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by Mike DeVine  May 8, 2012 2:49 pm

I’ve always been fascinated by this Great American mystery. Why did an entire colonial village suddenly disappear? Why did they leave behind the word CROATOAN on a post on their way out? Turns out there may be more to the story after all.

One of the greatest American mysteries in history, the disappearance of an entire colony of settlers from Roanoke Island in the late 16th century, might be a step closer to being solved. The smoking g…
by Mike DeVine   2:45 pm

That’s fine, DoD. Let’s just see what happens next time Galactus comes a-calling; think you can protect “the homeland” all by yourselves?

Whenever a movie has anything that remotely looks like military tech, the producers turn to the actual military for help with gear that’ll look the part. But when Marvel came a-calling with The Av…
by Mike DeVine   2:43 pm

Sad day for the world of literature: Maurice Sendak has passed away at age 83. Hilariously irreverent until the end, Sendak’s last public appearance was on The Colbert Report, where he gave advice to Colbert on his new children’s book:

 

A great loss, indeed.

Sad news—Maurice Sendak, author of the beloved children’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are, has passed away at the age of 83. He died of complications related to a recent stroke.
by Mike DeVine  May 7, 2012 7:42 pm

Good on this mom for taking matters into her own hands when her son’s school failed to properly address the serious bullying problem her son was facing. Usually stories like this happen in the opposite direction- schools trying to compensate for a lack of parenting.

An Indiana mother sent her gay son to school with a stun gun after administrators apparently didn’t do enough to stop bullying
by Mike DeVine   7:41 pm
Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of the prescription drug Depakote, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.

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Hey! I'm Mike, this is my blog. and my dream is to use my middling tech skills to make the world a better place (not in the techno-libertarian, "the world is a better place if I get mine" sense, but in the actual, "I want to help" sense).  

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