Yes, Beached Whales Really Do Explode
There is a dead whale washed up by a boardwalk onshore in the Canadian village of Trout River, Newfoundland, and it is causing trouble, The Guardianreports. Not trouble of the sort that a live whale...
View ArticleSterling Will Likely Be Forced to Sell Clippers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Basketball Association's 29 team owners will likely vote to force Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after he was banned for life for racist comments,...
View ArticleIs Kiev Losing Control of Eastern Ukraine?
HORLIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Moscow separatists seized government offices in more Ukrainian towns on Wednesday, in a further sign that authorities in Kiev are losing control of the country's...
View ArticleOn Trial: Lyndon Johnson’s Anti-Poverty Program
Should we keep anti-poverty programs? Or should we cut them?That was the underlying question at a contentious event Wednesday that pitted Republicans’ belief that the government’s effort to help the...
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Shanghai High Confidential
Jinjing Liu, a 15-year-old ninth-grader at Meilong Intermediate in central Shanghai—and part of the best education system in the world’s most populous country—is ticking off her normal class schedule:...
View ArticleNYC is Battling Airbnb, but the Home-Sharing Firm Got a Green Light in Amsterdam
New York has been battling apartment-sharing marketplace Airbnb since 2010, but other cities such as Amsterdam have found a way to live with the company, and even profit from the alternative tourist...
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Riot Police Clash With May Day Protesters In Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber pellets on Thursday to try to stop thousands of people, some armed with fire bombs and fireworks, from defying a ban on May...
View ArticleNew Rob Ford Drug Video Surfaces as the Toronto Mayor Seeks Treatment
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said on Wednesday he will take time off to get professional help to deal with a drinking problem, even as a Canadian newspaper reported a new video showed him...
View ArticleThe Onion’s Amazing New BuzzFeed Parody Site That Will Restore Your Faith in...
Though it began as a print newspaper, The Onion has set its full focus on the Web in recent months, so it’s no surprise the satire standby is shifting some of its energies to mocking the scourge of...
View ArticleKerry Says He'll Pause, Reassess After Israeli-Palestinian Peace Bid
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he would pause and reassess what might be possible after failing to meet his April 29 goal for an Israeli-Palestinian peace...
View ArticleDutch Police Storm 'The Rainbow Warrior'
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Dutch police stormed a Greenpeace ship on Thursday to prevent environmental activists blocking delivery of the first oil from Russia's new Arctic drilling platform...
View ArticleStarting Five for Thursday: Jameis Winston, the NBA Playoffs and Mike D'Antoni
1. Show Claws Penalty Heisman winner Jameis Winston is cited after bootlegging $32 worth of king crab legs and crawfish from a Tallahassee Publix. Blames "youthful ignorance." 2. Home Cooking For the...
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Ex-Ex-Gay Pride
On a Tuesday evening nearly 14 years ago, John Paulk walked into a gay bar in Washington, D.C. At another time in his life, Paulk would have fit right in. But in 2000, Paulk’s life as an openly gay man...
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Never Scared Straight
No one forced Mathew Shurka to do it, but he was too afraid to say no. In front of him was an opportunity to change his sexuality forever. At least, that’s what he was told.Just a month before, Shurka,...
View ArticleKale Has a Chip on Its Shoulder
At stylish restaurants in California, leafy kale has replaced ordinary lettuce in the classic Caesar salad. In some parts of New York, kale smoothies are more common than bagels, while at Whole Foods...
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Money Growing on Trees
Sacramento in July is among the sunniest places on the planet, averaging more than 14 hours of direct sunlight per day. On sweltering afternoons, when the grapevines are parched and the tupelo are...
View ArticleShare Determination
For a couple of centuries now, the whole point of industry has been to produce more stuff. But look what havoc that’s caused to the planet. A necessary fashion accessory for residing in New York City...
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Gray Matter Anatomy
As her brain betrayed her, Lea Shmoldas lost the ability to paint, knit, write or even control her bodily functions. But she never lost her mind. With it, she made one final decision before she died:...
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Everything is Awesome
On a recent visit with my 3-year-old niece, I sat in the living room before an explosion of pastel Lego bricks, carefully, almost obsessively, trying to build a princess castle. Tiny people and pets...
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Keep Locke Weird
“I believe in the real world,” Thomas Herzog growls dismissively through his white beard in response to my asking whether his book/antique store, Strange Cargo, has a fiction section. Funny thing,...
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