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Samsung announced a host of new products during its keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today. We’ve take the highlights, including the unveiling of the Galaxy S5, Gear 2, and the Gear Fit and condensed them into four minutes of refined, keynote-y goodness.

The Hong Kong Town Planning Board has unanimously approved the construction of a PLA (People Liberation Army) port in Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong’s Central District. And with the massive Occupy Central protest coming up later this year, well, we know how well the PLA and protesters get along. What …

Madison Rising — “America’s Most Patriotic Band” — butchered “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the Daytona 500, which raises the question: what were the worst National Anthem performances in sports history?

“At least two of the Republican candidates running for the Texas State Board of Education indicated in a conservative voter’s guide that they don’t believe the Texas State Board of Education should have any authority over how children are educated. Both Eric Mahroum (R) and Lady Theresa Thombs (R) “disagree” …

“The state of Tennessee has fired a veteran investigator because officials believed that he attempted to use violent stories about how his relatives participated in a lynching to intimidate African-Americans who were trying to file claims against emergency responders. WTVF reported that William Sewell, a medical service investigator who had …

Dan Seifert takes a hands-on look at Samsung’s new trio of smartwatches, the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and the Gear Fit. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/verge Read …

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Scheduled for completion in 2014, Turkey’s Ilisu Dam will generate nearly 2 percent of the country’s electricity. It will also submerge dozens of towns on the Tigris River, including 12,000-year-old Hasankeyf. The dam also threatens to dry up Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes some 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) downstream, affecting the people …

Climbing dream team Alex Honnold, Mark Synnott, and Jimmy Chin face rugged cliffs, knife-wielding thieves, and deadly waters as they traverse the globe searching for the next great rock to climb. Upcoming Events at National Geographic Live! http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/ The National Geographic Live! series brings thought-provoking presentations by today’s leading explorers, …