The Force Wasn't With Them

Every On-Screen Death In The Original 'Star Wars' Trilogy, In Under 3 Minutes, The Police Are Still Out Of Control, The Nightmare Of Child Abduction Cases, What We Learned This Week, The Story Of The Strangers Who Tried To Save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, The Secret History And Uncertain Future Of Comics Character John Constantine The Daily Digg Friday, October 24, 2014 THE FORCE WAS WITH NONE OF THEM Every On-Screen Death In The Original 'Star Wars' Trilogy, In Under 3 Minutes digg.com The original "Star Wars" films don't really have any blood or gore to speak of. But once you start totaling up the deaths of pilots, troopers, and whole planets, it becomes apparent that one of our most beloved film trilogies contains the equivalent of several genocides. SERPICO IS BACK The Police Are Still Out Of Control politico.com Frank Serpico should know. THE 19-YEAR SEARCH FOR BIANCA LOZANO The Nightmare Of Child Abduction Cases buzzfeed.com As if losing a child to kidnapping wasn't horrifying enough, ineffective law enforcement agencies and predatory private investigators only add to the confusion and pain. Deana Hebert's long, maddening search for her daughter — and the ex-husband who took her — may be the rule, not the exception. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week, we learned the best time to buy an airplane ticket, the best place to grab a beer in Antarctica, and the best glass to pour that beer into. THE FINAL MOMENTS The Story Of The Strangers Who Tried To Save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo macleans.ca Barbara Winters, Margaret Lerhe and others bonded together to help Nathan Cirillo in his final moments at Ottawa's War Memorial. HELLBLAZING A TRAIL The Secret History And Uncertain Future Of Comics Character John Constantine vulture.com There's never been a comics character like John Constantine, DC Comics' trench-coat-sporting magician and wisecracking righter of wrongs. Astoundingly, he's remained largely unchanged since he first took to the page in 1985 and throughout 26 years of constant publication — a kind of character consistency that's unheard of even among icons like Superman or Batman. Read more on Digg.com → PARTIALLY ECLIPSED The Angel Moroni statue on the top of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' temple in Brigham City, Utah, is silhouetted by a solar eclipse, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/The Herald Journal, Eli Lucero Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Original Dog Whisperer

Why Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Remains A Financial Mess, Fake News Sites Are Using Facebook To Spread Ebola Panic, The Best Lesson You Probably Didn't Learn In School, Camera Catches White House Fence Jumper Kicking A Dog, The Man Who Brought Dogs Into The Military, The 20,000 Calorie Strongman Diet The Daily Digg Thursday, October 23, 2014 NIGHTMARELINER Why Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Remains A Financial Mess businessweek.com Three years after it entered commercial service, Boeing continues to lose money on every single 787 they make. ALSO SELLING PUMPKIN SPICE CONDOMS Fake News Sites Are Using Facebook To Spread Ebola Panic theverge.com They call themselves satire sites, but they're really spreading scary rumors for profit. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED The Best Lesson You Probably Didn't Learn In School teamtreehouse.com If you had learned to code in school, you could have made that awesome app by now. Thankfully, Treehouse teaches you everything you need to know without boring you to tears. WHO KICKS A DOG? Camera Catches White House Fence Jumper Kicking A Dog digg.com Another person jumped the White House fence on Wednesday evening. He was quickly caught, but not before he kicked a dog. ORIGINAL DOG WHISPERER The Man Who Brought Dogs Into The Military foreignpolicy.com How a British colonel altered the battlefields of World War I, and why his crusade still resonates today. FOOD FOR MORE THAN THOUGHT The 20,000 Calorie Strongman Diet digg.com Robert Oberst is one of America's leading professional strongmen, holder of the American record in the Log Lift and eater extraordinaire. In an average day, Obie consumes 15,000–20,000 calories. Here's what he eats. Read more on Digg.com → R.I.P. Soldiers watch as a man places flowers at a memorial outside the gates of the John Weir Foote Armory, the home of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada in Hamilton, Ontario, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in memory of Canadian soldier Nathan Cirillo. Witnesses say Cirillo, posted at the National War Memorial near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, was gunned down at point-blank range Wednesday morning by a man carrying a rifle and dressed all in black, his face half-covered. Credit: AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Lynett Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

