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Students Drink More While Studying Abroad

Max Read · 10/11/10 11:11PM

A shocking new study indicates that students drink more alcohol while studying abroad—on average doubling weekly intake to ten drinks. Drinking returned to normal when students came back, though rates of saying "when I was in Europe" tripled.

Holy Crap: New York City Visited by Hail Apocalypse

Max Read · 10/11/10 08:24PM

New York just got hit by one hell of a storm, depositing thousands of hail pellets (some reportedly as big as quarters) all over the city, leaving an inch or so of slush on the ground. Want to see pictures?

Reading Your Cell Phone Manual Might Be Terrifying

Ryan Tate · 10/11/10 06:49PM

San Jose Mercury News reporter Chris O'Brien was skeptical of the link between mobile phones and brain tumors. Then he talked to a Harvard professor, and started reading — not just research, but his frighteningly cautious BlackBerry manual.

Smiling Fetus Joins Abortion Debate

Maureen O'Connor · 10/11/10 03:06PM

The abortion debate has devolved to the zygote version of a LOLCat. A lady got an ultrasound, and her unborn child looked like it was smiling. Thus, "a baby can experience feelings such as happiness" earlier than previously thought.

Facebook Co-Founders Donate To Pot Legalization

Ryan Tate · 10/11/10 01:50PM

Sean Parker and Dustin Moskovitz have donated a total of $170,000 to support California's Proposition 19 to legalize marijuana. In so doing, the old friends of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have become two of pot legalization's best friends.

How to Sell Stuff to Anyone: Stereotypically

Hamilton Nolan · 10/11/10 01:10PM

If you want to hear straight talk about race, ethnicity, and cultural stereotypes in America, look to the advertising community. They know what sells. To black people! To Latinos! To gays! If stereotypes are true, ads will prove it.

Obama Gets Book Thrown at Him, Possibly by Naked Man

Max Read · 10/11/10 02:10AM

Someone threw a book at President Obama during a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday. And as if that wasn't weird enough, police had to eject this naked guy, who was trying to win a million bucks for a publicity stunt:

How to Be a Famous Right-Wing Media Lady

Adrian Chen · 10/10/10 01:33PM

The New York Times this weekend profiles two female conservative commentators at very different points in their careers: crazy Upper East Side islamophobic blogger Pamela Geller, and crazy Ann Coulter. What can aspiring female right-wing blowhards learn from their stories?