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Frank Jacobs and his Strange Maps

2012-11-16T17:57:00-05:00

Frank Jacobs is the map-obsessed blogger behind “Strange Maps.” [...] Aaron Schachter talks to Jacobs about his attraction to maps and how they’ve evolved over the centuries from a tool for navigation to a venue for artistic expression and weird facts.

Brazilian woman sell virginity for $780,000; claims to donate 90% to build homes

2012-10-25T11:45:00-04:00

Although Migliorini, a physical education student, has claimed to media that she planned to donate as much as 90 percent of the auction price to charities that will build homes in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, even auction organizer Justin Sisely, who devised the plan for a proposed documentary, was skeptical.

MC Hammer launching his own search engine

2011-10-20T19:28:29-04:00

The venerable rapper, who helped usher hip-hop into the pop mainstream in the early '90s, has rolled out a search engine he hopes will outperform Google, Bing and other established tools.