British Awards Honor Year's Best Jokes
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Games & Humor
Rick Santorum is defending comments he made that blame America's problems on ... whom?
Technology
The New Running Game Where 'Zombies' Chase You()
February 19, 2012 There are many running apps out there but none are quite like the new iPhone app "Zombies, RUN!" In addition to escaping hungry zombies, the app challenges the runner to collect supplies and accomplish objectives, all in a post-apocalyptic world.
Sunday Puzzle
Two States Enter, One Four-Letter Word Leaves()
February 19, 2012 Every answer consists of two adjoining U.S. states. Each clue is a four-letter word formed by one or more letters starting one of the state names plus one or more letters starting the other state name. For example, given "mist," the answer would be "Mississippi" and "Tennessee," or "Missouri" and "Tennessee."
Strange News
Through RecordSetter, Everyone Can Be World Champ()
February 18, 2012 If a feat is "quantifiable and breakable" and there is media proof of it, RecordSetter's co-founder says, the website will recognize it as a world record. The website accepts submissions for just about anything.
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Speedskater Nick Pearson Plays Not My Job()
February 18, 2012 We've invited the two-time Olympic speedskater to play a game called "Whoaaa ... slow down there, friend." Three questions about things that go very, very slowly, for a person who likes to go dangerously fast.
Monkey See
Happy Valentine's Day: Every Love Song Is A Parenthetical Away From Despair()
February 14, 2012 You may think you know your favorite love songs, but inside them is darkness.
Sunday Puzzle
Hey, I've Got Five On It!()
February 12, 2012 Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase, name or title in which each word has five letters — for example, "Royal Opera House."
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Jazz Singer Kurt Elling Plays Not My Job()
February 11, 2012 For years, Elling was the Susan Lucci of jazz: Every year he would be nominated for a Grammy, and then every year he wouldn't win. But ninth time's a charm! In 2010, he won his first Grammy, and this year, he's a favorite to win another for his latest record, The Gate.
Sunday Puzzle
Rearranging The Deck Chairs On The Anti-Tic()
February 5, 2012 Each clue contains at least one seven-letter word. Rearrange the letters in that word to answer the clue.
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Actor Gary Oldman Plays Not My Job()
February 4, 2012 Gary Oldman, who just got his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, answers three questions about Up with People — a horde of wholesome, smiley young people who performed four Super Bowl halftime shows back in the day.
Sunday Puzzle
This Puzzle Is The Pits()
January 29, 2012 Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with "PI" and the second word starts with "T."
