Wired: Top Stories (5 unread)
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California Wildfires Threaten Public Health
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 7:55pm EDT by Associated Press
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Thanks to hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires in Northern California, air pollution readings in the region are two to 10 times the federal standard for clean air. Some areas are experiencing the worst air quality on record.
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Secrets of 'Wanted''s Insane On-Screen Action
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 7:23pm EDT by Underwire
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When you've got high-priced talent like Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy on the payroll, nobody's going to risk the actors' lives or limbs for the sake of an awesome stunt. That said, superhero-assassin movie 'Wanted' pushed its stars pretty hard to sell the train wrecks and gunfights that drive the action. Here's how they did it.
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Prescription Meds: Rock's New Drug of Choice?
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 4:30pm EDT by Listening Post
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Rockers from Aerosmith's Stephen Tyler to Hawthorne Heights' Casey Calvert are snubbing heroin and coke. Their new favorite vice is prescription meds. And they're not alone: U.S. teens are currently abusing painkillers more than coke, heroin and meth combined.
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UNKLE Goes Widescreen, Remixes 'X-Files'
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Listening Post
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James Lavelle's electronic supergroup has got an ear on cinema of the sci-fi variety. UNKLE's latest effort is called End Titles...Stories for Film, plus its remix of 'The X-Files' theme song touches down with the film on July 25, and on the official soundtrack on July 21.
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Scientists: Atom Smasher Won't Spawn Scary Black Holes
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 1:41pm EDT by Associated Press
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The most powerful atom-smasher ever will make its debut in August, and experts say doomsday fears that the Large Hadron Collider could create black holes or killer particles are unfounded.