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Evidently bored with building fires, tying fancy knots and helping old ladies across the street, the Boy Scouts of America have decided to hip it up a bit with a brand new honor rewarding their understanding of video games.  CHECK IT OUT

Um this is just WRONG.  But the man is 70.  what can you do about it.

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Chaos has descended this week on the tiny Pacific island of Samoa after government officials decided to force the entire nation to switch sides of the road on Monday. While Samoan officials insist there have been no accidents as a result of asking drivers to switch from driving on the right side of the road to driving on the left, many non-driving Samoans have been left stranded because the island’s buses now open to the middle of the road.  READ MORE

THE BOSTON GLOBE- As ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans. Some restricted airspace is now beginning to open up and some limited flights are being allowed now as airlines are pushing for the ability to judge safety conditions for themselves. The volcano continues to rumble and hurl ash skyward, if at a slightly diminished rate now, as the dispersing ash plume has dropped closer to the ground, and the World Health Organization has issued a health warning to Europeans with respiratory conditions. Collected here are some images from Iceland over the past few days.  Click To View

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who has famously portrayed “Star Trek’s” original alien Spock for over 40 years, has announced he’s officially hanging up the pointy Vulcan ears for good.

Nimoy, 79, plans to retire shortly from show business and the “Star Trek” convention circuit, according to the Canadian newspaper Toronto Sun.

The actor, director and photographer will be attending the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo this weekend, and told the paper that beyond this event he only has a few more public appearances scheduled.

Nimoy also currently guest stars on the television show “Fringe,” produced by J.J, Abrams who directed last summer’s re-launched “Star Trek” film franchise chronicling a younger original series cast on their first mission on the starship Enterprise.  READ THE STORY

CNN – This is a show, after all, that once painted God as a gap-toothed rhinoceros-monkey, portrays Satan as a simpering milquetoast and regularly features Jesus as a superhero — the kind who’s not afraid to ignore the peaceful teachings of the Sermon on the Mount to smite his opponents. The show has mocked Jews, Catholics, Mormons, Scientologists and atheists, among (many) others.  FULL STORY

THE NEW YORK TIMES –

This week, Google took another step toward bringing its popular Web tools onto a myriad of non-traditional computing devices like tablet computers. It acquired a mysterious Silicon Valley startup called Agnilux. PEHub first reported the acquisition on Tuesday; a price was not disclosed.

We’ve had our sights set on Agnilux for awhile, and despite our unannounced visit to its San Jose offices earlier this year, discovered little other than its fascinating pedigree. The super-secretive Agnilux is run by employees who once designed custom silicon chips at PA Semiconductor, which was acquired by Apple in 2008. But then some PA Semi employees left Apple to create Agnilux, over what in some cases appeared to be compensation issues.  READ THE STORY