Topic: Friday

Some Superstitions We Can Believe In (and Some We Can't)

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Why does Friday the 13th, and not, say, Thursday the 12th, fill us with terror and a sense of impending doom? Is it possible that at least a few of our superstitions are in fact meaningful, even practical or helpful?

By Ray Gustini

Nov 3, 2011

The Birth of 'Friday'; Denzel Washington Makes a Good Bad Spy

Every afternoon The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jun 17, 2011

The Economics (and Staggering Legal Mess) of Rebecca Black

"Friday" is caught up in a tangle between Black, Ark Music Factory and producers

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