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Five Best Tuesday Columns 27 Aug 2013 | 09:13 pm
Felix Salmon at Reuters doubts Yahoo's choice for CEO Yesterday, Business Insider wrote a lengthy piece on Yahoo's choice for CEO last year, documenting the surprise selection of the then-37-year-old ...
The Fall's Essential Books 27 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
Fall means auburn-colored leaves, a chill in the air — and the finest selections publishing houses have to offer. We've already covered the early September releases by Margaret Atwood, Thomas Pynchon ...
Of Course J.K. Rowling Misses Dumbledore the Most 27 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
Potentially distressing pop culture anniversary alert: the first Harry Potter book turns 15 this weekend—and that's just if you're going by the American edition. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Sto...
Miley Mania Won't Stop 27 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
It's been nearly two days since Miley Cyrus did a sexualized dance on the MTV Video Music Awards, and yet it is still the source of much outrage. Doubling down on her blustery tirade from yesterday, M...
Why Isn't Revenge Porn Illegal Everywhere? 27 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
People who have their nude pictures posted on the Internet without consent — a vile practice known as revenge porn — have little legal recourse. That's changing, but only very slowly, with legislation...
Drumgasm Is the Absurd Drummer Supergroup You Didn't Know You Needed 27 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
What do you get when you put three ferocious rock drummers in a room and have them record a purely improvisational 40-minute drum piece? This is not a trick question. You get an album that sounds li....
Ten Tough Truths About Cancer 27 Aug 2013 | 04:58 pm
George Johnson has long been a science writer, but his new book, The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery, is the most personal of all, chronicling his own wife's struggle with the ...
Keith Olbermann's Old Fans Are Going To Like His New ESPN Show 27 Aug 2013 | 04:09 pm
On Monday night at 11, Keith Olbermann—formerly of MSNBC and Al Gore's now-defunct Current TV—returned to his roots with a new show on ESPN2. The program, simply titled "Olbermann" sees the remarkably...
Facebook Reaches Settlement in Sponsored Stories Lawsuit 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
A judge in California today approved a $20 million settlement in a class action lawsuit against Facebook, over their use of users likenesses (and 'likes') in paid advertisements. Way back in the halc...
Chelsea Manning Would Pay for her Own Hormone Therapy in Prison 27 Aug 2013 | 07:57 am
Chelsea Manning's announcement last week that she, formerly Bradley Manning, would like to live and be regarded as a woman prompted many questions, both about the soldier's future in a military prison...
