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The Train Company Responsible for the Lac Mégantic Catastrophe Still Hasn't Paid Up

As if the damage done to Lac Mégantic by a derailed train owned by the Montreal Maine & Altantic Railways, the company has refused to pay over $4 million to the town, and is planning to file for bankruptcy.
Joel Balsam
7.29.13
Motherboard Blog

Nature Can Clog Oil Rig Fires, But Shouldn't Have To

Another week, another fire, another fossil fuel spill. No fatalities at the offshore drilling rig Hercules 265, though, so that's an improvement.
Ben Richmond
7.29.13
Features

Justin Bieber is the Rockstar We've All Been Waiting For

No one else in music has stared into the butthole of an endangered baby snow leopard.
Ryan Bassil
7.29.13
Holy Shit

Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury Have Three Duets Coming Out This Fall

Recorded in 1983, the recordings were part of a planned duets record that was scrapped because Michael Jackson weirded Freddie Mercury out by bringing a llama to the studio.
Noisey Staff
Staff de Noisey
7.29.13
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Why Did the Toronto Police Kill Sammy Yatim?

The people of Toronto have a lot of questions for its police force after Sammy Yatim, an 18-year-old armed only with a knife, was shot nine times by a police officer in a busy part of the city. We spoke to an eye-witness, who shot one of two iPhone...
Patrick McGuire
7.29.13
Motherboard Blog

Be Your Own Spaceship: How We Can Adapt Human Bodies for Alien Worlds

Forget terraforming, let’s start human-forming.
Becky Ferreira
7.29.13
News

The Egyptian Army Massacred 72 Egyptians This Weekend

The first bloodied victims began to arrive at the crude field hospital behind Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in the early hours of Saturday morning. To begin with, the main causes of the injuries were birdshot and tear gas, inflicted when security...
John Beck, Photos: Ariana Drehsler
7.29.13
News

Anti-Fracking Protesters Had a Pretty Awful Time in West Sussex This Weekend

They got run over, had their log stolen and got their ears twisted by police.
Matthew Francey, Photos: Chris Bethell
7.29.13
New music

Listen to R. Kelly's "My Story" Featuring 2 Chainz

Remember why this guy puts the R in R&B.
Eric Sundermann
7.29.13
Tech

Afghanistan's Game of Drones

Geography rules in eastern Afghanistan. Rugged mountains and rocky plains make it a difficult trek for people, but well-suited for drones. The Shadow 200, made by the AAI Corporation, is the width of a garage door. Depending on its configuration, it...
Kevin Sites
7.29.13
WEEDIQUETTE

Kings of Cannabis

You might not know who Arjan Roskam is, but you've probably smoked his weed. Arjan's been breeding some of the most famous marijuana strains in the world for over 20 years.
Krishna Andavolu
VICE Staff
7.29.13
Motherboard Blog

Dumpster Droning at an Old Facebook Building

Zuck apparently had a lot of stuff to throw out, didn't he.
Brian Anderson
7.29.13
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