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Dave Grohl

Smells Like Teen Nostalgia

Dave Grohl's "Sound City" doc is like an extended, high-budget episode of "Behind the Music."

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| Mon Jan. 28, 2013 4:00 AM PST

13 Photos of Presidents Packing Heat

From Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama, the buckshot stops here.

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| Fri Jan. 25, 2013 4:00 AM PST
Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck Building Ayn Rand-Inspired Utopia

Road trip!

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| Fri Jan. 11, 2013 1:34 PM PST
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North Korea Follows Only One American on Twitter—This Guy

How Jimmy Dushku, 25-year-old globetrotting investor and Coldplay superfan, became Pyongyang's only true Twitter friend—and the backlash that followed.

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| Wed Jan. 9, 2013 4:00 AM PST

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WATCH: Tips and Tricks of Holiday Journalism [Fiore Cartoon]

Available now as one snarky cartoon round-up!

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| Wed Jan. 2, 2013 4:56 PM PST

Watch: "A Lot of People Say: 'I'm Going to Buy Some Body Armor.'"

Preppers on how to survive the apocalypse—and Barack Obama's second term.

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| Thu Dec. 20, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Dr. Strangeloaf: A Survival-Food Taste Test

How I learned to stop worrying and love the Candwich.

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| Thu Dec. 20, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Preppers Are Getting Ready for the Barackalypse

Obama's second term is very bad news for survivalists. It's also very good news for the industry catering to their worst fears.

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| Thu Dec. 20, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Video: Colbert Super-PAC Donates Its Leftovers

The Ham Rove Memorial Fund—rumored to be linked to the comedian's Super-PAC—donates over $270,000 to groups exposing money's influence in politics.

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| Mon Dec. 17, 2012 3:35 PM PST

WATCH: And a Merry "High-Tech" Christmas To You! [Fiore Cartoon]

Chestnuts roasting on a Kindle Fire…

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| Thu Dec. 13, 2012 11:50 AM PST
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Most Americans Are Still Too Fat to Defend America

Here's why that might actually be good news. Hint: It has to do with gays.

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| Mon Dec. 10, 2012 12:42 PM PST

Is That a Switchblade in Your Pocket?

A guide to some common—and commonly confused—knives. With guest appearances by Crocodile Dundee and Angelina Jolie.

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| Mon Dec. 10, 2012 4:00 AM PST
Illustration: Michael Witte

Move Over, NRA. Meet the Knife Lobby.

Knife rights activists say the Second Amendment protects your right to wield anything from a bowie knife to a cutlass.

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| Mon Dec. 10, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Texas Secessionists Have a Political Action Committee Now

TNM-PAC aims to change the system from within. Hey, it's better than armed rebellion.

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| Wed Dec. 5, 2012 9:03 AM PST
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More Trolling on White House Petitions Site: Death Star Edition

A few hundred people jokingly/not-so-jokingly want Obama to "spur job creation" by beginning construction on the Death Star from "Star Wars."

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| Tue Dec. 4, 2012 8:20 AM PST

Koch Brothers: It's Only a Flesh Wound!

What the (fake) Koch brothers might say to their disappointed friends and fellow dark-money donors.

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| Mon Dec. 3, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Andrew W.K. Still Aims to Be Party Ambassador to Bahrain

"I feel very let down by the country I was born in," says the rocker of his snub by the US State Department.

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| Mon Dec. 3, 2012 4:00 AM PST
Sheryl Nuxoll

Idaho Lawmaker Promotes Bold New Plan to Elect Romney

Experts say the plan is not "totally constitutional."

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| Wed Nov. 28, 2012 4:00 AM PST
Rep. Michele Bachmann

Bachmann's Ed Allies Warned of Mind Control Scheme

Georgia Republicans aren't the only ones who are concerned about big-government brainwashing.

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| Tue Nov. 20, 2012 9:58 AM PST
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If You Must See "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," Bring Booze

It's a lot better that way.

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| Fri Nov. 16, 2012 12:22 PM PST