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The Associated Press’ Twitter account was hacked earlier today and has since been suspended after a false report of an attack on The White House. The false report caused stocks to go into a steep decline briefly. Can somebody explain why this happens?

After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT, Kottke posted this video from a few years back of Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe dissecting how news media reports on mass killings like this. Reminds me a bit about a section in the book It’s Not News, It’s Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off [...]

Don’t tell me the groom paid for the line of red Audi’s too. If so, that’s insane. Some people in China overflowing with cash.

These play-by-play videos of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm are so cheesy, so if you’re like me, just mute the video and enjoy the preview of the upcoming expansion to StarCraft II.