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Power

FTC: Throttling 'Unlimited' Data Is Illegal

AT&T won’t be the last company to get sued for data throttling.
Jason Koebler
10.28.14
we saw this

“Don’t Touch the Rock Stars” - I Sang Onstage with Weezer

A Weezer show is like being made love to by a very experienced, tender, and efficient male escort, but with merch at the end.
Emma-Lee Moss
10.28.14
News

Pope Francis Says Evolution and the Big Bang Are OK by Him

The pontiff continued his streak of saying things that make liberals swoon when he said that God wasn't a "magician with a magic wand."
Allie Conti
10.28.14
americas

Advocates of Missouri Death Row Inmate Call for Stay of Execution After His Lawyers Screw Up

Mark Christeson's court-appointed lawyers were 117 days late when they filed an appeal to his death sentence. His new attorneys are now arguing that he was denied due review process.
Alice Speri
10.28.14
Art

Mirrored Light Sculpture Probes The Cosmic Mysteries Of Geometry

Gaspar Battha's 'Patterns of Harmony' is a miniature lightbox of chaos designed to ask big questions about the universe.
Beckett Mufson
10.28.14
mortal kombat

The Glorious, Gory History of 'Mortal Kombat'

Crude, violent, and innovative, the franchise's legacy extends far beyond the early censorship struggles that resulted in the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board.
Aoife Wilson
10.28.14
Health

US Military to Quarantine Army Personnel Returning From Ebola Response Mission

More than 30 soldiers returning from West Africa will be closely monitored for Ebola symptoms at the US military post in Vicenza, Italy for 21 days.
Kayla Ruble
10.28.14
News

The Problem with Massive Cash Payments from Police Departments

When people win brutality cases against police departments they get paid off, which is good for them but the process erodes trust in the police and doesn't seem to prevent further abuses.
Josiah M. Hesse
Josiah Hesse
10.28.14
Reviews

Reverse-Engineer How Ghosts Are Made in 'Return of the Obra Dinn'

Lucas Pope’s new game, 'Return of the Obra Dinn', asks you to figure out why ghosts are haunting an old Dutch ship.
Zack Kotzer
10.28.14
Fashion

No One Here Gets Out Alive

A killer fashion shoot with hatchets, menacing models, and bloodied bodies.
FEELTHEFUTURE
10.28.14
Stuff

Can an Open-Source Religion Work?

The internet is democratizing everything. CNN is being swapped out for Twitter. Pirate Bay is being used in place of cable. Now, it's finally impacting religion with Syntheism, the first “open-source” faith.
Rick Paulas
10.28.14
Environment

Colorado's Great Divide: Oil and the Environment

Colorado's Thompson Divide — one of the largest remaining roadless areas in the West — is caught in a bureaucratic stranglehold that pits industry against community and government agency against government agency.
Ari Ratner
10.28.14
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