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In the Erin Corwin “missing pregnant wife of a Marine” case, it’s not necessarily Jonathan Corwin as the lead suspect

If you haven’t been up on the Erin Corwin case, here’s some backstory. She’s from Oak Ridge, TN — as is her husband, who’s in the Marines — and currently, they’re living in Twentynine Palms, CA. She went missing last week… Continue Reading

Larry Page wasn’t necessarily wrong on the “people shouldn’t have to work full-time” thing

There has been heat in the press for some of Larry Page’s comments at this Khosla Ventures “Fireside Chat” recently. You can read all about it here, but essentially, here’s what the Google co-founder said: “If you really think about… Continue Reading

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Can we all please stop talking about how much we’re multitasking? The concept is basically a myth.

It doesn’t really exist. Continue Reading

Penalty kicks are the conclusive proof that Twitter is just a big digital sports bar

I’d like to say this is a sign that I’m older and more mature, but it’s probably not: I haven’t watched a lot of this World Cup in bars. Most of it has been in my living room, with the… Continue Reading

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Did y’all know Transformers 4 is about to become China’s highest-grossing movie ever? (And at a time when the U.S. box office is terrible.)

I haven’t seen any of the Transformers movies since maybe the first one — and I’m unclear honestly if I even saw that one — but regardless, the reviews for the fourth one have been kind of terrible. It’s got an 18 percent on… Continue Reading

The Monday after July 4th is conclusively the worst work day of the whole year

Admittedly, life would be better if every weekend was a three-day weekend, which is seemingly possible (and more possible in the summer). But when you think about the entire work year, can you conceive of a day worse than the Monday… Continue Reading

If everyone in America stopped eating beef tomorrow and started eating chicken, it’d be like taking 26 million cars off the road

Check out the chart above, via here. It compares the greenhouse gas emissions linked with the production of beef and chicken. As you can see, chicken is a lot less — in fact, it’s about four times less. If you were… Continue Reading

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Let’s talk about the Maggie Daniels case for a second: out-of-state boyfriend and 911 caller as lead suspects?

Maggie Daniels was a teacher turned guidance counselor — former Teacher of the Year — originally from the Cleveland area and living in North Carolina. She was found dead in her apartment last Saturday around 10:30am; she was apparently face-down… Continue Reading