Believe It or Not, World Toilet Shortage Is No Joke

The world is suffering from a toilet shortage, and at least one activist wants to do something about it with his non-profit, the World Toilet Organization, or WTO.

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You Can Build a Flying Spybot for Less Than $50

As the U.S. government spends billions and billions outfitting the military with sophisticated spy drones, one hacker's taken things into his own hands and built a very cheap but very functional drone-ready surveillance device.

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Romney Outspent Gingrich 4 to 1 on Florida Ads

It cost a lot of money for Mitt Romney to regain his lead in Florida polls from Newt Gingrich.

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Barefoot Bandit Gets 6 1/2 Years

Colton Harris-Moore, aka, the Barefoot Bandit, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison Friday.

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Park Service, Occupiers Set the Stage for a D.C. Showdown

Occupy D.C. is one of the last major Occupy encampments left, and now its last stand has been scheduled.

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Hillary Leaving the State Department Is Always News

Hillary Clinton gives the same answer whenever a reporter asks her if she'll serve a second term as Secretary of State, yet it's huge news each and every time.

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Man vs. Everything: 'The Grey' & 'Man on a Ledge'

Today we review two new thrillers: The Grey and Man on a Ledge.

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Kitten-Sized Controversy: Is Hello Kitty from London or Japan?

A controversy is brewing among Japan’s fanatical followers of Hello Kitty: Is the character who has been plastered on everything from stickers to face massagers to toasters to panties to deodorant sprays and long officially described as an English citizen actually a Japanese national?

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Marco Rubio Talks About the Time Jeb Bush Gave Him a Mystical Sword

Marco Rubio looks like he's ramping up his let's-talk-about-me game this week.

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Time Warner Can Blame ESPN for Much of That Cord Cutting

Expensive sports channels are pushing cable bills to levels that make Internet-only subscriptions seem ever-more appealing.

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Rick Perry Is Now Spending His Time Shooting Things

Rick Perry is trying to get back some of the swagger he lost by failing so badly in the Republican presidential primary by tweeting pictures of himself with weapons.

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Facebook Is Close to Hiring Morgan Stanley for a $100 Billion IPO

The specifics of Facebook's massive initial public offering are starting to trickle out of sources in the know, and while the details are more specific than anything we've seen before, many questions still remain.

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Obama's Anti-SOPA Tech Officer Might Run for Office

Aneesh Chopra, who helped author President Obama's position against SOPA, is leaving his post with a bit of bang, possibly setting up whatever political aspirations he may have in his home state of Virginia.

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Jan Brewer's Book Sales Are Up 1.3 Million Percent; 'War Horse' Gets the Spielberg Bump

The co-chair of the Jaipur Literature Festival explains the decision to cancel Salman Rushdie's video speech, War Horse is a bestseller 30 years in the making, and the high cost of owning a Nook.

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Pirate PR Works in Staving Off a Second Rescue

The kidnappers holding an American author hostage in Somalia made it clear on Thursday they'd kill him if the United States attempted a rescue, and the threat seems to have worked.

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President's Apollo Performance Gave Al Green a 490% Boost In Sales Last Week

Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" was downloaded 16,000 times last week, thanks in part to President Obama's a capella moment at the Apollo Theater last week.

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Obama Wants to Put Colleges on Notice

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Jeopardy! Contestants Don't Know Rachel Maddow

Folks as obsessed with media personalities as us were surprised to see the three supposedly brainiac contestants on last night's Jeopardy! stumped when asked who Rachel Maddow was, while correctly answering a question about George Stephanopoulos.

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Why The 'S--- Girls Say' Meme Will Never Die

One month and 12 million views later, the original 'Shit Girls Say' video is still inspiring copycats and we don't expect them to stop anytime soon.

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Gingrich Campaign Complains About Clapping at Debate Where They Demanded Clapping

So, remember earlier this week when Newt Gingrich got in a huff about people being told not to clap and cheer at debates? Turns out that only applies to his supporters.

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