Chinese censors crack down on jokes about phallic-shaped People’s Daily building
The new headquarters for the Chinese state-run newspaper People’s Daily has an image problem: it really looks like a penis. The...
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Emily Senger
Emily Senger is a contributing editor. She helped Maclean’s win a gold National Magazine Award for Website of the Year. She does most of her contributing from Alberta.
April 15 was the saddest day on Twitter in the last five years
April 15 was a sad day on Twitter. In fact, it was the saddest day in the past five years, according to measurements used by a...
Chris ’Mac Daddy’ Kelly of Kris Kross fame dead at 34
Chris Kelly, the rapper best known for his childhood role in the group Kris Kross, was found dead in his home in Atlanta Wednesday...
What we know about 3 new suspects in the Boston bombings
New suspects faced charges in a Boston courtroom
Three more suspects in Boston Marathon bombing to appear in court
Those arrested are college students, reports Boston Globe
Man spends life savings on carnival game, wins stuffed banana with dreadlocks
Henry Gribbohm eventually won a prize at a carnival game, but not before spending all of his savings -- $2,600 in total -- to do...
Pope Francis condemns ’slave labour’ after Bangladesh factory collapse
’Slavery is being committed against something beautiful’
Woman arrested for allegedly swapping OJ with poison at Starbucks
Police have arrested a woman in San Jose, Cal. who they allege was adding rubbing alcohol to bottles of orange juice, which she...
BlackBerry CEO says tablets have limited future
’Tablets themselves are not a good business model,’ Thorsten Heins says
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s anti-streetcar views aired in Virginia county debate
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s dislike for streetcars has made its way across the border, where Ford’s past comments became part of a...