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Shaky math sparks conspiracy theory about “illegitimate” coup
An Egyptian “crowd-size analyst” went on Al Jazeera recently and sparked a huge conspiracy theory. He said the massive crowds of demonstrators in Cairo on June 30 calling for then-President Mohamed...
View ArticleMeet Jack Andraka: The real-life Doogie Howser
We sat down with 16-year-old science prodigy and open-internet advocate Jack Andraka to talk about his ideas on issues ranging from science education to being an LGBT teen. Jack is best known for...
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Photos: For the children who fear the sun, a new chance to frolic in the dark
Summer is supposed to be a time of nonstop fun and excitement for children. But for kids suffering from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)—a genetic disorder that affects one out of every 1 million Americans...
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How Somali pirates and terrorists made bank off two Western hostages
Nearly two years after Somali pirates kidnapped them, two Spanish foreign aid workers suddenly reappeared at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu last month and got onboard a small plane...
View ArticleLawyers, doctors, bloodsuckers: The real vampires of New York City…and their...
On a summer Sunday just after 10 p.m., Madame X, a bar on New York City’s buzzing Houston Street, is crowded. The patrons aren’t residents from the bar’s trendy West Village neighborhood. Or at least...
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Bankrupt Detroit turns to taxpayers and Wall Street to pay for dubious city...
Have you heard Detroit is bankrupt? It’s true. But that isn’t stopping it from dropping several hundred million on a handful of high-profile and potentially low-yield investments. As the Motor City...
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In the beginning, there were cheap shots: A holy photo tour of the Creation...
Take notes, kids. The founder of the Creation Museum announced in a radio ad this week that dinosaurs sailed aboard Noah’s Ark and the Earth is only 6,000 years old. “God told Noah to take pairs of...
View ArticleAlmost converted at Bronycon: Why grown men dress up as magical horses
More than 8,000 mostly male fans of My Little Pony (aka “bronies”) packed into the Baltimore Convention Center this weekend, and Vocativ was there to capture the action in all its pastel glory. It was...
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Virus spreads among Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood supporters are on high alert for suspicious text messages. After the ouster of Mohamed Morsi, the Brotherhood demonstrators who favor the former Egyptian president have suffered...
View ArticleMonstrous snakes slither off Craigslist into homes across country
Summer 2013 is the season of runaway snakes. The unwelcome reptiles have wriggled their way into homes all over the United States and Canada, shocking unsuspecting homeowners in Brooklyn, New York,...
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Chinese buyers look for a safety deposit box in the sky
The apartment numbers are said to invite prosperity, and the feng shui is more attractive than the quality of the countertops. In midtown Manhattan, a new crop of luxury skyscrapers is rising, and many...
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Photos: The anti-Tour de France, where bike messengers get the glory
Bike messengers are the coal miners of the cycling world. They take a beating on a daily basis while braving considerable danger, and let’s be honest, the money isn’t great. There is, however, one...
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Tour the abandoned school Syrian families with nowhere left to run turned...
Syria is hell on earth right now. A civil war rages and there are few places to run. As neighboring Jordan tightens its borders, refugees looking for safe haven are running out of options. An...
View ArticleIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…a rich kid wearing a jet pack
There are two up-and-coming, ridiculously overpriced water toys on the market, and both of them will propel you three stories in the air and deep into debt. Weeee! The Jetlev and the FlyBoard are the...
View ArticleIs Dick’s Sporting Goods already done with its ban on Sandy Hook rifles?
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre last December, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced it would no longer stock or sell “modern sporting rifles,” the category of weapon used in the...
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Russia’s U.N. ambassador stuns LGBT protesters, telling them “We are for...
A dozen members of the international gay rights group All Out gathered on a corner of New York City’s Park Avenue in the rain Thursday afternoon to deliver a message to Russia: Repeal your anti-gay...
View ArticleMeet the crazy Australian politician who makes Sarah Palin look like Boutros...
Is Islam a country? Apparently it depends whom you ask. After a gaffe-on-gaffe interview with Australia’s Channel 7 this week, Brisbane parliamentary candidate Stephanie Banister earned inevitable...
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Virginia’s GOP governor candidate spouts English-only, anti-sodomy agenda—and...
Dear Virginia: When one of the candidates vying to be your next governor crusades for speaking only English at work and doesn’t want people having oral or anal sex, it’s time to admit you have a...
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Ukrainian man builds a wooden Cylon and it’s absolutely awesome
A man in Ukraine who’s apparently really into Battlestar Galactica (and carpentry!) spent six months building a life-size wooden Cylon. That’s a robot character from the show…let’s just move on… Dmitry...
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More than 900 fugitives were extradited to the U.S. last year. Here’s where...
Whistle-blower Edward Snowden, probably the most famous fugitive currently on the run from the U.S. government, may have found a safe haven for now in Russia. But hundreds of other fugitives are not so...
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