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  • This Is Mad Men on Drugs and Its Weird

    showed us what happens when Sterling Cooper employees get free injections of a supplement containing "B vitamins and a mild stimulant" that provides two to three days' worth of surging creative energy, a concoction I'm sure there's a street name for nowadays. Ken, Don, and Stan get the injection, and soon after, brainstorm meetings turn into weird idea-spew sessions ...

  • Cregan not guilty pleas bizarre

    One-eyed police killer Dale Cregan "bizarrely" pleaded not guilty to two murders despite admitting them "numerous times", a jury has been ...

  • New England Kit Compared To Old German Strip

    The new England football kit has been revealed and was instantly compared to West Germany's 1970s outfit by some fans. New sponsor Nike have opted for a simple design, with a rounded collar and navy badge. But fans have taken to social media sites to vent their displeasure at the kit's likeness to England's great rivals. One user wrote: "New England kit? looks more ...

  • Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago

    CHICAGO -; A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than 2 days, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park ...

  • James Bond Watch Found At Car Boot Sale

    James Bond's geiger counter wristwatch from hit movie Thunderball has turned up following years of mystery about its whereabouts after it was found at a car boot sale. The prop, one of the many gadgets used by 007 during his half century on-screen - was key to the plot of the film as it helped the secret agent locate stolen atomic weapons during underwater scenes in the 1965 film. ...


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Movie Review

Holes

Holes

Holes is definitely not your typical Disney family movie. Set in a work camp for convicted juveniles in the middle of a dry lakebed in the desolation of deep West Texas, it is visually striking, with the harsh images on screen matched by a surprisingly genuine depiction of troubled youth. Granted, in the end all the juvenile delinquents turn out to be generally good kids at heart, but the ... ...

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  • Stoop Storytelling show features offbeat coming out story

    Monday night's Stoop Storytelling show at Center Stage, Kuhn will share with a crowd of strangers how he came to terms with being gay. As the show approached, he spent a considerable amount of time revisiting his breakthrough moment, practiced his monologue several times and now says he's more or less ready. So what's the hitch? "I'm kind of terrified of ...

  • Most outrageous tax cheats

    From a restaurant owner who hid cash receipts in "seasoned octopus" boxes to a self-proclaimed governor of Alabama who buried gold coins in his yard, here are some of the wildest tax fraud investigations the IRS has undertaken in the past ...

  • How does the cockroach theory hold true in the Indian stock market

    As in other spheres of life, there is no shortage of folk tales in investing. The history of the Indian stock market may be shorter compared to the developed markets globally, but that has not stopped investment gurus from trying to force-fit some of these sayings in the Indian context. While some of these rules like 'Sell in May and go away' are based on the seasonality of stock ...

  • Politifact re-defines down to give Pelosi a Half-True

    It's been more than a decade since Bill Clinton put a face on the concept of obfuscation when he uttered the now infamous words "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." Thankfully, PolitiFact has resurrected the is defense in their ongoing protection of ...

  • Jon Stewarts humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Comedian Jon Stewart speaks during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas ...

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