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Here's What You Can (Probably) Do At the Little Prince Theme Park
Dayna Evans · 07/14/14 02:30PMIt'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 Detained by Anti-Corruption Police
Allie Jones · 07/01/14 07:55AMParis Bridge Partially Collapses Under Weight of "Love Locks"
Andy Cush · 06/09/14 09:04AMLovebird 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.
France Spent $20 Billion on Trains That Don't Fit in the Station
Gabrielle Bluestone · 05/21/14 11:55PMCat Runs Into the Best Bakery in France, Says "Ow"
Jay Hathaway · 05/08/14 11:55AMIn 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.
France Bans Work Email After 6 p.m.
Jay Hathaway · 04/10/14 11:50AMHere Are Some Sheep Storming the Louvre
Jay Hathaway · 03/28/14 04:30PMYou 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.
Totally Real French Paper: Obama and Beyoncé Are Having an Affair
Caity Weaver · 02/10/14 11:33AMSarah 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.
French President François Hollande Bids Adieu to First Lady
Dayna Evans · 01/25/14 02:10PMAs was speculated in Sky News two weeks ago, French president François Hollande has ended his relationship with political journalist and first lady Valérie Trieweiler, according to a statement he made to Agence France Presse. The news comes after French tabloid Closer published several pages of photos of the president leaving the house of his supposed mistress, actress Julie Gayet.
Workers at Closing Goodyear Tire Plant Take Their Bosses Hostage
Adam Weinstein · 01/07/14 09:09AMFrance Boldly Plans to Tax the Hell Out of High Salaries
Hamilton Nolan · 12/30/13 12:14PMThis Coffeehouse Will Charge You Less If You're Nice, More If You're Not
Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/11/13 10:09AMWeathergirl Runs Around Naked After Team Qualifies for World Cup
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/21/13 12:45PMParis Cops Hunt for Grenade Wielding Gunman Terrorizing Newsrooms
Taylor Berman · 11/18/13 11:30AMDrunk Dudes Steal Circus Llama, Take It on a Streetcar Joyride
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/04/13 11:04AMU.S. Intelligence Officials: European Countries Provided Phone Records
Taylor Berman · 10/30/13 07:23AMOn Tuesday afternoon, U.S. intelligence officials did their best to disprove reports that the NSA monitored more than 170 million phone calls in France, Spain, and other European countries last year. NSA head Gen. Keith Alexander called the reports "completely false" and said the information was provided to the NSA by the intelligence agencies in each country.