Exciting Day for Meat: All The Meats Are Getting New Names
Looks like one more staple of Americana was just added to the list of things we'll have to explain to our space-children a thousand years from now when they ask us "What was April 4, 2013 like?" Pork...
View ArticleJeremy Irons: Gay Marriage Will Cause Fathers to Marry Their Sons
Jeremy Irons gave an interview to Huffington Post Live yesterday and and the 64-year-old Oscar winner and one-time relevant actor had some interesting ideas about gay marriage. But did Irons take the...
View ArticlePresident Obama Called Kamala Harris 'the Best Looking Attorney General'
While giving a speech at a fundraiser in Atherton, California on Thursday, President Obama had some kind words for California attorney general Kamala Harris, a potential gubernatorial candidate in...
View ArticleIllegal Building Collapse Kills 45, Injures 50 Near Mumbai
An illegally-constructed, half-completed building in the Mumbai suburb of Thane collapsed on Thursday evening, killing at least 45 people, including several children. Over 50 people were injured, and...
View ArticleFor The First Time, Majority of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization
The first national poll to ask potential voters their thoughts on marijuana since two states legalized the drug back in November has found that support for legalization is now a majority opinion for...
View ArticleFederal Judge Decides the Morning-After Pill Must Be Available Over the...
A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled that the FDA must make the "morning-after" pill available over the counter for all ages, rather than requiring a prescription for girls 16 and under. This ruling is...
View ArticleThe James Bond of Sweden Sells Spark Plugs: A Dispatch From the Nybro Action...
The Nybro Action Team consists of Hjalmar Sveinbjőrnsson and Alex Bejerstrand, two under-employed roommates living in Nybro, a small industrial town in southern Sweden. Hjalmar is a chef; Alex takes...
View ArticleDid a Fashion-CEO Friend of Bill Clinton Give His Match.com Date Herpes?
It's a story as old as love: You meet a gorgeous guy online who regales you with stories about his pal Bill Clinton over drinks at the Surrey Hotel. Heady with glee, you accompany this former CEO to...
View ArticleMiddle School Students Short on Lunch Money Ordered to Throw Food in the Trash
There is sufficient blame to go around after cafeteria workers at a middle school in Attleboro, Massachusetts reportedly ordered over two dozen students to throw their food away because they had a...
View ArticleNorth Korea Telling Diplomats Their Safety 'Cannot Be Guaranteed'
In move that seems to cater the gossip set interested in international relations and possible nuclear war, North Korean officials told Russian officials to consider evacuating the Russian embassy in...
View ArticleFilmmaker Who Immersed Himself in Homeless Life as Part of Journalism Job...
An up-and-coming filmmaker who had decided to live on the streets for a week to document the plight of the local homeless population was found dead inside a boarded-up hostel just three days after his...
View ArticleThe Five Million Dollars Amazon's Jeff Bezos (and Others) JUST Invested in...
Jeff Bezos, Time magazine man of the year 1999, has invested $5 million in the news and slideshow website Business Insider. Bezos' net worth is something like $25 billion, so in real-people money, $5...
View ArticleNo One Can Stop Earth's Insatiable Hunger for Meat and Tissues Now
The human race: We're reportedly eating more meat than ever, thanks to exploding populations in Brazil and China. You know what else we're nomming on these days? Kleenex, bitches! The recently ousted...
View ArticleGay Restaurant Owners Forced to Shut Down After Homophobic Slurs from...
It's been just over four months since chef Dave Claringbould decided to realize his dream of owning his own restaurant after fifteen years in the restaurant business. But this week, he and his...
View ArticleIncident at a Daycare in Gatineau, Quebec Leaves One Dead, Children Unharmed...
Police were called to a home-based daycare in Gatineau earlier this morning after reports of gunshots—and about 20 police vehicles arrived in the residential area. None of the 53 children at the...
View ArticleDon't Worry, That Black Liquid Creeping Up Your Driveway and Choking Birds...
So you live in Mayflower, Arkansas, where that ExxonMobil pipeline sighed open last Friday, and now your street's been full of a stinky dark tar slurry, like diarrhea of the gods, spitting forth a...
View ArticleTechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington's History of Abuse Allegations Includes...
When TechCrunch founder turned venture capitalist Mike Arrington was accused last week of rape and abuse by an ex-girlfriend, many in Silicon Valley were shocked, but not entirely surprised. This is...
View ArticleDrunk, Naked Fisherman Paddles Across Croc-Infested River on a Log to Win Bet...
"I'd enjoyed a few beers and it seemed a good idea at the time," said an unnamed angler who recounted to the Northern Territory News a recent misadventure involving a log, a paddle, a lack of...
View ArticleSurreptitiously Recorded Video Chronicles One Family's Hilarious 'Football...
Now this is a football highlight reel. YouTuber BionicHeehaw writes: "I secretly filmed my friend (an Eagles fan), his brother (a Seahawks fan) and their father (a Cowboys fan) every Sunday for the...
View ArticleMansplainer, For Men: Why Don't Women Like It When You Tell Them They're Hot,...
Dylan Byers, the dumbest media-news reporter in the business, has been thinking a lot during the past 24 hours about the difficulties of being a man. The Politico, America's worst media outlet and...
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