MARCH 12, 2009 Sign up to get the morning briefing by email here. ———————————————————————- FIFTY DAYS INTO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION Consider one little factoid: H...

The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist. The man who made off with up to $100 million in gems tells how he did it. * Eight scientists who became their own guinea pigs. Because even professional experimental subjects have their limits. * Make your own Daft Punk remix with the iDaf...

Media outlets preyed upon people's emotions this week in its reporting of President Barack Obama's decision to overturn the Bush Administration ban on federally-funded embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic stem cell research is a hot topic among pro-life advocates because it involves the destructi...

• It comes in smooth and chunky: Jerome Bettis now has his own premium tequila. It's the perfect shot for drunk driving school bus drivers. [PSAMP] • Nice swing, Nancy: Today is the birthday of the batting tee—helping uncoordinated kids feel special for over six decades. [Star-Tribune] •...

I do not give much importance to abstract concepts. President Lula da Silva of Brazil ponders the new human-based economic order. Channeling Genghis Khan, Kazakh premier suggests a global currency. Riding news of Citigroup's profits and Bernanke's call for reform, Wall Street posts its biggest one-d...

:: About time Xbox gets a band that makes me want to buy a 360. March 19, you can play F.E.A.R. 2 with Mastodon on Xbox Live. :: Absolute Punk recently premiered a video for The Only One from Manchester Orchestra. Every song on the band’s new record will have a video, and each video will debut...

News broadcasts just love to talk about Jesus. In a quirky, mocking way! Mostly their coverage is limited to people who find Jesus (and sometimes Mary) in various items. Sandwiches, cats, lampposts, etc. A compilation: Note that these segments always seem to come at the end of the broadcast, when pe...

Perhaps signaling media impatience with the Obama administration's economic policy, Tuesday's "Good Morning America" featured a challenging look at the performance of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who the show had previously described as "wonky." Reporter Jake Tapper observed ...

The response to our recent Chillin' with the Rip column, our guide to some of the best music to tune out the noise, was so overwhelming that we just had to get right back at it and bring you volume II. Now, the goal of this column is to give all you waveriders a glimpse into some of the mellower tun...

We asked for suggestions for Morning Goods and MG Monkey Alan stepped up to the plate by introducing us to Mexico City's Andrei Model. He says that Andrei "isn't remotely close" to his type, but that y'all will love him, which is sort of strange, since you'd think you&#...