Sky News cameraman killed in Egypt clashes (via AFP)
A TV cameraman for Britain’s Sky News was shot and killed while covering the deadly violence in Cairo on Wednesday, the channel said. Mick Deane, a 61-year-old father of two children, had worked for Sky for 15 years and was a veteran cameraman who had…
Millions of Black and brown New Yorkers can exhale: a federal judge has ruled that NY’s stop and frisk policy is unconstitutional. The decision was reached this morning after a two month trial in which federal judge Shira A. Scheindlin ruled that police officers have for years been systematically stopping innocent people in the street without any objective reason to suspect them of wrongdoing, violating the Fourth Ammendment.
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Vertebrates are top of the food chain on this planet so everything is organized around us. But what about invertebrates, the crabs, lobsters and prawns we humans boil alive for tasty meals? Well, they have no say or protection cuz face it: when was the last time a lobster complained about hot water?
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World’s first test tube burger tasted in London (via AFP)
Scientists on Monday unveiled the world’s first lab-grown beef burger, serving it up to volunteers in London in what they hope is the start of a food revolution. The 140 gramme (about five ounce) patty, which cost more than 250,000 euros ($330,000)…
Super capitalists Jay Z knows a thing or two about clothes.Remember his game changing sneaker deal with Reebok, the S.Carters? His Rocawear brand? His singlehandly deading throwback jerseys? His failed attempts at patenting a color (Jay Z Blue) and wack try at selling Occupy All Streets tee in 2011? Most recently he declared publicly adoration of “Tom Ford”. Now the mogul wants to add Barney’s to his portfolio.
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A 17 year old teen is now the 10th person added to the list of murdered LGBT folks in Jamaica, a former British colony whose anti-homosexuality laws date back to the 1800s. The teen was murdered by a mob at a party who discovered that the woman dancing with one of the patrons was in fact a male.
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Congratulations are in order for Don Cheadle, Kerry Washington, Sofia Vergara, Alfre Woodward and Morena Baccarin who were all nominated for Emmy Awards this morning. “How I Met Your Mother” actor Neil Patrick Harris and “Breaking Bad” star Aaron Paul announced the nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards this morning in North Hollywood.
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter weighed in on the NSA scandal and the American political system in Atlanta yesterday and his thoughts are sure to upset many. The only publication that reported on them however is Germany’s Der Spiegel. “America has no functioning democracy,” Carter said at a meeting of the “Atlantic Bridge” in Atlanta. Translation ahead.
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A privacy group wants to sue Jay-Z amd Samsung because their recent Magna Carta Holy Grail app, they claim, invaded downlader’s privacy. “Samsung failed to disclose material information about the privacy practices of the app,” Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said in a call for investigation filed with the Federal Trade Commission this week.
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Generally thought of as the asshats of our oceans and water-ways, dolphins last May were recognized as non-human persons by the Indian government. “Whereas cetaceans in general are highly intelligent and sensitive,” said B.S. Bonal, the member secretary of the Central Zoo Authority of India.
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Artist Murs took to his Facebook account today to sound off on the George Zimmerman verdict .What he’s saying isn’t pretty but needs to be said. “The verdict that was delivered in the Trayvon Martin case this weekend,” the White Mandingoes member wrote, ” deeply saddened and angered me. As I’m sure it did more than a few of you.”
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Ladies and gents, are you plagued by with gherto booty? Tennessee native Terry Ragland, who is black, said she went to a chiropractor because she was looking for treatment for her severe lower back pain.She was seen by a nurse, then the doctor, who sent her to get an X-ray, according to ABC.
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