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May 2014

The Story Behind the Worst Movie on IMDb
Where Circumcision Rates Have Fallen
Jobless Benefits Are Disappearing Much Faster Than Jobs Are Appearing
A Call For FiveThirtyEight Summer Interns
The Problems With The New Republic’s Senate Rankings
Why Spider-Man Should Just Take the Subway
There’s a 97 Percent Chance to Win, But Don’t Relax
Do Fewer Unions Make Countries More Competitive?
Sorry Democrats, Marijuana Doesn’t Bring Young Voters to the Polls
The Jobs Numbers Are Wrong, But Don’t Blame Obama’s ‘Chicago Guys’
The 11 Defining Features Of The Summer Blockbuster
The Spot in MLB Lineups Where Managers Are Still Ignoring Sabermetrics
A Really Weird Jobs Report
The ‘Blame Bush’ Era May Be at an End
Who’s Getting a Good Night’s Sleep?
We’re Still Waiting for Stephen Strasburg to Surpass Cliff Lee
Tactical Voting And Terrible Singers: Welcome to the Eurovision Song Contest
Got a Billion Dollars? Buy the Clippers
Seasonal Quirks Might Help Explain the Strange Jobs Report
The Students Most Likely to Take Our Jobs
Thoroughbreds Are Running as Fast as They Can
Ctrl + ← Pointless Meetings, Censorship And Other Stuff
How Much Source Material Does HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Have Left to Work With?
Guess Who Cares For Young Adults When They Move Back Home
The Age of Tea Party Members in Congress
Good News: You Won Game 7; Bad News: You’re Less Likely to Win Round 2
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Marlins?
In the Papers: The Effects of Increasing Social Security Benefits
Anti-Aging Solutions, And the Scientists Who Love Them
More Data Analysts Went Looking For the South And Midwest, And Here’s What They Found
The Many Preventable Workplace Injuries in Superhero Movies
The Odds Michael Sam Will Be Picked in the NFL Draft
The Thunder’s Slow Starters Couldn’t Keep Up With the Clippers
The Trade Report Paradox
Are Democrats in Worse Shape Than They Were in 2010?
A BuzzFeed Parody Made Real: Was Monica Lewinsky Really That Bad For Bill Clinton?
It Matters That the Nets Went 4-0 Against the Heat in the Regular Season
Kidnapping of Girls in Nigeria Is Part of a Worsening Problem (Updated)
The Baseball Video Game Championship Belt
Eat More Nuts (And Vegetables, And Don’t Forget to Exercise And Quit Smoking)
‘Inequality’ Booms on MSNBC And Fox News (CNN’s Looking For Flight 370)
What Baby Boomers’ Retirement Means For the U.S. Economy
The Trail Blazers Aren’t Playing the Rockets Anymore
Has the AL East Just Been Unlucky?
Increase in Labor Costs Is Weaker Than It First Appears
Young Voters in 2014 May Be Less Democratic-Leaning Than in 2010 And 2012
Why the Best Scoring Margin Doesn’t Guarantee a Championship in European Soccer
Midterm Election Turnout Isn’t So Different From Presidential Year Turnout
Would You Waterboard a Suspected Terrorist? Easy Answers to Difficult Questions.
How Roy Hibbert Became Roy Hibbert Again, If Only For a Night
No Team Can Beat the Draft
How Does Nolan Arenado’s 27-Game Hitting Streak Stack Up?
Could Mitt Romney Be the New Dick Nixon?
Alibaba Is the Latest, Biggest Sign of Americans’ Growing Interest in Chinese Stocks
Americans Will Burn Less Oil 25 Years From Now
Why 2014’s NFL Draft Picks Should Hope Next Year’s Picks Are Bad
When Should You Draft a Quarterback in the First Round?
The Most Blockbuster-y Movie Ever
With Runners On Base, Joey Votto Lets Too Many Good Chances Go By
Chris Bosh Doesn’t Block Shots, But Who Cares?
The Future of the U.S. Oil Boom Is Anyone’s Guess
The Job Market’s Giving Us Mixed Messages
More on Joey Votto’s Swinging Habits
Every Day, Your Mom Wasted 90 Minutes of Her Life On You, So Get Her a Present
Quick Thoughts on Michael Sam to the Rams
Fairness vs. Freedom: Is Politics Going Back to the 1970s?
Where Cheerleading Ranks in Safety Among High School Sports
Ctrl + ← ‘Friends,’ Film Critics And Rappers
Why the Housing Bubble Tanked the Economy And the Tech Bubble Didn’t
Which Is Better: A Hitting Streak Or an On-Base Streak?
A Crowdsourced List of Workplace Accidents in the Top Superhero Movies
The Bipartisan, Cross-Network Love Affair With Putin’s Bare Chest
In the Papers: A Look at the First Major Government-Sponsored Welfare Program
Which Positions Teams Valued Most in the 2014 NFL Draft
A Big Debate About Baby Boomers
NFL Teams Increasingly Hang on to Their Star Draftees
Acid Rain’s Dirty Legacy
Mapping Kidnappings in Nigeria (Updated)
Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts: A Battle of Values
How LeBron James Disassembled the Nets
Game 7 is a Great Time to Get Physical
American Generosity, State by State
More People Are Running; Fewer Are Playing Bar Sports
God Doesn’t Hate Cleveland
The 2014 Election Is the Least Important in Years
Will Incumbency Save McConnell, Pryor And Landrieu?
