By Drew Grant 8/29/12 11:32am

Drugs

How bad could something this cool-looking be? (Getty Images)

First They Came for Sparks and Four Loko, and We Said Nothing: New York Attorney General Looks to Ban Energy Drinks Without Alcohol

Your 2:30 p.m. feeling is about to get a little rougher … at least if Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has his way. He is launching a probe to look into the “advertising, marketing, promotion, ingredients, usage and sale” of energy drinks, which include high amounts of caffeine and god knows what else, and which some opponents claim are marketed to teenagers. The three brands included in the probe are Monster, AMP and 5-hour Energy. (The latter of which we never thought of as a “drink” so much as a disgusting liquid dare waiting to happen. But then again, we aren’t the F.D.A.) Read More

By Drew Grant 8/14/12 2:47pm

dictionary definitions

Still need to define 'Sexting'

‘F-Bomb,’ ‘Sexting’ and ‘Aha Moment’ Added to Dictionary

This year, 15 definitions will be added to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Some of them are more than one word (‘energy drink,’ which clearly needed to be defined by someone other than the FDA)! Some of them only apply to Carly Rae Jepsen songs (‘earworm’)! Some of them come from Oprah (‘aha moment’), while some are based on what your child is probably doing this very moment (‘sexting’)! Let’s take a full look at the list of yet-to-be-defined words, shall we? Read More