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Jay-Z Joins U2 for "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

RELEVANT — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:05:47 +0000

At the MTV Europe Awards in Berlin, U2 performed "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and were joined on stage by Jay-Z who delivered a killer verse about genocide, education and a number of other social problems. Check out the video after the jump, and feel free to make fun of Bono's "rapping" in the comments ...

In Other News, South Korean Drivers Should Be Terrified

RELEVANT — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:25:44 +0000

A woman in South Korea finally passed the written portion of the driver's test ... after her 950th try. We're not familiar with local South Korean law, but we feel like there should be some kind of "you only get 4 tries per year" rule ...

Al Gore's Inconvenient Sequel

RELEVANT — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:19:41 +0000

Al Gore released the (book) sequel to An Inconvenient Truth called Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, a book that stresses the faith-based arguments for fighting climate change. The book is based on his new lecture tour which appeals to Christians to stop climate change ...

8 People Shot ... in Orlando

RELEVANT — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:30 +0000

For the second day in a row, there's been a mass shooting—this time in Orlando. About a quarter mile from RELEVANT's offices, in fact. So far the news is saying there have been 8 people shot with 4 people in severe trauma. The gunman still seems to be on the loose somewhere. Everyone is okay in our offices; we've locked the doors and are waiting for the person responsible to be found ...

Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Funny?

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:39 +0000

Comedy Central is teaming up with The Onion to start a new half-hour scripted sitcom based on the "Onion Sports News Network" website. This will either be hilarious or terrible; there's not really a middle ground with the Onion ...

Ugly Lamp Lets You Stick It to the Man

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:15:14 +0000

Let's get this out of the way first: this lamp is ugly. And we don't know where you'd put it. BUT. It doesn't hook up to an electrical outlet. Instead, it plugs into your phone line and uses the power put into the phone jack supplied by the phone company. So if you don't have a landline, this is the perfect opportunity to get back at your phone carrier for all those hours spent on hold ...

More Fun Unemployment News

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:26 +0000

The unemployment rate in the United States has hit 10.2%, the highest rate since 1983. Whee ...

Mr. Rogers Statue Unveiled in Pittsburgh

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:50:22 +0000

Mr. Rogers was awesome. Everyone knows this. So it's fitting that Pittsburgh would unveil a statue honoring him. Not so fitting? The fact that the statue kind of looks like it's made out of melted chocolate ...

Would He Take $10 to Name Himself RELEVANT?

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:46:04 +0000

A 19-year-old from Sheboygan, Wisconsin is unemployed and desperate for cash. So he did what anyone would do: put his name up for auction on eBay. Yes, for the low starting bid of $5,000, he will legally change his name to a name of a company's choosing. Linux, this is a chance for you to move in swiftly on the whole "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" thing ...

Ford Putting Air Bags in Seat Belts

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:43:25 +0000

Ford is going to introduce air bags in backseat seat belts starting with the new edition of the Explorer. It always makes for comfortable riding when you have a piece of quick-inflate plastic strapped to your chest ...

People Killed at Texas' Fort Hood

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:07:58 +0000

According to CNN's Breaking News, at least 11 people have been killed (including a shooter) and 31 wounded at Fort Hood in Texas by multiple shooters ...

Jack White Releases Amazing Track on Vinyl

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:52:24 +0000

According to Pitchfork, Jack White's Third Man Records is going to release this amazing remix of Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking from Cosmos on vinyl next week. Check out the AutoTuned goodness and the remarkable video below ...

Obama Says U.S. Must Reverse Course with Native Americans

RELEVANT — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:36:25 +0000

President Obama met with Native American leaders today to talk about ways the United States can be more intentional about reaching out to the Native American community. Obama noted the ways the U.S. has mistreated the indigenous peoples, and seeks to lay out a way forward to change that reality ...

Spinning Spider-y Gold

RELEVANT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:54:48 +0000

A team of textile engineers used over 1 million spiders from Madagascar to make a large cloth made entirely out of golden spider web. The process took 4 years and required the invention of a "milking" machine to get the silk. Can you imagine the person in charge of that? "Yeah, I just got bit by a spider cause I was trying to milk it for a giant cloth that no one will use" ...

Verne Troyer Is Amish?

RELEVANT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:36 +0000

Verne Troyer, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Power film series, is writing a memoir in which he talks all about growing up ... Amish. So yeah. The guy who's known for being Dr. Evil's sidekick drove a horse and buggy ...

AARP to Support Health Care Bill

RELEVANT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:30:40 +0000

The AARP is one of the largest lobbying groups in the country, on behalf of persons over 50 and retirees. A source reports that the group is going to support the Democrat-supported health care overhaul bill currently before Congress. The support of the AARP would be a huge support for the bill ...

World Breathes Sigh of Relief As It's Okay to Hate the Yankees Again

RELEVANT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:16:25 +0000

Congratulations to the New York Yankees on winning their 27th World Series last night. It's good to have the sports world restored to the point where the Yankees are once again the evil empire who wins because they buy players instead of just buying players to lose in the first round of the playoffs ...

Google Knows Where You Sleep

RELEVANT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:09:49 +0000

Google has included a handy new dashboard tool telling you how much they know about you. Basically, the more Google tools you use, the more data they collect. If you use Gmail, Google Talk, Picasa and iGoogle, you can GoogleWave goodbye (get it??) to your privacy ...

Scientists Find Old Spiderweb in Amber

RELEVANT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:05:44 +0000

Scientists have found a piece of spiderweb encased in amber that they say is 140 million years old. They were astonished to see the webbing say "Some pig" ...

London Bankers Invoke Jesus to Defend Bonuses

RELEVANT — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:56:00 +0000

Facing criticism for creating inequality in the United Kingdom, the heads of Britain's biggest banks used Christianity to explain why it was okay for them to receive huge bonuses and to defend the free-market system. Critics have said the prospect of huge bonuses in the financial sector is morally wrong ...