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Dutch Court Finally Rules Racist "Black Pete" Character Is Racist
Allie Jones · 07/03/14 08:40AMLacey Donohue · 11/22/13 12:24AM
Wait For It: Risque Road Game Helps Dutch Man Pass the Time While Stuck in Traffic
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/17/12 10:45AMOn a nondescript road in the Netherlands, in full view of other motorists — including an extremely loud school bus teeming with excitable oglers — one man finds a mature way to relieve the stress of being stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Watch Two Planes Survive a Scary Mid-Air Collision
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/10/12 01:55PMSon Learns About His Dad's Suicide From Footage of Aftermath That Went Viral on Twitter
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/28/12 10:49AMFrom 34-Year-Old Virgin to Great Lover: Live Sex 'Sperm Donor' Sires 83 Kids
Maureen O'Connor · 04/13/12 01:39PMMassive Hack Attack Plunges Netherlands Into the Stone Age
Adrian Chen · 09/07/11 11:23AMDutch Government Ruins Amsterdam for Backpackers
Max Read · 05/28/11 11:58AMThe Netherlands' right-wing coalition government announced yesterday that it will ban tourists from weed-selling coffee shops by the end of the year, effectively giving the finger to backpackers everywhere. And while we generally support liberal drug laws, and have no fondness for Geert Wilders' anti-Muslim Freedom Party, we don't really blame the Dutch for wanting to limit drug tourism, given that it attracts the most annoying people on the planet.
Six Dead in Shopping Mall Shooting
Max Read · 04/09/11 01:45PMA shooter with an automatic weapon opened fire in a shopping mall in the Dutch town of Alphen aan den Rijn, killing six and wounding 10 before taking his own life. It's the second shooting in as many weeks in the town of 70,000 (two were killed on April 2), though it's unclear if the incidents were connected; the gunman in today's massacre was apparently shooting indiscriminately. He hasn't been identified, though he is apparently "known to police." [BBC; image via AP]