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Since Twitter jumped into the public consciousness, the world’s most-popular microblogging service has kind of morphed into something far beyond the original intention.  The social hub is now the way most people get their breaking news, tweets are used to track infectious diseases, and Twitter celebrities are actually a thing that exists for those who […]

Subways are a pretty efficient way to travel.  The trains zip along underground, stopping at various stations and delivering some passengers while picking up others.  All in all, it’s a pretty good system assuming nothing goes wrong.  On Wednesday, something went wrong on a BART train in San Francisco, California.  Zachary McCabe, 30, was stretched […]

Pope John Paul II is one of the most popular popes in recent memory, and in the wake of his death he’s gotten a great deal of notice and tribute, from being the face of Papal coins to becoming a saint.  However, while those honors are cool, there’s nothing like having a gigantic statue of […]

Both in terms of her years at the top of British politics, her political beliefs, and her controversial stature among her people, Margaret Thatcher is the British version of Ronald Reagan.  Equal parts lionized and demonized by all sides of British politics, it seems that no one lacks an opinion on the so-called Iron Lady. […]

When it comes to facial hair, beards are back in a big way, but there’s one field where beards are not appreciated.  That field, ladies and gentlemen, is politics.  Political candidates with beards are simply a thing that doesn’t happen these days, which is unfortunate as one of America’s best presidents had a beard.  However, […]

Roger Ebert has had a hard time in recent years.  The renowned film critic has struggled with his health, and even after losing his jaw and voice to cancer, his written output only increased.  Indeed, post-cancer Ebert was incredibly prolific with his writing, pumping out an autobiography, conducting a heart-wrenching profile for Esquire, and even […]

When it came out in 2003, Finding Nemo was an immediate hit for Pixar.  The film won an Academy Award, grossed nearly $922 million dollars around the world, and made an additional small fortune in marketing tie-ins, like toys and games and clothing and all the stuff that makes a company potential Disney purchase fodder. […]

They say the eyes are the window to the soul.  If so, two men have left a big pile of windows at a Conoco gas station near Kansas City, Missouri.  On Wednesday night, while stopped at the station, two men discarded a medical cooler with a bloody bag inside near the trash can between the […]

If you’re already looking forward to the 86th annual Academy Awards, then you’ll have to wait a little longer than usual, even if you’re the unannounced next celebrity host.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group behind the Oscars, has had to move their awards ceremony back a month to avoid an […]

Harvard may not be the world’s top university anymore, but the school is becoming a basketball powerhouse.  Well, kind of.  Last year, the Crimson lost to the Vanderbilt Commodores in their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1946, but that simply served to get the nerves out of the Harvard student-athletes.  Back in the NCAA Tournament […]

One of the most controversial laws in decades has been New York City’s ban on large sodas.  The law has come as part of a renewed interest in calorie-counting and public health, particularly in Gotham, but it’s not a popular law everywhere.  Some places still believe in personal choice, like the state of Mississippi.  Mississippi […]

It’s a tale of two teams from last season’s Final Four.  The Louisville Cardinals and the Kentucky Wildcats, two of the most bitter rivals in college basketball due to the close proximity of the two campuses and the constant interaction of the two schools’ fan-bases, met in the Final Four last season, with Louisville finding […]