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Why Aren't You Buying These Lighthouses Yet? Time Is Running Out

The minutes are ticking away, friend, and with them your chance to buy one of two New England lighthouses currently for sale and live in it, like an old retired sea captain or a pirate's ghost. What the hell are you waiting for?

Ha Ha, Did the Tea Party Boycott Ebony Magazine? (No.)

Early Wednesday afternoon, the Twitter account of Ebony magazine raised an alarm about a distressing new campaign targeting the magazine:

Babysitter Distracted by Facebook Lets Little Girl Drown

A woman who was temporarily put in charge of her friend's children accidentally let one of them drown while she was busy checking Facebook on her phone.

Dolphins Recall Shit from Two Decades Ago, Love Bringing Up Old Drama

Dolphins are quickly proving themselves to be the Camille-at-a-Dinner Party’s of the sea, as a new study has shown they remember things they heard twenty years ago and are not shy about repeating them, even though we were all having a perfectly nice time until you started bring up OLD, TIRED DRAMA, CAMILLE.

Tuesday afternoon, a man fishing at Inlet State Park in New Jersey reeled in an Adidas high-top sneaker, which contained the skeletal remains of someone's right foot. Colored nail polish was still visible on several of the toes, though the gender and age of the victim is still unknown.

Photos from Ariel Castro Kidnapping House Add New Layer to the Horror

Before it was demolished today, convicted kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro's Cleveland house was scoured by investigators for evidence besides the three brutalized women who escaped from the home back in May. The photos yielded from that evidentiary search are grim, and they offer a disturbing look at the atrocities Castro conducted and how much care he took to imprison three women and a child for almost a decade.

Miami Beach police today extended their condolences to the family of Israel Hernandez, an 18-year-old who died after cops Tasered him for tagging a building and fleeing.

New York Times Memo: "The Times Is Not for Sale"

In the wake of this week's surprise sale of the Washington Post to Amazon kingpin Jeff Bezos, it's only natural that the shock waves would roll up north, to the hallowed halls of the New York Times. Would the Times be the next vaunted legacy media property to fall into the soft hands of an internet-rich arriviste (like the Post, like The New Republic, etc.)? According to a new email circulated tonight through the Times Company, from chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and vice chairman Michael Goldman, the answer to that is no.

Maggot-Filled Sandwich From Atlanta Airport Caused "Parmesan to Move"

When Joel Woloshuk bought a focaccia sandwich last Wednesday at a restaurant in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, he noticed something moving on the bread. "I'm looking at what I thought was parmesan, right? Then the parmesan started to move," Woloshuk said.

"If that is her, I guess it’s a little weird and disturbing. It’s obviously a behavioral pattern that is way bigger than me,” Drake told XXL Magazine, in response to a question about Amanda Bynes' "I want Drake to murder my vagina" tweet.

The NSA Is Copying and Processing All Emails That Leave the U.S.

Emailing your auntie in Pakistan, or your old roommate in France? The NSA's computers already know.

Sure, we could talk about the upcoming release of Lady Gaga's third studio album ARTPOP. Or the controversy surrounding the album's (alleged) first leaked song, the "burqa swag" anthem "Aura."

Three People Win $448 Million Lottery Jackpot, Fourth-Highest Ever

Last night, three lottery-ticket-purchasers won the lottery, sharing a total jackpot of $448 million. Two of the winners are from New Jersey, one is from Minnesota.

Escape artist Anthony Martin went skydiving while locked and chained inside a coffin. He freed himself while falling and parachuted to safety. I'm sorry, but that is awesome.

Having grown tired of waiting on his baby girl Sophia to give him a break and just eat her vegetables already, one tricky Troll Dad goes to Plan B: The Ol' Kit Kat Switcheroo.

Oh My God Beyoncé's Hair Is Gone; Where Did Beyoncé's Hair Go?

A few weeks ago, Beyoncé's hair got hilariously stuck in a fan while she was attempting to move thousands to tears via an emotional performance of "Halo." Now, perhaps out of a mistaken belief that fans run on Beyoncé hair instead of electricity, Beyoncé has chopped off all her long hair, in an ambitious tactical maneuver designed to starve the world's fans.

Was Daft Punk's Colbert Report cancellation part of a bigger plan to promote this year's MTV Video Music Awards? Billboard says maybe, the New York Times doesn't seem to agree. The plot thickens, and if there's one thing a thickening plot is good for, it's promoting the VMAs.

Sanjay Gupta Is All For Weed Now

Alert, medical professionals: television doctor and 2003 People magazine "Sexiest Man Alive" runner-up Sanjay Gupta now supports medical marijuana. Please update your science textbooks.

LA Restaurant Unveils Fancy 'Water Menu,' Offers 'Water Sommelier'

A fancy shmancy restaurant located inside a Los Angeles County museum is taking pretension as art to its illogical conclusion by introducing what it calls "LA's most extensive Water Menu."

Sean Sasser, who dated The Real World: San Francisco's Pedro Zamora and married him on the show, has died of mesothelioma at age 44. Sasser shared his life and HIV status (he was positive) with the world all the way back in 1994. He was truly courageous.

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