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A photographer documents his wife's battle with cancer
Angelo Merendino, a New York-based photographer, says the photo essay of his wife Jennifer's battle with breast cancer is an attempt to "humanize the face of cancer."
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Why I made 'Blackfish'
I remember fragments of the story of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau's killing in 2010 - something about a ponytail, something about her slipping and falling, something about how this almost never ever happens because in these parks, the animals are happy and the trainers are safe.
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The most unequal place in America
North of Lake Providence, on a side of town Gilmore rarely sees, there are tennis courts and ski boats, swimming pools and manicured estates. The lake is less than a mile wide, but the north side might as well be a world away from Gilmore, who earns $8.50 per hour working 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and still is two months behind on some of her bills.
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Strange Things Are Happening To Astronauts Returning To Earth
Who would have thought traveling to outer space could be such a profound experience? OK, probably everybody, but these former astronauts really articulate it in a way that was just a little mind-blowing.
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Two Gunshots on a Summer Night
A Deputy’s Pistol, a Dead Girlfriend, a Flawed Inquiry By Walt Bogdanich and Glenn Silber
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The Real Walter White
When AMC's Breaking Bad premiered in 2008, one of Alabama's most successful meth cooks was already knee deep in building a massive meth empire. His name? Walter White. In this documentary, Walter tells us the secret behind his product, how he stacked up thousands of dollars per day, and why his partner is now serving two life sentences.
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Secret filming highlights poor care of brain injury victims
Patients with serious brain injuries are being let down by poor care, the BBC's Newsnight programme has learned. Secretly-filmed footage passed to Newsnight shows examples of patient neglect and ignored safety procedures.
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The Tiniest Girl In The World - My Shocking Story
Two-year-old Charlotte weighs less than eight pounds and wears the clothes of a newborn baby. At 22 inches tall, she is half the height she should be and her sisters can dress her up in their dolls' clothes. While it is clear that Charlotte suffers from primordial dwarfism, the type of her condition is not yet known.
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This Film About A Sad 30 Year Old Case Needs Your Help
30 years ago something happened to a young boy that has…
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How artist Curtis Wallen used the Deep Web to create a person who does not exist
Curtis Wallen is a Brooklyn-based photographer and visual artist. But, since January 2013, Wallen has been using the Deep Web to systematically create Aaron Brown, a person that doesn’t actually exist. Using Tor, Bitcoin, and various other methods, Wallen was able to procure a State of Ohio driver’s license, a boating permit, State Farm insurance card, Comcast cable bill (for proof of address), and a certified membership card for the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas.
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Kim Dotcom: The Man Behind Mega
In October 2013, VICE News was invited to visit the infamous tech mogul and creator of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, at his palatial property in New Zealand. Even though Kim is under house arrest—since he's at the center of history's largest copyright case—he's still able to visit a recording studio in Auckland. So check out this brand new documentary we made at Kim's mega-mansion
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Kim Dotcom: The Man Behind Megaupload
In October 2013, VICE News was invited to visit the infamous tech mogul and creator of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, at his palatial property in New Zealand. Even though Kim is under house arrest—since he's at the center of history's largest copyright case—he's still able to visit a recording studio in Auckland. So check out this brand new documentary we made at Kim's mega-mansion.
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The Largest Submarine in The U.S. Navy
USS Pennsylvania is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1989. The Ohio class is a class of nuclear powered submarines used by the United States Navy. The Navy has 18 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and guided missile submarines.
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Stunning new footage of defiance emerges from North Korea
A groundbreaking new documentary is using smuggled footage to paint a new and dramatic picture of the Hermit Kingdom, North Korea. Much of the world sees North Koreans as brainwashed and subservient, bowing down to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. The Frontline documentary “Secret State of North Korea” from the American public broadcaster PBS shows that for many people in North Korea, just the opposite is true.
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The New Aaron Swartz Documentary at Sundance
“The Internet’s Own Boy,” a documentary about the life and death of Aaron Swartz, premièred on Monday at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. The life of Swartz as a coder and an Internet thinker is well known. A believer in free access to knowledge, in 2010 Swartz installed a computer in an M.I.T. supply closet and downloaded a large number of old academic articles.
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This Short Documentary Will Break Your Heart – Warning: Graphic Drug Use Depicted
Most people don't grasp how large the problem of homele…
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The Extraordinary Aaron Swartz: Sundance Sees 'The Internet's Own Boy'
How the late, heroic programmer's commitment to logic inspired a lifetime of unpredictable and very specific choices
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The Baidu Billionaire: Inside the Google of China
Baidu is the world's 5th most visited website and China's most popular search engine, but how much does the rest of the world know about the "Google of China?" Bloomberg West's Emily Chang sits down for an exclusive interview with Baidu's CEO Robin Li, China's third richest man. They cover everything from the company's history, to censorship by the Chinese Government, to competition with Apple, Google and Alibaba.
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The thrilling life of the world's most fearless travel blogger
The Pakistani man wielding the automatic rifle didn't talk much as he escorted Steven McDonald to the village of Kalash in the country’s tumultuous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. In the long series of encounters that McDonald has had traveling to some of the world's weirdest and most dangerous locales, the man with the AK-47 could almost count as peaceful.
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and times of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfare. The film was directed by Errol Morris and features an original score by Philip Glass. The title derives from the military concept of the "Fog of war" depicting the difficulty of making decisions in the midst of conflict. ---wikipedia
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