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Here's What You Can (Probably) Do At the Little Prince Theme Park

Dayna Evans · 07/14/14 02:30PM

It's Bastille Day today, which means that the French are given one (and only one) day to bogart our red, white, and blue colors to celebrate the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison. Celebrate at your leisure with France's great cheeses, fine wines, and mediocre rap music. But if you're looking for something more—some bigger way to identify with French culture outside of really loving that one Juliette Binoche movie you slept through on an airplane—might I suggest an imagined trip to the newly opened Little Prince Theme Park?

Aleksander Chan · 07/01/14 08:48PM

Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, was charged by prosecutors Wednesday "with corruption and influence peddling in a criminal investigation," the AFP reports. Sarkozy was detained earlier today by anti-corruption police and questioned for 15 hours.

Nicolas Sarkozy Detained by Anti-Corruption Police

Allie Jones · 07/01/14 07:55AM

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was detained by anti-corruption police for questioning on Tuesday. The investigators are attempting to determine whether or not he used a magistrate as an informant during judicial proceedings against him.

Paris Bridge Partially Collapses Under Weight of "Love Locks"

Andy Cush · 06/09/14 09:04AM

Lovebird visitors to the Pont des Arts, a footbridge in Paris, typically mark the occasion by fixing a padlock to its handrail and tossing the key into the Seine to symbolize their eternal devotion. Yesterday evening, police evacuated the bridge after a 2.4-meter section of railing collapsed under the weight of their adoration.

Cat Runs Into the Best Bakery in France, Says "Ow"

Jay Hathaway · 05/08/14 11:55AM

In case you're not familiar, La meilleure Boulangerie de France is a French television program about a cat that runs at full speed into a glass door. There's also a subplot about competitive baking, but it's considered much less popular and interesting.

Here Are Some Sheep Storming the Louvre

Jay Hathaway · 03/28/14 04:30PM

You don't really need context to enjoy a dozen sheep (and one sheepdog) running through the halls of the Louvre, but here it is anyway.

Sarah Hedgecock · 02/06/14 02:06PM

[Firemen take pictures of the Spanish cargo ship "Luno," which slammed into a jetty in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters and broke in two off southwestern France on Thursday. The ship had been heading to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its engine failed and the rough waves carried it into the jetty. Image via Bob Edme/AP.]

Kyle Chayka · 02/03/14 11:51PM

A 24-year-old French man was caught on video hurling a defenseless ginger kitten at the side of an apartment building. The five-month-old feline, named Oscar, survived with only a broken leg, but Farid Ghilas faced two years in prison and a $40,000 fine. "I don't know whose idea it was to film it," he said.

Workers at Closing Goodyear Tire Plant Take Their Bosses Hostage

Adam Weinstein · 01/07/14 09:09AM

There are a couple of ways to react when you learn that the factory where you work is closing, and you and your 1,172 colleagues will soon be jobless. One is to beef up that LinkedIn profile. Another is to rage against the machine.