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Alexis Kleinman
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Alexis graduated from Princeton University in 2012 and is an intern for Huffington Post Business.

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11 Days Of The Year Americans Watch The Least Porn

(14) Comments | Posted January 17, 2013 | 1:44 PM

Americans watch a lot of porn. Data from 2006 showed around 40 million Americans watched Internet porn regularly, and around 35 percent of all Internet downloads were pornographic.

What's more interesting is that it seems Americans are in sync with their porn-watching habits. According to PornHub,...

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Michelle Obama Joins Twitter As @FLOTUS

(9) Comments | Posted January 17, 2013 | 1:33 PM

Thursday is Michelle Obama's 49th birthday, and she is celebrating by starting a new Twitter account.

The First Lady's new Twitter handle, @FLOTUS (short for "First Lady Of The United States"), is, in a way, her first real foray onto Twitter. The handle @MichelleObama...

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12 Ways To Get Ahead At Work Without Really Trying

(13) Comments | Posted January 16, 2013 | 2:24 PM

Of course we all want to be better employees than we are. But there are only so many hours in the day, and sometimes it's just not possible to, you know, sleep or move your body quickly for prolonged periods of time.

That's why we've compiled...

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6 Things The GOP Doesn't Want You To Know About The Debt Ceiling

(1314) Comments | Posted January 15, 2013 | 4:26 PM

If you only listened to the noise in Washington, you'd think it really difficult to raise the country's debt ceiling. Truth is, it's not really so tough at all.

Not that anyone took the time to tell the Republicans. Just, like, minutes after reaching a deal to...

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Cafe Offers Coffee Discount For Being Semi-Decent Human Being (PHOTO)

(114) Comments | Posted January 14, 2013 | 3:31 PM

Sure, maybe you're a little cranky because you have yet to get your morning caffeine fix. But is that a good reason to treat everyone around you really terribly? No!!! That's why we salute this (presumably Italian) cafe for charging rude customers more for their coffee. Great idea or the...

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Walmart In New Jersey Mistakenly Sells Fake iPad, Initially Refuses To Refund Customer

(128) Comments | Posted January 14, 2013 | 12:50 PM

Buying an iPad should be a treat. But more and more often, consumers are being tricked.

iPad scams are on the rise, and a recent one in New Jersey shows how important it is to check what you're buying before you take it home. Jamie Frick paid $499...

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Tim Geithner Tells People They're Wrong With His Face, Laughs (VIDEO)

(77) Comments | Posted January 11, 2013 | 4:26 PM

For years, Tim Geithner has been there for us. Whenever Congress needed to let off steam, Tim was there. Whenever a lawmaker needed to be told they didn't quite understand what they were talking about, Tim was there. Even when we just needed to see a good eye-roll on television,...

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15 Companies With Impossibly Terrible Customer Service

(989) Comments | Posted January 9, 2013 | 12:47 PM

Nothing puts people in a worse mood than having a problem with a product, except waiting on hold for hours with no sign of help or humanity.

The American Customer Satisfaction Index recently rated U.S. companies on their customer service, letting us know who to avoid, while...

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9 Ways To Prove Joe Stiglitz Is Right About Climate Change Hurting The Economy

(2133) Comments | Posted January 8, 2013 | 3:22 PM

Economist Joseph Stiglitz recently announced that he believes climate change is the most important issue facing the U.S. economy today. Certainly, climate change is serious global issue, but how exactly will it affect the U.S. economy? What follows are some statistics on climate change's impact on the U.S....

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14 Absurd Inventions Never Recognized For Their True Genius (PHOTOS)

(225) Comments | Posted January 7, 2013 | 3:27 PM

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Actually, necessity is the mother of good invention. Boredom and laziness are the parents of many other inventions.

Somebody thought they were going to hit it big with the neck cleaner and the baby mop, but instead they've ended up here,...

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My Friend, The Comedy Podcast

(8) Comments | Posted January 3, 2013 | 5:17 PM

Every night when I go to sleep, I have the sounds of Comedy Bang Bang or Doug Loves Movies flowing through my ears. As I step on the subway, I'm listening to Who Charted? or The Todd Glass Show.

There are a few reasons I'm always listening to podcasts. For...

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13 Things Rich People Don't Know Are Super Cheap (PHOTOS)

(453) Comments | Posted January 3, 2013 | 1:12 PM

When you have billions of dollars burning a hole in your pocket, regular home goods just won't cut it.

Once you start using $120 soap, you can't just throw your trash in a regular trash can. And once you have a gold trash can, you can't...

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8 Ordinary People Who Did Amazing Things In 2012

(4) Comments | Posted December 31, 2012 | 12:00 PM

It doesn't take all that much to be a good employee. But to be one of the best? Now that takes character.

The following workers saved lives, rescued sick customers, returned lost money and performed tasks that customers never thought plausible. Hats off to you all.

Check out the...

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Sam Swicegood, Pizza Hut Delivery Man, Allegedly Demoted For Defending Himself Against Attackers

(1533) Comments | Posted December 31, 2012 | 11:01 AM

For Sam Swicegood, a college student working as a Pizza Hut delivery man in Maryland, a matter of self defense came with a hefty price tag.

Swicegood told Fox 45 he was demoted from his job after defending himself against five teenage attackers while delivering a pizza. Swicegood...

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Warren Buffett On Fiscal Cliff: 'We'll Get It Solved'

(2416) Comments | Posted December 28, 2012 | 2:19 PM

Warren Buffett is not worried about the impending fiscal cliff, so we can all probably calm down now.

In an interview with BBC Radio 4 Friday morning, the "Oracle Of Omaha" proclaimed: "We're a rich country. It can be solved... We'll be able to overcome...

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Rick Santelli Loses It Over The 'Fiscal Cliff' Live On CNBC (VIDEO)

(1671) Comments | Posted December 27, 2012 | 11:21 AM

CNBC's resident screaming head Rick Santelli is at it again, and this time he's got some strong words for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.

During a discussion on the so-called fiscal cliff on Thursday, Santelli grew louder, eventually shouting into the camera and overpowering CNBC contributor and trader...

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15 Private Islands Of The Rich And Famous (PHOTOS)

(476) Comments | Posted December 26, 2012 | 3:30 PM

Nowadays, you don't have to be super-duper rich to buy a private island, just normal super-rich with sprinkles of eccentricity. So fill out that business school application or pack your bags for Hollywood, dear reader. Because this is America. And in America, it's isolated happiness on an faraway...

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UPS Driver Caught Stealing Couple's New iPad Mini (VIDEO)

(543) Comments | Posted December 21, 2012 | 12:35 PM

On Wednesday morning, Sandra and Al Alverson of Houston, Tex., received an email from FedEx with good news: Their new iPad Mini had been delivered, according to KHOU. Hooray for the holidays! Hooray for good cheer!

Only one problem: It was nowhere to be found. Luckily, the...

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Santa The Salesman: Holiday Ads Through The Years (PHOTOS)

(36) Comments | Posted December 19, 2012 | 1:40 PM

Nothing says time to buy vacuums, beer or cooking accessories quite like Santa Claus.

Everyone has seen Santa Claus in Coca-Cola ads, but he's also been the face of many other products throughout the years.

Stores have used Santa as a spokesman for as long as they've...

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12 Items Walmart Apparently Considers More Dangerous Than Assault Weapons

(2802) Comments | Posted December 18, 2012 | 2:36 PM

Walmart sells almost everything inside its enormous stores, including guns and ammunition. But some items are just so dangerous that the retail giant doesn't dare stock them.

We're talking about books and Barbies. Over the years, Walmart's banned a variety of dangerous CDs,

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