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Aug 20

Chew your caffeine

Starbucks ain’t cutting it anymore? Slate reviews seven caffeine-infused snacks…


Aug 19

Sex: It's not like riding a bike

This article from the LA Times will surely get caught in your spam filter, but we’re sending it anyways…


Aug 18

Stewart News Network: The most trusted name in news

More than a decade after The Daily Show started taking a not-so-serious look at the news, The New York Times takes a serious look at the Daily Show…


Aug 15

A tale of two Georgias

Georgia and Georgia have wreaked havoc on geography-learning grade school children throughout the ages by sharing the same name. Slate tells us how the two Georgias have managed to peacefully coexist for so long…


Aug 14

Star-crossed insurance plans

Money can’t buy you love, but love can get you in on a great HMO as the New York Times reports…


Aug 13

Michael Phelps wins most Olympic gold medals ever while having a bad day

Phelps reached his 11th career gold medal Wednesday morning. He was pissed that he hadn’t won by more. According to his coach the swimmer performs “independently of his feelings”. Let’s hope your day is as good as Phelps’s bad day, as the Washington Post reports…


Aug 12

iThink different

Worried that carrying an iPhone won’t prove you “Think Different” (as Apple’s famous 1997 advertising slogan read) now that everyone willing to endure a mile-long line has an iPhone? It’s time to prove your uniqueness by buying some apps Steve Jobs’s iTunes store. Jobs tells the Wall Street Journal this may be a billion dollar market…


Aug 11

Putin doesn't let the Olympics get in the way of kicking ass

Despite President Bush’s look into his “soul” in 2001 and “very firm” talks during the Olympics, Russian PM Vladimir Putin continues to press his military advantage against Georgia. Will this invaded former Soviet republic end up like the identically-named US state did after the civil war — defeated with its capital ablaze? There’s no end in sight, Reuters reports…


Aug 8

Olympics to also include sports

With all the coverage highlighting China’s environmental and civil rights abuses, it’s easy to forget there will also be a few sporting events at the Olympics in between protests. This happy-go-lucky article from NBCOlympics.com reminds us about them…


Aug 7

Is Obama the new black?

Civil rights leader and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young once said “Bill [Clinton] is every bit as black as Barack. He’s probably gone with more black women than Barack.” Despite his alleged inexperience and even without the full support of older black politicians, Obama beat the Clintons; prompting the New York Times Magazine to ask if black politics is ending…