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Brewer, Monster-maker settle 'Vermonster' dispute

The fight between Monster and Vermonster has been settled.

Monster-maker to Vt. brewer: No 'Vermonster' beer

Forget David and Goliath. This fight's between Matt and Monster.

NY judge gives ex-Monster exec 2 years in prison

The former president and chief operating officer of the online job services company Monster Worldwide has been sentenced in New York to two years in prison for stock options fraud.

Correction: Barrel Monster-Art story

In a June 16 story about a North Carolina college student accused of stealing traffic barrels to make a sculpture, The Associated Press misreported the name of the company that owns the barrels. It is Hamlett Associates, not Hamlin Associates.

Barrel art nets arrest, notoriety for NC student

When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art.

Monster settles SEC backdating charges for $2.5M

Monster Worldwide Inc., which runs the Monster job search Web site, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle federal civil charges that it secretly backdated options for its executives and employees.

Is strange carcass another ‘Montauk Monster’?

An odd creature has apparently washed up on New York's coast, sparking claims that it may be another so-called "Montauk Monster."

Former Monster COO convicted of stock option fraud

The former president and chief operating officer of Monster Worldwide has been convicted in New York of wrongfully backdating millions of dollars' worth of employee stock option grants.

Experts question fallout from new Monster hack

For the second time in less than 18 months, the job-search Web site Monster.com was breached, along with USAJobs.gov, which Monster's parent company runs for the federal government. And yet Monster might suffer little fallout — because the overall state of computer security is so bad anyway.

Ancient fossil find: This snake could eat a cow!

Never mind the 40-foot snake that menaced Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 movie "Anaconda." Not even Hollywood could match a new discovery from the ancient world. Fossils from northeastern Colombia reveal the biggest snake ever discovered: a behemoth that stretched 42 to 45 feet long, reaching more than 2,500 pounds.

Mexico City's 'water monster' nears extinction

Beneath the tourist gondolas in the remains of a great Aztec lake lives a creature that resembles a monster — and a Muppet — with its slimy tail, plumage-like gills and mouth that curls into an odd smile.

‘Cloverfield’ is a Can’t Miss film

MoviesOK, so the clever “Blair Witch”-style promotional campaign is finally over. We don’t have to watch little clips of a cell phone video and a mysterious monster anymore. Now we can watch an entire 85-minute feature film of a cell phone video and a mysterious monster. The reviews are in and they’re mostly positive. The audiences have lined up dutifully to shell out their entertainment dollar. “Cloverfield” has set records for the weekend. And you know what’s coming next, don’t you? Imitators. Between now and next year, there will be at least 10 to 15 scary stealth campaigns to hype new monster movies. So get in on the ground floor now of this monster mash before you get eaten alive. (Paramount Pictures, in theaters now)

87 Tools in 1 Knife

You wouldn't want to use it to carve a Thanksgiving turkey, but if you need to push a cuticle, measure a tire tread, clean a golf club or adjust a bicycle spoke, this is the knife for you.

Fisherman Lands Record 844-Pound Shark

Six friends went to a fishing tournament looking to catch some grouper. They caught an 844-pound shark instead.

Monster Beefs Up Security After Breach

Monster Worldwide Inc., a major online job-search site, said Wednesday it was beefing up its security measures following a significant data breach this month.

Man Says He Captured Loch Ness on Film

The Loch Ness monster is back — and there's video. A man has captured what Nessie watchers say is possible footage of the supposed mythical creature beneath Scotland's most mysterious lake.

Monster Exec Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A former senior vice president of the company that runs the Monster job search Web site pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and fraud charges.

Couple Marry at Monster Trucks Show

Throbbing throttles, pumping pistons and traction action ground to a halt as a longtime lover of monster trucks married her sweetheart in a dirt arena, amid rowdy spectators and crushed cars.

Monster Movie Becomes South Korean Hit

In what has become South Korea's all-time box-office hit, a man and his somewhat dysfunctional family go on a perilous quest to save his daughter after authorities ignore their calls for help. They wind up fighting a man-eating mutant spawned by the U.S. military dumping toxic chemicals into Seoul's major waterway.

Seagate to Unveil 750-Gigabyte Hard Drives

Seagate Technology LLC is beefing up the capacity of its hard disk drives to a whopping 750 gigabytes, offering consumers of digital media more storage for their computers than ever before.

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A Grinch View of Halloween

There are many stories about the fun and entertainment value of Halloween.While this is true to some extent there is another side. What is Halloween.? In general kids dress up in costumes asking for candy, usually accompanied by adults.

Poll. Movie sex. Is it ever really that good?

Just got done watching "Monsters Ball" (again) and as usual I thought the sex scene with Billy Bob and Hallie was pretty hot.

