Muenster cheese is not a crime. Image: Wikipedia Veniamin Balika, 34, of Plainfield, IL, was arrested in New Jersey after cops caught him driving a refrigerated truck carrying 42,000 pounds… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman in Illinois accused of stealing 21 tons of Wisconsin Muenster cheese
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Xeni Jardin Anita Isaacs, in a NYT op-ed: "I have spent the past 15 years researching and writing about postwar justice in Guatemala. I am encouraged that, a decade and a half… Read the rest of the article: NYT op-ed: "On the Brink of Justice in Guatemala"
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Xeni Jardin A Virginia man was beaten on Saturday, March 23, for drawing a dick on his roommate's face. Arlington County Police say 31-year-old James Watson passed out on his couch after… Read the rest of the article: Bro-on-Bro violence leads to tragedy, as penis drawn on roommate's face
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Xeni Jardin We've gathered fresh video for you to surf and enjoy on the Boing Boing video page. The latest finds for your viewing pleasure include: • Your WiFi-enabled camera might be… Read the rest of the article: Watch the latest video posts in our Boing Boing video archive
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Xeni Jardin Less than 20% of drone victims have been named. UK-based NGO The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has a new project: Name the Dead. There's a fundraiser here. (HT: @ggreenwald)
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Xeni Jardin "K-State is one of the first two Universities in the U.S. to offer a Bachelor of Science in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Our program uses a hands-on approach for learning… Read the rest of the article: University in Kansas offers Bachelor of Science degree in Drones
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Xeni Jardin Estonian punk/metal Winny Puhh have been around since 1993 or so, but online audiences around the world are discovering them by way of this video
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Xeni Jardin Artist Jay Shells combines his love of hip hop music and his formidable sign-making skills in "Rap Quotes."
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Xeni Jardin How do you calculate the value of product placement in hip hop songs? With a $56 million dollar hip-hop shopping spree.
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Xeni Jardin Electrical engineers get married, in a "Circuit and Swirls" themed ceremony. Some jerk on YouTube trolls them. By postal mail.
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Xeni Jardin Was Phil Bronstein's 15,000-word Esquire profile of the SEAL Team 6 member who killed Osama bin Laden, a Navy SEAL who is "now retired and struggling to make ends meet… Read the rest of the article: Controversy over Esquire profile of the SEAL who shot bin Laden (or maybe didn't)
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Xeni Jardin Defense Distributed's Cody R Wilson "figured out how to print a semi-automatic rifle from the comfort of his own home."
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Xeni Jardin A woman has been placed in charge of the CIA's clandestine service for the first time in the agency's history, reports the Washington Post. She's a veteran officer whom many… Read the rest of the article: CIA director promotes woman who approved destruction of CIA "harsh interrogation" videos
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Xeni Jardin "A blinding flash of light streaked across the Russian sky, followed by a shuddering blast strong enough to damage buildings and send more than 1,000 people to the hospital." Tonight,… Read the rest of the article: To watch: PBS NOVA on Russian Meteor Strike debuts tonight, March 27
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Xeni Jardin Photo: NISGUA. A witness testifies in the trial of Rios Montt, with aid of court-appointed Nebaj Ixil interpreter. As Emi McLean writes on the Open Society Justice Initiative's blog about… Read the rest of the article: Guatemala genocide trial: Day 6. "If I die, the story of what I lived will never be forgotten"
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Xeni Jardin Photo: Mark Makela for The New York Times. "Virginia C. McGuire, her partner, Matthew, and their son, Leo, 9, play the board game Pandemic in their Philadelphia home." When is… Read the rest of the article: Saving for retirement as an act of wild optimism
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Xeni Jardin "The Burzynski Clinic is drawing me back below its event horizon again, like the irresistable black hole made up of supercompressed greed that I see it to be," writes health-skeptic… Read the rest of the article: Stanislaw Burzynski vs. regulations protecting human research subjects, revisited: Orac on Cancer quackery
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Xeni Jardin Alaa Wardi's a capella harmonies and one-man viral videos have become big hits throughout the mideast. His latest, "Risala Ela…", is out today.
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Xeni Jardin A track from Melbourne-based band Brighter Later, in a music video by animator Polly Dedman. The band's debut LP The Wolves is out this month.