It really is the perfect crime.
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♫ My heart will go on. ♫ And so will this movie, FOREVER.
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Sam:
Leo!!!!!! Also, Kate Winslet. I have a SINKING suspicion there isn't a happy ending. Also, that Britney Spears music video!!! I think we might end up seeing Kate Winslet's boobs. Also Bill Paxton!!! James Cameron. Lots of Oscars.
Alex:
That Celine Dion song. Is it in the movie though? The ship sinks, I'm pretty sure. "I'm the King of the World!" That's about all I know.
The Justice Department had been pushing James Risen to reveal the confidential sources he used for his 2006 book on the Bush administration, State of War. But on Monday, the New York Times reported that prosecutors withdrew the subpoena.
New York Times reporter James Risen leaves federal court in Alexandria, Va.
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The Justice Department has been trying to get Risen to reveal his confidential sources since 2008, when prosecutors first subpoenaed him to testify in the case against Jeffery Sterling. A former C.I.A. officer, Sterling was charged with passing classified information to Risen.
After President Obama won election, Attorney General Eric Holder continued the case, and tried to compel Risen to testify again in 2011.
Risen has steadfastly refused to reveal the identity of his sources, acknowledging in court only that there were several.
In recent months, however, there were signs that Risen would likely avoid jail time for refusing to comply with the subpoena.
Speaking at a forum in Washington D.C. in October, Holder said a resolution "that will be satisfactory to everybody" was in the works. On Monday, the Times reported that prosecutors had withdrawn the subpoena.
In a statement carried by The Times, executive editor Dean Baquet said he was pleased with the outcome.
"I'm glad the government realizes that Jim Risen was an aggressive reporter doing his job and that he should not be forced to reveal his source," Baquet said.
Adelaide is the only Australian city to make the New York Times’ list of 52 places to visit in 2015. NOPE.
“I did just did text Taylor Swift and Jaime King… we have like a group text.”
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Celebs, they're just like us!
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Filipino eateries are campy, cozy, and adorably punny.
Now you can watch the NBA finals or any noontime variety show while having lunch. Bongga!
The ruling is on holding pending any appeal from the state.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in South Dakota added her voice to the chorus of judges ruling over the past 13 months that bans on same-sex couples' marriages violate the Constitution.
"Plaintiffs have a fundamental right to marry. South Dakota law deprives them of that right solely because they are same-sex couples and without sufficient justification," U.S. District Court Judge Karen Schreier wrote on Monday.
The ruling is stayed, or on hold, pending any appeal from the state. "Because this case presents substantial and novel legal questions, and because there is a substantial public interest in uniformity and stability of the law, this court stays its judgment pending appeal," she wrote in the judgment for the case.
In a statement, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley suggested that an appeal is forthcoming, saying, "It remains the State's position that the institution of marriage should be defined by the voters of South Dakota and not the federal courts. Because this case presents substantial legal questions and substantial public interest the Federal Court has stayed its judgment allowing South Dakota law to remain in effect pending the appeal."
Lawyers for the same-sex couples challenging the ban, however, told BuzzFeed News that they also will challenge the stay should South Dakota officials appeal the ruling.
"The Supreme Court and federal appellate courts have not been kind to these stays in recent months," lawyer Joshua Newville said. Because of the fact that other decisions have not been stayed pending appeal, National Center for Lesbian Rights lawyer Shannon Minter added, "It seems unfair that couples in South Dakota would have to wait."
In deciding whether the state's ban violates a fundamental right — here, the right to marry — Schreier rejected "defendants' argument that the court should limit the fundamental right to marriage based on the traditional understanding of that right," in other words, limited only to opposite-sex couples, instead concluding that such a view "is contrary to Supreme Court precedent."
As to whether the ban violates equal protection guarantees, Schreier found that the infringement of a fundamental right in connection with a claimed equal protection violation effectively controlled the question and meant that the ban violated equal protection as well.
"For reasons stated with respect to plaintiffs' due process claim, South Dakota's same-sex marriage ban deprives same-sex citizens of a fundamental right, and that classification is not narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest," Shreier wrote, in finding that equal protection guarantees were violated as well.
Schreier was nominated to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in 1999.
Cutest little thief in the world.
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The brand is figuring out how to translate itself into the future. Whether that involves going public remains to be seen, but the designer dropped some hints today.
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Industry speculation about a Diane von Furstenberg IPO has been swirling for more than two years now, and the famed designer added some more fuel to the fire today.
When asked at a panel whether it's worth it for a high-end brand to be publicly-traded in today's era, von Furstenberg initially deflected the question, before noting the brand is contemplating how to translate itself for the future.
