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Oklahoma and Nebraska Want to Kill Legal Weed in Colorado
The two states are accusing Colorado's booming cannabis industry of spilling across their borders and getting their citizens illegally high.
Josiah M. Hesse
Josiah Hesse
12.19.14
Highlights

Marlin Mason Goes Windmilling Under The Rim
Marlin Mason pulled off an under-the-rim windmill and just might have finished it off with the perfect shot.
Sean Newell
12.19.14
Fashion

[Best of 2014] The Year in Fashion and Tech
2014 was the year of the wearable (and much more).
Becky Chung
12.19.14
News

Fabric Is Staying Open, but Now Has to Follow a Bunch of Self-Defeating Rules
To keep its licence, the venue agreed to bump up security to avoid drug-related casualties inside the club. Only, all that means is that people will just take all their drugs before they get in, which is is surely far more dangerous.
JS Rafaeli
12.19.14
red bull

The Battle for New York: Cash, Corporations, and Soccer
Three massive corporations are battling to control soccer in New York City, but will the spoils be worth much of anything to the victor?
Noah Davis
12.19.14
News

Britain's Food Industry Is an Unhealthy, Unsustainable Mess
It's Christmastime and the food industry's saccharine ads have graced our screens, presenting to us a vivid image of choice, sustainability, and homespun happiness. But how wholesome is our food, really?
Chris Godfrey
12.19.14
The Real

20:22
The Real Kenny Powers From 'Eastbound and Down'?
At the height of his career, John Rocker was one of the best closers in professional baseball, and also one of the most disliked people in the game.
Art

Is This the Most Important Artwork of 2014?
The Guardian has declared Robert Longo's 10ft-wide charcoal drawing of Ferguson police as the most important artwork of 2014.
Emerson Rosenthal
12.19.14
asia & pacific

Eight Children Found Stabbed to Death in a House in Cairns, Australia
Already in mourning after Monday's siege at a Sydney cafe, Australians have reacted with horror to the killings of the children, aged between 18 months and 15 years old.
Scott Mitchell and Sally Hayden
12.19.14
soccer

The Rise and Fall of Blackpool FC
Sleazy management has seen Blackpool slip quickly from the Premier League to the bottom of the English Championship.
Graham Ruthven
12.19.14
jim harbaugh

If Jim Harbaugh Wants a Real Challenge, He Should Go to Michigan
The 49ers coach is almost certainly on his way out of San Francisco. Will he take Michigan up on its reported $48-million offer?
Michael Weinreb
12.19.14
nasa

The Dominant Life Form in the Cosmos Is Probably Superintelligent Robots
The NASA scientists, philosophers, and futurists who believe that the aliens we meet most likely won't be a life form at all.
Maddie Stone
12.19.14
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