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Will pop stars stand their ground on #BoycottFlorida?
Pop stars fueled with rage have called for a boycott of Florida after Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, was found not guilty of second-degree murder. But when they’re actually faced with...
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Anthony Weiner is a dangerous man—or at least he’d like the ladies to think so. The N.Y.C. mayoral candidate publicly admitted Tuesday that he sent sexts to young women after he resigned in disgrace...
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Russian cops sodomize Olympic construction worker in dispute over $600 in...
Martiros Demerchyan thought his troubles were behind him. The construction worker had spent seven weeks building housing in Sochi for next year’s Winter Olympics, only to end up in a pay dispute with...
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All hail Huma Abedin! Anthony Weiner’s wife faces the press and popularity...
Huma Abedin is Hillary Clinton’s right-hand woman. The George Washington University graduate has worked for Clinton for 17 years, speaks three languages (English, Urdu and Arabic) and maintains...
View ArticlePrime Minister Erdogan has Turkey real estate on lockdown
Fly into Istanbul and you’re immediately confronted with the Turkey that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan built: an endless series of huge, featureless housing constructions, often slammed down right next...
View ArticleWhy you should be more afraid of your smartphone than the NSA
As a CIA case officer, I considered the indiscriminate use of a cellphone as dangerous as doing jumping jacks while carrying a loaded pistol jammed into the waistband of my jeans with the safety off...
View ArticleHuawei, the Chinese telecom giant accused of spying, lends a hand in U.K....
British Prime Minister David Cameron wants internet porn eradicated, and to accomplish that mission he has apparently jumped into bed with a Chinese company accused of spying. Cameron has announced...
View ArticlePreview: Venezuela’s looming tower
Depending on your point of view, it’s either a radical twist on urban housing policy or a ghastly glass symbol of Venezuela’s decline during the decade-plus reign of former President Hugo Chávez. It’s...
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One hot jihadi summer: Egyptian military launches crackdown on militants in...
In the aftermath of the military coup that ousted former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi earlier this month, Islamist militants have gained strength in the Sinai, the desert peninsula between Israel...
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Russian neo-Nazis baiting, beating gay teens in a twisted take on “To Catch a...
Everyone knows Vladimir Putin’s government hates gay people. But an increasing number of Russian neo-Nazis think Putin’s gay propaganda ban is not nearly hateful enough. The most high-profile example...
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Turkey’s infamous “Sledgehammer” military coup imprisonments violate...
Last year, more than 300 members of the Turkish military (including retired Turkish Army Gen. Çetin Doğan, above) were sentenced to up to 20 years in prison in a massively controversial trial involving...
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The rainbow Pope: what does Francis’ support of gay priests really mean?
Meet “His Holinizz Pimp Francis.” Pope Francis I returned from a week-long trip to Rio De Janeiro, where he partied and preached on “Popacabana Beach,” upped his number of Twitter followers, and told...
View ArticleBitcoin, U.S.A.: Digital-dollars communities might be coming to a town near you
While bitcoin experts in their suits and ties yapped about the future of virtual currencies at a fancy Manhattan conference Tuesday, a slew of alternative, flannel-happy bitcoin aficionados were busy...
View ArticleHellfire from the sky: We got nailed by U.S. Predator drones
Update: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Pakistan’s new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, in Islamabad on Thursday to ease tensions between the two nations over the U.S. military’s deadly drone...
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From Russia with hate? Gay activists dump vodka outside Russian consulate in...
In Russia it’s basically illegal now to “act gay” in public, and the country’s new anti-gay propaganda measures may wind up applying to LGBT athletes, like Blake Skjellerup, who hope to attend the 2014...
View ArticleGovernment rolls out vehicular racism in Britain
Britain, not known for its welcoming attitude toward foreigners, has taken institutional xenophobia to new heights. The U.K. government took several measures in the past week to let immigrants know in...
View ArticleThe world’s tallest slum: Rare look at an illegal ghetto in the sky
Welcome to the world’s tallest slum: poverty-ridden Venezuela’s Tower of David. Squatters took over this very unfinished 45-story skyscraper in the early 1990s, and they’ve been there ever since. The...
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Muslim Brotherhood’s massacre prevention kit: Nails, spray paint and balloons
Tens of thousands of people are camped out in Cairo, trying to make a political statement. They’ve been there for nearly a month. Their leader was thrown out of power and is mysteriously out of reach....
View ArticleChina: Never mind the sex romps, let’s network
The founder of one Chinese mobile-based social app is sending a revolutionary message to its users: I don’t want your sex. The app, Guanxi, brings together Chinese millennials looking to build business...
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NRA fans tell their stories of growing up with guns
The National Rifle Association put out two simple questions this week on its Facebook page: “Who taught you how to shoot?” and “How old were you?” The posting got a massive response. Within only a few...
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