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    GOP also hacked by same people who hacked DNC - Michelle Bachmann, John McCain, Lindsey Graham

    Russians Suspected of Hacking GOP

    Russians Suspected of Hacking GOP

    For weeks, Democratic politicians have been bracing for the release of more embarrassing emails that U.S. officials believe were stolen by Russian hackers and then handed over to WikiLeaks.But Republicans have reason to worry, too. Computer securi...

    Cybersecurity experts have linked one of the groups that stole emails from the DNC to a campaign against lawmakers and officials, including John McCain.

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    U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at Futuramic Tool & Engineering in Warren, Michigan August 11, 2016.

    Hillary to Trump: I Pay Taxes, Do You?

    Hillary to Trump: I Pay Taxes, Do You?

    Hillary Clinton made a lot of money last year as did her husband, former President Bill Clinton, according to their 2015 tax return released Friday. But the release  wasn’t about their federal tax rate of 34.2 percent or the fact they made $10.6 ...

    The couple is nowhere as rich as the Republican nominee, but they’re much more transparent about their finances.

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    SUNRISE, FL - AUGUST 10: Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at The BB&T Center on August 10, 2016 in Sunrise Florida. Credit MPI04 / MediaPunch/IPX

    Trump Echoes Russians, Crazies on ISIS

    Trump Echoes Russians, Crazies on ISIS

    If Donald Trump were actively trying to elect Hillary Clinton, would he be conducting himself any differently?On Wednesday, the Republican nominee took a break from suggesting Clinton should be assassinated and calling her “the devil” to focus his...

    Trump’s charge that Obama and Hillary Clinton co-founded ISIS would sound familiar if you lived in the Kremlin or in a bunker in your backyard.

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    GOP also hacked by same people who hacked DNC - Michelle Bachmann, John McCain, Lindsey Graham

    Russians Suspected of Hacking GOP

    Russians Suspected of Hacking GOP

    For weeks, Democratic politicians have been bracing for the release of more embarrassing emails that U.S. officials believe were stolen by Russian hackers and then handed over to WikiLeaks.But Republicans have reason to worry, too. Computer securi...

    Cybersecurity experts have linked one of the groups that stole emails from the DNC to a campaign against lawmakers and officials, including John McCain.

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    Dr. Jane Orient

    The Doc Behind the Dyin’ Hillary Meme

    The Doc Behind the Dyin’ Hillary Meme

    On Wednesday, pro-Trump website Breitbart published Dr. Jane Orient’s unfounded speculation that Hillary Clinton could be “medically unfit to serve,” referring to Dr. Orient as the “executive director of a physicians’ organization.”Dr. Orient is i...

    Meet Breitbart’s favorite ‘doctor,’ who is declaring Clinton medically unfit to serve. She works for an organization that thinks abortion causes breast cancer.

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    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger prepare to leave after participating in "Conversations on Diplomacy, Moderated by Charlie Rose,?€ at the Department of State in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2011. AFP Photo/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

    Hey, Lefties: Clinton Isn’t Kissinger

    Hey, Lefties: Clinton Isn’t Kissinger

    First things first: A source close to the Hillary Clinton campaign tells me that there has been no outreach to Henry Kissinger. This whole welter of outrage started when Politico reported the other day, according to their own unnamed “person close...

    The real issue here isn’t who she’s praised or who endorses her, but what kind of foreign policy president she would be.

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    Entertainment

    Trump is Lex Luthor

    Donald Trump IS Lex Luthor

    Donald Trump IS Lex Luthor

    UPDATE 8/15/16: This article has been updated with comment from Man of Steel writer John Byrne.The self-destructing vortex of orange-tinted lunacy known as Donald Trump has earned apt comparisons to a cartoon villain since the nascent days of his ...

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

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    Actor Robert De Niro talks to reporters and film professionals during "Coffee with..." event during the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 13, 2016.

    De Niro on Trump: ‘God Help Us’

    De Niro on Trump: ‘God Help Us’

    Robert De Niro on Saturday told a Sarajevo audience that America’s Republican nominee Donald Trump is “totally nuts.” Speaking as part of a presentation of the digital version of the film Taxi Driver, De Niro expressed confusion that Trump had man...

