Post Overview
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9 years ago+12 13 1The NFL’s Perfect Little Scandal
Yes, the problem with the NFL is deflated footballs. That’s the one. It’s not the complicated stuff we have chosen to forget because we ran out of energy as the league stalled and stalled until the clock ran out. It’s not the commissioner who ignored ...
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9 years ago+16 16 0Illinois law allows schools to demand students' Facebook passwords
Technically Incorrect: Conceived to combat cyberbullying, a new law in Illinois may result in schools demanding social media passwords, even if the posting was not done at school or on school computers. Illinois can't seem to decide whether it ...
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9 years ago+9 9 0Uber promises 50,000 jobs in Europe
The chief executive of the online taxi-sharing firm Uber has said he wants to make 2015 a year of rapid expansion in Europe. Travis Kalanick told a conference in Munich that Uber could create 50,000 jobs as part of a "new partnership" with ...
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9 years ago+15 15 0Why Kim Dotcom hasn’t been extradited 3 years after the US smashed Megaupload
Kim Dotcom has never been shy. And in December 2011, roughly a month before things for Dotcom were set to drastically change, he still oozed with bravado: Dotcom released a song ("The Megaupload Song") in conjunction with producer Printz Bo ...
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9 years ago+20 20 0Different Tastes: How Our Human Ancestors' Diets Evolved
Our human ancestors began tasting food differently sometime after the human family tree branched off from the ancestors of chimpanzees, researchers say.
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9 years ago+13 13 0"Je Suis Charlie": 'The Simpsons' Stands With Charlie Hebdo
George Clooney and the Golden Globes glitterati weren’t the only ones making a public stand in the name of freedom of expression Sunday night. Fox’s episode of The Simpsons titled “Bart’s Best Friend,” penned by Judd Apatow 24 years ago as a spec – i ...
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9 years ago+23 23 04th-graders planned to kill teacher with hand sanitizer
Law enforcement officials say a group of fourth-grade students allegedly talked about trying to kill their teacher with hand sanitizer because she was mean to them, but concerned parents and a school board member foiled the plot. The alleged incident ...
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9 years ago+13 14 1Feds stick to court argument that marijuana is dangerous
The U.S. attorney’s office, representing Obama’s Justice Department, made the argument in a court filing Wednesday opposing a challenge to the long-standing federal law that classifies marijuana as a Schedule One drug along with heroin, LSD and ecsta ...
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9 years ago+15 16 1The grim second life of the 'breastaurant'
It's Sunday lunchtime in St Louis, close to the very middle of Middle America, and there's a healthy crowd at Hooters for the weekend's big football game. This particular branch of the beloved, reviled restaurant chain is within spitti ...
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9 years ago+18 18 0Afghan interpreter identifies colleagues in beheading footage
Afghan national in UK court challenge over family’s right to join him in UK says video shows price colleagues paid for helping British.
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9 years ago+18 18 0Judge clears man who spent 31 years in prison for Dallas rape
A Dallas man who was released from prison three years ago for a rape he always maintained he didn’t commit has finally been declared innocent by a state district judge. Rickey Dale Wyatt’s attorney, John Raley, called the judge’s order “happy holiday ...
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9 years ago+19 19 0 x 1Ever Wondered Who’s Behind Those Viagra Emails?
Marcia Bergeron's body was discovered by a neighbor the day after Christmas 2006. The coroner didn’t have to look far for a cause of death: More than a hundred generic pills were found in her home, including a sedative, an anti-anxiety drug and ...
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9 years ago+18 18 0Million-Mummy Cemetery Unearthed in Egypt
She's literally one in a million. The remains of a child, laid to rest more than 1,500 years ago when the Roman Empire controlled Egypt, was found in an ancient cemetery that contains more than 1 million mummies, according to a team of archaeolo ...
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9 years ago+19 19 0A Speaker That Defies Gravity
Mars is a new home music hub that fuses sci-fi design with precise, thoughtful engineering. The magic behind Mars lies in its revolutionary Graviton-powered levitating speaker/subwoofer system that prevents loss of sound experienced when speakers are ...
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9 years ago+17 17 0This West Antarctic region sheds a Mount Everest-sized amount of ice every two years, study says
The most vulnerable spot in the West Antarctic is melting three times faster than anyone knew, study says.
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9 years ago+18 18 0New evidence points to North Korean involvement in Sony Pictures hack
As Sony Pictures employees still struggle to get back online, new evidence is emerging that suggests North Korea may be behind the hack.
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9 years ago+15 15 0Why are so many video games broken at launch?
Allow me to begin with my very best Andy Rooney impersonation: When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a "day one patch." I went to Video Station on Saturday with my parents -- if I was lucky -- and came home with a single rented ...
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9 years ago+18 18 0How I Learned to Step Up My Spaghetti Game
It’s got a slight zest at first bite and chunky tomato sauce that keeps the noodles together in a tight, intimate hug. It’s the type of pasta dish you’re proud to get all over that oversized branded t-shirt that you only wear to bed.
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Review
9 years ago+29 29 0 x 1Kia Sorento Wolverine Car Revealed
Kia has revealed their new Kia Sorento Wolverine, a car based on Wolverine from the X-Men movies.
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9 years ago+15 15 0The Rise of the Professional Cyber Athlete
Ben McGrath profiles Scarlett, StarCraft’s most compelling player.