A roundup of today's most provocative stories, as voted by our readers.
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Ricky Gervais Plots 'Alternative' Golden Globe Hosting
(Newser) - Ricky Gervais won't shut up. Bashed after hosting the last Golden Globe Awards show for his inappropriate comments (which should have come as no surprise to anyone), the irreverent comedian is considering being an underground podcast host next time around. That's the gist of his latest blogs as... More »Most Brilliant: 85%
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Awesome TV Remote Mutes Most Annoying Celebs
(Newser) - If you just can’t take any more Snooki, we have good news for you: Video producer Matt Richardson has come up with an ingenious way to mute her automatically. Richardson hacked a remote control, making it possible to automatically mute the TV whenever a certain word—in this example,... More »Most Scary: 68%
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Explosion Rocks Nuclear Waste Site in France
(Newser) - An explosion hit the Marcoule nuclear plant in southern France today, killing at least one person and injuring three others, the BBC reports. The site handles nuclear waste and recycles plutonium from nuclear weapons into MOX fuel, but does not include any reactors. The explosion occurred near a furnace, but... More »Most Depressing: 96%
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Spartacus Star Andy Whitfield Dead at 39
(Newser) - Eighteen months after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Spartacus TV star Andy Whitfield has died. He was 39. Spartacus: Blood and Sand was the Starz network's first big hit, thanks in large part to the program's plentiful violence and nudity. Whitfield was almost unknown when he was cast... More »Most Intriguing: 66%
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Family Tells UN: We Own Machu Picchu
(Newser) - Talk about a property dispute: A Peruvian family says it owns the land of the Machu Picchu ruins, and is taking the case to the United Nations. Seventy-year-old Edgar Echegaray Abril still has the sale deed showing that his family bought the land with gold in 1910. Yes, they sold... More »Most Annoying: 73%
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Global Bank Rules 'Anti-US': JPMorgan CEO
(Newser) - A new set of international banking regulations are “anti-American,” the CEO of JPMorgan Chase tells the Financial Times —so much so that the US should seriously consider quitting the regulatory group that set the rules. The Basel group’s new regulations require banks to balance risk-taking by... More »
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