    Says GOP nominee is ‘totally nuts.’

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    Adrian Grenier comments on ex-Bachelorette's 'biggest penis' comments

    Adrian Grenier Flops into the Spotlight

    Adrian Grenier Flops into the Spotlight

    August: the thirstiest month of the year. The summer is almost over, the temperature keeps rising, and swimmer abs have us feeling some type of way. The internet has decided to quench this thirst with a sea of celebrity D, making it one of the sex...

    Ex-‘Entourage’ star Adrian Grenier wants in on the summer of male celebrity oversharing.

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    Lavash (David Krumholtz) and Sammy (Edward Norton)  in Columbia Pictures' SAUSAGE PARTY.

    ‘Sausage Party’ Is Raunchy, R-Rated Fun

    ‘Sausage Party’ Is Raunchy, R-Rated Fun

    Most of us never dreamed that 2016 would bring an unadulterated vision of anthropomorphic foodstuffs making sweet, filthy, uninhibited love to other foodstuffs. Well, the R-rated Sausage Party is here to gift us that and more. But fair warning: Fo...

    This R-rated animated comedy from the minds of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg balances teen sex jokes with witty riffs on theology and acceptance. It’s also a total riot.

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    Actor Robert De Niro talks to reporters and film professionals during "Coffee with..." event during the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 13, 2016.

    De Niro on Trump: ‘God Help Us’

    De Niro on Trump: ‘God Help Us’

    Robert De Niro on Saturday told a Sarajevo audience that America’s Republican nominee Donald Trump is “totally nuts.” Speaking as part of a presentation of the digital version of the film Taxi Driver, De Niro expressed confusion that Trump had man...

    Says GOP nominee is ‘totally nuts.’

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    Triumph

    Triumph the Insult Comic Dog vs. Trump

    Triumph the Insult Comic Dog vs. Trump

    “Turns out you can rent a tank!” says Robert Smigel. “It costs something like $5,000, and we blew our big production budget on the tank.”The last time Smigel and I talked back in March, he was backstage at the first Triumph the Insult Comic Dog El...

    Robert Smigel’s Emmy-nominated (!) creation is back with Hulu’s ‘Triumph’s Summer Election Special.’ He chats with The Daily Beast about the politics of comedy and vice versa.

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    Lucasfilm

    New Star Wars ‘Rogue One’ Trailer Debuts

    New Star Wars ‘Rogue One’ Trailer Debuts

    Fans already preparing for release in December.

    Listen to Werner Herzog Narrate Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ Music Video

    Werner Herzog Analyzes Kanye’s ‘Famous’

    Werner Herzog Analyzes Kanye’s ‘Famous’

    The many journeys of Werner Herzog have taken Germany’s greatest living philosopher-auteur across the globe in search of human truths in all their forms, distilling his Herzogisms upon everything from lives lived in isolation at the ends of the ea...

    The legendary filmmaker—with the legendary voice—gives his take on the most controversial music video of the year. [Warning: NSFW]

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    Triumph

    Triumph the Insult Comic Dog vs. Trump

    Triumph the Insult Comic Dog vs. Trump

    “Turns out you can rent a tank!” says Robert Smigel. “It costs something like $5,000, and we blew our big production budget on the tank.”The last time Smigel and I talked back in March, he was backstage at the first Triumph the Insult Comic Dog El...

    Robert Smigel’s Emmy-nominated (!) creation is back with Hulu’s ‘Triumph’s Summer Election Special.’ He chats with The Daily Beast about the politics of comedy and vice versa.

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    World News

    Junger's new book is teaching veterans about the realities of combat... and coming home.

    Why Vets Come Home And Miss the War

    Why Vets Come Home And Miss the War

    Sebastian Junger says Tribe is his last book about war. As last words go, it’s a good way to end, as this particular monograph may end up shaping—and changing—how the current generation of troops feels about combat and coming home.  “Why is it tha...

    Veterans returning home from recent tours have found themselves feeling out of sync with society, and journalist Sebastian Junger thinks he knows why.

