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View ArticleDonald Trump Is Running for President of Our Dystopian Future
It’s all well and good to make fun of Donald Trump’s presidential run, but it turns out that you can put his words in the mouths of the classiest fictional dictators, and it really works.Edited by:...
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Deadspin I Tried Daily Fantasy Sports And It Is Evil | io9 All The Most Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books in October | Jezebel Conspiracy Corner: The Real Avril Lavigne Is Dead. The Avril You...
View ArticleTo help reduce recidivism rates, the Justice Department announced $53...
To help reduce recidivism rates, the Justice Department announced $53 million in grants for programs that aid offenders from re-entering prison (4 in 10 return within three years of release)....
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Everything We Know About the Oregon Community College Shooting and the...
Thursday morning, a lone gunman opened fire at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College. By the end of his rampage, at least ten people—himself included—were dead. Here’s everything we know so far about the...
View ArticleCleveland Police Chief Breaks Down in Tears After Shooting Death of...
Yesterday on Cleveland’s East Side, a six-month-old girl riding in a car with her mother was killed after being shot in the chest during an apparent drive-by shooting. Following a failed SWAT raid on a...
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Alan Cumming and Tommy Hilfiger's Wife Accidentally Ate Dirt
I can’t go on, I’ll go on. Alan Cumming and Tommy Hilfiger’s wife accidentally ate dirt. Page Six reports that at a Wall Street dinner party Tuesday, Alan Cumming, Tommy Hilfiger and his wife Dee, and...
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Is Disclosure a Victim of Its Own Good Taste?
What exactly was Disclosure good at, anyway?This is the question I’ve been asking myself in the wake of Caracal, the limp new album from brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, whom you may know from their...
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The Martian Is Hands Down The Best Thriller Of The Year
When it comes to edge-of-your-seat suspense, The Martian is in a class of its own. Ridley Scott’s new movie, in theaters today, is a top-notch survival thriller, full of twists and turns that’ll make...
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Alabama, Which Requires ID to Vote, Stops Issuing New Licenses in...
Facing a state budget reduction, Alabama’s Law Enforcement Agency opted to cut driver-licensing services at 31 satellite offices, serving 28 counties. Twelve to fifteen of the affected counties are in...
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Did Avril Lavigne Die in 2003?: An Internet Conspiracy, Explained
“Hi fellow Avril Rangers”: This is the innocuous beginning to what is, perhaps, the best written statement on Canadian pop-punk Nickelback divorcee Avril Lavigne that the internet has ever produced....
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Today's Best Deals: 802.11ac Router, $7 Quick Charger, KitchenAid, and More
Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on...
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The Nicest Philly Has Ever Been: Pope Francis Visits the Birthplace of America
PHILADELPHIA—A sign flashed over the NJ Turnpike as I made my way to Philadelphia early Friday morning: “POPE IN PHILLY THIS WEEKEND — PLAN AHEAD.” Indeed—Pope in Philly that weekend, and we ought to...
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Oklahoma Halts Three Executions After Receiving Wrong Lethal Injection Drug
When the state of Oklahoma stopped the execution of Richard Glossip on the day he was scheduled to die this week, it wasn’t because he may very well be be an innocent man, but because they’d received...
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The Pope Hung Out With an Openly Gay Man the Day Before He Said "Hi" to Kim...
Turns out the Vatican has one final burn for Kim Davis, the anti-gay clerk who flew a little too close to the sun when she released the news that the pope had acknowledged her existence. Not only was...
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500 Days of Kristin, Day 250: In Search of a Believer
Two hundred and fifty days ago, former reality TV star Kristin Cavallari announced that she was writing a book to be released sometime in the spring of 2016. Balancing in Heels (formerly titled...
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Joaquin Heading Out to Sea, But Extreme Rainfall and Major Coastal Flooding...
Good news! We’re pretty sure that Hurricane Joaquin is going to head out to sea, with the chance of landfall on the United States fairly low at this point. The bad news is that there will still be more...
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I Want to Stand With This Archive of 1990s Kmart Store Soundtracks on a...
Want to relive the feeling of accompanying a shopping cart down a dingy fluorescent-lit aisle, trying to decide whether to drop your allowance money on the new 98 Degrees album or the Sun-In you need...
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Lead Sheriff in Oregon Massacre Investigation Wiped His Sandy Hook...
Sheriff John Hanlin, who is leading the investigation into the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon where at least 10 people were killed, had previously shared a widely debunked Sandy...
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As News Is Ephemeral, So Too Is Life
Veteran Washington Post journalist Al Kamen today announced via Twitter that after 35 years at the paper, he’ll be writing his final column next week. His announcement has fewer than 50 RTs so far. A...
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