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Forget the Sandwich Shop: Swedes Hit the Club on Their Lunch Breaks

Employees get to dance away their frustrations at Lunch Beat, an event that lasts precisely for one hour. Pulsating club music? Included. Then it’s back to the cubicle.

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Indian Man Protests Bureaucracy by Releasing 40 Snakes in Tax Office

Where’s Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?

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Wednesday Words: Wall-Street Speak, Spaceships and More

Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

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Reading While Eating For July 22: Comic Books and Dance Parties

From hams at Comic Con in San Diego to hams at the office, check out today’s links.

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Tokyo: Bicycles Sell Out as Stranded Commuters Turn to Pedal Power

The hurried city slowed to a mechanical standstill Friday. Most workers curled up in their cubicles to wait out the post-earthquake public transport freeze. Those who didn’t likely took the long way home on a new set of wheels.

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Gervais Talks Globes on CNN: ‘I Mustn’t Come Out There As Everyone’s Mate and Schmooze — That’s Nauseating’

Ricky Gervais appears on Piers Morgan tonight – see a clip after the jump – and defends his controversial appearance at the Golden Globes. (via Tuned In)

President Barack Obama watches the flame on the candle as he walks to the Brady Briefing Room to present cupcakes to Hearst White House columnist Helen Thomas in honor of her birthday in this official handout photo

Is Sad Birthday Obama the New Sad Keanu?

It’s Obama’s birthday today, but judging from this photo, he doesn’t seem too thrilled. In fact, he looks downright depressed, sort of like a certain Matrix star.