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Late-stage Alzheimer's disease can be a cruel and brutal thing, as the loss of vocabulary gives way to the inability to speak at all. That's the situation Lisa Abeyta's father finds himself in most days, but there's one thing that seems to help: the family dog.

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After six Houston teens broke into a house, using a basketball to break a window, local news station KPRC aired an interview with the heroic neighbor who saw them and called police. The witness wanted to remain anonymous, so the station pointed the camera away from her face—and now she's probably wishing they hadn't.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus is featured in GQ's new comedy issue—with Louis C.K. on the cover—and the photos are great.

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A Florida elementary school has agreed to stop its longstanding policy of giving kids Mountain Dew as brain fuel before the state's most important standardized test.

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Tucked away in this fantastic Wired article about the history of MST3K comes the amazing news that creator Joel Hodgson is trying to bring back the beloved series — this time online, and with a brand-new host.

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Finally, a version of Texts From Last Night we can all rally behind.

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Late last night, a suspected meteor tore through the skies over the northern Russian city of Murmansk.

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Back in February we brought you news that a Farscape movie was supposedly in the works. Now Rockne O'Bannon, creator and showrunner of the original series, has confirmed that the movie is, in fact, happening.

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The osprey, Pandion haliaetus, is a bird of character. The ancient poets knew this, and the Maryland Transportation Authority is discovering it the hard way. Last week, a pair of ospreys decided to build their nest on a platform overlooking the approach to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, where the MDTA keeps a traffic camera.

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Primates are growing smarter every day—case in point is this recent Monkey Planet episode about a Bonobo ape that can comfortably build a fire from scratch, flip burgers, and even toast marshmallows.

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There's no way to prepare you for the insanity of Space Station 76. It's a comedy set in a mid-1970s version of the future that looks like Space: 1999. But it's also a surprisingly dark character study of people who are slowly falling apart, which owes a lot to The Ice Storm. Here's our nearly spoiler-free first impressions of this new movie.

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Wu-Tang Clan producer RZA has responded to the news that formerly Wu-affiliated rapper Christ Bearer cut off his own penis and jumped out of an apartment building. "I don't make music with him nowadays. But the story—what he did—is incredible. That shit sound mythical," RZA told XXL.

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Why won't you let Conan into your home? He's not crazy, he just wants to come to the party. Wearing more lipstick than the Joker. And not carrying a cell phone, because the police can trace those.

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