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Alien conspiracy theory is alive and well
Oct. 23, 2013Out of all the mythical creatures and monsters, aliens have to be the scariest.
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Don't get ahead of yourselves, Broward pranksters — you're no ‘Animal House’
Oct. 22, 2013Tuesday, we ran a story about a group of freshmen boys — of course — whose pranks at Broward Hall prompted the installment of surveillance cameras on their floor.
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Thanks, Obama: Glitches stall health care website rollout
Oct. 21, 2013One day, our great-great-great grandchildren will laugh at our Dark-Ages digital technology — most likely while cruising around on jet packs and buying Google Glasses out of vending machines. They’ll probably speak of the stalled https://www.healthcare.gov/ website the same way we speak of rotary telephones and dial-up Internet.
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The white (and black) stuff: Oreos are like cocaine
Oct. 20, 2013This week, a scientific report caused national distress when it revealed Oreos are almost as addictive as cocaine.
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Get your own fries with that: Fast-food workers’ wages unfair
Oct. 16, 2013The phrase “fast-food worker” stirs up images of high school kids working an after-school job at Taco Bell to save up for college or a car. However, Marc Doussard, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who co-authored a recent study on fast-food workers who receive public assistance, said this is not the case.
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Kenan speaks out but misses the point about lack of diversity on Saturday Night Live
Oct. 15, 2013During the early years of “Saturday Night Live”'s run, the environment was not friendly to women or minorities. This is made abundantly clear in both the book “Live From New York” and interviews with former female writers and cast members such as Jane Curtin.
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One CEO's advice on climbing the corporate ladder
Oct. 14, 2013DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider talked to The Atlantic yesterday in a video segment titled “Advice to a Younger Me” about her climb from an entry-level position in the entertainment industry to chairwoman of Universal Pictures to her current position as CEO.
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The (Me)rlot Generation: Millenials’ extreme wine consumption changing industry
Oct. 13, 2013In May, TIME magazine published a trend piece about millennials titled “The Me Me Me Generation,” but it failed to mention one interesting characteristic of our often-scolded generation: We’re turning the wine industry over on its head.
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Stop obsessing over "thigh gaps" — it's not healthy
Oct. 9, 2013Some people have blue eyes, and some people have green eyes. Some people have innie belly buttons, and some people have outie belly buttons. Some people have narrow hips and legs that touch, and some people have wider hips with thighs that don’t touch. All these particular body parts are affected by the arbitrary genetic hand you’re dealt at birth, yet young girls have chosen to obsess over whether they have a “thigh gap.”
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To Elle UK: Feminism doesn’t need a rebrand
Oct. 8, 2013A spread in Elle UK’s November issue aimed at “rebranding feminism” has sparked outrage among bloggers and online media outlets such as the Huffington Post, the Guardian and Buzzfeed.
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Death of the album: Science of hitmaking is ruining the industry
Oct. 7, 2013In season five of “Mad Men,” an AMC drama set in the 1960s, there’s a scene where Don Draper — a sexy, suit-wearing ad executive, as portrayed by Jon Hamm — is given a copy of the Beatles’ “Revolver” record. In his sprawling living room overlooking the Manhattan skyline, he puts the record on the player, turns up the stereo and sits in an armchair. The trippy opening bars of “Tomorrow Never Knows” play over the speakers as Draper sips a glass of scotch and listens.
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Stevie Nicks and George R. R. Martin connected by storytelling, personal lives
Oct. 6, 2013On Tuesday, Stevie Nicks told the Herald Scotland that she turned to the HBO series “Game of Thrones” to cope with the death of her mother and a nasty bout of pneumonia. She was crippled with grief, and she told the Herald she couldn’t leave her house for nearly five months. In that time period, she immersed herself in George R. R. Martin’s fantasy world of Westeros and wrote poems about the characters — some of the titles “On Jon Snow,” “On Arya” and “On Cersei and Jaime,” she said.
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Conservative group Generation Opportunity releases false, creepy anti-Obamacare ads
Oct. 2, 2013Just in time for Halloween, conservative group Generation Opportunity released a terrifying pair of video ads aimed to scare college students into opting out of Obamacare.
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Get it together, Congress: We don't have time to be shutting the government down
Oct. 1, 2013The late poet and novelist Charles Bukowski has a quote that perfectly sums up our thoughts on Congress’ impasse regarding the continuing resolution.
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Investments in HIV/AIDS drugs and research is paying off
Sep. 29, 2013Good news, folks! We have news that will cheer you up, even in the midst of an impending government shutdown. We’ll make a bold claim and say this news is even more heartwarming and inspiring than the bunny that adopted a group of piglets.
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Just shut up: Why Ted Cruz is hated by everyone in DC
Sep. 25, 2013Much like a first-year college student, freshman Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tries too hard, talks too much and is hated by upperclassmen.
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National obsession with cheese is a disgusting problem
Sep. 24, 2013Our national obsession with all things cheese — from pizza to Easy Mac to the yellow stuff on stadium nachos that forms a skin when not eaten right away — has finally caught up with us. On Tuesday, the Center for Science in the Public Interest published a report card grading Americans on their eating habits. In the area of dairy, we scored an abysmal C-.
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Nice try: Victoria’s Secret says it’s not about thinness
Sep. 23, 2013Yesterday, the creative director of the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show talked to British Vogue about the casting criteria for the show’s models. Don’t drink anything before reading on, unless you’re into spit-takes.
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Penthouse Magazine files for bankruptcy, Internet to blame
Sep. 22, 2013These days, dirty magazines — like VHS and cassette tapes, flip phones and the Walkman — have become relics of yore. The Internet, for better or for worse, quickly phased out the need for clunky adult DVDs and magazines.
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Privacy is dead: Facebook violates our civil liberties
Sep. 18, 2013As various public health, youth and consumer groups work this week to request the Federal Trade Commission block Facebook from passing a bunch of sketchy changes to its privacy policy, we’re reminded of the old German legend of Faust.