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    Contrasted to the greater province of Gauteng, Vusimuzi is an anomaly. Gauteng is the richest province in South Africa, and Johannesburg is the richest city. Gauteng contributes almost 1/3 of South Africa's total GDP, and is rapidly modernizing into a world-class city.

    A Stark Look at South Africa from Above

    A Stark Look at South Africa from Above

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    Aristophanes satire on wealth a huge hit in Greece now

    He Predicted Today’s Greece in 388 B.C.

    He Predicted Today’s Greece in 388 B.C.

    ATHENS — In a neighborhood of shuttered shops and crumbling 19th century buildings less than a mile from the Acropolis, someone has scrawled a graffito on the side of a downtown building here: “No Public Toilets, Mr. Mayor!” Most of the nearby gra...

    Greece’s economic collapse and social disarray make the country ripe for satire, which helps explain why a centuries-old comedy by Aristophanes is a big hit there this summer.

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    AG2ENE Owens, James Cleveland Jesse, 12.9.1913 - 31.3.1980, American athlete (athletics), full length, Olympic Games, Berlin, Germ

    The 10 Best Books About the Olympics

    The 10 Best Books About the Olympics

    The Olympic’s relationship to literature did not get off to an auspicious start. Baron de Coubertin had long believed that sport was not antithetical to the arts, but a distinct and important component of a society’s cultural life. It therefore se...

    Tucked away in the vast library of mediocre books about the Olympics are some real gems. Olympic historian David Goldblatt surveys the field and picks the gold.

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    USA's Allyson Felix (L) wins the final of the women's 400 metres athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing on August 27, 2015.

    Allyson Felix in the Rio 2016 Olympic...

    Allyson Felix in the Rio 2016 Olympic...

    Allyson Felix, who will compete for Team USA in the 2016 Rio Olympics, isn’t just one of the most impressive female athletes of the decade—she’s one of the most impressive athletes, period.Felix, 30, has won more world championship gold medals tha...

    After being sidelined by an ankle injury and failing to qualify for the 200-meter race by 0.01 seconds, Allyson Felix prepares to do her best to win at least one gold in the 2016 Rio...

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    GOP also hacked by same people who hacked DNC - Michelle Bachmann, John McCain, Lindsey Graham

    Russians Suspected of Hacking GOP

    Russians Suspected of Hacking GOP

    For weeks, Democratic politicians have been bracing for the release of more embarrassing emails that U.S. officials believe were stolen by Russian hackers and then handed over to WikiLeaks.But Republicans have reason to worry, too. Computer securi...

    Cybersecurity experts have linked one of the groups that stole emails from the DNC to a campaign against lawmakers and officials, including John McCain.

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     Women's 100m Freestyle Victory Ceremony - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 11/08/2016. Simone Manuel (USA) of USA cries.

    Historical Firsts at the 2016 Rio Oly...

    Historical Firsts at the 2016 Rio Oly...

    Olympic history has been made ten times over at the 2016 Rio Games. Michael Phelps has proven himself to be the greatest swimmer of all time — and perhaps the greatest athlete of all time. He’s broken so many records, including his own, in Rio tha...

    Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, and Simone Manuel make history at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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    USA's Allyson Felix (L) wins the final of the women's 400 metres athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing on August 27, 2015.

    Allyson Felix in the Rio 2016 Olympic...

    Allyson Felix in the Rio 2016 Olympic...

    Allyson Felix, who will compete for Team USA in the 2016 Rio Olympics, isn’t just one of the most impressive female athletes of the decade—she’s one of the most impressive athletes, period.Felix, 30, has won more world championship gold medals tha...

    After being sidelined by an ankle injury and failing to qualify for the 200-meter race by 0.01 seconds, Allyson Felix prepares to do her best to win at least one gold in the 2016 Rio...

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     Tales from the Trenches: General Sherman and the march through Georgia

    The Man Who Created Modern War

    The Man Who Created Modern War

    “I am going into the very bowels of the Confederacy,” wrote William Tecumseh Sherman early in 1864 to his superiors in the Union command, “and will leave a trail that will be recognized fifty years hence.” It seemed at the time a rather over-the-t...

