A Canadian company called Lamperd Less Lethal is promoting the EMD Safety Bracelet — basically a taser strapped to your arm. And they’re doing so with a blatantly exploitive promotional video. 4/18/08 | 8:18 PM

Some analysts are predicting that the same churchgoers who descended en masse on theaters showing The Passion of the Christ could make actor-commentator Ben Stein’s documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed a box-office hit 4/18/08 | 4:43 PM

MTV said on Friday it will start selling full albums that can be downloaded and played in its “Rock Band” video game, with the first title coming next week from classic metal act Judas Priest, followed by The Cars and The Pixies… 4/18/08 | 9:15 AM

The US economy may be weakening, but Google showed once again that the slowdown has not affected its business by posting better than expected numbers for the first quarter, causing its shares to surge $76.42 to close at $525.96 4/18/08 | 9:13 AM

With American Idol fans still reeling from the dismissal of Michael Johns, Simon Cowell explains “You cannot deliver an uninspired performance at the top of the show, And you can’t be up there imitating another singer” 4/18/08 | 9:06 AM

A wandering pig that fell off a small truck tied up traffic on I-75 in Georgia as commuters slowed down to get a look. Mysteriously, last week an injured baby zebra caused similar congestion on the same road… 4/18/08 | 8:58 AM

Belgium celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Atomium, a towering structure made up of nine giant aluminum-clad spheres linked with steel tubes, an oddity of modern architecture touted as the “most astonishing building in the world” 4/18/08 | 8:53 AM

The American economy may be weakening, but Google said once again that the slowdown has not affected its business. Easing concerns that its growth would stall, they reported better-than-expected financial results for the first three months of the year… 4/18/08 | 8:50 AM

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