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Sailors have a higher sex drive than other mortals, according to a new study by boffins in raunchy Amsterdam. The Onzin Institute's four-year study, Environmental Effects on the Virility Index, astounded even the program's Director, Dr. Hijgen Krachtig, who said, "As a scientist, one should always be surprised when common knowledge turns out to be true," reports Yachtpals.com The study is part of a larger project which is attempting to measure human sexual drive, ability and potency on a standardized scale, called the Virility Index. The study itself took a group of 2,000 Dutch couples and measured the subject's reaction...

Marines 0, Geeks 1 December 21, 2006: The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, and the sergeant-major of the marines, are going around giving pep talks to the troops about the new computer system the navy and marines are using. The troops don't like it, but the commandant tells them there isn't any money to redo it, so get used to NMCI (Navy Marine Corps Intranet) the way it is. NMCI is so user unfriendly that many sailors and marines are communicating via commercial email accounts, rather than use their government issued ones. NMCI is a project that has the...

Urban gay youths finding their place Center helps as more teens come out Johnathan Lamarr Terry Jr. had concealed encounters with boys since the sixth grade. So when he started going to a local youth center that caters to gay boys and girls, the 18-year-old from Cleveland's Hough neighborhood told his tough-guy friends he was looking to beat people up. As he mingled with the people he promised to bash, he started shedding his "boy stuff." Then last summer, as the pressure of lying to his mother started to build, he told everyone he was gay. Some cousins were outraged....