Florida Lovebirds Make $90,000 in Six Months Stealing Baby Formula
Low on cash? Florida's here to help you out with one of its signature, foolproof money-making schemes: stealing baby formula. The Sun Sentinel reports the fall of baby formula's Bonnie and Clyde,...
View ArticleRussia Warned FBI About Tamerlan Tsarnaev Before Bombing
New details about the brothers suspected of being behind the Boston Marathon have slowly trickled out today. Investigators are now focusing on a 2011 trip to Russia by the older brother, Tamerlan...
View ArticlePolice Release Thermal Imaging Video Of Captue of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Police used thermal imaging from a helicopter to monitor Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's movement inside of the boat he had been hiding in, when they apprehended him Friday night. Dzhokhar, who was bleeding...
View ArticleUnchill Shooting Injures Three and a Dog at Denver 4/20 Celebration
Loud noises and running cops figure into every paranoid stoner's nightmares, but Denver got both in real life yesterday at their packed pot celebration. The collective mellows of the tens of thousands...
View ArticleCops Who Pepper-Sprayed, Punched Occupy Protesters Escape DA Charges
After more than a year, the Manhattan District Attorney has finally dished out some slow-moving "justice" to a pair of infamous cops who punched or pepper-sprayed Occupy Wall Street protesters: do...
View ArticleChina Wants to Ban Superstition, Mandate Science
China's on a mission to ban superstition, according to Reuters. In a rare public forum, the head of China's State Administration of Religious Affairs, Wang Zuoan, announced the government's official...
View ArticleDzhokhar Tsarnaev Might Have Tried to Kill Himself During Apprehension
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remains heavily sedated at a Boston Hospital, as investigators wait for him to regain the ability to communicate before they interrogate him. Unfortunately for investigators, he...
View ArticleBride Allegedly Steals $72,000 in Wedding Gifts
A husband is suing his wife of barely a week for stealing $72,000 worth of wedding gifts, according to the New York Post. She allegedly kept the $24,000 two-carat diamond engagement ring, snatched a...
View ArticleHalf of New York City is Poor
In a study that surprises almost no one, the Bloomberg administration has found that half of New York City residents are "poor" or "near-poor" meaning that they were "making less than 150 percent of...
View ArticleReese Witherspoon Arrested, Shouts 'Do You Know My Name?' at Police
Drunk driving is, generally speaking, a bad idea, even if you're, say, the husband of a wealthy movie star. A worse idea? Deciding to drunkenly berate the police officers arresting your husband,...
View ArticleBoston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is reportedly awake and responding...
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is reportedly awake and responding in writing to questions from investigators.
View ArticleA brand new TV anchor's first words on-air? "Fuckin' Shit!" Seems to be a...
A brand new TV anchor's first words on-air? "Fuckin' Shit!" Seems to be a recurring theme for local TV reporters.
View ArticleRupert Murdoch Is Getting Into Transcendental Meditation
Perhaps stressed by the Koch Brothers' reported interest in buying up major newspapers across the country, Rupert Murdoch has taken up a new hobby: transcendental meditation. Murdoch tweeted the news...
View ArticleFrench Sailor Punches Crocodile Latched Onto His Head, Survives
A French sailor in Australia narrowly escaped death after being attacked by a crocodile. Yoann Galeran, a 29-year-old deckhand, was swimming out to retrieve a dinghy in Nhulunbuy, Australia when he...
View ArticleOne week after a gut-wrenching Times op-ed, over half the prisoners at...
One week after a gut-wrenching Times op-ed, over half the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are now on hunger strike.
View ArticleWelcome to the New Gawker
Same as the old Gawker. Sort of. As you can see, a few things are different around here this morning. But let's start with what's not changing. Gawker has adopted a number of different personalities...
View ArticlePolice Believe Marathon Bombing Suspects Were Planning Terror Spree
With the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings finally awake and apparently answering questions, authorities are eager to see if their suspicion that he and his older brother were...
View ArticleCarl's Jr. Starts Testing Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich on 4/20
Carl's Jr. continues to dig its greasy claws into the munchies market, one "high-dea" at a time. Its latest fully-baked product: A Hand-Scooped Strawberry Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich, which was...
View ArticleSki Town's Most Exciting Incident in Years: High-Speed Giraffe Chase
Amid reports of a vandalized hot tub cover and a stolen snowboard, one item on the sleepy police blotter for the ski resort town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, stood out for being the most exciting...
View ArticleHere Are the Best Dumb Things Ryan Lochte Said on His Reality Show
Ryan Lochte is a douchebag with gills, George W. Bush without the evil and/or a golden lab turned into a human. His fame, his good looks, his 11 Olympic medals, his seeming good nature, his unending...
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