Daily Links

• The discovery of the 390-million-year-old specimen in a German quarry suggests prehistoric spiders, insects and crabs were much larger than previously thought. Source (EiTB)
• Interview with Hayden Panettiere. Source (GQ)
• NBC is auctioning off Claire's cheerleader outfit from the first season of Heroes. Awesome. Source (NBC)
• 10 Survival Tips for Black Friday. Source (MSNBC)
• Former President Ford's book states CIA covered up JFK assassination. Source (Raw Story)
• We knew it was just a matter of time before something like this happened, particularly with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed headed to the Wii next Spring, but it's good to see a light saber attachment come early. Source (Engadget)
• The lawsuit against the author writing a spin-off story taking place after the last Harry Potter book is a hoax. This fan-fic, as long as it's not being published for profit, is not a target for an infringement suit confirms author and Rowling's agency. Source (Leaky Cauldron)
• Top 5 Tracy Morgan YouTube Clip. Source (Hoovaloo)
• Angela Kinsey, Angela from The Office, is preggers. Source (US Magazine)
• Hillary Duff looking extremely fine on stage. Source (Sexiest Celebrities)

Finally here's a video treat. The Igil, a single thread instrument that creates some awesome sounding music. Source (Fun House)

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• The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments. (Because of injuries sustained fighting overseas). Source (KDKA)
• Gizmodo has another great Black Friday list if you're looking to score some normally-expensive electronics the day after Thanksgiving. Happy shopping. Source (Gizmodo)
• An Iraqi reporter is facing terror charges for helping insurgents in Iraq, though the US has not provided any kind of relevant or substantial evidence. Source (BBC World News)
• Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy. Source (CBS)
• Sam Adams makes a limited produced beverage tip-toeing on the line of liquor and beer, and is apparently incredibly tasty. I'd like to get my hands on a bottle of this stuff. Source (Forbes)
• Follow up to my previous article on the alleged Harry Potter book being published by an another author aside from Rowling. WARNING - Article contains spoilers for those who have not read all 7 of Rowling's books. Source (Leaky Cauldron)
• Scott McClellan: "I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the president himself." Source (Editor and Publisher)
• Mozilla announced the official release of Firefox 3 beta 1 early this morning. The first Firefox 3 beta, which is available for download from Mozilla's servers, offers some hot new features for users and web developers. Source (Ars Technica)
• Bush preparing to high-tail it out of the country so he can't be prosecuted for war-crimes, buys nearly 100,000 acres in Paraguay for a new ranch. Source (Scoop)
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers suing Showtime and creators of the show Californication for copyright infringement on their hit song. Source (FMQB)
• VoteWatch is a widget for OS X Dashboard (10.3 and later), showing recent votes in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Enter your ZIP code to see how your senators and representative voted! Source (John Haney)
• Craig Venter, the scientist who unsuccessfully attempted to map the human genome for profit, has applied for the first ever patent on a human-made life form. Venter has submitted his application at more than 100 national patent offices. Source (NewsTarget)
• Relating to the upcoming live-action version of Dragon Ball Z: Two major bits of Dragon Ball Z casting news for you: The roles of Goku and Piccolo have been cast. Source (IGN)

Finally, here's a quick video from a new episode of Family Guy. Peter as a House Cleaning person at a motel

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• The reason there's a "Cult of Mac". Source (Bill Clementson)
• Scientists have discovered that chocolate was invented at least 3,100 years ago in Central America and not as the sweet treat people now crave, but as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol. Source (Daily Mail)
• JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, sues another author for penning and attempting to publish a new book installation revolving around a character from the end of Book 7, The Deathly Hallows. WARNING - Do not read if you have not finished the series, as there are spoilers to the end of the movie inside. Source (Scotsman)
• Silent Movie version of Star Wars. Source (YouTube)
• Looking for a new TV on Black Friday? Yahoo has the low-down on all the newest deals. Source (Yahoo)
• A school in England has adopted a new organizational format for their school, modeled after Harry Potter's Hogwarts School for Magic and Witchcraft with surprisingly positive results. Source (Yahoo News)
• A bad-ass, self reloading shot gun with the problem of lubrication and cleaning thrown out of the window. Check out the specs on Gizmodo as well as the video. Source (Gizmodo)
• Honda is releasing a limited number of their new line of cars running on Hydrogen Cells, the Honda FCX Clarity in LA. Check the specs and review out on Gizmodo, if only these were more widely available, but this is a good step forward. Source (Gizmodo)
• The Second Avenue subway projet in NYC has just gotten approval for 1.3 Billion in federal funding. Source (CBS)
• Super Mario Galaxy is quickly becoming dubbed the best video game ever, though it's only been out a week. Here is yet another article singing its praises, pushing me further to get a Wii and this game. Source (411 Mania)
• Not quite completing the trifecta, CBS news writers go on strike after working for 2 years without contracts. Since they're not writers on Heroes or Scrubs, I don't really care, but here's the article if you do. Source (Reuters UK)
• In Arista v. Does 1-19, a case brought against 19 George Washington University students by the Big Four record labels, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered the RIAA to show cause why the ex parte subpoenas issued to GWU shouldn't be quashed. Source (Ars Technica)
  

Finally, here is a disturbing and equally hysterical video found on YouTube. It's a live-action spoof of Duck Tales. The plot? The little girl duck goes on Myspace and finds out the dangers of meeting with strangers, especially online. Featuring people in costumes doing things that are NSFW

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• One posed for a photo as she scrubbed a Palestinian corpse. Another stripped a man to his underwear and then beat him. A third helped cover up the abuse of a young boy. The six Israeli women who feature in the documentary "To See If I'm Smiling" each wrestle with memories of their compulsory military service that they would rather erase. Source (Yahoo News)
• The Ten Video Games That Should Be Movies (and the Directors Who Should Make Them) Source (NYMag.com)
• Hollywood film and TV writers who've been on a nearly two-week strike against studios will return to contract negotiations on Nov. 26, their union and producers said Friday. Source (Yahoo News)
• NBC has reportedly fired "nearly the entire production staff" on TV show Saturday Night Live following the Hollywood writers strike. Staff working on the hit program learned of their fate on Friday, according to reports. Source (Star Pulse)
• While the maple syrup smell remains a two-year-old mystery to us, 30 Rock entered the fray with a hypothesis. On last night's episode, Liz Lemon, who smells waffles from her Upper West Side apartment, calls Tracy Jordan to remind him to practice his Re-Run dance for the What's Happening! sketch. Source (Gothamist)
• 10 Black Friday Secrets Retailers Don't Want You to Know. Source (Internet News)
• Barney's Mail Sack. Source (CBS)

Finally, here is the 4 Minute preview for the upcoming Heroes episode "Cautionary Tales", airing November 19.

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