    Gen. William Sherman waged war on the Confederate army and civilians alike, hastening the end of the Civil War but ensuring that he would be reviled by Southerners to this day.

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    GOP also hacked by same people who hacked DNC - Michelle Bachmann, John McCain, Lindsey Graham

    Russians Suspected of Hacking GOP

    Russians Suspected of Hacking GOP

    For weeks, Democratic politicians have been bracing for the release of more embarrassing emails that U.S. officials believe were stolen by Russian hackers and then handed over to WikiLeaks.But Republicans have reason to worry, too. Computer securi...

    Cybersecurity experts have linked one of the groups that stole emails from the DNC to a campaign against lawmakers and officials, including John McCain.

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    An American Alligator walks out of the alligator lagoon at Everglades Alligator Farm in Homestead, Florida, on June 24, 2016. 
Florida, famed for its turquoise beaches, is almost as well known for its alligators. Humans are not their favorite meal, but one would not know that from the recent series of alarming gator attacks on people. / AFP / RHONA WISE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Leila MACOR, "Encounters between gators, humans on rise in Florida"        (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Guy Opens Garage, Finds 9-Foot Alligator

    Guy Opens Garage, Finds 9-Foot Alligator

    When Texas homeowner Doug Dallmer stepped into his garage Thursday night, he was greeted by a 300-pound alligator.“I took two steps in and his head was literally right there,” Dallmer told KSAT.Dallmer called the police, who arrived with a profess...

    A thrashing, 300-pound gator totaled a Texas man’s garage as police struggled to remove it.

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     Tales from the Trenches: General Sherman and the march through Georgia

    The Man Who Created Modern War

    The Man Who Created Modern War

    “I am going into the very bowels of the Confederacy,” wrote William Tecumseh Sherman early in 1864 to his superiors in the Union command, “and will leave a trail that will be recognized fifty years hence.” It seemed at the time a rather over-the-t...

    Gen. William Sherman waged war on the Confederate army and civilians alike, hastening the end of the Civil War but ensuring that he would be reviled by Southerners to this day.

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    Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Abingdon, Virginia August 10, 2016.

    Trump Judge: ‘No Right to Remain Silent’

    Trump Judge: ‘No Right to Remain Silent’

    Lost in the furor surrounding Donald Trump’s remark that “Second Amendment people” might be able to do something about Hillary Clinton was the ad-lib’s context: Trump was talking about appointing judges and justices.Just a few sentences after the ...

    Lost in the “Second Amendment people” controversy was Trump’s point about Supreme Court justices. The one he wants is truly radical.

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    Today’s Tech Oligarchs Are Worse Than the Robber Barons

    Our Silicon Valley Robber Barons

    Our Silicon Valley Robber Barons

    A decade ago these guys—and they are mostly guys—were folk heroes, and for many people, they remain so. They represented everything traditional business, from Wall Street and Hollywood to the auto industry, in their pursuit of sure profits and gol...

    Yes, Jay Gould was a bad guy. But at least he helped build societal wealth. Not so our Silicon Valley overlords. And they have our politicians in their pockets.

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    Tech + Health

    NYC fertility clinic

    Inside NYC’s Radical Egg-Freezing Clinic

    Inside NYC’s Radical Egg-Freezing Clinic

    In a November episode of The Mindy Project, a pajama-clad Dr. Lahiri told an auditorium of bright-eyed college students that their baby days were numbered.“Your body does not care if you are dating the wrong guy, or [if] the guy you’re with is als...

    Extend Fertility, a new private clinic in Manhattan, offers egg freezing at half market price. It’s also the first standalone practice of its kind in the U.S. How beneficial will it ...

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    The kid's are alright. Millenials are way better health-wise than previous generations

    Your Kids Are Better Behaved Than You

    Your Kids Are Better Behaved Than You

    There’s something terribly wrong with kids these days: a series of major surveys, conducted by the government every two years, suggest that they might just be the most well-behaved generation in recent memory.Teens are increasingly swearing off al...