Gov. Rick Perry: Cameron Todd Willingham "Was A Monster"
Source: The Huffington Post

Texas Governor Rick Perry insisted again today that the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham was appropriate and that Texas did not, contrary to growing opinion, execute an innocent man.

Monster Climbs Out of Cave, Killed by Children
Source: The Sun Newspaper Online

I don't even want to KNOW how that thing looked as it came at them.

Frankenstein. Do you get it?

I watched "The Bride of Frankenstein" this evening and I was left with a wondering of if people really understood what the concept of Frankenstein was.

NC State student arrested for creating Barrel Monster
Source: autoblog

A student at North Carolina State University has been arrested and charged with larceny for swiping some of those bright orange construction barrels from the road and creating what has been dubbed the "Barrel Monster".

Russian fishermen catch squeaking alien and eat it
Source: english.pravda.ru

Village residents from the Rostov region of Russia caught a weird creature two weeks ago after a strong storm in the Sea of Azov. The shark-looking creature was producing strange squeaky sounds.

A Monster Like Me

My life is spinning out of control. The rambling speech and the racing thoughts. One minute depressed the next, I am mad. How do I deal? How do I go on? So many questions without any answers. I never asked or wanted my life to be this way.

Three years for tongue bite woman
Source: BBC News

A woman who bit off her boyfriend's tongue in a drunken birthday kiss has been jailed for three years. Tracy Davies, 40, and Mark Coghill had drunk two bottles of vodka at his flat in Newcastle, in October, when she asked him for a "smoochy kiss". -----------

Smashing Good Time
Source: ReviewJournal.com - News

Frank Krmel Jr. makes a happy living doing what the rest of us traffic jam-bedeviled motorists can only fantasize about.

Monster "HDMI Difference" scam still kickin' in Fry's Electronics
Source: Engadget

Over a year after the internet was set ablaze with rage after seeing Monster's HDMI cable scam, we've just been notified that the tactic is still being used in at least one Fry's Electronics store.

'Monster Crocodile' Bites Girl's Head Off
Source: Yahoo! News

"A crocodile has bitten off a 10-year-old girl's head after knocking over the canoe she was travelling in. " i don't think i like crocodiles!

Even in a recession, some companies are hiring - Reinventing America- msnbc.com
Source: msnbc.com

Help wanted: pharmacists, engineers and nurses. Believe it or not, even some banks are hiring, at least for their technology teams. While the recession has claimed 4.4 million jobs, the economy has created others, many of them for highly trained .....

Monster pig terrifies Hessian motorists
Source: thelocal.de

A "monster pig" broke out of its pen in the middle of the night and blocked traffic near Alsfeld because drivers were too frightened to get out of their cars and move the sow, police in the state of Hesse said on Wednesday.

100-Foot 'Borneo Monster' Said Photographed
Source: Live Science

Two recently released photographs of a huge snake-like creature allegedly taken in Borneo are causing locals to wonder if a local legend may have come alive. But are the pictures real?

Job website hit by major breach
Source: BBC News

Hackers are believed to have stolen the personal details of millions of people using the online job site Monster. Users around the world have been affected, including the 4.5 million users of the UK site.

'Tyson' New Documentary: Says He Now Understands Why People Saw Him As A Monster
Source: eurweb.com

"I never used to understand why people perceived me as such a monster, and then I saw the movie and it all made sense," the former heavyweight said at Bon Appetit's Supper Club bash post-screening.

Mexican chefs make world's biggest cheesecake
Source: msnbc.com

Mexico has long been known for tacos and tequila - but cheesecake?

Home for Fritzl girl and kids
Source: The Sun Newspaper Online

Excerpt: INCEST monster Josef Fritzl's daughter Elisabeth and her six children will see in the New Year in a home of their own. The family has checked out of a villa in the grounds of a psychiatric clinic that has been their refuge for eight months.

Seattle Times: Clinton critic Samantha Power preps State Department for senator
Source: The Seattle Times

But why wasn't Power named to Sec. of State instead of Sen. Clinton? Now that would have been the change we believe in, Mr. Obama.

She's Back! Samantha Power Working On Obama's Team
Source: The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — An adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign who was forced to resign earlier this year after calling Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a "monster" is now working on the transition team for the agency Clinton is expected to lead.

Cookbooks versus the Hebrew Bible

The Hebrew Bible is the best-selling book of all time and it happens to be a best-seller year after year (thanks to the English speaking world especially America).

You'll Be schnitzel, Fritzl…
Source: DailyStar.co.uk

Excerpt: INCEST monster Josef Fritzl is fighting plans to lock him away in a psychiatric prison with a brain-eating cannibal who hates paedophiles.

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