Kristi Oloffson

I'm a reporter and producer at Time.com. You can reach me at kristi_oloffson@timeinc.com.

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Attenders posted messages with sidewalk chalk around the Golden Gate bridge Sunday.

PostSecret Suicide Confession Starts an Offline Movement

PostSecret posts the innermost secrets of anonymous readers on a weekly basis. Last week’s Golden Gate Bridge suicide secret sparked a movement that led a response past the Web.

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Friendly’s Releases a Fast-Food Abomination

Ice cream places really don’t make healthy sandwiches. Want proof? Friendly’s newest creation, released early this month, is a burger and grilled cheese in one — you know, in case you can’t choose. We found five more of the worst fast food sandwiches.

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Can PostSecret and Facebook Save a Life?

A disturbing post on PostSecret yesterday revealed an illegal immigrant pledging to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge – but 20,000 online voices have responded with hope.

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Internet Eats Up Jim’s Pancake Creations

Have you ever been faced with the dilemma: “I want pancakes, but I also want a cheeseburger?” Or, better yet: “I want pancakes, but I also want to play Tetris?”

Rahul Malayappan, 10, (L) and Brian King, 13, stretch during the 2010 National Spelling Bee in Washington June 4, 2010.

Why Are Protesters at the National Spelling Bee?

File under bizarre, but true.

Job seekers wait to enter a job fair in New York on March 2.

Why the Jobs Report is Still Bleak

It sounds nice that 491,000 jobs were created in May. But the surge in Census hires means almost all of May’s booming job creation is simply temporary.

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Top 10 Satirical Twitter Feeds

Verified accounts are no fun. The real Twitter winners are the satirical rip-offs, lambasting everyone from Israel to director-who-likes-explosions Michael Bay. Here’s a list of our favorites.

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How To Visualize the Oil Spill With Google Maps

A new Google Maps mashup makes it easy to overlay your town with the spreading oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

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When a Hostage Situation Becomes a Love Story

There’s one bright spot for two of the American hikers detained in an Iranian prison: two of them are now engaged.

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Lost Fans’ Horrible, Hilarious YouTube Reactions

Do not mess with Lost fans’ hearts.