Authorities in Nigeria, seeking to relieve strain on two local dams, opened the dams’ gates Friday, sending a flood downriver that has displaced two million people. Opening dams after heavy rainfall is a common practice in the …
Quotes: Mark Zuckerberg on His Life After Facebook’s Founding
“The last six years have been a lot of coding and focus and hard work. But maybe it would be fun to remember it as partying and all this crazy drama.”
— MARK ZUCKERBERG, Facebook founder, talks on The Oprah Winfrey Show about …
Report: Queen Elizabeth Tried to Use Public Aid Fund to Heat Her Palace
Listen, from time to time everybody is strapped for cash and may not know how to pay their bills. Even the Queen of England!
Aww: Portia De Rossi Takes Ellen’s Last Name
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Stephen Colbert on Capitol Hill: Five Memorable Quotes and Faces
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal — even if their testimony makes Washington look like a loony bin.
Deadly Lyme Disease Fraud in Kansas City: Really? Really.
This certainly ticks Newsfeed off. (via Kansas City Star)
French Thieves Use Vacuum To Clean Out Supermarkets
A group of criminals known as the gang à l’aspirateur–or the “vacuum gang”–has been successfully robbing supermarkets since 2006, using nothing more than a drill and a vacuum.
Holy Slash! The Top 10 Punctuation Marks
Yes, it’s National Punctuation Day, which means NewsFeed is counting down our favorite punctuation marks. Come with us into a wonderful world of typography and proper grammar!
TIME Exclusive: Colombian President Santos Reacts to Capture, Killing of No. 2 FARC Leader “Mono Jojoy”
Colombia confirmed on Thursday that it conducted a successful raid earlier in the week on the country’s rebel FARC group. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sat down with TIME Magazine in New York to discuss.
Who You Vote For: It’s Your Posture, Stupid
From the height of a politician to rain on election day, social scientists have long tried to figure out why we vote the way we do. But now it turns out it could all be down to our posture.
The New Anti-Depressant: Your Laptop?
Not that you really needed another reason to want an iPad, but research now shows that technology actually makes us happier.
Jeff Zucker Out at NBC
Jeff Zucker, the much-maligned head of NBC Universal, will step down once the company’s acquisition by Comcast is complete. As TIME’s James Poniewozik notes, Zucker’s many public failures, most notably his mishandling of the Jay …