The Jewish Festival of Lights started Wednesday night. Here are some gifts of holiday knowledge that will keep on giving.
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Just In Time for the Holidays, Amtrak Lifts Ban on Guns
Because traveling by train with up to 11 pounds of ammunition is an American right.
Remembering Rosa Parks: Google Doodle Marks Arrest Anniversary
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give a white man her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Google is celebrating the civil-rights pioneer with its daily “doodle.”
Exclusive: WikiLeaks Says Hillary Clinton Should Resign
In an exclusive interview with TIME, conducted via Skype from an undisclosed location, WikiLeaks head — and Person of the Year contender (place your votes) — Julian Assange said that America’s secretary of state should …
Julian Assange: Is the WikiLeaks Whistle-blower 2010’s Person of the Year?
Updates, Dec. 1 – Exclusive video of Assange saying Hillary Clinton should resign; the full transcript of TIME’s Assange interview, and never-before-seen footage of Assange talking with TIME about politics and privacy: “Of course …
Hangover Helpers: Post-Party Cleaning Service Will Change the Morning After Forever
Hangover Helpers to the rescue!
Wikileaks of the Bizarre: Saudi King Suggested Implanting Microchips in Terror Suspects
What’s the difference between a horse and a Gitmo inmate? If you’re the King of Saudi Arabia, apparently not much.
Black Friday: New Survey Identifies Most Reliable Shipping Companies
We all hate waking up to that holiday shipping nightmare: You open your front door, only to find that a precious gift labeled “FRAGILE” has been reduced to fragments. (Via Popular Mechanics)
KFC Will Pay You $20,000 To Give Them A Shout-Out Via Twitter
The folks over at ‘We Do Chicken Right’ are calling for submissions. Show your Twitter smarts and Colonel Sanders will reciprocate with cash for your college fund. (Via the Buffalo News).
The Top 10 Worse Alternatives to Plane Travel
If you’re thinking about axing ‘3-1-1’ from your travel preparations, we’ve got news for you. There are worse forms of transit than the airlines.
National Opt-Out Day: Is Anyone Actually Opting Out of Pat-Downs?
Yesterday, NewsFeed was worried that an online movement, National Opt-Out Day would slow security lines at airports, even forcing people to miss flights as passengers turned down backscatter scans and pat-downs. Turns out, we had …
Police: ‘Ugly Betty’ Actor Killed Mom With Samurai Sword
First off, NewsFeed knows firsthand that the Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood of Prospect Heights is a growing, friendly community with people of all stripes and does not typically have samurai sword-wielding homicidal religious …