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Berlusconi To Sue Every European Newspaper He Doesn’t Own
1:07AM Pareene | Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is suing a left-wing newspaper in Italy, along with papers in France and Spain, and he’s looking into a couple in Britain. Why? Because they keep asking him slanderous questions about his ridiculous private life! More »
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Is Twitter Under Attack From Russia?
5:45AM Ryan Tate | Twitter continues to be flaky today. Par for the course on the overcrowded microblogging service, right? But Twitter claims it is the victim of elaborate hack attacks that “appear to have been geopolitical in motivation.” That’s actually true! More »
People
Putin Shirtless Again
4:32AM Pareene | 57-year-old Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin once again released to the public 20 pictures of him being super-manly, riding horses shirtless and walking along a river on a camping trip. More »
People
David Rhode Is Free From Taliban Kidnapping
2:00AM Foster Kamer | After being held hostage by the Taliban for seven months in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter David Rhode escaped from a compound to freedom. He apparently just “climbed over the wall” but still: badass happy ending! [NYT]
Small Screen
The Daily Show Investigates Iran’s Hatred For Americans
8:30PM the cajun boy | Ever since we first heard that The Daily Show was sending Jason Jones to Iran to cover the election there, we’ve been anxious to see if they’d be able to find comedy in what was happening there. They did. More »
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