Doctors Without Borders has decided to close all its medical programs in Somalia, citing "imbalance [between] risks & compromises that staff must make, and our ability to provide impartial care." In the 22 years the organization has worked in Somalia, 16 staff members have been killed.
Doctors Without Borders has decided to close all its medical programs in Somalia, citing "imbalance
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UPS Plane Crashes, Explodes Near Birmingham
A large UPS cargo plane crashed early this morning in a field close to Birmingham, killing its pilot and co-pilot. The Airbus A300 was en route to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport from Louisville, Kentucky, when it crashed around 6 a.m, just half a mile from the runway. The impact reportedly caused two explosions, with debris scattered in a wide range around the site. Local police report that no homes were affected by the crash.
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World's Worst Fresco Restorer Cashes In On Ironic Art Appreciation
It's been almost exactly one year since octogenarian Spanish widow Cecilia Giménez took it upon herself to destroy an 80-year-old Jesus fresco
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Egyptian state TV is reporting that the government has declared a monthlong State of Emergency, star
Egyptian state TV is reporting that the government has declared a monthlong State of Emergency, starting at 4 p.m. local time. The AFP reports the death toll in today's bloody military clearing of sit-ins is at least 124.
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Prince Is Now on Twitter So You Need to Up Your Twitter Game
1st selfie #selfie pic.twitter.com/dM5u5Rwfz2
— PRINCE 3RDEYEGIRL (@3rdeyegirl) August 14, 2013
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Internet-Famous Raccoon Seized by State After YouTube Videos Go Viral
Mark Brown has made a name for himself and his pet raccoon Rebekah by uploading YouTube videos of the two sharing showers, dancing to "Chain of Fools
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The Daily Show Destroys What's Left of the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk
Following a recent ruling by a Federal judge who declared the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program unconstitutional
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Who Gave This Asshole $6.5 Million to Launch a Bro-Tastic Lady Site?
Something beautiful happened yesterday: an otherwise fractious internet was drawn together in harmony, united in mutual contempt for a new website called Bustle. Bustle is the spawn of asinine media mastermind Bryan Goldberg—creator of the dudebro sports-spam boiler room Bleacher Report—who reached new depths explaining his amazing, unprecedented brainstorm: a website... for girls!
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Animal House Dartmouth Frat Threw a ‘Bloods and Crips’ Party
Dartmouth College, the lily-white investment banking camp of the Ivy League, prides itself on its purposely insular and routinely violent
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The New York Times Website Has Been Misplaced
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As the head of the outfit co-sponsoring this event (The Atavist), I gotta say...
As the head of the outfit co-sponsoring this event (The Atavist), I gotta say... Cord is right. It was a serious oversight to not have ensured some diversity on this panel (it would be a serious oversight on any panel, but on this particular topic it's egregious). Not for any PC reasons or sensitivity reasons, but because an issue like this is more intelligently discussed when a range of racial perspectives are included. We did reach out to a wide group of potential participants, but when we ended up with an all-white panel it should've been rethought, or postponed. We've been working to try and expand the panel, and we have some people we hope can join who are both extremely qualified to speak on this topic and can add a different perspective as well.
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Breaking Bad Superfan Who Passed Away Declined Offer to Spoil Ending
Kevin Cordasco, the Breaking Bad superfan to whom the latest episode of the show was dedicated, passed away this past March of cancer at the age of 16.
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(UPDATE) NY Times Employee: Times Is Not Under "Cyber Attack"
New York Times employee Daniel Slotnik is now chiming in on Twitter to say that the Times' website failure is due to a simple system malfunction, which contradicts a Fox Business report that the site is suffering a "cyber attack."
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Lifehacker How to Encrypt Your Email and Keep Your Conversations Private | Jalopnik The Ten Most Amb
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The literary summer of Gawker contributing editor Kiese Laymon continues with the publication of How
The literary summer of Gawker contributing editor Kiese Laymon continues with the publication of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays, released yesterday. Buy it with his debut novel, Long Division, which came out in June. And read the original essay here
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Prepare to high-five a million Tina Fey angels: she's developing a new show for NBC, that should be
Prepare to high-five a million Tina Fey angels: she's developing a new show for NBC, that should be like "Cheers... on Fire Island."
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Gilbert Gottfried Is a Natural Aristocrat
Welcome to Next Question With Michael Musto, a regular feature in which Musto uses his time-honed skills to interrogate big celebrities, former celebrities, and wannabe celebrities. Musto is a pop culture icon, regular TV presence, and the author of four books.
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Drunk Man Wakes Up Inside Shipping Container Bound for Los Angeles
Have you ever woken up from a crazy night of drinking inside a sealed shipping container that was just about to embark on a two-week voyage to a foreign land?
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The Brandon Show At Hotel Americano
BOFFO, a 501-c3 dedicated to supporting and creating public art, presented The Brandon Show, a performance art piece by Los Angeles-based artist Brandon Herman, last night at Hotel Americano. The piece is a talk show of sorts (think The View) that addressed audience-generated questions, in between incessant coffee drinking and impromptu dance parties. During the performance, Herman's co-hosts, Shannon Coffey, Jonjon Battles, and Evan Hoyt Thompson called upon Amanda Bynes'
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The Politico gets more than a half-dozen people to talk about how much the press is talking about Do
The Politico gets more than a half-dozen people to talk about how much the press is talking about Donald Trump’s phony 2016 presidential ambitions. Meanwhile there is still no federal budget agreement.
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