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Public Transportation Isn't Just About Saving the Environment
The mass adoption of gasoline-powered cars over the last century or so probably represents the single greatest threat to public health in the long term (and a fairly large threat to public health in...
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Is Yuppie Shit Threatening DC's Hipness?
We all know that "DC" has traditionally stood for "Duh, [our] City [is an epicenter of hipness]." An ill (slang for "bad") wind this way blows, however. Could gentrification be threatening Chocolate...
View ArticleBrave Little Girl Flees Forced Marriage, Records Powerful Testimonial
The longstanding severity of Yemen's child marriages is gaining some much needed sunlight this week after a young survivor of this shocking custom took it upon herself to speak out on behalf of the...
View ArticleHave you talked with your teen about the dangers of inhaling blow darts?
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Kanye West Debuts Official “Black Skinhead” Clip, Invents Screenshot
Kanye "Little Mac" West has finally unveiled the official "Black Skinhead" on his website. Aside from a few added transitions of CGI dobermans snarling and some removed CG-eyes that peered out of the...
View ArticleDog Helps Very Australian Man Propose to His Girlfriend
Sure, this video contains a cute black Lab named Spud helping his Australian owner John propose to John's Scottish girlfriend Sarah.Read more...
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Here's a Moving Photo of the Obama Family in Mandela's Cell
The White House just released this remarkable shot of President Obama and his family visiting Nelson Mandela's cell on Robben Island while on their tour of South Africa last month.Read more...
View ArticleI Was a Hitman for the Most Violent Drug Cartel in Mexico
Meet Rosalio Reta, an inmate in Texas who killed over 30 people during his time as a hitman—starting at age 13—for Miguel Treviño, the just-captured boss of the brutal Zeta drug cartel.Read more...
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The Ten Scariest Aircraft Landings Caught On Video
Next time you feel like complaining about the Wi-Fi on your flight being slow, just remember it could have been worse. Much worse.Read more...
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San Francisco Surrenders to Startup Mega-Bus Network
Public transit in the Bay Area is so bad that it's devolved into a Mad Max techno-libertarian sci-fi hell-scape, with citizens forced to hitch rides with romantic predators or just yacht to work. But...
View ArticleDrunk Florence Welch Crashes Cover Band's Party, Performs ‘Get Lucky’
Florence Welch of + the Machine fame was quietly attending a Friday night party thrown by some random British cover band called Sourberry, when she was extemporaneously inspired by an unverified...
View ArticleBBC Reporter Not Thrilled About Being Forced to Cover Royal Baby ‘News’
Though the Duchess of Cambridge has officially gone into labor, no big news is expected before tomorrow morning, leaving the throng of reporters stationed outside the St Mary's Lindo Wing to report on...
View ArticleA Norwegian woman who'd been arrested for having extramarital sex in Dubai...
A Norwegian woman who'd been arrested for having extramarital sex in Dubai after reporting an alleged rape has been pardoned. Also pardoned was the woman's former boss and alleged rapist, who had been...
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Commuters Unite to Push Entire Train Car Off Trapped Passenger
Train officials at Japan Railway's Minami-Urawa station were joined this morning by some 40 commuters eager to help push a 70,000 pound train car off a trapped passenger.Read more...
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Tumblr Backtracks on Porn Blockade
Only two days after we wrote about Tumblr's capitulation to advertising interests—by blasting porno Tumblrs out into the phantom zone—the company is already apologizing. Read more...
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Man Records Final Fight with Soon-to-Be-Ex-Wife, Uploads It to YouTube
According to Jim, this is how his 30-year-old wife acts "when she does not get her way."Read more...
View ArticleDennis Farina, Cop Turned Actor, Dead at 69
Dennis Farina, the Chicago cop who launched into a multi-decade acting career—including a starring role in Law and Order—from a consulting gig with director Michael Mann has died following a blod clot...
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George Zimmerman Just Saved Someone from a Car Accident
What's George Zimmerman been up to in the days since he was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin? Mostly just staying in hiding and dodging death threats. But also pulling people out of overturned...
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Imprison the Royal Family and Abolish the Monarchy
As the world waits with bated breath for the emergence of the latest—and cutest—member of the British Royal Family, allow us to put forth a gentle reminder: In a just world, this innocent child would...
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Summer of the Gun: Documenting Baltimore's Gun Violence
The body count is 132 and rising. In fact, as of last week there were 22 homicides in Baltimore since June 21, the first day of summer. Like a starting gun signaling shooters to race to a...
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