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After 15 years, AOL is shutting down Winamp, the MP3-player-of-choice for an entire generation of awkward, Nirvana-blasting late-’90s teens. The nostalgic chatter on Reddit has been particularly...
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Volcanoes. Their fire and ash can destroy everything around them in minutes. But sometimes, out of this explosive event, new land is born. Such was the case this week off the coast of Japan, when an...
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Barbed wire. Tear gas. Rubber bullets. Blood. Mix all these ingredients with thousands of furious protesters who want their leader ousted from office and you have the makings of a deadly demonstration....
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Come to the American University in Dubai and you can major in such standard academic fare as architecture, business administration and computer science. But when you step into the school’s parking lot,...
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As if kids with ADHD didn’t have enough difficulty paying attention in class, now they have a whole new set of concerns. Well, the boys at least. According to a report released this week by the FDA,...
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Amanda Hess sparked a massive online discussion last week when she wrote “Why Women Aren’t Welcome On The Internet.” Hess detailed her experiences with online harassment, ranging from normal...
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A third of Japanese men under the age of 30 have never dated a woman. Meanwhile, the country’s population is plummeting: 1,037,101 babies were born here in 2012, lower than any year on record. The...
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Photos: Parisian Prostitutes Protest Sex Fines
What happens when you try to enact a law in France that criminalizes paying for sex? A flock of pissed off, Parisian prostitutes flood the streets in protest. Hundreds of sex workers gathered outside...
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