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Obama Administration's Civilian Drone Casualty Count Far Lower than Independent Estimates

After months of bureaucratic wrangling, the Obama administration has disclosed its official count of civilians killed in airstrikes outside of conventional war zones: Somewhere between 64 and 116 since 2009. Strangely enough, the administration chose to release the numbers on the Friday afternoon before a holiday…

Chicago Police Oversight Agency Recommends Firing of Officer Who Made an "Offensive Racial Remark" About President Obama

A police oversight agency in Chicago has recommended firing an officer who made “an offensive racial remark” about Barack Obama during preparations for his visit to the city last year. While the oversight agency has not publicly disclosed what the remark was, the Washington Post, citing an official familiar with the…

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An Obama Assassination Plot and the Furry Anarchist Forum That Dreamed Too Big for Wikipedia

When the faceless editors of Wikipedia decide an article is not fit for public consumption, it’s gone, only accessible to the site’s top editors—at least, it was. But now we’re keeping track of all the articles Wikipedia doesn’t see fit to print, to present you with very best of the site’s weirdest and worst.

Facebook Live Stopped Working Before BuzzFeed’s Facebook Live Interview with Obama Even Began

On Friday, Gawker reported that YouTube and Facebook would simultaneously livestream BuzzFeed’s live interview with the President of the United States, which took place today at 2:50 p.m. But it turns out that only the former service was able to hold up their end of the bargain. As you can see in the video below,…