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Hillary Clinton to increase bad-ass cred by searching for Amelia Earhart
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Hillary Clinton to increase bad-ass cred by searching for Amelia Earhart

Hillary Clinton has been doing some pretty impressive work as Secretary of State for the Obama administration, especially when it comes to… James Brady Ryan   |   03.21.2012   |   Comments (8)
Smithsonian's "Art of Video Games" show redefines art, or video games, or shut up
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Smithsonian's "Art of Video Games" show redefines art, or video games, or shut up

If you've ever gone to a modern-art show with someone who has classicist preferences, their response was probably something like, "I… Moze Halperin   |   03.19.2012   |   Comments (0)
Apparently, chicken is causing your urinary tract infections
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Apparently, chicken is causing your urinary tract infections

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, approximately one in five women gets recurring UTIs throughout her lifetime. If… EJ Dickson   |   03.19.2012   |   Comments (1)
Dharun Ravi found guilty in Tyler Clementi case
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Dharun Ravi found guilty in Tyler Clementi case

Dharun Ravi, the former roommate of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi, was found guilty today of a majority of the charges against him… James Brady Ryan   |   03.16.2012   |   Comments (2)
John Wilkes Booth bobbleheads pulled from Gettysburg museum gift shop
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John Wilkes Booth bobbleheads pulled from Gettysburg museum gift shop

Seven-inch bobblehead dolls of noted Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth were removed from the Gettysburg Museum & Visitor Center bookstore… Jeff Mills   |   03.14.2012   |   Comments (0)
America's children even more useless, narcissistic than originally thought
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America's children even more useless, narcissistic than originally thought

Remember the whole "Tiger Mom" thing? Or maybe you remember recently finding out that French parents (despite their godless… Alex Heigl   |   03.14.2012   |   Comments (2)
29% of GOP voters in Mississippi believe interracial marriage should be illegal
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29% of GOP voters in Mississippi believe interracial marriage should be illegal

And you thought that whole "Nearly fifty percent of Southern voters think Obama is a secret Muslim" thing was cray. This, my friends… Alex Heigl   |   03.13.2012   |   Comments (17)
Study: eating any red meat makes you more likely to die
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Study: eating any red meat makes you more likely to die

Just in time for barbecue season, a new study shows that including any red meat at all in your diet will notably increase your… Virginia Smith   |   03.13.2012   |   Comments (17)
Research shows LSD helps treat alcoholism
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Research shows LSD helps treat alcoholism

Apparently, taking hallucinogenic drugs might help you stop being such an alcoholic.  Norwegian researchers have published new… Rachel Krantz   |   03.12.2012   |   Comments (1)
Japan clamps down on cat cafés... wait, what?
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Japan clamps down on cat cafés... wait, what?

Here's a good rule of thumb: If you can imagine it, it exists in Japan. While American coffeehouses of a certain bohemian stripe might… Stefan Sirucek   |   03.6.2012   |   Comments (3)
Urban Outfitters has offended the Irish with its St. Patrick's Day gear
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Urban Outfitters has offended the Irish with its St. Patrick's Day gear

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Urban Outfitters has offended the Irish with a new line of products depicting Irish people as &mdash… Virginia Smith   |   03.1.2012   |   Comments (4)
Game creator sues Justin Bieber over "Joustin' Beaver" app
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Game creator sues Justin Bieber over "Joustin' Beaver" app

So what's new with the Biebster you ask? Well, other than turning the big one-eight in a couple days, and buying Selena Gomez islands or… Jeff Mills   |   02.28.2012   |   Comments (1)
Researchers claim new stem-cell procedures could prolong female fertility
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Researchers claim new stem-cell procedures could prolong female fertility

Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have managed to produce early-stage eggs using stem cells extracted from ovaries, a development… Virginia Smith   |   02.28.2012   |   Comments (0)
Dutch airline KLM allows passengers to choose seatmates based on their Facebook profiles
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Dutch airline KLM allows passengers to choose seatmates based on their Facebook profiles

If you're one of those awful, annoying people who thinks flying is a social experience and feels the need to point out every single useless… EJ Dickson   |   02.26.2012   |   Comments (3)
Physicist Stephen Hawking is evidently a huge fan of sex clubs
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Physicist Stephen Hawking is evidently a huge fan of sex clubs

As the old businessman's axiom goes, when you work hard, you have to play hard. And seeing as no one works harder than Stephen Hawking, the… Rick Paulas   |   02.24.2012   |   Comments (9)
Bronx residents upset by vodka company's hooker-mocking ads
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Bronx residents upset by vodka company's hooker-mocking ads

Wodka, the perennially offensive vodka company, has upset residents of the Bronx with a new billboard with the slogan "Escort Quality… Virginia Smith   |   02.23.2012   |   Comments (6)
Tucker Carlson thinks maybe the U.S. should just completely destroy Iran
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Tucker Carlson thinks maybe the U.S. should just completely destroy Iran

Iran: apparently we need to go to war with it like yesterday, because its nuclear program may have military aspects, even though we can't say for… James Brady Ryan   |   02.22.2012   |   Comments (17)
Cyborg Alert: There will be Google-powered glasses by the end of the year
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Cyborg Alert: There will be Google-powered glasses by the end of the year

Bluetooth technology has been on the market for years and people using it still look like chumps. But the quest to make our technology stick to… Stefan Sirucek   |   02.22.2012   |   Comments (2)
How creepy is this article about Target tracking customer purchasing information?
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How creepy is this article about Target tracking customer purchasing information?

Facebook is storing your private data for unknown reasons. Google's keeping a record of what kinds of websites you're visiting. Whatever… Rick Paulas   |   02.21.2012   |   Comments (7)
David Cross snorted coke under his table at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
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David Cross snorted coke under his table at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

In a new interview with — where else? — Playboy, David Cross admits that he did a bump of coke while in the same room as Barack Obama… Virginia Smith   |   02.21.2012   |   Comments (0)