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It is time for yoga pants — tight, comfortable, sometimes very colorful yoga pants — to get the respect they deserve.
Rhode Island resident Alan Sorrentino recently sent a letter to The Barrington Times claiming that women shouldn't wear yoga pants. Many local women were  offended by the letter, so they did what any woman would do in that situation: they organized a yoga pants parade.
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Samsung continues to deal with the aftermath of its decision to eliminate its Galaxy Note 7 phone. According to an article published today in The Wall Street Journal, the company’s efforts to save the device might have hindered regulators from closely investigating it.
"Samsung still doesn’t have a conclusive answer for what’s causing some Note 7s to catch fire"
Weeks after the initial recall and the elimination of the phone line, "Samsung still doesn’t have a conclusive

If Trump doesn't make it to the Oval Office on Election Day, it appears the business mogul has a backup plan: Trump TV.
For weeks, rumors have been circulating that Trump is planning to build his own media network after the election. It seems like a natural fit for reality show star, with one small obstacle: the domain Trump.tv.
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Visitors who head to www.trump.tv are greeted with the following message:
"He wasn't even organized

Google started shipping its its Pixel and Pixel XL phones earlier this week, and the team at iFixit documented their teardown, showing off the insides of the company's new device.
One of the big takeaways is the repair score, a six out of ten. That’s not quite as good as the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus (which score a seven), but it’s far better than the Samsung Galaxy S7 (which scored a three) and the Nexus 6P (two out of ten).iFixitOne of the highlights that the team points

Google started shipping its its Pixel and Pixel XL phones earlier this week, and the team at iFixit documented their teardown, showing off the insides of the company's new device.
One of the big takeaways is the repair score, a six out of ten. That’s not quite as good as the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus (which score a seven), but it’s far better than the Samsung Galaxy S7 (which scored a three) and the Nexus 6P (two our of ten).iFixitOne of the highlights that the team points

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump finally got a major newspaper endorsement, but there's a catch.
SEE ALSO: 'The Arizona Republic' endorses Hillary Clinton after 126 years of only backing Republicans
In Sunday's edition, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the largest paper in the swing state of Nevada, threw it's endorsement to Trump. Decrying what it called "social media sideshows and carnival clatter," the Review-Journal heralded Trump's outsider status and corporate experience.But Tru

Harambe may be gone, but his meme-ory lives on.
Just ask Jerick McKinnon, running back for the Minnesota Vikings. On Sunday, McKinnon took to the field for warmups with his very own pair of Harmabe-inspired football cleats.
SEE ALSO: 'Harambe' the movie? Studio head promises he'll do it at 1 million retweets
Though the gorilla was killed in the Cincinnati Zoo, the Minnesota Vikings seem to have a strange obsession with the gorilla. During week one, they shouted "Spoons out for Harambe" prior to

"An episode after the Battle of Zonnebeke." This image is a composite scene created from multiple negatives.Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South WalesJames Francis “Frank” Hurley was 30 years old when he joined the Australian Imperial Force as an honorary captain and official photographer.Before arriving on the Western Front in August 1917 to document the Third Battle of Ypres, Hurley had been no stranger to photographing under risky conditions. Less than one year earlier,

When Jessica Jones returns to Netflix for its second season, women will be behind the cameras directing each episode, according to the show’s executive producer, Melissa Rosenberg.
Rosenberg made the remarks on Friday at the Transforming Hollywood 7: Diversifying Entertainment conference held at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Variety reports that the production had already placed an emphasis on hiring female directors, "but

Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween and the Tom Cruise-led sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back are the clear box office winners in a strong weekend that saw moviegoers spread the love around.
Boo! is on top with ease. Perry's latest holiday-themed comedy earned an estimated $27.6 million at the domestic box office, two weekends before Halloween.
SEE ALSO: Tom Cruise should 'never go back' to Jack Reacher franchise after this
That's the fourth-largest opening for Tyler Perry-branded features to d

Dorothy Farrell has been sitting in the first row at Chicago Cubs home games since 1984.
After the Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1945, Ken Rosenthal from Fox Sports caught up with the 90-year-old super-fan. 
"I just love my Cubbies!" she said. 
Then, Farrell got a little contemplative, remembering her father and her brothers who died without seeing their team reach the Fall Classic.
"I just wish my brothers

Leah Reich was one of the first internet advice columnists. Her column "Ask Leah" ran on IGN, where she gave advice to gamers for two and a half years. During the day, Leah is Slack’s user researcher, but her views here do not represent her employer. How to be Human runs every other Sunday. You can write to her at [email protected] and read more How to be Human here.
Hello Leah,
I have a big problem with friendships. I have very few long-term friendships. In fact, after my high school g

It's election season, and Americans are more tired of listening to other Americans than ever before.
Saturday Night Live knows this despair better than anyone on television. That's why they've arranged an awesome lineup for their final show before the election, featuring Solange to soothe our pain, and Benedict Cumberbatch to give us that little taste of Britain this country desperately needs.
SEE ALSO: Halloween ladies night on 'SNL' gets real dirty, real fast
Cumberbatch is the star of Doctor

