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Holocaust Denial Finds Place in Harvard Paper’s "Cracks"

Harvard. It’s revered as one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning. Why, then, did the university’s newspaper, The Harvard Crimson , run a holocaust denier’s advert after rejecting it over a decade ago

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Transgender activist runs for mayor of a small Republican Idaho town

About a block from a street concert in downtown Nampa, Melissa Sue Robinson strolls with purpose into a trendy coffee shop – the unofficial liberal embassy of this sprawling Republican stronghold in southwest Idaho. Dressed in a cream-colored pantsuit, a political flier clutched in one hand, a soft brown leather purse in the other, she orders a mocha and takes a seat as a group of teenagers stare at her from near the door. The 58-year-old was born male and still carries the slightly larger-than-an-average-woman build of Charles Staelens Jr., who legally changed his name and underwent surgery in 1998 to become a woman

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Monkeys dance only to monkey music…and Metallica

In Close Encounters of the Third Kind, music bridged the gap between worlds, but music may not actually be the key to interspecies communication.

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Monkeys dance only to monkey music…and Metallica

Twitter ‘Investigative’ Journalism 101: The Syllabus

When we read this morning that a Chicago Tribune intern would be teaching a journalism school class on ” investigative ” Twitter use, our jaws hit the floor. But then the intern/professor in question sent us a copy of the class syllabus.

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Twitter ‘Investigative’ Journalism 101: The Syllabus

‘We hate the United States’: Secessionists rally in Texas

For some folks in Texas, the prospect of a universal health care scheme isn't just cause for protest and debate — it's reason enough to secede from the United States altogether. Some 200 people rallied at the State Capitol in Austin on Saturday, a small but vocal crowd that set itself in opposition to pro-health care reform protesters. Larry Kilgore, a Christian activist that the Texas Observer says has advocated execution for homosexuals, “drew some murmurs of disapproval” when he told the crowd: “I hate that flag up there.

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‘We hate the United States’: Secessionists rally in Texas

What Makes a Psychopath?

“As exaggerated as many popular depictions of psychopaths often are, many nevertheless do pose a genuine danger to others. So what makes psychopaths the way they are? Scientists are now working toward uncovering the roots of this disorder in the brain

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Research confirms Sugar feeds Cancer

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah have uncovered new information that sugar feeds tumors. The findings may also have implications for other diseases such as diabetes. Amazingly the results stated… added by: organicjar 2 responses

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Research confirms Sugar feeds Cancer

What Would You Do For MIA Tickets?

Life is full of really tough decisions, you guys. Real tough

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Robots Programmed to Kiss

Developed by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, these robots have been programmed to kiss for a robot rendition of Phantom of the Opera. I bet kissing one is like kissing a corpse. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Ed Westwick Gay Kiss Coming to Gossip Girl

In the upcoming season of Gossip Girl , Ed Westwick’s infamous character, Chuck Bass, will be kissing someone other than Blair Waldorf ( Leighton Meester ). That’s not a huge surprise for a character who was once given his own CW promo set to Britney Spears’ song “Womanizer.” The shocker is who he kisses. It’s actor Neal Bledsoe.

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