    Hard-partying Baby Boomer parents are more tolerant of drugs and alcohol, and their liberal attitudes may be paying off in an unexpected way.

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    The Original Internet Abuse Story: Julian Dibbell 20 Years After ‘A Rape in Cyberspace’

    The Original Internet Abuse Story

    The Original Internet Abuse Story

    In 1993, a sexual assault rocked the online community known as Lambda MOO, a chat room and virtual world populated by early adopters to the internet. Using a virtual voodoo doll, a user known as “Mr. Bungle” forced simulated sex acts on another co...

    A conversation with former journalist Julian Dibbell about his game-changing article and the internet 20 years later.

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    Drink This Beer After Working Out

    Drink This Beer After Working Out

    Drink This Beer After Working Out

    By Samantha Lefave, Life by Daily Burn Whether you’re into stouts, IPAs, or sours, the concept of downing beer after your workout isn’t new. Social sports leagues have been doing it for years—just for the pure enjoyment of it. Plus, a 2013 study f...

    A mango-flavored, protein-fortified IPA sounds way better than a clumpy protein shake.

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    The kid's are alright. Millenials are way better health-wise than previous generations

    Your Kids Are Better Behaved Than You

    Your Kids Are Better Behaved Than You

    There’s something terribly wrong with kids these days: a series of major surveys, conducted by the government every two years, suggest that they might just be the most well-behaved generation in recent memory.Teens are increasingly swearing off al...

    Hard-partying Baby Boomer parents are more tolerant of drugs and alcohol, and their liberal attitudes may be paying off in an unexpected way.

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    Super detailed look at Trump troll activities

    How Russia Dominates Your Twitter

    How Russia Dominates Your Twitter

    “Ladies and Gentlemen, We have a situation in #Turkey #Incirlik” the cry went out on Twitter last Saturday night, as news spread of the Turkish forces surrounding the U.S. airbase in Incirlik.Thousands of armed police had reportedly surrounded the...

    Fake news stories from Kremlin propagandists regularly become social media trends. Here’s how Moscow does it… and what it means for America’s election 2016.

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    Smart Drugs Made Me Dumber

    Smart Drugs Made Me Dumber

    Why can’t an overworked, overstimulated, pharmaceutically-obsessed society just come up with the perfect chemical supplement to make us smarter, faster, and more engaged in today’s accelerated world? One without the self-destructive trade-offs lik...

    After a hero dose of nootropic drugs, I was anything but bulletproof.

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    Almost Half of Millennial Women Aren't Saving for Retirement

    Inside The Millennial Poverty Trap

    Inside The Millennial Poverty Trap

    Millennials are not some vast unsolvable mystery. According to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau (PDF), they earn $2,000 less than their parents did at a comparable age, they are more likely to live in poverty, and they are more likely to live ...

    If you’re wondering why millennials don’t have much sex, and don’t buy cars, forget social theorizing: the harsh truth lies in their near-empty wallets.

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    Super detailed look at Trump troll activities

    How Russia Dominates Your Twitter

    How Russia Dominates Your Twitter

    “Ladies and Gentlemen, We have a situation in #Turkey #Incirlik” the cry went out on Twitter last Saturday night, as news spread of the Turkish forces surrounding the U.S. airbase in Incirlik.Thousands of armed police had reportedly surrounded the...

    Fake news stories from Kremlin propagandists regularly become social media trends. Here’s how Moscow does it… and what it means for America’s election 2016.

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    Arts + Culture

    Essay on writing and aging well

    The True Secret To Staying Young

    The True Secret To Staying Young

    After the age of 21, your body slowly stops releasing an important hormone known as HGH (Human Growth Hormone), which covers everything from gray hair to sex. It’s all downhill from there—that’s all I have to say.When I was recently invited to spe...

    To remain engaged and excited by reading, writing, and by life itself, says a seasoned novelist, we must constantly seek to discover the new, to engage the unknown.

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    Co- founder/editor-in chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington attends the lighting of The Empire State Building in celebration of The Huffington Post's 10 year anniversary on May 7, 2015 in New York City.