"Let me tell you something about our sponsor today — I made more money in the last 10 years with MasterCard than anything ever because I bought that stock when it was $40," she said to laughs (the stock closed at just over $83 on Monday). She then deferred to DVF Studio co-chair Joel Horowitz, who was speaking on a panel with her, and is famous for taking Tommy Hilfiger public in the 90s.
"I think it's like anything," Horowitz said at the event, which was sponsored by Financo, an investment bank that specializes in retail and consumer companies. "If you control expectations and you run your business the way the brand needs to be run for the long-term, not for the quarter, you can be very successful as a public company. The problem is we get pushed we get pushed we get pushed and sometimes you make the wrong decisions by being pushed by expectations. You have to go at your own pace."
Von Furstenberg, who is married to Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, the holding company that owns star online properties like Match.com and Tinder, said that the brand is working hard to figure out how to translate its past "into the future."
"I'm an old brand, a brand that is 40 years old, so the good thing about aging is that you have credibility," she said. "How do you live with the past and the history and translate it into the future? And that is the challenge and it is a very interesting challenge, and I'm very curious to see how we're going to do it."
She continued: "I think we get the vibes, and I think we are going to ride it in a very interesting way, and I welcome you all to watch us and to help us if you have any ideas, because it's been an interesting story. And I think it's not over, and hopefully I will leave something for my grandchildren. That's it."
Naomi Campbell presented the final look during Diane Von Furstenberg’s spring 2014 fashion show
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“I still don’t understand why guys say they don’t use toilet paper.”
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New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said his officers are making more arrests than last week, when they appeared to be engaged in a work slowdown. Despite the drop-off in arrests, crime rates also continued to fall.
New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks at a news conference in New York on Jan. 5.
NEW YORK CITY — The precipitous drop in arrests that had many wondering whether the New York City Police Department was engaging in a work slowdown may be coming to an end.
Speaking at a news conference Monday, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said that the number of arrests made by NYPD officers was on the upswing, although he cautioned that the numbers had not yet returned to normal levels.
For the week ending Sunday, NYPD officers made 37% fewer arrests than they did during the same period last year, according to department statistics released Monday. But that was less of a drop than what was reported during the last week of 2014 and first week of 2015, when the NYPD made 61% fewer arrests compared with the same period a year earlier.
Perhaps most dramatically, the NYPD did not issue a single low-level summons on New Year's Eve, when more than a million revelers gathered in Times Square and at other city landmarks.
The drop in arrests began on Dec. 20, when two NYPD officers were shot and killed by a lone gunman from Baltimore.
Since the drop in arrests happened as several of the city's five police unions negotiated their collective contracts, and during a time when many rank-and-file officers were expressing their discontent with Mayor Bill de Blasio, many interpreted the situation as a work slowdown.
A work slowdown is a labor-organizing technique in which employees protest what they see as unfair working conditions by doing less of their job — an alternative to an all-out strike.
Pat Lynch, the president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the city's largest police union, has repeatedly denied that there was an organized labor action taking place.
Last week, Bratton said he wouldn't use the word "slowdown" to describe what was happening, adding that many factors could have influenced the drop in arrests.
But on Monday, he said that the NYPD had taken several "management actions" to ensure that police officers "went back to normal." He cautioned that those actions had not included denying officers vacation days.
Many of the NYPD's fiercest critics had welcomed the apparent slowdown as a break from what they call the department's over-policing of the city, which they say disproportionally affects lower-income and minority communities.
They were not pleased with the uptick in arrests.
Proof that pit bulls aren’t always so scary.
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The reinstatement comes after a police investigation found no substantive evidence of the allegations in the story.
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The University of Virginia reinstated a fraternity after a police investigation found no substantive evidence the allegations raised in a Rolling Stone article occurred.
"We welcome Phi Kappa Psi, and we look forward to working with all fraternities and sororities in enhancing and promoting a safe environment for all," UVA President Teresa Sullivan said in a statement on Monday, adding that the reinstatement is effective immediately.
In November, Rolling Stone published an article titled "Rape on Campus" and claimed a young woman named Jackie was raped by seven men at a fraternity house and that the university failed to respond to the assault. The article garnered so much attention that the university suspended all fraternities for the semester.
Two weeks later, following an investigation of the story by the Washington Post, Rolling Stone issued an apology to its readers.
The magazine's editor and publisher Jann Wenner said Columbia Journalism School will be conducing an independent review of Rolling Stone's editorial process.
