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Popular Culture & Offbeat
Most Popular - Google News
- Syria: military intervention would unlikely, says William Hague - Telegraph.co.uk

- Afghans angry over Quran burnings attack US base - Huffington Post

- Romney, Santorum Republican Arizona Debate: Candidates Clash Ahead Of Cruical ... - Sky News

- Google eyeglasses to give users real-time web information: sources - Winnipeg Free Press

- Male Y chromosome extinction theory challenged - Calgary Herald

TMZ.com
- Rihanna & Chris Brown -- Friends SCRAMBLING to Stop Blossoming Relationship

- Andre Agassi Prep School Sued -- Allegations of Racism

- 'Biggest Loser' Castoff -- Contestants on Strike Are Sabotaging Their Lives

- 'Cougar Town' Star Christa Miller -- $200,000 Cat Fight with Manager

- 'Pretty Wild' Star Tess Taylor -- Profiting from Her Addiction

Boing Boing
- Expert showmanship in the streetside preparation of a banana pastry

- Microsoft, Google and Netflix want to add DRM-hooks to W3C HTML5 standard

- Matter: kickstartered project to sustain serious, long-form online journalism

- Pakistani newspaper ad seeks bids for a Great Firewall of Pakistan

- Ambiguously ironic superfluous grocer's apo'strophe

E! Online (US) - Music News
- American Idol Recap: Meet the Top 24, Part One

- Aretha Franklin Responds to Media Speculation on Missing Whitney Houston's Funeral: "Stop the BS"

- Adele Surpasses Whitney Houston's Bodyguard Record on the Billboard Charts

- Justin Timberlake Closer to Starring in Elton John Movie?

- Houston Attorney: Bobby Brown Bailed on Whitney Funeral Over Seating Snafu

E! Online (US) - Movie News
- Which Glee Stars Will Still Be Famous After the Show Ends?

- No Fooling! Sacha Baron Cohen's Dictator Not Wanted at the Oscars

- Justin Timberlake Closer to Starring in Elton John Movie?

- Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg Friends of Dorothy? Pair Help Buy Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers

- Jennifer Aniston Gets More Than a Star: "Justin Theroux Loves This Girl," Says Adam Sandler

E! Online (US) - Top Stories
- American Idol Recap: Meet the Top 24, Part One

- Survivor: One World Insider: Survival of the Witless

- Which Glee Stars Will Still Be Famous After the Show Ends?

- Aretha Franklin Responds to Media Speculation on Missing Whitney Houston's Funeral: "Stop the BS"

- No Fooling! Sacha Baron Cohen's Dictator Not Wanted at the Oscars

Yahoo! News: Oddly Enough - Reuters
- Pawnshops for prosperous accept wine as collateral (Reuters)

- Bradley to hold fire after Twitter users left spitting mad (Reuters)
- Qatar would host 2020 Summer Games in October (Reuters)
- I don't like football, says Australian club owner (Reuters)
- Swedish man survives for months in snowed-in car (Reuters)
Hollywood.com - Recent News
MTV Newsroom
- President Obama Sings Again!

- Aziz Ansari Tries Out New Stand-Up Material At Intimate LA Gig
- Russell Brand Has Relaxed Dress Rehearsal For New FX Show At LA Comedy Club
- 'Parks And Recreation' Star Nick Offerman Channels His Inner Ron Swanson At LA Standup Gig
- Skrillex, David Guetta And More: Did EDM Explode Because of Social Media?
Fark.com RSS
- Police arrest man for spanking kids with shovel -- not his kids, his hoe's [Sick]

- Teacher arrested for administration of purple nurple [Dumbass]

- If you miss your exit while being trailed by an 18-wheeler carrying caustic chemical waste, just let it go, cause man, it's gone [Dumbass]

- The myth of the eight-hour sleep [Interesting]

- Nebraska woman auctioning off a Chicken McNugget that she says looks like George Washington [Silly]

Top News
- How to Sell Your Excess Crap for Cash in Just a Few Hours with Amazon's Fulfillment Program

- Kodak is out of the picture at Oscars

- YouPorn Gets Caught With Its Pants Down—Users' Email and Passwords Compromised

- N.J. Woman Makes "Wall Of Shame" With $102K In Toll Bridge Fines

- Chikilidae: New species of legless amphibian discovered

Jezebel
- Why Can't the Mormon Church Stop Baptizing Anne Frank? [Mormons]

- Callista Gingrich Says She's Giving Up Her Opinion for Lent [Notable/quotable]

- February 22, 2012 [The Big Picture]

- Terrible Animal Rights Activist Tries to Hire Hit Man to Kill Someone Wearing Fur [Crime]

- The Only Rick Santorum Gif You'll Ever Need [Rick Santorum]

Wikio - Entertainment
- Carlos Santana, Las Vegas' hometown guitar hero (L.A. Times)

- Picture of the Day: Feb. 22, 2012 [Picture Of The Day] (io9)

- Xtro: Quite Possibly the Weirdest Thing to Come Out of Alien's Success [Video] (io9)

- Tribes: Ascend beta open to all on Feb. 24 (Joystiq)

- Scientists determine the best way to win at Rugby [Sports] (io9)

Wikio - Celebrity
- 300 million-year-old forest discovered -- called 'Chinese Pompeii' (The Dish Rag)

- Sacha Baron Cohen planning Oscar red carpet stunt (The Dish Rag)

- Marchesa! Marchesa! Marchesa! [PHOTOS] (A Socialite's Life)

- Comment of the Day: The Bob Ross Drinking Game [Reader Roundup] (Jezebel)

- Ester Dean & Nicki Minaj's 'Gimme Money' - Listen Now! (Just Jared)

The Onion
- SAN ANGELO, TX—The obnoxious drunk hitting on Lloyd’s girl was in need of a serious beating, but it’d have to wait until he hit the gym for a couple more months.

- TV Listings: Ace Of Lasagnas

- Obama: No Option Off The Table Except Snatching Iran's Leaders With Hook Lowered From Plane And Flying Them To Washington

- Area Man Hears Self Say He's A 'Big Chicken Pot Pie Guy'

- [video] Leaf From "Tree Of Life" Frontrunner For Best Actor Oscar

reddit: the front page of the internet
- Remember Bush's secret program to eavesdrop on Americans’ phone calls and e-mails without a warrant? Obama is now asking the US Supreme Court not to hear the case.

- Scumbag Pallet Jack

- I'm just gonna put these right here..

- A portrait of Rick Santorum made entirely out of a single gay man.

- It's like they hate money.

CelebrityPuke.com
Gawker
- Barney Frank Is Charming As Ever on Jimmy Kimmel Live [Video]

- Stephen Colbert and Nancy Pelosi Debate the Ethics of Super PACs [Video]

- Should Valets Be Responsible for Policing Drunks? [Drunks]

- Jon Stewart Can't Believe the Republicans' Crazy Predictions for Obama's Second Term [Video]

- Quiz Time: Can You Pick Out the Best Sign from Tonight's GOP Debate? [Santorum]