    HuffPost’s Namesake Quits Her Brand

    HuffPost’s Namesake Quits Her Brand

    In an announcement that took employees and business associates alike by surprise, digital media entrepreneur and sleep guru Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington abruptly resigned Thursday morning as editor in chief of The Huffington Post, her eponymo...

    Arianna Huffington resigned Thursday morning as editor in chief of The Huffington Post. Next stop: monetizing the land of nod.

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    LOS ANGELES - 1966: Singer and mastermind Brian Wilson of the rock and roll band "The Beach Boys" directs from the control room while recording the album "Pet Sounds" in 1966 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

    How the Beach Boys Invented Surf Style

    How the Beach Boys Invented Surf Style

    From Spicoli’s burner cool to every buff, bronzed, board bro character trope, California’s surf culture is as burned into pop culture as blond highlights are in sun and salt bleached hair. While wave riding itself has been happening for thousands ...

    The Beach Boys introduced sunny Southern California’s aesthetic to pop culture, helping to make baggies and Woodies and surfing look and sound hip even in Kansas.

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    E7EEK1 Adults choir, made from choirs from all over the region, perform at The Scoop. Totally Thames Festival, London, UK.

    How 1,000 Singers United New York

    How 1,000 Singers United New York

    One of the largest choral events in Lincoln Center history will take place on Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 5 p.m.A thousand volunteer singers from around New York City, crowd-sourced from an online campaign, will ...

    This weekend’s ‘Public Domain’ will bring together 1,000 volunteer singers from around New York City, crowd-sourced from an online campaign, to participate in a choral event whose ly...

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    Co- founder/editor-in chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington attends the lighting of The Empire State Building in celebration of The Huffington Post's 10 year anniversary on May 7, 2015 in New York City.

    HuffPost’s Namesake Quits Her Brand

    HuffPost’s Namesake Quits Her Brand

    In an announcement that took employees and business associates alike by surprise, digital media entrepreneur and sleep guru Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington abruptly resigned Thursday morning as editor in chief of The Huffington Post, her eponymo...

    Arianna Huffington resigned Thursday morning as editor in chief of The Huffington Post. Next stop: monetizing the land of nod.

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    Gawker party tonight

    Gawker’s Nick Denton Without Tears

    Gawker’s Nick Denton Without Tears

    “Actually I am a weeper,” Nick Denton confided. “But usually only for TV shows and for movies. Any story of triumph over adversity, teams coming back from behind, brings out the tears in me.” Who knew that the 49-year-old Denton, an even-tempered...

    Conventional wisdom is that it's all over for Nick Denton's Gawker. So why did he sound so upbeat at a wake for the site last night?

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    What Barneys Wants to Put in Your Closet

    Runway to Rack: Fashion Week Aftermath

    Runway to Rack: Fashion Week Aftermath

    It may well be steamy outside, but in department stores it’s already fall, since stores typically get their seasonal shipments of new items well in advance of temperatures actually changing. The choice of what clothing is for sale has been made by...

    A fashion director for Barneys for almost four decades, Tom Kalendarian talks about what he thinks men will be buying this fall, from slouchy sportswear to sleek suits.

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    NYC fertility clinic

    Inside NYC’s Radical Egg-Freezing Clinic

    Inside NYC’s Radical Egg-Freezing Clinic

    In a November episode of The Mindy Project, a pajama-clad Dr. Lahiri told an auditorium of bright-eyed college students that their baby days were numbered.“Your body does not care if you are dating the wrong guy, or [if] the guy you’re with is als...

    Extend Fertility, a new private clinic in Manhattan, offers egg freezing at half market price. It’s also the first standalone practice of its kind in the U.S. How beneficial will it ...

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    Gawker party tonight

    Gawker’s Nick Denton Without Tears

    Gawker’s Nick Denton Without Tears

    “Actually I am a weeper,” Nick Denton confided. “But usually only for TV shows and for movies. Any story of triumph over adversity, teams coming back from behind, brings out the tears in me.” Who knew that the 49-year-old Denton, an even-tempered...

    Conventional wisdom is that it's all over for Nick Denton's Gawker. So why did he sound so upbeat at a wake for the site last night?

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