Four new maps for your review. Goatnapper has released a modified version of avalanche, avalanche_ows. It still has 5 flags with the 2 man cap in the centre, but the other four are in the buildings. SLi-Woody has released a

TF2 Maps - A Baker's Dozen13 maps both new and updated have been added to the library Cp_follower is a 5 cp map based on the granary style. Redfort_b3 is a small alpine 4 control points map with a working

One of the previous TF2/Source engine updates broke dod_jagd causing server crashes.Valteq has released a streamlined orange version that is server safe. Now playing on both servers until that time that Valve fixes it, for those who need their jagd

Nama-cha the original author of Nursing Home has released its port , renaming it KF-NagomiSou. JustFilth has released a final version of Biohazard. It's a medium sized indoor map.Both are on the mapcycle and can be voted in.

Left 4 Dead 2 Announced - Nov 17 2009by Chris Faylor Shack NewsA sequel to Valve's cooperative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead was just announced at Microsoft's E3 Media Briefing, with the game slated to arrive on PC and Xbox

Arkansas authorities are searching for two convicted murderers Jeffrey Grinder and Calvin Adams, who walked out of a prison in Grady, Ark., after dressing up like corrections officers. Both men were serving life sentences without the possibility of parole.

George Lakoff: We cannot let conservatives get away with redefining empathy as irrational and idiosyncratic personal feeling. Empathy is the basis of our democracy and its true meaning must be defended. Empathy leads one to notice real social and systemic

Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings spent $24,730 in taxpayer money last year to lease a 2008 luxury Lexus hybrid sedan. Ohio Rep. Michael Turner expensed a $1,435 digital camera. Eni Faleomavaega, the House delegate from American Samoa, bought two 46-inch Sony

A 72-year-old woman in Austin, Texas, was pulled over for speeding, then tasered and sent to jail Monday. Kathryn Winkfein was pulled over for driving 60 in a construction zone, 15 miles above the speed limit, and allegedly became violent.

Dick Cheney, in a speech at the National Press Club, said "I do not believe, and I have never seen any evidence, that he (Hussein) was involved in 9/11." Cheney also attacked the Obama administration on General Motors and Gitmo.

GM, which filed for bankruptcy on Monday, announced that it has reached a deal to sell its Hummer division, but has not revealed the price or buyer. The company said the sale was is set to close by the third

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan says she still "sees" her husband Ronald, and talks to him. "At night time, if I wake up, I think Ronnie is there, and I start to talk to him," she told Vanity Fair magazine.

British scientists have made a breakthrough in their study of Antarctica's elusive Emperor Penguins by mapping their droppings using space satellites. "The penguins are too small and they're black and white on sea ice that is white and black, so

Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, the suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of one soldier and the critical injury of another at a Little Rock, Ark., Army recruiting booth, had been under investigation by the FBI's Joint Terrorist Task Force since his

President Barack Obama suggested that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy -- provided it proves by the end of the year that its aspirations are peaceful. "What I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate

The Onion: Gay marriage is still illegal in most states, but could some homosexuals have found a way around the law? Missouri Congressman Darrell Iskoe is the coauthor of a bill that would close the gay marriage loophole.

Bob Herbert: There is every reason to hope that we've improved as a society to the point where the racial craziness of the Gingriches and Limbaughs will finally have a tough time finding any sort of foothold. Those types can

Ross Douthat: Sonia Sotomayor will be joining a high court that's gradually become a kind of extra legislative body -- a nine-person super-Senate graced with the power of the veto. Complaints about the Supreme Court's power are almost as old

At 3 PM (GMT) each day, I will travel to a randomly selected location. Once there, I will send a Tweet, asking everyone to Tweet about their thoughts concerning the nature of my location. Thirty minutes later, I will send

Below are the ways to call our "father" in various languages.Afrikaans : vaderAlbanian : baba ; atëApalai (Amazon) : papaArabic : babba ; yebba ; abbi (classical)Aragones : paiAsturian : páAymara : awkiAzeri (Latin Script) : ataBangla : Baba ;