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Man’s Finger Bitten Off At Health Care Rally

CULTURE BUZZ : A 65-year-old man had his pinky BITTEN OFF at a health care rally. About 100 protesters sponsored by MoveOn.org were having a rally supporting health care reform when another group of anti-health care supporters showed up. Things got really ugly

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David Wright’s Dorky Helmet

He actually stole this from the Mr. Met mascot, which explains the enormous size

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The YikeBike

A new portable electric bike designed for urban commuters that weighs less than ten pounds. If this doubles as some kind of Japanese sex toy, I'm sold!!! Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Spike Jonze in The NYT Magazine

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/mag… Everyone's reading the Spike Jonze profile from the coming weekend's Times Magazine, so you probably should, too. My favorite part of this article so far is the caption that helpfully clarifies, “Jonze is the one without a wolf suit.” Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

New Chevy Volt to get 230 MPG city

General Motors Corp. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius. added by: ebindelglass 15 responses

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Vanessa Hudgens: Promoting her new film "Bandslam"

Vanessa Hudgens pictured heading back to her NYC hotel after promoting her new movie ‘Bandslam’ at the “It’s on with Alexa Chung” at the MTV Studios in Times Square. Picture by: Jose Perez / Splash News Continue reading

The Two Bens: No Longer At the Movies

Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz’s At the Movies stint is coming to an end after one year. A.O. (Tony) Scott of the New York Times and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune are taking…

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How We Spend Our Time

The New York Times has a great interactive graph depicting how Americans tend to spend their time. The “computer use” data seems waaay off to me

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How We Spend Our Time

The Worst Garbage Strikes!

The Toronto garbage strike just ended after weeks of Canadian complaining. See how it stacks up against the worst garbage strikes in history! Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Music Sales For Different Medium Types

Here's a chart from the New York Times comparing the sales of different types of music mediums (vinyl vs. cassette tapes vs.

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Music Sales For Different Medium Types