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Obama: 'We tortured some folks' -- The folks over at DailyKos aren't amused.

HOMICIDE: Medical examiner says NYPD chokehold killed Staten Island dad Eric Garner | more

Lethal drugs injected 15 times in botched Arizona execution -- "'The people who were in charge of putting him to death really did not know what they were doing,' said Austin Sarat, a death penalty expert and professor at Amherst."

Fox News Calls Ruth Bader Ginsburg an Ignorant Misandrist

Decrease in Testosterone 50,000 Years Ago Made Way for Art and Advanced Tools, New Study Suggests

If You've Taken the Pill Recently, You May Be at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

Full-Page Marijuana Ad to Appear in New York Times

Why Psychologists' Food Fight Matters: "Important findings" haven't been replicated, and science may have to change its ways. -- Really good article.

CHP Officer Who Hit Woman in Video on Desk Duty -- Pound a woman in the face a dozen times in eleven seconds, get paid time behind a desk. Oh, by the way, CHP says the woman was not hurt after being pummeled & left with bruises and "lumps the size of plums."

Obama float in July 4th parade in Nebraska brings accusations of racism | more

The former piece not racist enough for you? New York City newspaper refers to President Obama as racial slur in headline -- While the author is one to denigrate those who use such terms, there's a middle ground here. How about "Negro", which is still offensive & brings such connotations but is not so redolent in its offensiveness.

GOP selling 'I Miss W' T-shirts in honor of George W. Bush's birthday -- Seriously. And for $27? Get out.

Massachussetts startup developing remote-controlled birth control implant -- This might be the best 21st-century response to the recent Hobby Lobby decision.

Fukushima's children at centre of debate over rates of thyroid cancer

Free Birth Control does not Encourage Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Women: Study -- Yes, this study was a thing.

Thousands of bees attack woman in California

Tampa family sickened by LSD-tainted beef -- This story doesn't make sense to me, unless the family ate steak tartare. I was under the impression that heat degrades LSD (which is why it's recommended that doses be kept in cold, dark storage spaces).

74,476 Reasons You Should Always Get The Bigger Pizza -- "A pizza is a circle, and the area of a circle increases with the square of the radius. So, for example, a 16-inch pizza is actually four times as big as an 8-inch pizza."