Culture Buzz The mystery of an iconic American photograph has been solved. It turns out the picture, used to symbolize American response to the Pearl Harbor attacks, was not even taken on that occasion.
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Culture Buzz An incredible story. Vivian Maier was a nanny who lived in Chicago for most of her life and passed away in 2009 at the age of 83. Little more is known about her, except that she was an avid street photographer. Her work was discovered at an auction in 2007, more than 100,000 negatives and undeveloped rolls of film, sold by a storage facility who were cleaning out her locker for delinquent rent. Here is a small sampling of Vivian Maier's stunning work from the Maloof Collection, spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s. Many of the photos, if they had any information at all, only provided a year and/or city.
On June 30, 1999, sheriff’s officers in St. Louis, Missouri discovered the body of 41-year-old Ricky McCormick. He had been murdered and dumped in a field. The only clues regarding the homicide were two encrypted notes found in the victim’s pants pockets. So far, no one has been able to decipher them. Can you?
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The first detailed pictures of one of the planet's last unexplored frontiers - a vast mountain range that rivals the Alps in majesty buried underneath the ice of Antarctica - were revealed by scientists this week.
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Science Buzz In 1886, a mummy was discovered in an unmarked coffin, wrapped in goatskin with his hands and feet bound and his face locked in an eternal spine-tingling scream. For years, scientists and academics have worked to solve the mystery of the Screaming Mummy, and some believe they've finally cracked the case. Hint: It's not Arnold Vosloo.
Science Buzz The mysterious winged cat is back in the news. Not as thrilling or enduring a mystery as Bigfoot, these cats’ wings just look like bad grooming to me. Someone buy that woman a comb!
Music Buzz Does Yeezy actually post all those things himself? There’s a mini-mystery brewing over Kanye West’s blog — how does a multi-platinum rapper have the time to blog about exotic sneaker lines? Inquiring blogs want to know.
Style Buzz Mysterious spoofs of Juergen Teller’s Marc Jacobs ads by have fashionistas scratching their heads. Viral marketing? Publicity Stunt? Only time will tell.