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short circuit

Google to EU: Being Popular Isn't a Crime

Google says EU antitrust allegations are "wrong as a matter of fact, law, and economics."
Nicholas Deleon
8.27.15
video

The World's Longest Tunnel Is Complete

The 35 mile train tunnel takes you under the Alps.
Rachel Pick
8.27.15
amateurism

How Virginia Tech Football Fines Undermine the NCAA

When Virginia Tech assistant football coach Bud Foster talked about fining players, his real mistake was telling the truth about "amateur" NCAA sports.
Kevin Trahan
8.27.15
short circuit

A Former Apple CEO Is Making Android Phones for Emerging Markets

Companies like John Sculley’s are aiming for ultra-affordable phones, but he could be butting heads with Google soon.
Clinton Nguyen
8.27.15
beer

These Jam-Makers Just Made It OK to Have Beer for Breakfast

We spoke to the Vermont couple selling 3,000 jars of “Beer Jelly” a week, a spreadable jam made with stouts and pale ales from local breweries.
Jack Dutton
8.27.15
Politics

San Francisco Mayor Vows to Remove City's Homeless by Super Bowl Weekend

Homeless advocates note that an effort to correct the problem by issuing citations or clogging up jails could produce heavy residual costs for the city and its homeless population.
Colleen Curry
8.27.15
Stuff

The Ethics of Watching and Sharing Violent Viral Videos

Do we have a responsibility not to share those videos of the journalists in Virginia being killed? Or is the publicizing of horrible images the only way real reforms can occur?
Allie Conti
8.27.15
Objectively Correct Lists

The 45 Greatest Doobie Brothers Songs of All Time

2015 marks the 45th anniversary of one of the greatest bands in the history of recorded music, the Doobie Brothers. To celebrate the group’s sapphire anniversary, we’re counting down the 45 best songs in the band’s 45-year career
Andrew Winistorfer
8.27.15
Australia

Australian State May Force Convicted Pedophiles to Undergo Chemical Castration

A new government task force in Australia is considering whether to force child sex offenders to undergo chemical castration as a judicial alternative to prison sentencing.
Tess Owen
8.27.15
crime & drugs

Seven Mutilated Bodies Found in Trash at Guatemala Prison

The victims were discovered in a part of the maximum-security El Boqueron prison controlled by the notorious MS-13 gang.
VICE News
8.27.15
Music

Quebec Is Now the Only Place In Canada Where Streaming Music Doesn't Suck

Streaming services such as Rdio, Spotify and Google Music will no longer count towards some Videotron subscribers' data caps.
Matthew Braga
8.27.15
Art

Street Selfies Take a Snapshot of British Democracy

800 years of democracy found throughout Britain’s streets.
Catherine Chapman
8.27.15
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