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The Leader of One of Mexico's Largest Drug Cartels Has Been Arrested
On Monday, authorities in Mexico captured the leader of the Zetas cartel in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, but don’t expect the arrest of ‘Z-40’ to severely disrupt the flow of cocaine to New York City. Narcotrafficking in Mexico could be returning to its old...
Diego Enrique Osorno
7.17.13
Motherboard Blog

American Dogs May Have Come from Asia After All
The genetic history of American dogs just got a little less mysterious.
Lex Berko
7.17.13
Interviews

Weekend Is Not The Weeknd
The post-punk band talks about their new record, 'Jinx,' how it's difficult to make money as a musician, and, of course, about how underrated Mountain Dew Code Red really is.
Eric Sundermann
7.17.13
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Thousands of California Prisoners Are on Hunger Strike Right Now
When contacted by VICE, a spokesman for the California prison system refused to confirm that 30,000 inmates are currently on hunger strike—which would make the current strike the largest in California history. "I don't even know where that number came...
STAFF
7.17.13
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A Former IRA Hunger Striker Talks About the Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
Gerard Hodgins knows firsthand about self-starvation as political protest. As a former member of the Provisional IRA, Hodgins was on the same hunger strike in Maze Prison that killed Bobby Sands in 1981. He went for 20 days without food in the Northern...
Danny McDonald
7.17.13
Motherboard Blog

Lebanon's Forgotten Space Race: In 1961, Manoug Manougian Aimed the Middle East at the Stars
Lebanon started the Middle East's first substantial space program in the 60s, but the world forgot all about it. But Manoug Manougian, the man who launched it, hasn't forgotten a thing.
Rashed Aqrabawi
7.17.13
Motherboard Blog

How Google Could Free TV from the Cable Industry's Stranglehold
When the cord-cutters finally sever ties with the cable giants, the tech giant could be waiting to greet them.
Meghan Neal
7.17.13
Features

What We Talk About When We Talk About What We're Talking About When We Talk About Chris Brown and Surfer Blood
Chris Brown and John Paul Pitts of Surfer Blood both have done terrible things to women. But why has Pitts been given an opportunity to atone for his sins and Brown has been vilified across the board?
Drew Millard
7.17.13
Features

What We Talk About When We Talk About What We're Talking About When We Talk About Chris Brown and Surfer Blood
Chris Brown and John Paul Pitts of Surfer Blood both have done terrible things to women. But why has Pitts been given an opportunity to atone for his sins and Brown has been vilified across the board?
Drew Millard
7.17.13
New music

PREMIERE: Illangelo - "Crash Landing"
Check out this brooding slice of sci-fi from The Weeknd's producer.
Ezra Marcus
7.17.13
News

Examining the Aftermath of Lac Mégantic
With the death toll at 50, and a class-action against Montreal, Maine & Atlantic building, Joel Balsam examines the aftermath of the Lac Mégantic tragedy.
Joel Balsam
7.17.13
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Is Our 'Help for Heroes Culture' Denying Us a Proper Discussion About Killer Drones?
Chris Cole says the British military is exploiting the public's sentimentality.
Sam Clements
7.17.13
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