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Are you READY for NFL Week 7? I DON’T THINK SO. Listen up, it’s Matt Ufford’s Watchability Index. Slam your cat into the ground and tell your wife you’re READY for football. Find a beer, make it yours and get READY, because if you care about games in the NFL, …

“W. Bryan Jennings, a former Morgan Stanley executive who was charged with a hate crime after stabbing a cabbie in a dispute over a fare in March, is off the hook, and now we know why. In a weird twist, prosecutors dropped the case against Jennings because the knife he …

“Back in January, Twitter announced that it would allow the company to ban content in specific countries upon legal request, rather than restrict it globally to all Twitter users. Now, for the first time, the company has used its new-ish tool, blocking access in Germany to the Twitter account Besseres …

Some of the verbal punches thrown by President Obama during Tuesday night’s debate made Mitt Romney’s son want to throw one of his own. During an interview with a North Carolina radio station, Tagg Romney was asked how he feels when Obama accuses his father of being “a liar.” “Jump …

“It looks very much like the worst tackle of the season so far has been filed and, as everyone predicted, it came in the cut-throat, violently feral world of girls’ high school soccer a couple of weeks ago. During the match between Utah high schools East High and Woods Cross, …

“Hat tip to Business Insider’s Linette Lopez, who picked up on CNBC chief apologist anchor Maria Bartiromo’s bit of insight on why Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit decided to wake up this morning and ditch his job with no explanation. Why We Should Celebrate Paul Ryan’s Soup Kitchen Visit Helaine Olen …

“Spoiler alert: That monthly time for women, long depicted by feminine hygiene companies as a glorious period — so to speak — of skydiving, dancing and smiles galore, is really nothing like that at all. This is relevant because Richard Neill, a man, recently reached this conclusion on his own …

Not all horseface bipeds have murderous intent. There is a softer, gentler side to the group. Then again, sometimes that side is all a ruse, a way to catch humans off guard and strike when the moment arises. That’s the thing with horsefaces: you can never be sure what they’re …