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America Is No Longer the Most Obese Country in the World
Bad news, patriots: According to a new UN study, America is no longer the most obese country among more populous nations. That honor, which, according to another study, Americans held as recently as...
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Cleveland Kidnap Victims Make First Appearance Since Their Rescue
"First and foremost, I want to everyone to know how happy I am to be home": So opens a newly released video of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight in their first appearance since their...
View ArticleThe Muslim Brotherhood, 51 supporters of whom were killed by the army on...
The Muslim Brotherhood, 51 supporters of whom were killed by the army on Monday in what increasingly looks like an unprovoked massacre, have—surprise!—rejected the interim president's timetable for...
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Asiana Crash Investigations Focus on Pilot Inaction
Investigators scrutinizing the events leading up to Saturday's Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco are examining the behavior of the pilots in the minutes leading up the crash—during which the...
View ArticleBecause the New York restaurant grading system is "inconsistent, capricious,...
Because the New York restaurant grading system is "inconsistent, capricious, and costly," the City Council proposed new bills that will reduce fines, grade on fewer violations, and increase...
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Americans Are Drinking Beer From Cans Now
Beer-swilling Americans, globally regarded as the very Platonic ideal of refinement and taste, are renowned for their refined palates. They certainly are not the type of people to sit around on the...
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Man Honors Brother's Last Wish by Handing Out $500 Tips to Servers
It's been almost exactly one year since Seth Collins started his quest to honor his late brother Aaron's dying wish: "Leave an awesome tip (and I don’t mean 25%. I mean $500 on a fucking pizza) for a...
View ArticleSome 30,000 inmates across two-thirds of California's prisons launched a...
Some 30,000 inmates across two-thirds of California's prisons launched a hunger strike on Monday, refusing meals and skipping work and classes in a protest, organized by inmates at Pelican Bay State...
View ArticleEdward Snowden, the ex-contractor who leaked NSA documents to the Guardian...
Edward Snowden, the ex-contractor who leaked NSA documents to the Guardian and Washington Post, has accepted Venezuela's offer of asylum, AFP reports. Update: Or maybe not! The tweet cited by AFP has...
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New York City Too Expensive for Anyone
The average rent of an apartment in America is just over $1,000 per month. But do you know how much the average rent is in New York City. Do you? DO YOU? TOO MUCH. "$3,017 a month, according to new...
View ArticleEgypt's interim president has appointed a new prime minister: Hazem...
Egypt's interim president has appointed a new prime minister: Hazem El-Beblawi, the country's former finance minister. Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel-winning diplomat who was incorrectly reported as the...
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Woman Hires ‘Hitman’ to Kill Husband Because ‘It's Easier Than Divorce’
Recently released footage showing a Michigan woman casually and callously attempting to hire a hitman to kill her husband reveals her alleged motive: "It was easier than divorcing him." Julia Merfeld,...
View Article"Rooting for this man in 2013 is like rooting for Pfizer.
"Rooting for this man in 2013 is like rooting for Pfizer. Or PepsiCo. Or PRISM." Chris Richards' review of Jay-Z's new album is ferociously accurate.
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How I Made @DadBoner (And How @DadBoner Made Me A Better Man)
It was just over a year ago that I wrote a post here at Deadspin outing comedian Mike Burns as the man behind @DadBoner, one of the most popular Twitter feeds ever devised. If you're unfamiliar, the...
View ArticleGawker And Now, a Few More Stories From Wal-Mart Employees | Deadspin How I...
Gawker And Now, a Few More Stories From Wal-Mart Employees | Deadspin How I Made @DadBoner (And How @DadBoner Made Me A Better Man) | Gizmodo Dropbox Just Changed Everything About How You Use Apps |...
View ArticleModel Citizen Bravely Blasts Lawmakers at Texas Abortion Bill Hearing
Texas senators began hearing public testimony yesterday on the recently revived anti-abortion bill SB 1. The bill, which would force the closure of all but six abortion clinics throughout the state...
View ArticleElisabeth Hasselbeck, The View's resident right-wing shouting head, is...
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The View's resident right-wing shouting head, is ankling the ABC kaffeeklatsch to take her rightful place on Fox News. She'll be joining Fox & Friends as a replacement for...
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“Dead” Hospital Patient Woke Up As Doctors Prepared to Remove Organs
In October 2009, the St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse ruled a woman dead and, with the permission of the woman's family, prepared to remove her organs for donation. Then, as she was on the operating...
View ArticleEgyptian Videographer Captures His Own Death Amid Massacre
Ahmed Samir Assem was one of the 51 people killed on Monday when Egyptian soldiers began firing on a crowd gathered outside a Republican Guard building. But unlike the other victims, many of whom were...
View ArticleSoon You'll Be Able to Rent This Amazing Hovercraft Golf Cart
Last April, professional golfer Bubba Watson announced that he had co-developed the world's first hovercraft golf cart. Because it floats on a level of air, placing 33 time less pressure on the ground...
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