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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (6/23)

June 23, 2015

All news media seems designed specifically to either make you hate reading the news or hate being alive. No reasonable person can be expected to keep up with every important headline while maintaining their sanity, so we have taken it upon ourselves to quickly summarize the most important and/or ridiculous news stories from the last week (or so):

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I IDENTIFY AS BLACK. Rachel A. Dolezal stepped down as president of the Spokane N.A.A.C.P. Chapter, but refuses to admit to any wrongdoing. While th

Source: Huffington Post, Hollywood Reporter

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THE FDA HAS BANNED ARTIFICIAL TRANS FATS. THEY ARE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE U.S. FOOD SUPPLY BY 2018. Companies will be able to petition the FDA for spe

Source: Bloomberg

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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (6/23)

Source: USA Today

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JURASSIG WORLD RAKED $511.8 IN MILLION WORLDWIDE DURING ITS OPENING WEEKEND, THE FIRST TIME A FILM HAS EVER OPENED ABOVE THE HALF-BILLION MARK, BLOWIN

Source: Box Office Mojo

9

AFTER 179 YEARS IN BUSINESS, ICONIC AMERICAN GUN MANUFACTURER COLT IS FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY OLTAXKU xotes NY KXVOLYNO PETOL AFTer LOSING ITS CONTRACT

Source: The Daily Beast

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COMING TO A COURTROOM NEAR YOU! HUGE LITIGATION SPECTACULAR! VS. HULK HOGAN GAWKER.COM HULK HOGAN HAS FILED SUIT AGAINST GAWKER.COM FOR $100 MILLION I

Source: News.com.au

7

YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM WITH ALLOWING WOMEN IN SCIENCE LABS IS YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM, THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU, AND WHEN YOU CRITICIZE THEM, THE

Source: TheStar.com

6

CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE ONE OF THE BEST CONSOLE GAMES EVER, SHENMUE SAW ITS LONG-AWAITED THIRD INSTALLMENT GIVEN LIFE ON KICKSTARTER. The campaign hi

Source: The Guardian, Game Informer

5

A BRIDGE IN PENNSYLVANIA HAD TO BE CLOSED WHEN A SWARM OF MAYFLIES BECAME SO THICK THAT IT LOWERED VISIBILITY TO BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. The swarm a

Source: Associated Press

4

A SERIES OF RULINGS FROM MEXICO'S SUPREME COURT HAS HAD THE EFFECT OF LEGALIZING GAY MARRIAGE. While the law itself remains unchanged, the court has b

Source: New York Times

3

THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING' THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FOR HACKING A HOUSTON ASTROS DATABASE. Cardinals employees allegedly accessed statistics, scouting

Source: ESPN

2

IT'S OFFICIAL: POPE FRANCIS SAYS IT'S YOUR FAULT THE PLANET IS GOING TO HECK IN A HANDBASKET. Criticizing political shortsightedness, the pursuit of p

Source: MSNBC

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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (6/23)

Source: Wall Street Journal, NBC News

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