[UPDATED] LATimes, Time, BuzzFeed Cite Poll? 10% America thinks ‘HTML is a STD’?
The LA Times reported today on a UK coupon website's survey of Americans saying that 1 out of 10 Americans…
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German cartoonist Burkhard Mohr apologized after his cartoon of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg was accused of anti-Semitism and invoking "Nazi propaganda." …
Poll: Do GOP Voters really want Arizona Gov. Brewer to veto anti-gay bill?
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