The Best Sports Photos Of 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, it's time to look back at another incredible year in sports.The lights went out at the Super Bowl, a soccer great retired, and many championships were celebrated.We created a...
View ArticleNearly A Thousand Classic Video Games Are Free And Legal To Play Online
The inimitable Internet Archive already contains an embarrassment of riches, cataloging old versions of millions and millions of websites, but we're rather enamored with its Console Living Room,...
View ArticleThis Sad And Hilarious Flow Chart Will Convince You Not To Go To Law School
A Connecticut lawyer named Samuel Browning has created a massive flow chart listing all of the terrible reasons people want to go to law school these days.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleHow Beer Created Civilization
What led early humans to begin cultivating grain some 10,000 years ago?It was beer — not bread — a growing body of research shows. Archaeologists have long hinted that Neolithic, or Stone Age, people...
View ArticleThe 13 Best Movie Posters Of 2013
While we've been talking a lot about the best and worst movies of the year, we haven't discussed the ads used to promote them.Millions of dollars are spent on ad campaigns to get us into theater seats....
View ArticleMayoral Candidate Allegedly Beaten Up By Two Teenage Girls At Mall Of America
A 63-year-old runner-up for mayor of Minneapolis was allegedly beaten up by two teenage girls at a Mall of America Starbucks this week, CBS Minnesota reports.The teen girls allegedly attacked Mark...
View ArticleWhat To Watch Out For From Facebook In 2014 (FB)
Prediction: 2014 will be a big year for Facebook.That's a truism, of course, because the social network has more than 1 billion members: every year will be a big year for Facebook.Having said that, if...
View ArticleKanye West And Baby North Got Matching Lamborghinis For Christmas
It was a good Khristmas in the Kardashian household.First, Kanye West gifted his fiancé Kim Kardashian with a $40,000 Hermés Birkin bag hand-painted with nudes by artist George Condo.After posting a...
View ArticleBARGAIN OR FAKE? How To Spot Counterfeit iPhones And Other Phoney Tech Toys
The post holiday sale season is upon us. It's a great time to find bargains on the consumer tech toys you wanted but didn't get as gifts.Unfortunately, it's also a good time to get ripped off.Low...
View ArticleAmazon's Kindle Fire Shows The Tech World That It's Not All That Important To...
Like with so much else Amazon does, profit comes second to bringing in users. That's especially true when it comes to the Kindle Fire. The tablet will never be the most popular one out there, and...
View ArticleThe Car Paul Walker Died In Was Going More Than 100 Miles Per Hour When It...
A final autopsy report for "Fast & Furious" actor Paul Walker reveals that the car he was riding in was traveling at more than 100 miles per hour when it crashed, the Los Angeles Times reports.His...
View ArticleBen Bernanke Gives Final Speech As Fed Chairman
Outgoing Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking at the annual AEA/ASSA meeting.In his prepared remarks, he says more transparency would make Fed policy more potent, and that productivity...
View ArticleTwo Quarterbacks From The Same High School Will Face Each Other In The...
Drew Brees of the Saints and Nick Foles of the Eagles will do something that hasn't been seen in 39 years when they lead their teams against each other in the playoffs this weekend. Both Bree and Foles...
View ArticleWhy Facebook Seems To Make People Miserable
Those who have resisted the urge to join Facebook will surely feel vindicated when they read the latest research. A study just published by the Public Library of Science, conducted by Ethan Kross of...
View ArticleKing Dayne Gonsalves’s Story May Convince You That Hawaii Belongs To The...
The circumstances by which Hawaii was annexed by the U.S. are so sketchy that Congress felt obliged to issue an apology in 1993.It all started 100 years earlier when a group of mostly American...
View ArticleBernanke's Explanation For The Weak Economy Will Infuriate Republicans
In his final speech as Fed Chair, Ben Bernanke identifies the No. 1 thing that's caused the economy to be so slow: not enough government spending. He specifically calls fiscal policy "excessively...
View ArticleLet's Jail People For Being Fat
David Brooks, Ruth Marcus, and Tina Brown want to keep laws against marijuana. They're aiming at the wrong target. Really, we should legalize marijuana and throw people in jail for being fat.By Brooks'...
View ArticleCatch Yourself If You Ever Say 'This Time Is Different'
When we look at situations we’re always looking for what’s unique. We should, however, give more thought to similarities.“This time is different” could be the four most costly words ever spoken. It’s...
View ArticleA Seemingly Petty Dispute Has Exposed The Gulf Between India And America
A diplomatic row between India and the US escalated after the Indian government announced a series of retaliatory measures against the US in response to the arrest of its deputy consul-general, Devyani...
View ArticleWhy There's Going To Be A Boom In Gay Divorces In Utah
Now that the unlikely state of Utah has legalized same-sex marriage, Deseret News reports that gays in the state can finally dissolve their unhappy marriages.It turns out gay couples who previously...
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