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These are, in no particular order, songs that have stuck with me through the year, that still deliver strong feelings after listening to them hundreds of times—songs that have proven some level of longevity already.

New York police held a press conference Sunday afternoon shedding further light on the murders of officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos on Saturday, revealing a troubled young man had driven from Maryland that morning and boasted to two men that

Most “Song of the Summer” lists give you fluffy, relaxing, free-spirited pop hits, but the discerning music fan understands that all the best songs are sad ones, and any season is perfect for the right downer. So here are a

Fellas, just face it: if you’re reading this, you’re going to be alone on Valentine’s Day. Don’t feel down; it’s good practice for when you die alone. What’s that? You’d rather not be alone? You’ve let society turn you into

Stop everything: Judith Sheindlin aka Judge Judy aka the world’s foremost authority on all things has weighed in on the national crime trend of the “knockout game” on her website “What Would Judy Say?”  In her typical no-nonsense style, JJ

Extreme winter weather like the storms across the United States’ midwest and northeastern regions bring danger, inconvenience, and a huge mess for adults who have to commute to work.  However, for kids, it means no school–and plenty of time to

Twenty-seven Republican senators voted for Wednesday’s bill passed by the upper chamber to fund the U.S. government in a continuing resolution and extend the nation’s debt limit. Eighteen voted against the measure, and one was not present. Yea votes Lamar

OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS AND NOTHING BUT After five seasons and six years of tweaking expectations, Breaking Bad‘s series finale contained only one surprise: somewhere between New Hampshire and New Mexico, Walter White was murdered and replaced by a pod person.  At

Sept. 16, 2013, Rep. Confirms Liam & Miley Have Called Off Their Engagement: One Day (And Counting) Without Tweeting

So by now, you know Stephen Colbert ran an obviously sarcastic clip from Fox News’s Red Eye as an example of right-wing rage at President Obama–“the equivalent of running something from The Onion as a real news story,” host Andy

It’s from his first music album in 20 years, titled 9, and it isn’t terrible. The actor and comedian also joined Twitter specifically to plug the song, so you can take a look at that, too, if it’s you’re thing.

While viewers unfamiliar with “twerking” found Miley Cyrus’s Sunday VMA performance shocking or distasteful, viewers with professional twerking expertise–such as Freddie Ross, aka Big Freedia–found it lackluster. Big Freedia, a New Orleans hip-hop artist known for popularizing the twerk-heavy “bounce”

Mere days after Miley Cyrus’s attempt at twerking set the U.S. aghast, music producer Diplo hopes to organize a twerking event so big the whole world will notice. Tentatively titled “Butts Around the World,” the dance and reggae hitmaker (pictured, right)

I’m sure someone somewhere could consider this mildly spoilerish, so consider that disclaimed. Of all the memes and mashups I’ve seen born of Sunday’s intergenerational twerking calamity, this one wins everything. Side note: I wrote a post nitpicking the premiere

Oscar-winning Argo director Ben Affleck will play Batman in Warner Brothers’ followup to Superman flick Man of Steel, according to Variety. Predictably, hordes of nerds and fair-weather nerds who deem superhero casting decisions sacred are outraged.  I have but one thing

Fans have heaped lavish praise on Sunday night’s Breaking Bad premiere–and with good reason. One of the greatest television dramas of all time continued to toy with audience expectations, dishing out the catnip of great moments from beloved characters and

Film director Spike Lee says he has resolved the situation caused by his retweet of a Florida family’s address thought to belong to George Zimmerman, the man since acquitted in the self-defense shooting of teen Trayvon Martin. In a Reddit

Ever since their debut single “You Know You Like It” in 2011, AlunaGeorge has been an arresting artist, standing out with bleeding-edge R&B production from George Reid and acrobatic vocals from Aluna Francis.  As more songs came, they showed again

Nik Richie of TheDirty.com, the blog that broke the latest sexting allegations against Anthony Weiner, says the young woman who gave him this story claims Weiner wasn’t a satisfying lover over the phone. Richie reveals on HuffPostLive that his source

BuzzFeed Politics claimed an exclusive find as the top story on the site’s homepage Tuesday evening–the presumed identity of the young woman caught up in Anthony Weiner’s latest sexting scandal. Note: the images of the woman’s face are uncensored at

I’ve been combing through enough videos from local news teams recently to see that leaving children (or pigs) in parked cars during heat waves is enough of a problem to merit a PSA. And that is far more depressing than

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has offered asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, according to Reuters. Snowden is reportedly hiding out in Moscow as he awaits word from countries on whether they would extradite him to the United States. The U.S.

When I first heard the name “Alison Lundergan Grimes” floated as a challenger to Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, I thought of what any worthless, narcissistic Millennial would: hipster music. See, there’s a young artist who goes by the name Grimes

Derek Lowe, a doctor of organic chemistry with decades of pharmaceutical research experience, has published a takedown of a BuzzFeed post that went super-viral over the weekend: “Eight Foods That We Eat in The US That Are Banned in Other

From the White House that brought you “man-caused disasters,” “shared prosperity,” and “kinetic military action,” check out this new entry in the public lexicon: “Founding Founders.” That phrase made its way into the headline of a White House blog post

Cyndia Lauper won a Tony Award for Best Original Score for the musical version of “Kinky Boots” during Sunday evening’s award ceremony. She previously won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1985 and an Emmy Award in 1995

Mike Herrera, the lead singer of the punk band MxPx, has tattoos–a lot of tattoos. In fact, he’s got a giant bald eagle inked across his entire back, which means he’s sort of a fan of America. Mike’s not necessarily

Prolific graphic novelist Doug TenNapel is bringing his distinctive style back to the video game world for the first time in 14 years.  TenNapel is best known for creating the video game character Earthworm Jim in the mid-1990s, and his

As President Barack Obama gave a shout-out to families affected by last week’s tornado in Monroe, Oklahoma, he was off by about 200 miles. Let he who is without gaffes cast the first stone, but the President accidentally flubbed the

Until now, I was only marginally interested in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. The past few trailers were all familiar territory: the Kansas cornfield kid years, Supes flying faster than a speeding bullet, feeling like an outcast, magisterial score, etc. The

Photo gallery: scenes of destruction caused by a series of tornadoes which hit Oklahoma on Sunday and Monday, May 19-20.  Officials have estimated the body count from Monday’s storms, which primarily struck Moore, OK, at 51 people, and they expect