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Wind Energy Apocalypse on the Horizon, Says One Person

What's the last time you heard from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar? Not recently, you say. Well, that's because he's been busy cooking up a plot to destroy America increase the amount...

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Conspiracy-Theorist Christmas Comes Early as Biden Uses Term "New World Order"

That faint rumble you heard on Friday afternoon was the sound of a thousand gleeful conspiracy-theorists firing up their webcams (and bobbing excitedly in their desk chairs like a kid at a toy store)...

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Criminalizing Documentation of Animal Abuse All the Rage These Days

Where's the beef? According to the big agricultural corporations who control 84% of our beef, 66% of our pork, and 58% of our chicken, the biggest problem in our food system isn't that companies are...

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China Isn't Saying Who, But They Would Very Much Like Someone to Caaaaaalm Down

China's president, Xi Jinping, said Sunday that "no one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain," obviously (but not directly) referring to North...

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Cops Recommend Being Active, Fighting Gunman During Mass Shootings

The common wisdom when it comes to mass shootings has been to get the hell out of the way and call the cops. But according to new research, it might be better to take an active role when a crazed...

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New York Times Commenters Are Having "butthurt" From Ross Douthat's Column on...

Ross Douthat, the young conservative on the Times op-ed page, weighed in today on Susan Patton's totally fucked-up advice for Princeton women. His piece, which lays out that the Ivy league represents...

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Hundreds of Thousands of Bangladeshis Want Death for Blasphemous Bloggers

We're busy dealing with our own censorship issues here in the United States, but people in Bangladesh are kicking it up a notch (BAM!), by calling for the death penalty for any blogger that insults...

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Stop Pouring Salt Directly Into Your Mouth

A new study published in the British Medical Journal concluded that reducing salt intake by 50 percent per person could prevent 100,000 premature deaths a year in the United States. That might seem...

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IKEA Removes Pork-Tainted Moose Lasagna From Stores

IKEA's massive food scandal continues. Six weeks ago, the Swedish furniture store ran into some trouble after its famed meatballs tested positive for horse DNA in several European stores. Then, one...

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Hostage-Taker at Hillary Clinton Campaign Office Escapes From Prison

A 52-year-old man who took several people hostage at Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office in 2007 has escaped from jail. Authorities noticed Leeland Eisenberg was missing during an...

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Grandmother Arrested for Allegedly Hiring Grandson to Murder His Own Grandfather

A 64-year-old woman in Chicago was arrested and charged with hiring her grandson to murder her husband. Police say Janet Strickland hired her 19-year-old grandson, William Strickland, to gun down her...

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Margaret Thatcher Is Dead

Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 20th century, and the first and only female prime minister, has died of a stroke at age 87. Thatcher was...

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The Many Reasons This Guy's Son Is Crying Are All Guaranteed to Cheer You Up

Your baby boy loves to cry. Loves it. You could find a way to patiently and lovingly console him and coddle him until the latest tantrum passes, but that's no fun. Here's a much better idea: Start a...

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World's Most Confident Teen Turns Recurring Nightmare Into a Surpringly...

You know that dream you used to have where you'd suddenly find yourself standing in front of the entire school dressed in a shirt, bow tie, and golden booty shorts, twerking it all over this one girl...

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This Is the Face Vladimir Putin Made When He Was Confronted by a Topless...

While visiting Germany today, Russian President Vladimir Putin was confronted by a topless protester from the organization Femen. This is the face he made in response. Here's a GIF: Hold on! Is that...

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Wikileaks Blows the Lid off the 1970s

The anti-government secrecy site Wikileaks is embracing a peculiar new role: Excitedly publishing already-available declassified government information. The site's embattled honcho, Julian Assange,...

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Police in Toronto Seek Four Thirtysomething Women Accused of Sexually...

An alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old male is sparking debate in Canada and around the world after it was revealed that the suspects being sought in connection with the crime are four women in...

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Mike Arrington Responds to Abuse Claims: 'All of The Allegations Are...

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington has strongly denied a host of recent public allegations from an ex-girlfriend, former colleagues, and former friends that he has a history of violent behavior toward...

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Thieves In Germany Make Away With Five Metric Tons of Nutella

Seven palettes of Nutella totaling five metric tons (5.5 tons) were lifted off a truck in the central German town of Niederaula over the weekend. The same town was hit with a massive coffee heist just...

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Babies in Williamsburg Just Can't Fall Asleep

For the past few years, the only thing preventing Williamsburg babies from sleeping soundly at naptime was their crippling #FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). A sleeping baby can't check out Mateo's great new...

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