whirl of limbs and with eyes bulging, the woman is helped to a squat in the ramshackle shed and starts cackling maniacally like a terrified chicken. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:50:18 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/music/Biggie_Smalls_is_Still_Influential_13_Years_After_his_Death_2/ http://www.duggback.com/music/Biggie_Smalls_is_Still_Influential_13_Years_After_his_Death_2/ Today is the 13th-year-anniversary of Biggie Smalls (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) death. He was one of the most momentous hip hop artists of all time. Here he is before he made it, rapping, age 17 on a Brooklyn street corner. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:42:46 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/people/The_7_People_You_Meet_at_The_Gym/ http://www.duggback.com/people/The_7_People_You_Meet_at_The_Gym/ And how you can avoid becoming them. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:40:02 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/hardware/The_Rise_of_Netbooks_Infographic/ http://www.duggback.com/hardware/The_Rise_of_Netbooks_Infographic/ 2009 saw dramatic growth in the popularity of netbooks. This trend is expected to continue in 2010 as they become increasingly affordable. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:04 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/travel_places/NJ_Airport_Breach_a_Few_Months_Back_Was_From_A_Goodbye_Kiss/ http://www.duggback.com/travel_places/NJ_Airport_Breach_a_Few_Months_Back_Was_From_A_Goodbye_Kiss/ A 28-year-old student pleaded guilty today to breaching security at Newark Liberty International Airport so that he could give his girlfriend a goodbye kiss. Haisong Jiang also agreed to a $500 fine and to perform 100 hours of community service. The Jan. 3 security breach shut down Terminal C for six hours, stranding thousands of travelers. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:04 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/people/Two_Of_Oldest_People_In_World_Die_On_Same_Day/ http://www.duggback.com/people/Two_Of_Oldest_People_In_World_Die_On_Same_Day/ Mary Josephine Ray, who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, died Sunday at age 114 years, 294 days. Ray died just hours before Daisey Bailey, who was 113 years, 342 days Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:02 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/general_sciences/Biblical_City_s_True_Location_Discovered_Researchers_Claim/ http://www.duggback.com/general_sciences/Biblical_City_s_True_Location_Discovered_Researchers_Claim/ Scientists think they've finally found the real location of a city mentioned in the bible called Neta'im. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:02 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/comics_animation/Patton_Oswalt_To_Write_Firefly_Comic_Book_pic/ http://www.duggback.com/comics_animation/Patton_Oswalt_To_Write_Firefly_Comic_Book_pic/ Comedian Patton Oswalt is penning a stand-alone comic book that picks up the action where the story left off. Also, the cover art has been released! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:04 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/music/Rock_N_Roll_Metro_Map_v1_0/ http://www.duggback.com/music/Rock_N_Roll_Metro_Map_v1_0/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:03 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/world_news/Bottled_ghosts_sold_in_New_Zealand_auction/ http://www.duggback.com/world_news/Bottled_ghosts_sold_in_New_Zealand_auction/ Two glass bottles said to contain the ghosts are bought for NZ$2,000 in an online auction in New Zealand. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:03 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/general_sciences/Mile_High_Mega_Kites_Could_Pull_Giant_Floating_Power_Plant/ http://www.duggback.com/general_sciences/Mile_High_Mega_Kites_Could_Pull_Giant_Floating_Power_Plant/ Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. That’s a Korean research team’s new proposal for generating gigawatts of clean energy. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:40:04 +0100 http://www.duggback.com/world_news/Edwards_affair_earns_National_Enquirer_some_respect/ http://www.duggback.com/world_news/Edwards_affair_earns_National_Enquirer_some_respect/ In breaking the story around former presidential candidate John Edwards' infidelity, the National Enquirer has beaten mainstream papers at their own game, and is now under consideration for a Pulitzer Prize Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:40:03 +0100