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Chris Brown Signs Modeling Contract With Wilhelmina International

Hope you’re used to Chris Brown’s awful new(ish) neck tattoo–you’re probably going to see it a lot more. The noted hip-hop artist and domestic abuse […]

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Delco T-Mobile Employee Stabs Customer Over Bad Bill Dispute

In what will undoubtedly be the most Delco news of the day, a T-Mobile store employee in Upper Darby stabbed a customer in the stomach […]

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Study: For Some Time Now, People Have Been Getting Measurably Dumber

The other day, during one of my too-frequent tumbles down the rabbit hole of cyberspace, I came across an article discussing a paper published in […]

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For the Love of God, Please Don’t Be a Child Molester

“Oh thank goodness!! And thus ends the worst 24 hours of my life,” my  friend Lauren wrote on Facebook on Tuesday night. She attached a […]

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Jon Bon Jovi’s Daughter Arrested for Heroin Possession

Stephanie Rose Bongiovi, the 19-year-old daughter of Jon Bon Jovi, was arrested this morning at Hamilton College in New York. According to reports, police and […]

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New Movie Defending Joe Paterno Is Contemptible

A big reason last week’s presidential election went the way it did, many have pointed out in the days since, was because one side found […]

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FBI Report: John Bolaris “Shit Himself”

The last time we heard from meteorologist John Bolaris, he was proposing to his girlfriend Erica Smitheman on the Howard Stern Show during Hurricane Sandy. […]

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10 Ways America Is Better Without Texas

For years and years, Texas has tried to lure tourists from the rest of the United States by proclaiming itself to be a “whole other […]

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It’s More Fun to Talk About Who Generals Are Screwing Than Who They’re Killing

The media has been asking all the wrong questions about the unfolding Peyton Place-like Petraeus saga. As I type this, the FBI is raiding Paula […]

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Hurricane Sandy Isn’t the Only One Rearranging Lawn Furniture

Like most of the rest of the East Coast, I spent the weekend trying to fit my lawn furniture into my garage. Oh, sure, I […]

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A Brief History of Campaign Mudslinging, From 1796 to Today

We love to gripe about today’s negative campaigns, but presidential elections have always been dirty, dating back to the 18th century.

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Twitter Says James Blunt Is the Musical Antichrist

Since “You’re Beautiful” crooner James Blunt told the Daily Mail that he “wanted to take some time off for himself”—a statement the paper somehow translated […]

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Wisconsin Rampage Marks 44th Multiple Shooting Melee in U.S. This Year

America is once again talking about a mass shooting—this one at a day spa in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee, where a gunman shot […]

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Damon Feldman Wants to Help Tagg Romney Punch Someone

Celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman is on it: Tagg Romney, Mitt’s oldest son, versus Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC’s lowest-rated nighttime show, The Last Word. […]

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Lance Armstrong Conned America

It’s a word we throw around often in the context of sports. Jayson Werth and his plus-sized contract. Alex Rodriguez, riding the pine and scoring […]