When A Valley Becomes A Chasm

Technology's Role In Inequality, How Long Each Piece Will Survive (On Average) In A Game Of Chess, How To Look Like A Million Bucks (Without Spending A Million Bucks), Little Girl In An LED Minnie Mouse Costume Is Precious, A Brief History Of Batgirl, The Introverted Face The Daily Digg Wednesday, October 22, 2014 WHEN A VALLEY BECOMES A CHASM Technology's Role In Inequality technologyreview.com Median income in Silicon Valley reached $94,000 in 2013, far above the national median of around $53,000. Yet an estimated 31 percent of jobs pay $16 per hour or less. It's hard not to wonder whether Silicon Valley, rather than just exemplifying this growing inequality, is actually contributing to it, by producing digital technologies that eliminate the need for many middle-class jobs. PAWNS NOT ALWAYS EASILY PAWNED OFF How Long Each Piece Will Survive (On Average) In A Game Of Chess quora.com A problem that ought to be calculable from the vast number of recorded games. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Look Like A Million Bucks (Without Spending A Million Bucks) indochino.com Fact: Every man looks better in a suit. Now you can get one custom-made with a simple click. NOT BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE Little Girl In An LED Minnie Mouse Costume Is Precious digg.com Not only is this adorable, but the costume itself is receptive to noise and changes color when it detects sound nearby. Looks like someone's going home with lots of candy this year. UNDER THE COWL A Brief History Of Batgirl bitchmagazine.org The ongoing struggle to make geek culture more inclusive takes a positive step forward this month as DC Comics relaunches its iconic-but-neglected Batgirl series. LOOKS CAN KILL (YOUR CAREER) The Introverted Face theatlantic.com People put serious weight on judgements of character based on facial structure alone. Read more on Digg.com → HE NOSE SOMETHING Paul Dostie points as his dog Buster sets off to search an area near Bishop, Calif. For years, Buster and Dostie have worked together to unlock mysteries, to find the bodies of fighting men who fell long ago on foreign battlefields, or of victims of unsolved crimes or disappearances. In all, Dostie said that Buster has helped find the remains of about 200 people. Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Putting The Dope In Dopamine

Mexican Drug Cartels Are Worse Than ISIS, Oscar De La Renta Dead At 82, Great Shoes Without Bullsh*t Prices, Racing Drones Through A Forest Feels A Lot Like The 'Star Wars' Speeder Chase, Published for the First Time: A 1959 Essay By Isaac Asimov On Creativity, Drugs Used To Treat Parkinson's Disease Linked To Sex And Gambling Addictions The Daily Digg Tuesday, October 21, 2014 BORDER THREAT Mexican Drug Cartels Are Worse Than ISIS america.aljazeera.com This summer ISIS beheaded two Americans and has warned about executing a third; additionally, one U.S. Marine has died in efforts to combat the group. By contrast, the cartels killed 293 Americans in Mexico from 2007 to 2010 and have repeatedly attacked U.S. consulates in Mexico. R.I.P. Oscar De La Renta Dead At 82 abcnews.go.com Legendary fashion designer Oscar de La Renta has died, a family member told ABC News. He was 82. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Great Shoes Without Bullsh*t Prices greats.com Need new shoes? Greats is great because it offers great designs at even greater prices. Great? Great. WATCH OUT FOR THAT EVERYTHING Racing Drones Through A Forest Feels A Lot Like The 'Star Wars' Speeder Chase digg.com No storm troopers were harmed in the making of this compilation video. THE EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT Published for the First Time: A 1959 Essay By Isaac Asimov On Creativity technologyreview.com Writing in 1959 for DARPA, Asimov shares his thoughts on how people get new ideas and the importance of free time. PUTTING THE DOPE IN DOPAMINE Drugs Used To Treat Parkinson's Disease Linked To Sex And Gambling Addictions livescience.com Pathological gambling, hypersexuality and compulsive shopping are some of the abnormal behaviors that are linked to the use of certain drugs commonly used to treat Parkinson's disease, according to a new study. Read more on Digg.com → RISING ABOVE Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures to the crowd during a street parade following his inauguration in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Achmad Ibraham Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Where Is Sesame Street?

Harnessing Depression, Hero Saves Man From Burning Home, How Facebook Is Wrecking Political News, What You Missed This Weekend, Here's How You Get To The Real 'Sesame Street', Wendy's Training Video About Chili Can Be Served With Cheese The Daily Digg Monday, October 20, 2014 ONE WRITER'S JOURNEY Harnessing Depression arstechnica.com Last November, my father took his own life. I'm frequently aware of the fact that the depression which helped drive him to that dark fate lives on in my genes. That's a doozy of a legacy to inherit, but it's one that has not been wholly negative for me. COURAGE UNDER FIRE Hero Saves Man From Burning Home digg.com A duplex in Fresno caught fire on Saturday morning trapping a man inside. Watch as one man decided take action and run into the blaze. UPVOTE THE MIDTERMS How Facebook Is Wrecking Political News kernelmag.dailydot.com It's almost impossible to overstate how important Facebook is to online news sites, which live and die at the whims of the social network's algorithm. With the 2014 midterm elections racing to the Nov. 4 finish line, however, this imbalance of power has become downright dangerous. DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com The Catholic Church and the Batman franchise are evolving and other stuff you might have missed this weekend. WHERE THE AIR IS SWEET Here's How You Get To The Real 'Sesame Street' huffingtonpost.com It's undoubtedly one of life's greatest questions. For years, we've asked how to get to "Sesame Street" while singing the theme song, but the location has always remained a mystery ... until now. MICHAEL McDONALD, IS THAT YOU? Wendy's Training Video About Chili Can Be Served With Cheese digg.com If you don't know how to serve chili after this video, you're never going to learn. Read more on Digg.com → TIME IS ON HIS SIDE A Pakistani vendor adjusts a wall clock displayed at his stall for sale at a weekly bazaar in Islamabad, Pakistan. Credit: AP Images: Anjum Naveed Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014