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Hamilton Nolan · 06/03/15 12:25PMPeak startup:
Report: Bloody Shoes Link Pizza-Loving Suspect to D.C. Mansion Killings
Taylor Berman · 06/03/15 12:11PM
CNN reports that there’s more than pizza crust linking Darron Wint to a gruesome quadruple murder committed last month inside a Washington D.C. mansion. The blood from at least one victim was found on Wint’s shoes when he was arrested, according to law enforcement sources who spoke with the news station.
Andy Cush · 06/03/15 11:42AM
Prosecutor: NYPD Cop Used Dead Man’s Credit Card to Buy Diamond Ring
Taylor Berman · 06/03/15 10:25AMHamilton Nolan · 06/03/15 10:15AM
The Internet Knew About the Government's Spy Planes Two Years Ago
Sam Biddle · 06/03/15 10:05AMCrazy Toothy Fish Is In Fact Jesus, Our Lord
Hamilton Nolan · 06/03/15 09:16AMFreedom-Hating Health "Experts" Warn New Jersey Not to Eat Sewer Fish
Hudson Hongo · 06/03/15 02:00AM
In most American cities, a man has the right to walk down the street, reach down the nearest sewer, and devour whatever fish me might find therein without being scolded by some government bureaucrat. Unfortunately, that’s no longer true in Newark, New Jersey, where health officials are now claiming sewer fish consumption is “dangerous.”
Report: Oh God, This Guy Too, Probably
Hudson Hongo · 06/03/15 12:45AM
According to NBC News, Louisiana’s Republican Governor Bobby Jindal will be making “a major announcement” about his 2016 plans later this month. Which—barring an declaration that he seeks to abolish the federal government and name himself Jindalator Supreme—means that he, too, is likely running for president.
Houston Man Accused of Murdering 3-Year-Old Son Over Potty Accidents
Hudson Hongo · 06/03/15 12:00AMDamn That's a Lot of Bees
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/02/15 11:30PMGodzilla, 61-Year-Old Monster Island Resident, Becomes Japanese Citizen
Hudson Hongo · 06/02/15 10:30PMMan Who Shot At George Zimmerman Will Use Stand Your Ground Defense
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/02/15 10:01PMHudson Hongo · 06/02/15 09:00PM
The White House announced Tuesday that President Obama has signed the USA Freedom Act into law. The bill gives the NSA six months to end the agency’s controversial bulk phone collection program. It is the first piece of congressional legislation limiting executive surveillance powers since 9/11, The Intercept reports.
Revenge Is a Dish Best Served at a Public Event Honoring Bobby Flay
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/02/15 07:30PMWoman Dies After Getting Butt Injection in Makeshift Basement Clinic
Jay Hathaway · 06/02/15 06:50PMTwo Years After Snowden Leaks, Senate Finally Passes NSA Reform
Jay Hathaway · 06/02/15 05:03PM
Two days after the sections of the Patriot Act that authorized the NSA’s phone data collection program expired in the face of a Rand Paul filibuster, the Senate passed a bill Tuesday to reinstate it, but with restrictions on what the agency can collect. President Obama, who supported the USA Freedom Act, is expected to sign it soon.
Fed Survey: We're Poor, Unless We're Rich
Adam Weinstein · 06/02/15 04:07PMGuess What Happens When an Oil Company Sponsors a Climate Change Exhibit
Andy Cush · 06/02/15 03:15PM
“Atmosphere: exploring climate change,” the London Science Museum’s exhibit on global warming, is principally sponsored by Shell. You’re asking yourself: Hmm, Shell—isn’t that the name of some trendy “green” startup? No, it’s the same old Shell that fills your gas tank and that was responsible for 76 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions last year. What could go wrong?