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London

This Solar-Powered Public Phone Box Charges Your Smartphone for Free
A London project adapts the city's iconic phone boxes into solar charging stations.
Victoria Turk
10.3.14
russia

International Red Cross Worker Killed in Ukraine as Battle for Donetsk Airport Heats Up
Shelling is spilling over into civilian areas as separatists try to push Kiev's forces from their last foothold in the city.
Harriet Salem
10.3.14
News

The Rise and Fall of Britain's Most Famous Racist Politician
Nick Griffin's expulsion on Tuesday drew the veil over an era in British far-right politics where it both tipped towards respectability and lurched from calamity to disaster like a drunk clown at a six-year-old’s birthday party.
Gavin Haynes
10.3.14
middle east

United Nations Report Accuses Islamic State of 'Staggering' Crimes Against Civilians in Iraq
Study details alleged massacres, mass abductions and 'systematic' targeting of minority groups — and says Iraqi security forces are not blameless either.
Tom Breakwell
10.3.14
Basketball

Is the Knicks' Media Policy Still Completely Insane?
The New York Knicks and their notorious media policy are supposed to be changing. We went to their media day to find out if that's the case.
Robert Silverman
10.3.14
Hockey

Ruslan Fedotenko: Hockey Is 'Not Real People Dying and Seeing Limbs Blown Up'
The Ukranian native signed a contract to finish his career back home, but the conflict in Ukraine ended his team's season and has him back in the U.S. looking for a team in the NHL.
Patrick Kearns
10.3.14
sports media

Sports Media is Still Racist Against Black Athletes
A mountain of research demonstrates that sports media has not yet outgrown its history of racism against black athletes.
John Carvalho
10.3.14
Baseball

The Los Angeles Angels of ... Tustin?
What happens when a local mayor calls an entitled sports team owner's bluff in stadium negotiations? We're about to find out.
Neil deMause
10.3.14
Recipe

Jerk Sauce Recipe
Kelis gives us a quick and dirty recipe for Jamaican-style jerk sauce that's perfect for chicken wings, ribs, or roasted vegetables.
Kelis
10.3.14
sauce

How-To: Make Jerk Sauce with Kelis
In addition to being one of the most famous singers in the world, it turns out that Kelis is also Cordon Bleu-trained. Watch as she invites MUNCHIES into the kitchen to teach us to make her signature jerk sauce.
Kelis
10.3.14
Tech

Your Password Is Not Secure, and It's Not Your Fault
I consulted internet security expert Nik Cubrilovic and XKCD's Randall Munroe about how they would fix the problems in the world of passwords. Their ideas are simple, compelling, and almost impossible to implement.
Mike Pearl
10.3.14
Gaming

The Stinking Beauty of Barfcade, a Refreshing New Game Fest
I thought I saw one of the contestants vomit, but as Wiley Wiggins explained to me, she was just spitting up the anchovy ice cream into a garbage bin.
Zack Kotzer
10.3.14
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