Earlier today The Washington Post's Wonk Blog offered up an image-heavy explainer to clear up any lingering questions about its new owner, Jeff Bezos. One small problem: they got a crucial answer wrong.
Even the Washington Post Is Confused About Its New Ownership
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Teen Rapper Records Song About Police Standoff During Police Standoff
A young Colorado rapper who goes by the stage name Adequate Advocate put some of his tough talking peers to shame by recording a song about engaging the local police in a standoff — while in the middle of an actual standoff with local police.
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American Tourist Breaks Finger Off 600-Year-Old Italian Statue
There are a few basic rules in museums. The first, and most important, is: don't touch the art. Unfortunately, that's just what one 55-year-old American tourist from Missouri did during a recent a recent visit to Florence's Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. The result? A 600-year-old statue lost a finger.
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Another Awful Filner Allegation: He Hit on a Disabled Iraq Vet's Nurse
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner began two weeks of intensive therapy yesterday in an effort to cure himself of a now infamous tendency to sexually harass practically any woman within grabbing distance. At last count, nine women
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Area Man with Nothing to Lose Changes His Mind
Romney cites "a growing gap between the wealthy and those who are not" as a post-election concern.
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) August 7, 2013
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Taco Bell Will Soon Sell Waffle Tacos Across the Country
Last May, Taco Bell announced that it was taking tacos too far with the creation of waffle tacos
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Deadly New Bird Flu Strain “Passed Between Humans” for First Time
For the first time, researchers have found evidence of human-to-human transmission of the new H7N9 bird flu virus, which has killed at least 43 people in China.
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Here's a Good Ramble About Whale Sharks by Tara Reid
Because of SharkNado, people have been paying more attention to Tara Reid lately, and because of that, she is having a great time. Tonight, she appeared on Shark After Dark, a live show that is new to the Discovery Channel's Shark Week lineup, which now exists solely to mock you and your childhood dreams of enlightenment through this annual exploration of the deep
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Watch Stephen Colbert Eviscerate the Head of MTV for Yanking Daft Punk
Daft Punk were supposed to headline the Colbert Report's annual StePhest Colbchella and play the "song of the summer," "Get Lucky." (That must have seemed slightly more plausible as the actual song of the summer a month ago, when the duo were booked.) However, because they had a deal with MTV for a surprise appearance on August 25's Video Music Awards, President of MTV Networks Music & Logo Group at Viacom, Inc., Van Toffler stepped in and put the kibosh on the Colbert Report appearance, citing contractual exclusivity.
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Embassy-Closing Terror Plot Uncovered on Al Qaeda Conference Call
For the first time in history, a group of managers were able to sit down and prepare for a major project on a conference call. It's just that all the managers were al Qaeda managers, and the major project was a terrorist attack.
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Watch Ariel Castro's House Be Demolished Live
The planned demolition of the home of Ariel Castro, the man who imprisoned three young women for nearly a decade, began this morning in Cleveland's west side. The demolition comes less than a week after Castro was sentenced to life in prison, with no chance for parole, plus 1,000 years.
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President Obama has canceled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing tensi
President Obama has canceled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing tensions stemming from Edward Snowden, missile defense, and human rights. But we all know the real reason: You don't fuck with the Bloodhound Gang on this president's watch
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China Thought This Fetish Porn Scene Was an American Execution [NSFW]
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China's largest state-run news agency has apparently fallen into the all-too-common trap of mistaking obvious porn for hard-boiled news after it tried to pass a series of stills from a fetish film called Lethal Injection as an actual lethal injection taking place in the United States.
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Global Environmental Apocalypse Proceeding Right on Schedule
With all the talk these days of a "global warming crisis" and "looming planetary disaster," it may sometimes be hard to know what to think. Relax: our global warming crisis and looming planetary disaster are going exactly as scheduled.
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The smallest houses in the world feel like the most comfortable too
While the absolute world record goes to this Polish home/art installation,
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This Man's Response to His Amazon Package Being Stolen Is Perfect
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How Did This Shark End Up on a New York Subway Train?
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Amazon Customer Reviewers Give Four Stars to a $1.4 Million Monet
Art gallery and curatorial wonder emporium Amazon.com recently put the 1868 Claude Monet painting "L'Enfant a la tasse, portrait de Jean Monet" on sale for $1.45 million (free shipping)
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Study: Military Suicides Not Correlated With Military Deployment
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At Amazon, Jeff Bezos has no unionized employees.
At Amazon, Jeff Bezos has no unionized employees. At the Washington Post, he has 1,200.
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