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‘What Is Internet?’ Web Surfers Discover, Ruthlessly Mock 1994 ‘Today Show’ Clip of Confused Couric, Gumbel
“What is Internet, anyway?”A young, bespectacled Bryant Gumbel asks in a ‘Today Show’ clip from 1994. “Do you write to it, like mail?”
The Office Pool Pays Off! Factory Workers Win $50 Million Lottery
A group of 24 blue-collar Canadian workers are glad they paid into this week’s drawing.
Believe It: Zoe the Cat, PhD.
Would you trust a cat to give you psychotherapy? What if that cat was accredited by the American Psychotherapy Association?
Quotes: Aspiring Artist Explains Why He Put Piano on Sandbar
“I wanted to create a whimsical, surreal experience. It’s out of the every day for the boater.”
-NICHOLAS HARRINGTON, 16, explains his influence for placing a burned-out baby grand piano on a sandbar in Miami’s Biscayne Bay as …
This Ain’t America: Indonesian Pop Star Gets Jail Time for Sex Tape
In the United States, starring in a leaked sex tape will frequently get you a reality television show. In Indonesia, it’ll get you prison.
Thai Airline Actively Recruits Transsexual Flight Attendents
Calling all transsexuals looking for careers in air travel!
FA Cup Upset: Could Non-League Crawley Town Really Beat Manchester United?
As the cliche goes, it’s the stuff of which dreams are made.
Will Google’s Twitter Service for Egyptians Be Thwarted by a Mobile Phone Shutdown?
As the last of Egypt’s Internet access has been shut down, Google is faced with the prospect that — despite their best attempts by enabling Twitter-through-phone — this revolution may not be Twitter-ized.
Egypt’s Human Chain: The Race to Save the Mummies
Civilian vigilantes heroically stepped up Friday to fend off looters trying to poach Egypt’s most prized artifacts.
Controversial Chicken: Chick-fil-A’s Gay Rights Rumble
Gay-rights activists want you to think twice before ordering your next chicken sandwich and waffle fries. (via The New York Times)
Australian Floods: As Waters Rise, So Does Inflation
You can imagine that fruit and vegetables were hot commodities aboard Noah’s Ark; torrential flooding that soaks field, engulfs roads and shuts down transport hubs tends to do wonders for the price of produce.