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Grindr App Blew Up During Republican Convention In Tampa

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“Grindr, the friend-finding phone application that has become a popular destination for gay men looking to meet up, experienced a surge in traffic in the Tampa area during the Republican National Convention this week…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. *Read more here from Jo Piazza: http://current.com/groups/humor-culture-blog/93888686_sex-app-reports-surge-in-use-during-rnc-week-in-tampa.htm …

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9/11 Memorial Treated Like Disney Land?

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“Show some respect. That’s the message family members of those who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have for tourists they say are treating the National September 11th Memorial like a “Disney attraction.” One week before New Yorkers will gather to mark the 11th anniversary of …

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Pit Bulls And Miss Universe Canada 2012

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“More than 2000 people have signed a petition demanding that Miss Universe Canada 2012 Sahar Biniaz be stripped of her title due to her stance against pit bull ownership in British Columbia (B.C.) Following the media reports of her stance against pit bull ownership in B.C., Miss Universe Canada Sahar …

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Man Fakes Death Before Proposing

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“Orange News reports that Alexey Bykov hired a director, stuntmen, make up artists and a scriptwriter to help him fake his own death in a car accident before proposing to his girlfriend, Irena Kolokov. Bykov asked Kolokov to meet him at a designated spot, but when she arrived she saw …

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Michelle Obama Speech Analysis

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“In her speech yesterday, Michelle Obama talked in personal terms about her own and President Obama’s modest upbringings…it’s also worth noting that the implicit biographical contrast Ms. Obama drew here is directly relevant to one of the central policy disputes of this campaign — the argument over how best to …

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