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Lindsey Vonn in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2010

Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn won her first Downhill Gold Metal in this year’s Winter Olympics on Wednesday and so we’d like to celebrate her victory by posting as many pictures as possible of her battling hypothermia and nipple frostbite as she poses for Sports Illustrated. Now stop gawking and start singing the National Anthem. This is all about America reclaiming its lost glory, damn it!

Volcano-chaser Braves Some Of Earth's Most Dangerous Situations

Most people would think themselves unlucky if they passed a volcano as it erupted, but this counts as a good day at the office for one photographer. Martin Rietze is part of a select group of volcano-chasers who seek out the exploding phenomena, and braves huge electric storms and boiling lava to get the perfect shots. The 45-year-old travels around the world's volcano hotspots, from Costa Rica to Italy, in his pursuit of Earth's greatest fiery spectacle.

2010 Winter Olympics: Lacy Schnoor

Lacy Schnoor is a freestyle skier who specializes in aerials. That mean she launches her body high into the air off of a 13 foot jump, twists, flips, and spins her body, and ultimately sticks the landing like Mary Lou Retton in Los Angeles in 1984. In other words, she got way bigger stones than you do. The blonde bombshell will compete at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, but recently made headlines for another reason--her photo spread for the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. We'll take a look at the spicy video from that photo shoot at the end of the slideshow, but first let's take a little time to meet Lacy Schnoor.

Poverty in Cambodia

overty in Cambodia is rife due to years of terrorism and civil war and corruption within the government. Forced evictions also have had an impact on the numbers of families living on the streets. While Cambodia is on a path to greater economic development, poverty is still widespread with 40 percent of the population living under the poverty line according to various UN agencies. Getty Images photographer Paula Bronstein provides an intimate look at poverty in the capital city of Phnom Penh.

Hennessey VelociRaptor 500: Supercharged, Off-road Awesome

Hennessey has worked its magic on the new Ford F150 Raptor and as you'd expect, the primary addition to FoMoCo's Dakar-ready pickup is... power. Meet the Hennessey VelociRaptor. With the knowledge that Ford's engineers know infinitely more about suspension tuning, Hennessey has focused the majority of its efforts under the hood, slapping a Whipple supercharger onto the Raptor's 5.4-liter V8 and ramping output to 501 horsepower (at 5,100 rpm) and 520 pound-feet of torque (at 3,200 rpm). Combined with the 9.1 pounds of boost, a K&N intake, upgraded fuel injectors, a stainless steel exhaust and headers, and then tuned with a reflashed ECU, the VelociRaptor's 0-60 time has been reduced from 8.4 to 5.6 seconds with the quarter mile dispatched in 14.1 seconds at 97 mph.

Limp Wrists and Tight Fists: What Your Handshake Says About You

There is a man—a very well-known man, a legend of sorts—whom I’ve been privileged enough to have seen on occasion through the years at various venues and events. Our exchanges have been pleasant enough, I should say—inconsequential, really, and empty of any real substance. Now, as an admiring subordinate, I have enormous respect for this person. I suspect I probably also have a mild envy given his vast and ever-lasting contributions to our shared discipline. But our first interaction, which lasted mere seconds, left me with a rather negative, viscerally based impression of him.

Amphibious Bus Plan Sinks After Floating Coach Breaks Down Just 60 Minutes Into Test Run

An amphibious bus that can travel on water and roads was grounded today - less than an hour after taking to the water. Trials of the 'amfibus' on the River Clyde had to be abandoned because of a technical problem. Operators Stagecoach were carrying out a two-day test and demonstration of the bus between Renfrew and Yoker this morning. But the trial was interrupted on the second run when the bus developed a problem with its suspension as it drove up the slipway at Renfrew.

Blood Buddies' Puppy Love Goes To Bone

A PUREBRED six-week-old pup owes her life to a blood transfusion from a gentle greyhound more than 15 times her size. Cairns resident Sami Knoblock had a tearful reunion with her English Staffordshire terrier yesterday after their scary ordeal. Ms Knoblock said her dog, Buddy, was vomiting and could hardly lift her 1.6kg body to stand on Tuesday night. She rushed her sick dog to Brinsmead Veterinary Surgery where Greencross principal surgeon Max Fargher found a hookworm infestation that had caused a massive haemorrhage. With Buddy at death's door, Dr Fargher raced home to get his trusty pooch Hurley, a male, six-year-old 34kg greyhound. Dr Fargher then performed a transfusion by transferring a "drop" of Hurley's blood - 120ml - to Buddy. He said a young dog's first blood transfusion could be from any donor dog, but if it needed a second, it would have been a far trickier situation.

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