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I Stayed up All Night Watching Coverage of the Boston Bomber Manhunt

I was met with a flurry of false reports. Some were just dropped without mention: the suspects jacked a police SUV, possibly another car, and blew something up at Harvard. Other persisted. Was the bomber an Indian-American student who'd gone missing? Was he a Black Panther? Should I just change the channel? Full story

Dear Elizabeth Wurtzel, No One Cares That You Still Get It on

Elizabeth Wurtzel, famed author of 'Prozac Nation,' dropped her latest bit of meandering narcissism yesterday in an essay that reveals she doesn't do drugs anymore, but she still bangs a bunch of people, goes to parties, and doesn't care what you think. Elizabeth Wurtzel is the o… Full story

Relax, Soda Isn’t Killing Anyone

A study says that 180,000 people die every year thanks to sugary drinks. Really? Like, if we could magically erase soda and energy drinks from the Earth, the 180,000 people who died of diabetes and heart disease would still be alive? That sounds right? Full story

VICE Meets

Conrad Black

Conrad Black is a controversial former media baron who renounced his Canadian citizenship to become a British Lord, and later spent time in an American jail for fraud. We went to his sprawling estate in Toronto's luxurious Bridal Path neighborhood to chat with him about how the U… Full story

The Mercy Rule

Taken

There’s no reason why anyone should talk about or listen to other people talking about sports for hours and hours every day. There is not necessarily that much to say about men running and catching balls under the best of circumstances, and necessarily not that much to say in mos… Full story

Trying to Report on the Sandy Hook Shooting

What do you say about a dead six-year-old? That’s what I was trying to figure out when I headed up to Newtown—the site of the most infamous shooting in years—earlier this week. Almost every resident I spoke to Monday reported some kind of connection with the Sandy Hook massacre,… Full story

It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Elected

None of the political memes mattered—but they were something to talk about, to share with your like-minded social media buddies, to spread through Tumblr and argue about on political blogs desperate for clicks. Following the gaffes and the spin and the bullshit-slinging was a fin… Full story

ESPN Is Actually Children's Programming

It’s impossible to take yourself seriously if you watch a lot of daytime ESPN. Just last week Kevin James (the fat dude from 'The King of Queens') was debating Stephen A. Smith about Tim Tebow. Something like that should never be on television, especially not on a channel that’s… Full story

Voting for President Is Meaningless but Fun

If you live in Ohio or Florida or Virginia, maybe your vote will count. The rest of us can do all the thought experiments we want and study the issues assiduously until we’re hallucinating from lack of sleep and our vote isn’t going to be any more meaningful. Full story

Cancer Memoirs Are Breaking Out Like the Plague

The thing that motors cancer journalism, which makes it increasingly acceptable, even good, for hacks to tell all about the very darkest moments of their lives, is our craven culture of voyeurism. Nothing can remain private anymore, especially the bad stuff. Full story