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14 Jan 2011 20:06

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Tech: Hey guys, look what the Huffington Post is doing with our data

  • Look, it’s great that the Huffington Post is trying to make our news experience more social, but this is a tad bit over the line. Come on. This is just plain unethical. Look, the social news element is one thing, but they gathered people’s birthdays from Facebook and used them in a really weird way, without telling us they were going to do it. Bad idea. source
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14 Jan 2011 19:30

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U.S.: The weirdest Jared Lee Loughner news we’ll post, well, ever

  • A Walgreens in Tuscon [sic], Ariz. turned over to police racy photos of gunman Jared Loughner with a Glock and a G-string that were taken to the store to be developed the night before the shooting rampage that left six people dead and 14 wounded. … In the photos he holds the pistol against his crotch and buttocks while wearing a bright red thong, sources told ABC News.
  • ABC News • Leaving us speechless. source
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07 Jan 2011 21:22

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Offbeat: Not what you think: Actress swipes infant from young mother

  • yeah … When you think of a story about an actress snatching a baby from its mother, you think of Madonna going to some random third-world country ready to cherry-pick her next family member.
  • … but This time, the case involved an aspiring actress who placed an ad on Craigslist casting for a Bollywood movie in Toronto, and then took some poor mother’s infant. What the hell, lady? source
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06 Jan 2011 17:03

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Offbeat: Happiness is a dancer: Crazy dancer turns seizure into dance

  • Does Susan Boyle have a sister? And does she like to dance? Because this woman … her moves are something else. Best part? Her name is Happiness. (Thanks Adam Griffiths) source
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29 Dec 2010 23:08

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Offbeat: Protip: Don’t use gun when acting out sexual fantasies, guys

  • stupid Arthur Sedille, 23, liked to play a sexual fantasy game with his wife (Rebecca Sedille, 50) that involved putting a gun to her head. Yes, this sounds misguided, guys.
  • idiotic One day, the gun went off, and that was that. Now our boy Arthur Sedille could face murder charges for perhaps the worst idea in the history of ever. source
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26 Dec 2010 12:35

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Culture: Kevin Costner, Stephen Baldwin fight over BP oil spill

Remember how Kevin Costner somehow came up with a way to separate oil from water? Seems one of the Baldwin brothers was also involved. Now Stephen’s suing. source
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24 Dec 2010 10:32

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Offbeat: A cougar ran through George W. Bush’s lawn this week

  • In what may be the greatest Christmas gift of all, some weird guy decided to drive his 1970s-era Mercury Cougar through George W. Bush’s front lawn the other day. We’re sure the former president gets this kind of treatment all the time. source
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09 Dec 2010 22:27

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Offbeat: This exists: The Robostir, the next step towards robotic enslavement

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06 Dec 2010 11:05

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Offbeat: Third Eye (not) Blind: Guy installs camera in back of his head

If anything tops this NYU professor Wafaa Bilal’s new accessory as the day’s weirdest story, we’ll buy each of our readers a Coke. All three of you. source
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24 Nov 2010 13:49

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World: Normal day: Vladimir Putin, Leonardo DiCaprio talk about tigers

  • To the left: The Russian Prime Minister, a man for whom absurdism doesn’t exist. To the right: The dude from “Inception,” who the man on the left calls “a real man.” They’re talking about, of all things, saving wild tigers. The guy on the right donated $1 million of his own money to saving wild tigers. Meanwhile, unintentional comedy continues unabated. source
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