Ausgezeichnet: Comparing German to Other Languages
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Obama: “Trayvon Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago”
A question that's lingered for days now that a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin is what President Obama was going to say about the case. Though he issued a short statement immediately following the verdict, it seemed unlikely he wouldn't elaborate on a decision that's aggravated America's racial tensions more than anything in years. That said, any statement he'd make would have to be far more politically minded than much of the angry dialogue being slung back and forth this week.
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Hilarious Failed City Harrisburg, PA Has Some Cowboy Hats for Sale
Let's check in on the city of Harrisburg, the bankrupt sinkhole of despair
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A federal appeals court has ruled that New York Times reporter James Risen must testify in the case
A federal appeals court has ruled that New York Times reporter James Risen must testify in the case of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA officer currently on trial for allegedly leaking classified information. Risen has vowed to go to jail, if necessary, to protect his sources.
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Teen Boys Wear Skirts to School to Protest Ban on Shorts
A group of schoolboys have decided to protest an administrative ban on short by wearing skirts to class.
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SEC Goes After White Whale, Billionaire Steve Cohen, With Lame Charge
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SeaWorld Is So Pissed Over the Blackfish Documentary
Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite recently told the New York Times that she approached her documentary Blackfish as a journalist with an open mind. The resulting film, which is about killer whales in captivity (specifically at SeaWorld and focusing on the 32-year-old orca Tilikum, who's killed three people), is nonetheless damning enough that it reads like animal liberation propaganda. We hear numerous testimonials from former SeaWorld trainers on the negative effects of keeping these giant, sensitive creatures penned. We see hidden-camera footage of SeaWorld guides feeding park guests incorrect information about orcas' lifespans and fins — the dorsal fins of captive killer routinely collapse, or flop to the side, which is rare in the wild. We see footage of brutal whale-on-human attacks. We hear nothing from SeaWorld itself.
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Welcome to Dodge & Burn: A Launch Party
Last night marked the official launch of Dodge & Burn, with a steamy launch party hosted on Gawker HQ's rooftop. There were 100 pizzas
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Airbnb Host Will Let You Sleep in Wooden Box for $1,367 a Month
New York's many hotels are very "lamestream," very "conservative" and "traditional." The new best way to explore Silicon Alley is by renting this "cabin caravan," which is a fun way to describe a tiny plywood trailer located in a parking lot that has no running water.
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When it comes to mating, shorebirds prefer a good body to a large brain, and the romantic singing of
When it comes to mating, shorebirds prefer a good body to a large brain, and the romantic singing of male bats can attract females in less than one second. Animals are Justin Bieber fans.
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Internet-Famous Dog Dies at Age 140
Unlike most Internet-famous dogs who find celebrity while still in the prime of their puppyhood, Schoep was 19 years old when he suddenly found himself swimming in Facebook likes.
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Nicolas Cage Promotes Drug Dabbling and Listening to TLC’s Waterfalls
Nicolas Cage is doing a European press tour for The Frozen Ground and a personal press tour for Normalcy. Sources overseas are reporting that Cage is telling people he’s just a “pretty boring guy” who is now living a “very simple life” in the very simple town of Las Vegas. According to BBC News, he’s only spent six months or so of his life “dabbling” in drugs. “I didn’t have like a real problem,” says Cage and also everyone who has ever dabbled.
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A New York woman has been arrested for using fraudulent hospital records to pose as a Boston Maratho
A New York woman has been arrested for using fraudulent hospital records to pose as a Boston Marathon bombing victim and collect $480,000 from a fund for the real victims.
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Andrew Bujalski's New Movie About Chess is Not Just For Nerds
Andrew Bujalski's new movie takes place in the early 1980s, set at an annual convention in which programmers are working to develop a computer chess program that could win over a human chess master—an early battle of artificial intelligence versus the human spirit. Regardless of your interest in chess, computer or otherwise, Computer Chess is hilarious and marvelously entertaining.
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Britain's Best Eavesdropping Spot: The Royal Baby Hospital Live Feed
As Kate Middleton regrets more and more her decision 9 months ago to prank the world by claiming to be pregnant, the caravan of international media camped outside her hospital inches ever closer to delirium. Earlier this week, some news services began offering live-streaming video of the hospital doors through which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge may or may not pass when Kate Middleton gives birth. The result: 20 hours a day of a still shot of windows (sometimes a street shot of doors) and some of the best eavesdropping currently available on the Internet.
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New York Just Set an All-Time Record For Energy Usage
This afternoon, ConEd issued a statement pleading with New Yorkers to use less energy—and thus prevent brownouts. Why? Because today at 2pm, the company broke its official energy usage record.
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Kotaku Don't Tell George R.
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The Week in Movies: Only God Forgives The Conjuring and Turbo
Welcome to Annotate This, where we gather reviews, trailers, and annotate the posters for movies coming out this week. It will help you decide what to avoid, what to see, and what to pretend to see. Click on the image above to add your comments to the mix. Guess what? The heat wave has ostensibly made movie reviews super grumpy and also creative with their reviews!
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This Illustration of $1 Billion Will Make You Weep Brain Fluid
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Kanye West Just Beat Up A Photographer at LAX
Kanye West has just gone "postal" on photographer at LAX, or so says TMZ in their exclusive report. According to their sources, paramedics are still on the scene.
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