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The dancers are picked the stage is set, So You Think You Can Dance: season 5 is off and running! Tonight the SYTYCD judges announce the Top 20 and next week starts the live dancing.Source: Christine CameronPublished: Jun 04, 2009

The resignation of cabinet minister James Purnell from the government changed everything. Westminster wits had taken to ridiculing the rebel movement against Gordon Brown as a 'peasants' revolt', a cohort without influence. One thing 39-year-old James Purnell has never been described as is a peasant.As observers digested the emerging details of the backbench plot, that was just the start of the sneering. One cynical MP said an attempt by email to solicit support for the prime minister to resign was the equivalent of receiving an email from a Nigerian asking for financial assistance: not very convincing.Two MPs reported receiving an email sent from the address alistairdarling@gmail.com, asking them to join the rebellion. They didn't know whether it was a joke or not.And then there were further fears within the ranks of the plotters themselves. One rebel even admitted that the coup attempt was something of a work in progress.Speaking from the constituency office where they had decamped f

The resignation of cabinet minister James Purnell from the government changed everything. Westminster wits had taken to ridiculing the rebel movement against Gordon Brown as a 'peasants' revolt', a cohort without influence. One thing 39-year-old James Purnell has never been described as is a peasant.As observers digested the emerging details of the backbench plot, that was just the start of the sneering. One cynical MP said an attempt by email to solicit support for the prime minister to resign was the equivalent of receiving an email from a Nigerian asking for financial assistance: not very convincing.Two MPs reported receiving an email sent from the address alistairdarling@gmail.com, asking them to join the rebellion. They didn't know whether it was a joke or not.And then there were further fears within the ranks of the plotters themselves. One rebel even admitted that the coup attempt was something of a work in progress.Speaking from the constituency office where they had decamped f

As CNN and others are reporting, an increasing number of cell phone gabbers are complaining of an ailment called "cell phone elbow." Here are the symptoms: pain or numbness in the hand--especially the pinky and ring fingers. Not to be confused with tennis or golfer's elbow (forms of tendonitis), this new diagnosis stems from the nerves that run through the elbow. [More]

Valve's announcement that Left 4 Dead 2 would be released only a year after the first game has generated a great deal of controversy among fans of the game. There are concerns that Left 4 Dead will not get any additional content, the community will be divided, and that the quick development cycle won't do justice to the sequel. Now, Valve devs and execs are going out of their way to address those concerns. Left 4 Dead project lead Chet Faliszek said, 'It just became very clear that this was a cohesive, singular statement we wanted to make, not a more slow update thing... too much stuff was tied together with too many other things.' Developer Tom Leonard was quick to point out that work wouldn't cease for the first game: 'We are doing updates across the summer, adding new matchmaking features, and new features to facilitate user maps after the SDK is out. ... Additionally, those maps can be transported into Left 4 Dead 2.' Doug Lombardi said simply, 'Trust us a little bit,' explaining t

DAMN MY LIFE writes 'I'm going to Central Michigan University in the fall. Upon examination of their poorly organized network usage policies, I'm worried that using their internet service will expose my web browsing habits, emails, and most importantly, passwords. Another concern I have is the 'Client Security Agent' that students are required to install and leave on their systems to use the network. Through this application, the IT department scans everyone's computer for what they claim are network security purposes. Of course, scanning a person's hard drive can turn up all kinds of things that are personal. Do all colleges have such extreme measures in place? Is there any way that I can avoid this? There are no wireless broadband providers available in the area, I already checked.' of this story at Slashdot.

Hong Kong's commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre is tempered by anger and fear -- anger that China has not acknowledged the incident and fear that heavy-handed suppression by beijing is not a thing of the past

This bad-boy comedy works backward from the morning after a Vegas stag party — but runs out of laughs before it's reconstructed the things its protagonists shouldn't have done the night before.

The last thing the battered U.S. labor market needs are the current problems at GM and Chrysler.

Doctors are heating things up, and killing cancer.