The first mention of Donald Trump in the New York Times was on October 17,...
The first mention of Donald Trump in the New York Times was on October 17, 1973, in a front-page story on a Department of Justice lawsuit against Trump and his father, charging them with violation of...
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Hakeem Olajuwon Was Something Else In College, Man
Today the NBA played the league’s first-ever game in Africa, pitting “Team World” against “Team Africa” in Johannesburg. The game—which managed to be largely boring, yet still a breath of fresh air in...
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Jericho the Lion Is Still Alive, Isn't Cecil's Brother
A lion named Jericho, who CNN had reported dead on Saturday, is not dead, but is—thank goodness—still alive.http://gawker.com/cnn-cecil-the-...The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management...
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Hitchhiking Robot Lasts Just Two Weeks in US Because Humans Are Terrible
When hitchBOT the hitchhiking robot started his journey in Boston two weeks ago he wanted to see the entire country. Unfortunately, he never made it out of the Northeast. The researchers who built...
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Memphis Police Officer Shot and Killed During Traffic Stop
Officials said Sunday that a manhunt was underway after a Memphis police officer was shot and killed on Saturday night during a traffic stop, the Associated Press reports.In a statement, Memphis police...
View Article“In the protests that have followed police shootings, demonstrators have...
“In the protests that have followed police shootings, demonstrators have often asked why officers are so rarely punished for shootings that seem unwarranted. Dr. Lewinski is part of the answer.”
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What's a 52-Year-Old Doing in a NYT Story About Millennial Communes?
The Times has a story today about Millennials embracing co-living spaces—basically just a euphemism for having more roommates than is healthy—focusing on something called Pure House. (What a name!) One...
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Ronda Rousey Destroys Bethe Correia In 34 Seconds
As expected, Ronda Rousey dominated her Brazilian challenger Bethe Correia tonight, winning by a brutal knockout in just 34 seconds. Rousey dedicated her fight to the late “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. She’s...
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Bobby Brown's Sister Kicked Out of Bobbi Kristina's Funeral Service
Bobby Brown’s sister Leolah was escorted from her niece Bobbi Kristina’s memorial service on Saturday after lashing out verbally at Pat Houston, former manager and sister-in-law to Bobbi Kristina’s...
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New Ghostbusters Cast Visits Children's Hospital; Attracts Trolls
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones spent Saturday dressed in their Ghostbusters costumes, visiting patients at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center....
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After racist Truther status updates were found on his Facebook, part-time Donald Trump advisor Sam Nunberg “is no longer affiliated” with the leading Republican presidential candidate’s campaign....
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Charles Koch Calls for the End of "Corporate Cronyism," Confusingly
At a conference on Saturday, billionaire conservative puppeteer Charles Koch challenged around 450 fundraisers to advocate for the end of “corporate cronyism.” Hmm. What’s the play here,...
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Buzz Aldrin Proves the Federal Government Has A Form for Everything
This may be the only exciting piece of government paperwork you’ll ever read. Buzz Aldrin conquered Throwback Thursday forever last week when he shared his travel voucher from the Apollo 11 mission on...
View Article“Calling practically all growing contemporary businesses ‘technology...
“Calling practically all growing contemporary businesses ‘technology companies’ is about as useful as calling the enterprises of the industrial era ‘factory companies.’” Everything is tech and nothing is.
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Teen Girl Dies After Being Stabbed at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
A teenage girl died on Sunday of injuries sustained when an anti-gay extremist stabbed her and several others during an attack on Jerusalem’s gay pride parade last week, the Associated Press...
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After Request From Dying Son, Joe Biden Might Seek Nomination
In her Saturday op-ed column, New York Times writer Maureen Dowd reported that Joe Biden is thinking about running for the Democratic nomination. According to Dowd, Biden’s decision was prompted by the...
View ArticleCongratulations to Kim Jong-un, this year’s recipient of the Sukarno Center’s...
Congratulations to Kim Jong-un, this year’s recipient of the Sukarno Center’s “Global Statesman” award. Past recipients include Mahatma Gandhi, Aung San Suu Kyi (a political dissident turned Myanmar’s...
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One Firefighter Dead as Wildfires Rage Across Northern California
A wildfire has burned through nearly 46,000 acres and closed two highways north in Lake County, north of San Francisco, The Guardian reports. A firefighter was killed in a second fire, near the border...
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Why Do Men Think Everything Is A Sign You Want to Fuck?
Men: What are they thinking? And where do they get off? More specifically, why do they always think you like them or want them when you don’t? And conversely, why don’t they know when you actually do...
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4 Dead, 55 Hospitalized in Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease in New York
Four people have died and dozens more have been sickened by a recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City, CNN reports.“We are concerned about this unusual increase in Legionnaires’...
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