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Physicist Brian Cox, poses with his OBE (Order of the British Empire), after he was awarded it by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on October 21, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Dominic Lipinski/Pool (Photo credit should read Dominic Lipinski/AFP/Getty Images)

Prof Brian Cox: Gorgeous Lips; Lovely Smile; Crap Scientist

Professor Brian Cox undoubtedly has the prettiest lips in the world of celebrity physics. That – together with his cute, knowing little half-smile; his Charlatans-style haircut; and his early incarnation as keyboard player with New Labour’s favourite one-hit-wonder band D:Ream – explains why he has become the BBC’s go-to popular science presenter.

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AP Report: Islamic State Used ‘Islam for Dummies’ to Train Recruits

The Associated Press published a report on Monday, compiled from court testimony and interviews with former ISIS fighters, that painted a dim picture of the Islamic State’s recruits. The early waves, in particular, were so clueless that some of them had to order Islam for Dummies from Amazon.com to brush up on the religion.

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Ann Coulter: How the Media Work

If the media can strangle Trump by terrorizing people about everything he says, then it’s already over. I’m inclined to think Americans hate the media too much for that to work, but even sensible people can’t think straight in the middle of one of these hate campaigns.

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Pundits Praise Addition of Bannon to Trump Campaign: ‘Anti-Establishment’ ‘Populist Warrior Who Revels in the Fight’ and ‘Pissing Off the Right People’

Conservatives pundits eager for a full-throated campaign against the Clinton machine cheered the announcement on Wednesday that Breitbart Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon and pollster Kellyanne Conway would be taking over leadership of the Trump campaign, as CEO and manager respectively.

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Nate Parker Witch Hunt Escalates: He Killed Her, Too!

Entertainment journalists produced a shocking new allegation against filmmaker Nate Parker Monday night in their retrial of his 1999 rape case. Parker, they insinuated, was responsible for the suicide of a woman who accused him of sexual assault — apparently because she was so distraught that the justice system concluded he was not guilty.