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Gunmen Kill 12 in Shooting at Paris Satirical Newspaper

Max Read · 01/07/15 07:53AM

Masked gunmen wielding Kalashnikovs and a rocket launcher killed at least 12 people and injured 10 more at the Paris offices of satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday before escaping. French president François Hollande called the shooting "unquestionably a terrorist attack."

French Uptight Over 24-Foot Parisian Butt Plug

Andy Cush · 10/16/14 05:32PM

In Place Vendome, one of Paris's beautiful historic squares, next to a 19th-century column commemorating Napoleon's glory in the Battle of Austerlitz, sits a 24-foot inflatable butt plug. Despite the city's reputation as haven for cosmopolitan artsy types, some Parisians aren't having it.

World Powers Assemble to Formalize Military Strategy Against ISIS

Aleksander Chan · 09/15/14 07:08AM

On the heels of a third video released by ISIS depicting the beheading of a prisoner, 26 nations and representatives from the United Nations, European Union, and Arab League have assembled in Paris to formalize a battle strategy against the militants that have seized much of northern and western Iraq. "We must not allow them to have sanctuaries," Iraqi President Fuad Masum told the conference. "We must pursue them wherever they are."

French Women Becoming More Conservative, Won't Bare Boobs at the Beach

Dayna Evans · 09/09/14 10:10AM

Quelle dommage! French women, known by Americans as our freewheeling sisters who let their feminist flags fly free, have stopped wanting to reveal so much of their skin while sunbathing a la plage. That's right—French beaches are becoming boob-free.