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MSNBC Sobers Up, Apologizes For Tequila-Fueled Mayhem

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“MSNBC has apologized for airing an offensive Cinco De Mayo segment on Way Too Early yesterday morning. During the segment, which featured a chyron reading “Mexican Heritage Celebration,” host Thomas Roberts attempted to explain the significance of the holiday while producer Louis Burgdorf walked around in a sombrero, chugging tequila …

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Obama Hired This Lobbyist To Kill Net Neutrality

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SUPPORT the 28th Amendment to #GetMoneyOut http://www.wolf-pac.com/petition?=tyt13gmo. CLICK here to support Wolf PAC: http://www.wolf-pac.com/wolf_pac_membership_recurring_payment?=tyt13mswp “The Federal Communications Commission’s chairman delivered a tough message to cable and broadband executives Wednesday, saying a lack of competition in their industry has hurt consumers. The chairman, Tom Wheeler, said that the F.C.C. intended to …

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12 Food Facts You Won’t Believe Are True

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Sneaky cheese, immortal honey, and frog milk. Post to Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1sn54M3 Like BuzzFeedVideo on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1ilcE7k Post to Twitter: http://bit.ly/1sn53aV Sources… Cheese: http://consumerist.com/2011/10/26/whats-the-most-stolen-food-in-the-world-did-you-guess-cheese/ http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2012/jan/10/cheese-most-shoplifted-food-item Honey: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/science-nature/the-science-behind-honeys-eternal-shelf-life-1218690/ Pineapple: http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/pow/pineapple.htm Food stickers: http://www.hlntv.com/article/2014/01/15/fruit-label-sticker-facts Microwave electricity: http://www.economist.com/node/5571582 German Chocolate Cake: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_chocolate_cake http://www.snopes.com/business/names/cake.asp Chocolate chip cookies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Graves_Wakefield http://www.women-inventors.com/Ruth-Wakefield.asp Eggs, in US and UK: http://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaarumugam/2012/10/25/why-american-eggs-would-be-illegal-in-a-british-supermarket-and-vice-versa/ …

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Alibaba is coming to America: 90 Seconds on The Verge

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This week, Alibaba has filed for its US IPO. Chinese’s biggest internet company has more sales than Amazon and eBay combined, but will Americans trust it? 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 …

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