Meet the Man Who Preserved Decades of NBA History
The Pacers Got Manhandled on the Glass
Are Businesswomen With Short Hair a Cut Above the Rest?
Maps of Access to Abortion by State
Breaking Down the Young Billionaires Club
Jill Abramson Wouldn’t Be the Only Female Editor to Face a Pay Gap
The Slow Death of American Entrepreneurship
The Spurs’ And Heat’s Road to the Conference Finals
Marco Rubio’s Problem Isn’t What You Think It Is
We Just Got Some Conflicting Economic Data
The Mystery Sabermetrics Still Can’t Solve
This Man Has Worked For the NBA For the League’s Entire History
Game 7: Stats vs. Ducks
An Anti-Death-Penalty Majority Might Be on Its Way … in 2044
The Thunder May Have Just Discovered an Amazing New Lineup
What Speed Typing Has to Do With NBA History
Developers See a Future With Fewer Picket Fences And More Leases
How Americans Like Their Steak
Ukraine’s Population Challenge
Same-Sex Couples Settle Down More Often in States That Welcome Them
Ctrl + ← Awkward Silences, the English and Mice
The Miami Heat Couldn’t Defend the Most Basic Play in Basketball
The Dream of the ’90s is Alive in New York And Montreal
In the Papers: Stimulus Spending, Investing And Paying Off Debt
Only 11 States Have Ever Elected Both a Female Governor And Senator
How Much College Quarterbacks Are Worth
What to Watch For in Georgia’s Republican Senate Primary
The Spurs Noticed Serge Ibaka Wasn’t on the Court
The One That Got Away Comes Back to Haunt the Canadiens
Oregon’s Mail-in Voting Makes Scandal Unlikely to Sink Wehby
How Much Is Winning the (NBA Draft) Lottery Really Worth?
Our Story About What the Media Said About What Karl Rove Said About Hillary Clinton’s Health
I Stand Corrected About the Best Kind of Desk
The Heat Do as Much Damage in the Fourth Quarter as in the First Three Combined
Only 9 NBA Players Got Concussions This Year
Latest Same-Sex Marriage Rulings Prove That Scalia Was Right
Who’s the ‘Hottest’ Goalie in the Playoffs?
Cutting Off Emergency Unemployment Benefits Hasn’t Pushed People Back to Work
Do Video Games Make Good Movies And TV Shows?
Why the Blackhawks’ Offense Is Struggling Against the Kings
What’s Behind a ‘Hot’ Goalie’s Bad Game (Besides a Jinx)
What Do McDonald’s Workers Really Make Per Hour?
‘Tea Party’ Has Outlived Its Usefulness
The Triple Crown Slump Is Even Slumpier Than You Think
Dear Mona, I’m 32 and Live With a Roommate, Am I Normal?
Should Landon Donovan Be Going to the World Cup?
How Thailand’s Coup Could Affect Its Economy
Is Patrick Peterson a Better Cornerback Than Richard Sherman?
When to Sign an NBA Player to the Max
Casting the Ideal Challenger to Hillary Clinton
Ctrl + ← Renting, Buying, Rookie Quarterbacks and Immigration
How Tennis Officials Are Trying to Make the Game Fair
The Devil vs. Richard Sherman
Be Skeptical of Both Piketty And His Skeptics
The Midseason Acquisitions Who Are Making Major Strides in the NHL Postseason
The Heat Should Keep Playing Small Ball
Is College Worth It? It Depends on Whether You Graduate
How an Order for 10 Submarines Led to Misleading News on the Economy
Dr. Wikipedia Isn’t So Smart, But Lots of People Are Visiting Her
How the Thunder Won Game 4
The Disappearance of Conservative Commencement Speakers
The LA Kings Rediscovered Their Offense Just in Time
Worry About Johnny Manziel’s Weight, Not His Height
Inside the Shadowy World of High-Speed Tennis Betting
The Pacers Are Better Than the Heat (At Least When It Comes to Starting Lineups)
How Worried Should We Be About the Negative GDP Report?
How to Tell Someone’s Age When All You Know Is Her Name
Republicans Are Likely to Maintain Edge in Governorships
In NHL Playoffs, Plan For a Quick Overtime
What We Know About Kids, Sports And Concussions
The 100 Most-Edited Wikipedia Articles
How the Spurs Boxed in Kevin Durant
Dear Mona, I Masturbate More Than Once a Day. Am I Normal?
Even A Team’s Fifth Starting Pitcher Matters When Trying to Make the Playoffs
Here’s Why the Rangers Will Face Their Toughest Test in the Stanley Cup Final
Three-Way Governor’s Race Could Get Messy For Cuomo
The Last Teams Standing in the NBA Playoffs Are No Surprise
The Heat Dispatched the Pacers … From a Distance
Blackhawks Force Game 7 to Keep Dynasty Talk Alive
Happy Birthday Nadal! You’re Probably Too Old to Pass Federer