The Best TV Moments of 2011

Mon Jan 2, 2012 6:00 PM EST

Jon Stewart on the death of Borders bookstores It was a wild year, but while politicians may come and go, The Daily Show confronted an even bigger change in August: the possible death of the bookstore itself.

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entertainment, tv, community, television, jon-stewart, american-idol, donald-trump, muppets, larry-king, meat-loaf

SlutWalk: Is it Girls-Gone-Wild-at-Halloween or the Future Sluts of Evolution?

Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:46 PM EDT

Violet Blue explains why the new SlutWalk protests are "a significant tipping point in cultural evolution" - and she's serious.

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odd-news, feminism

The five worst Thanksgiving Days in history

Seeded on Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:43 PM EST (10 Zen Monkeys)

"She left six dead and 23 injured..." "The gunmen immediately started blasting away with shotguns and assault rifles..." Author John Marr takes a dark look at a holiday tradition of "good old all-American chaos" in "The Five Worst Thanksgiving Days in History!"

odd-news, thanksgiving

New iPad Competition: the Sharp Galapagos Reader

Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:22 AM EDT

Today Japan’s electronics giant Sharp announced they’ll be releasing two fancy Android-based e-readers in December, to compete with the Kindle and iPad.

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technology

Twitter "MouseOver" Hack is Spreading a Malicious Code

Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:48 AM EDT

Malicious code is being inserted into hundreds of Twitter feeds.

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technology, twitter

The Rolling Stones become a board game!

Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:29 PM EDT

You roll the dice and move around the board, just like a game of monopoly. But nearly every square that you land on is named after a Rolling Stones album.

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entertainment

Was California's Bobblehead Election Rigged?

Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:46 AM EDT

When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger leaves office, he'll be replaced by one of two colorful candidates: either former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (a Republican) or former California governor Jerry Brown (a Democrat).

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baseball, politics, jerry-brown, meg-whitman

Opponent Mocks Congressman Stopped By Police During Radio Interview

Wed Aug 4, 2010 12:20 PM EDT

Remember Dan Lungren? He's the Republican Congressman who tried to generate positive publicity by phoning in to a radio show – until the call ended abruptly with the sound of a police officer pulling him over for speeding! (Hear audio of the call here!)

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politics, dan-lungren, ami-bera

Coffee Party survey proves Americans have common ground?

Sun May 9, 2010 7:26 PM EDT

The results "are startling," the Coffee Party announced today. After conducting a 15-minute online survey with over 10,000 Americans, they unveiled results in an e-mail which they say shows "Americans are not as divided as we are led to believe.

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conservatives, politics, polls, liberals, tea-party, coffee-party

Can Supercomputers Stop the Bird Flu using Google Earth?

Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:27 PM EDT

Supercomputers can now construct millions of phylogenetic trees to determine how H5N1 viral mutations are related, and then map them on Google Earth.

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google, technology, bird-flu

Dinosaur Comics stomps into marching band tubas

Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:15 PM EDT

"Dinosaur Comics" made a strange real-world appearance Saturday -- in the tubas of Stanford's marching band.

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stanford, davis, university-of-california, memes, marching-band, dinosaur-comics

Tea Party fizzles while Coffee Party rallies?

Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:24 PM EDT

"Organizers were hoping for 1,000 people to join the protest," said one California newscaster. And at that Tea Party rally in Stockton, their on-the-spot reporter said "they're also hoping to stretch completely down that sidewalk over there.

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taxes, politics, california, tea-party, coffee-party

Most Depressing Children's Books Ever

Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:37 PM EDT

"Here I lie, I have a tumor... And you ask me where's my sense of humor?"It's one of the startling stories on this list of the most depressing children's picture books ever written!

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odd-news, funny

Will in-vitro meat let you taste extinct species?

Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:30 PM EST

This fascinating article describes eight ways in-vitro meat will change the world, including the ability to taste endangered animals and even extinct species like dinosaurs!

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science

Forty Fancy Bras Auctioned to Fight Breast Cancer

Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:00 PM EDT

There's no breasts on display - but there are lots of bras!

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sex, odd-news

Hemp researcher believes it makes you live longer!

Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:07 AM EDT

A Saskatchewan hemp farmer believes hemp plants have rare properties that can dramatically increase the lifespan of humans! "It's one of the superfoods supplying a cornucopia of oils, proteins, fiber and phytonutrients," says Morris Johnson, chief technical officer of Canada's Li …

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odd-news

Man to photograph every Sizzler restaurant in America!

Thu Oct 8, 2009 8:15 AM EDT

"A dream is a dream," says Reed Fish, who's travelling to all 206 Sizzler steakhouse restaurants with his wife.

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food, odd-news, dining

Is This Pollster Forging Their Results?

Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:53 PM EDT

"Did the Dog Eat the Data?" That's what polling expert Mark Blumenthal asked about polls from Strategic Vision - and now another respected blogger suggests an even darker possibility.

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politics

Cryptographer cracks secret coded message to Thomas Jefferson

Sat Jul 4, 2009 7:00 AM EDT

In 1801, President Thomas Jefferson received a taunting message written in secret code. Its author bragged the message would "defy the united ingenuity of the whole human race." But more than 200 years later, the code has finally been cracked.

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history, thomas, jefferson

There is no "secret recipe" for KFC and Coke

Thu Jul 2, 2009 6:57 PM EDT

No matter what fast food chains tells you, their secret recipes aren't really secrets..

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food, health, fast

The Addams Family becomes a Broadway musical!

Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:31 PM EDT

After "The Producers," Nathan Lane turned to an even funnier source for his next musical -- the Addams Family!

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entertainment, tv, broadway, musical, theatre, drama

Special Olympics bowler challenges Obama!

Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:09 AM EDT

"He bowled a 129. I bowl a 300." Special Olympics bowler Kolan McConiughey thinks he could beat President Back Obama in a game of bowling.

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politics, barack-obama, bowling

Nude photos haunt conservative candidate!

Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:28 PM EDT

Next week's election just got trickier -- with naked photos said to be one of the female candidates!

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odd-news

Breastfeeding on Sesame Street

Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:00 PM EST

In 1977, Buffy Sainte-Marie breastfed her son Cody on an episode of Sesame Street. ("Whatcha doin', Buffy?" asks Big Bird, watching over her shoulder...)

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Obama Meeting Twittered by Republicans

Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:37 PM EST

Obama met behind closed doors with Republican House leaders today -- but apparently they Twittered their meeting on the stimulus plan, live-blogging their reactions to the President and his proposal. "Impressive," twitted South Carolina's congressman Inglis.

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Jon Stewart on the death of Borders bookstores It was a wild year, but while politicians may come and go, The Daily Show confronted an even bigger change in August: the possible death of the bookstore itself.
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