Cam Newton lay motionless, a rag doll tossed to the ground.
The reigning NFL MVP tried to get up, but his body failed him. All Newton could do was roll over and clutch his helmet. 
It was the NFL season opener in early September, and the Denver Broncos defense had just bashed Newton in the head again, one of many helmet-to-helmet hits on the Carolina Panthers' quarterback that night. Medical staff members — trained to spot head injuries — reviewed the play and went through

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, will host an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit at 3PM, Sunday October 23rd. The Q&A will be on the SpaceX subreddit, which means that Musk will likely only answer questions pertaining to SpaceX, and not Telsa, SolarCity, or “duck-sized horses,” according to the subreddit’s moderators.Fortunately, there’s a crazy amount of space news that Musk needs to address. His announcement last month that he plans to send hu

It's rare to find a woman in television kicking butt on camera, forget behind it.
Netflix's Jessica Jones is attempting to accomplish both. At Transform Hollywood on Friday, Melissa Rosenberg, the show's executive producer, announced that all Season 2 episodes will be directed by women.
SEE ALSO: Luke Cage is Marvel's most vital hero yet
Women directed slightly under a third of the show's first season. A study from the Center for Women in Television and Film found that women made up approximatel

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is a landmark horror film. Now our CineFix series, Homemade Movies, serves up a shot-for-shot remake of the movie's climactic scene using cheap, homemade effects. How does it hold up? You'll have to ask mother...
Subscribe to CineFix for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/cinefixNoted Cubs fan Bill Murray is the White House press secretary of your dreams
Some kind Cubs fan please buy 90-year-old Dorothy Farrell a Jäger shot
Tom Hanks reps Donald Trump for

The premise of this Saturday Night Live sketch seems to be "New York comedians are the worst," but really it's just an excuse for Paul Mooney and Tom Hanks to act like obnoxious tools.
This Weekend Update segment was cut for time on this week's episode of SNL but NBC tossed it up on YouTube. It's not like anyone is going to complain about more time with Tom Hanks.Tom Hanks, America's dad, has a heart-to-heart with the USA on 'SNL'
Tom Hanks brings back 'Sully' to fight with Alec Baldwin on 'SNL

These days, the iPhone and iPad are Apple's bread and butter. But before they arrived on the scene to help Apple become the largest technology company in the world, the iPod was the shining star.
The original iPod was released exactly 15 years ago on Oct. 23, 2001. Steve Jobs's pitch was simple: 1,000 digital songs in a sleek device about the size of a deck of cards.
Then with the iTunes Store, Apple revolutionized and legitimized music downloads. As the iPod grew more popular and opened up to s

Everyone has something to say about the gluten free diet. It’s a fad. It’s good for you. It’s bad for you. It’s expensive. It might make you lose weight, possibly gain it, and it’s guaranteed to make you annoying.
So, I was gluten free before it was a thing
But here’s the one thing that really matters: now that everyone and Gwyneth Paltrow have jumped on the gluten free bandwagon, there are a lot more food options out there that are safe for gluten sensit

Everyone has something to say about the gluten free diet. It’s a fad. It’s good for you. It’s bad for you. It’s expensive. It might make you lose weight, possibly gain it, and it’s guaranteed to make you annoying.
So, I was gluten free before it was a thing
But here’s the one thing that really matters: now that everyone and Gwyneth Paltrow have jumped on the gluten free bandwagon, there are a lot more food options out there that are safe for gluten sensit

Some dogs are just destined for greatness.
Meet Tea, a 5-year-old Afghan hound who's become something of an internet sensation in the past year. With her long silky locks, excellent posture and vacant stares, 'Tea' has everything it takes to become an international pup supermodel.
SEE ALSO: 15 dogs that have no idea how to use the dog bed
Just look at her.Tea lives in Sydney, Australia, with her owner, Luke Kavanagh. He knew she was beautiful, but he never quite expected Tea to become this

The best part of Halloween is finally here: dogs in costumes.
New York City's finest pups showed off their spookiest, most creative Howl-o-ween getups Saturday at the 26th annual Tompkins Square Park Halloween Dog Parade.
SEE ALSO: 20 dog Halloween costumes, because we need something nice during this election
For the most hardcore Halloween fans, there was also the annual costume contest, where dogs (and their humans) strutted their stuff for a panel of judges and emcee Giuliana Rancic.
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Tom Hanks hosted this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, and took on the role of Chris Wallace as the show skewered the final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. "Tonight is going to be a lot like the third Lord of the Rings movie: you don’t really want to watch, but hey, you’ve come this far."
This was pretty much the tone of the entire sketch: a sort of resignation that it will all be over soon. The cold open hit all of the highlights of the final debate

The past few months has left us – all of us – agape at the often shocking and seemingly endless election cycle in the United States. But in tiny Iceland (population 323,000) something equally interesting is happening. The Icelandic Pirate Party, once considered to be a fringe political movement, is about to score an unprecedented election win. Current polls suggest that it will sweep up around 20 percent of the vote. As a result, it’s highly probable t