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- The man who inspired Richard Gere’s Time Out of Mind wrote an essay for Esquire in 2005. "You do get used to the rats," it begins.
- Presidential hopeful Jim Webb last night casually mentioned killing a man during the CNN Democratic Presidential Debate last night when moderator Anderson Cooper asked candidates which 'enemy' made during their political careers made them most proud. "I'd have to say the enemy solider that threw the grenade that wounded me, but he's not around right not to talk to," Webb answered. There's some documented truth to that cryptic statement that explains that moment.
- Researchers have shown that a hacker can give Siri a command from up to 16 feet away. Ruh roh.
- A drought-friendly requirement in Fort Bragg that restaurants use disposable plates, cups and utensils has been overturned after residents protested.
- Facebook is now offering a few filters so that it can avoid showing you memories of people or events that make you super sad.
- Here's what it looks like when a GoPro falls in to a pit full of rattlesnakes.
- Annie Clark, better known as musician St. Vincent, has been waiting tables at her family's taqueria in Dallas. And she has revealed she doesn't like burritos. Whaaaaa?
- Buzz, buzz. You can now keep bees in Los Angeles.
- We're not the only place with STD billboards. Wyoming has gonorrhea.
- A video of a homeless pitbull sadly making his bed at a shelter led to his adoption.
- And finally, here's a squeaky tufted puffin chick.
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