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- 300 Million Without Electricity In India After Restoration Of Power Grid
- The Onion's report on India's recent widespread power outage.
- A Confederacy of Bachelors
- Should you expect to see living arrangements like this becoming more common in the future? "... meet the brotherhood of Fortress Astoria: Danaher Dempsey, Luke Crane, Rick Brown and Shyaporn Theerakulstit, best friends and artists. They have no children, no linear career histories, no readily disposable savings. The four men, all heterosexual, approaching 40 and never married, have lived together for 18 years, give or take a revolving guest roommate, cohabitating in spaces like an East Village walk-up, a Chelsea loft and, now, a converted office space in Queens."
- 'Knights' rob French medieval festival
- "A gang of thieves dressed as knights and armed with a sword and axe robbed the organisers of a medieval festival in France."
- Sex Doesn't Always Sell: Why Female Olympians Fail in Advertisements
- "The study makes the troubling accusation that female consumers are jealous of spokeswomen who are made out to be paragons of strength and attractiveness, suggesting that's one reason why ads focused on female athletes' physicality are unsuccessful. "A female looking at an attractive female, as opposed to saying 'I want to be like that,' actually has a negative reaction," said Robinson. Originally, the authors wanted to call the study "Guys Want to Be Like Mike, Girls Want Mia to Be Like Them." ... middle-aged women have trouble connecting with younger female athletes, while teen girls react to images like Danica Patrick's GoDaddy commercials by saying, 'That's like seeing my mom in a bikini.'"