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investigations

Together We Can Stop The Crotch-Cam Madman!

A crazy man may be videotaping YOUR crotch. And putting the footage on the internet for all to see! The Post, in what is (trend alert) almost surely another story developed solely by poking around on YouTube, alerts the city to a man known only as "househead7d5." He enjoys taping men's crotches—at a phone booth, on the bus, on the subway—and posting the videos online, with clever comments like, "guy on the phone showin a little......gay sweatpants bulge phonebooth NYC," or, even creepier, "I love it when they fall asleep! not the biggest basket but he was a cutie pie nonetheless!" So who is this penis-peering multimedia madman? After the jump, we will investigate! More »

science

What We Need More Of Is Science: Castrated Pugliese Edition

Historians and scientists have exhumed the remains of legendary castrato Farinelli in Italy to study the anatomical effects of castration carried out on young boys to turn them into high-pitched stars of the opera.
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new york times

And the City's Delivery Men Wept

We went looking for the promised Judy Miller-penned report about how she was sent to prison to break her brother out, or whatever the story will be once the lawyers vet it, but we very, very quickly got distracted. As did, if the most emailed list is any indication, everyone else. More »