"Rolling Stone has asked us to conduct an independent review of the reporting and editorial decision making that led to the publication of its recent story on sexual violence at the University of Virginia," Deans Steve Coll and Sheila Coronel, who will be leading the review, said in an email. "Rolling Stone has agreed to publish our report in its entirety, without editing, on its website, as well as substantial excerpts in the magazine."
Phi Kappa Psi has been at UVA since 1853 and has more than 800 alumni.
"We believe that in the midst of this ordeal, there is an opportunity to move forward with important safety improvements," Stephen Scipione, president of the Virginia Alpha Charter Phi Kappa Psi, said in a statement. "This has prompted us to take a closer look at ourselves and what role organizations like ours may play in the problem. It's opened all of our eyes to the problem of sexual assault. Now it's time to do something about it. As a fraternity, we are going to continue discussing the need in the coming weeks."
As one does.
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"[T]he 16 warriors each represented one of the empires of Turkish history, dating back to well before the Turkic conquest of Anatolia," the official Turkish news agency, Anatolia, later explained. "These range from the great Hunnic empire founded around 200 BC though to the Seljuk empire, the Mughal empire, and right up to the Ottoman empire that was dissolved in the 1920s with the foundation of the modern Turkish republic."
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Mamas be sexy.
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And you should dress like the goddess you are.
Here are style tips from some pretty badass mammas...
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"I preferred tighter midi-length pencil skirts while I was pregnant because it accentuated my bump," fashion blogger Tanesha AwasthiI of Girl With Curves told BuzzFeed Life. "I think the key is finding what you're comfortable in and just going with it."
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Get oversized button-ups in either the women's or the men's department. Roll up the sleeves and let the loose material love on your belly. When your bump gets big, wear your button-up open over a tee, according to Sara Qaddoura, curator of e-commerce at London-based fashion startup Not Just A Label.
Do not try this at home. Or the beach. Or anywhere else, tbh.
Good news! That thing where people drown in quicksand is actually pretty unrealistic. In reality, while you could get stuck, you're never going to get dragged under completely.
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If you fall into quicksand you sink to about your hips or waist, and that's it, you're stuck. You will not be pulled under, you are in no danger of drowning.
You're less dense than quicksand, so you can't sink unless you're holding heavy items or you struggle and make the quicksand liquify more.
It's the same principle that explains why you float in water (thanks, Archimedes). "You float much better in quicksand because it is acting as a fluid that is twice as heavy as water, which is why one only sinks to about half of one's body length," says Zimmie. "The heavier the fluid, the better things float."
Is anyone else’s healthy eating resolution getting in the way of sleeping in as long as humanly possible?
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Even dirtying a cutting board is too much for some mornings. Recipe here.
Starting the day off with oats, nuts, and dried fruits is good for your body. Starting the day off with chocolate is good for your soul. Recipe here.
Oats aren't the only grain that want to have a sleepover in your fridge. Recipe here.
Caitlin Stasey’s new project, Herself.com, gives women a platform to embrace themselves completely. Note: this post contains nudity.
The website features nude photoshoots of various women combined with in-depth interviews, and will be updated with a new profile every week.
"Herself is a gesture to women for women by women, a chance to witness the female form in all its honesty without the burden of the male gaze, without the burden of appealing to anyone," says Caitlin. "These women are simply and courageously existing, immortalised within these photos."
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"I wanted to feature women from all walks of life in the hope that women who rarely see themselves reflected in the media could find solidarity, could find people LIKE them rather than people they are constantly being told to be like."
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"Women's bodies are taken from them, dissected, scrutinised and then sold back to them - we are expected to foot the bill of societally-influenced perfection," she says. "These women were apologising for not living up to arbitrary standards stipulated by the patriarchy, cosmetic industry and ongoing, systemic oppression."
"Working as an actor has always made me acutely aware of how I look, how others look, how others are told they should look and how we all pay fortunes (financially and emotionally) to abide by these arbitrary stipulations. I was always self-conscious as a teen, but working in entertainment has heightened my awareness of injustice when it comes to the female form and the constant criticism of it."
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"Jennifer has such an incredible bedside manner that I think all self-consciousness melts away while shooting with her. I know I felt a tad embarrassed at first when I was taking my portraits, but I eventually came to find that there's no reason to apologise for this vessel I was blessed with. All the women who took part couldn't speak highly enough of the experience and I hope have come to find new pockets of confidence within themselves."
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The Parks and Recreation heartthrob is the architect of awesome.
You can always ac-count on him for laughs.
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Ben and Chris, so bromantic.
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