Studies show that children who read for pleasure perform better on tests and suffer from fewer mental health problems. Here are some tips for fostering a love of reading: Make time every day to read the neighbor’s mail as a family. Emit a high-pitched noise every time they’re not reading. Use a marker to retitle […]

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Thai police recently arrested a woman who allegedly had sexual intercourse with Buddhist monks, then used photo video blackmail of the acts to extort an estimated 385 million baht from them. What do you think?

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WASHINGTON—Springing into action to save what it could, the U.S. populace reportedly got to work this week boarding up windows and retreating to its cellars moments after learning Lena Dunham had reentered the news cycle. “Dear God, the day has finally come,” said Tulsa, OK, resident Amanda Pendleton, just one of the millions of Americans […]

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ALBANY, IN—Explaining that true artistry requires obsessiveness and a scientific understanding of form, cartoonist Jim Davis revealed Friday that he studied the musculature of medical cadavers in order to properly draw the character Jon in his syndicated comic strip. “Before I drew a single panel of Garfield, I spent months meticulously examining corpses so that I could […]

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WASHINGTON—In what may be their first apology issued for the behavior of a Cabinet member, White House officials reportedly apologized to a foreign dignitary Tuesday after the man was bitten by a rabid Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Sorry, sorry, that’s just our health secretary—I don’t know what’s gotten into him!” senior aide Tasha Sturbridge said as […]

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