Sugar Editorial Picks
Aug 08, 2007 -
It's a sad day in America. The Weekly World News, reliable for its surreal and barely-tethered-to-reality news stories, is folding after being around since the late 80's. Created as a placeholder for stories The National Enquirer found too dubious (!) to print, WWN boasted writers who had left The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer for the chance to write about "events that seemed to occur in a parallel universe...where pop culture mixed with urban legends, conspiracy theories and hallucinations," as one writer put it so eloquently.
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Jul 20, 2007 -
The Weekly World News is like the anti-New York Times. But sometimes, you gotta have some respite from depressing news and find out what's going on in the land of Big Foot. Good to hear he's shedding the pounds in time for summer.
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Nov 09, 2009 -
- As Germany and the rest of the world mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, those who experienced the momentous moment are sharing their memories. — BBC News
- Iran has charged three US citizens with espionage after they crossed into the country from Iraq. — Voice of America
- Jon Gosselin and Levi Johnston made a joint appearance in Times Square yesterday.
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Nov 03, 2009 -
- Arizona woman Noor Faleh Almaleki is pronounced dead after being in a coma for weeks. Her Iraqi-born father ran her over in a parking lot to protest her becoming "too Western." — New York Daily News
- Half of US kids, and 90 percent of black children, will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, according to a study that looked at 30 years of national data.
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Oct 30, 2009 -
- A new study shows that the HPV vaccine reminds girls of risks associated with sex, such as contracting STDs, instead of giving them a license to be promiscuous as some people feared. — Salon
- Wal-Mart is now selling affordable coffins. — BBC News
- A Dutch court has told 14-year-old Laura Dekker that she is too inexperienced to sail around the world by herself, and she will be placed under the guardianship of child protection authorities until next year.
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Oct 12, 2009 -
- The job crisis is hitting young people just out of college especially hard, which could have a long-term negative impact on an entire generation. — Business Week
- American Elinor Ostrom has become the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics. — BBC News
- Iraq's National Theater has opened again for the first time in six years, as nightlife begins to return to Baghdad.
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Apr 19, 2008 -
News is great, we love being informed — sometimes the pursuit of the news produces some pretty wacky pictures — and sometimes they're just plain interesting. Synchronized swimming! Protests in South Korea!
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Apr 12, 2008 -
News is great, we love being informed, but sometimes the pursuit of the news produces some pretty wacky pictures. Bull Fighting! Prince William!
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Apr 05, 2008 -
News is great, we love being informed, but sometimes the pursuit of the news produces some pretty wacky pictures. Surf's up, etc.! Check out the rest of this week's cool or inexplicable moments, and allow me to explicate the best way I can.
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Mar 28, 2008 -
News is great, we love being informed, but sometimes the pursuit of the news produces some pretty wacky pictures. I mean come on just look at this guy! Check out the rest of this week's cool or inexplicable moments, and allow me to explicate the best way I can.
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