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Torture Report: What $300 Million Bought the CIA's 'Detention and Interrogation' Program
The CIA had 'more money than [it] could possibly spend' to build black site prisons in other countries, bribe foreign officials, and more.
Jason Leopold
12.9.14
Words

Sante Shows Us Deeper Shades of House and Techno With "Awake"
Explore the darker corners of Santé's studio persona with his most compelling club track yet.
Christopher Metler
12.9.14
officer involved

Florida Cop Shoots and Injures Unarmed Black Man Who Witnesses Say Had His Hands Up
Florida authorities are calling for calm after reports that a white officer shot and critically injured an unarmed black man in a stolen car.
VICE News
12.9.14
Highlights

Steven Gerrard Free Kick (Briefly) Keeps Liverpool Alive
Steven Gerrard's beautiful free kick equalized for Liverpool while down a man.
Sean Newell
12.9.14
Police killings

Half of America Thinks We Live in a Post-Racial Society — The Other Half, Not So Much
New polls suggest public opinion on race in America is split almost down the middle, with most of the divide concerning whether race is really an issue at all.
Alice Speri
12.9.14
News

New Hampshire’s Libertarian Beer Renaissance
Kevin Bloom, a member of the Free State Project, has led a push to loosen New Hampshire's brewery laws. Now, he's about to open a conspiracy-themed bar of his own.
Livia Gershon
12.9.14
Politics

Senate Torture Report Finds the CIA Was Less Effective and More Brutal Than Anyone Knew
The long-awaited report on the CIA's interrogation program found that the agency often misled the White House and used harsher techniques than it let on.
Jason Leopold
12.9.14
war

Watch ISIS Surveillance Drones Film the Battlefields of Aleppo
Just another piece of war tech the insurgents are wielding.
Ben Makuch
12.9.14
Music

There's a New Music Streaming Service That Promises Not to Screw Over Artists
In the artist-unfriendly streaming landscape—highlighted yet again when Taylor Swift pulled her catalog from Spotify—Bandcamp is entering the market with a new, artist-controlled model where the musicians, fans, and company might all win.
Zach Sokol
12.9.14
robots

This Is the Robotic Chicken Butcher of Our Nightmares
Meet the Gribbot. This automated meat machine might soon be given the precious task of using its carefully calibrated pincers to rip the breast meat from chicken carcasses, phasing out skilled workers at the same time.
Munchies Staff
12.9.14
Politics

Rectal Feeding: The Antiquated Medical Practice the CIA Used for Torture
"Let gravity do the work," the interrogators said.
Brian Merchant
12.9.14
THE MAKERS

A Brief Look Back at One of Canada’s Most Notorious Hacker Pranks
Sommy terrorized the Tammai family for years.
Adam Jackson
12.9.14
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