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today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork
Our hearts go out to the people of Oakland today, where the city is mourning the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by police on New Year's...
John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet, died today of cancer. Please share any Updike reading recommendations in the comments...
For decades, states have defined themselves through their charming roadside rest stops. Now, they're losing ground to supersized highway...

Passing some sort of comprehensive climate-and-energy legislation has been on the White House's list of things to do for a while. The effort got...
The brilliant science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke died Wednesday in Sri Lanka. He was 90. Arguably best-remembered for his co-authorship of...
Morning Roundup: From The New York Times: Last Day of ‘Rubber Rooms’ for Teacher The waiting places known as rubber rooms were a requirement...
Scott Buginas sent us this mixtape of versions of "P.S. I Love You." He writes: "Fifty-four years ago when I was courting and my fiancé...
Is there anything these kids can't sing? High off their recent Webby Award for Artist of the Year, the P.S. 22 Chorus has posted their latest...

P.o.p. candy's Rachel Flores and Bill Waiste melt, stir, and infuse their way toward a stronger community.

The hardest part about going vegan isn't giving up cheese. It's dealing with the fact that everyone thinks I'm a moralistic jerk.

Let's settle one of man's greatest debates: You really should be washing your hands after you pee.

Dr. Seuss’s beloved book The Lorax teaches kids that a pristine world is one where truffula trees grow, Swomee Swans sing, Humming Fish swim,...

Bask in the glory of the early Facebook universe, where your wall was for inside jokes and drunken-night recaps.
Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder on the potential sci-fi horrors of Botox I enjoy studying my five-year-old daughter's facial expressions,...
Meet the sexy French cousin of American lawn games.

I was glued to my phone, until I realized it was making my life easier, not better.
Transportation alert: General Motors and Segway have teamed up to build a crazy, newfangled movement contraption. An electric vehicle that rolls...
The New York City Police Department is ordering 200 new Ford Fusion and Escape hybrids this year. From the City Room Blog: All told, the...
The fifth graders from Staten Island closed out the Academy Awards and totally stole the show!

