AP Photo / Catalina Island Marine Institute

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish.

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There’s a good chance that Google will release a smartwatch in the future, but according to a couple of reports, the release date might be closer than we anticipated.
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James Cameron thinks 'Gravity' is the ''best space film'' ever made.
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Rockstar Games' upcoming Grand Theft Auto V is guaranteed to move units, but the developers aren't resting on their laurels in their attempt to build the most comprehensive crime world yet. Take the voice acting — rather than traditional professionals, Rockstar is using "actual, real gang members" where possible.
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Photograph by Jin Lee/Bloomberg

Microsoft late Monday announced it is buying Nokia's smartphone and cellular handset business in a deal worth $7.2 billion.

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Alligator hunters in Mississippi broke the state's record for the biggest gator ever caught. Dustin Bockman and his two partners captured the male alligator Sunday after chasing it for two hours on the Mississippi River.
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A new species of shark that “walks” along the seabed using its fins as tiny legs has been discovered in eastern Indonesia, an environmental group said Friday.

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1. Albert Einstein, Summer 1939, Nassau Point, Long Island, NY

 

 

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While torture is regarded with utter abhorrence in the modern society, it was actually seen during the Middle Ages as a totally legitimate measure to not only deter criminals but also obtain pertinent information from them. The Medieval Period witnessed some of the most macabre forms of torture ever imposed on humankind.

People of the middle ages were ingeniously sadistic; they never ran out of ideas on how to inflict the most excruciating pain possible. To make the experience even more grisly for suspected outlaws, political enemies, heretics, their punishers used the following medieval torture devices:

1. Head Crusher

(Photo credit: dougsmi | Flickr)

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An ambitious project means anyone can now track the movements of almost 50 sharks in realtime. Some 47 sharks have been tagged with an array of sensors that allow scientists to accurately plot their position. The data is then fed into the OCEARCH Global Tracker, which updates the sharks' location as a dot on a map. You can click on any of the dots to find a picture of the shark along with its size and "name," and look through where it's been since being tagged.

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