High School Student Won't Face Charges for Exploding Science Project
Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old high school student who made news earlier this month after her misguided science experiment created a small explosion on school property, will not face felony charges for...
View ArticleGoogle Wallet Will Soon Allow You to Send Money as a Gmail Attachment
Google has been trying to get its electronic payment service, Google Wallet, off the ground for years now, but as the months dragged on Wallet was getting about as much traction as its sister service...
View ArticleSmelly Socks Attract Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes
If you’re in a tropical country and looking to avoid malaria, the scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have an easy pro-tip for you: wash your damn socks. Researchers placed...
View ArticleAccording to local officials, several people were killed and over 100 were...
According to local officials, several people were killed and over 100 were injured in a powerful storm in north Texas. The National Weather Service said there were reports of a mile-wide tornado in the...
View ArticleNational Review Writer Ejected for Grabbing Woman's Phone, Throwing It
National Review writer Kevin Williamson has an interesting post up at The Corner right now. The post describes his trip to the theater Wednesday night, which was disrupted by a woman next to him who...
View ArticleTornadoes Hit North Texas, At Least Six Dead and Hundreds Injured
A tornado outbreak ripped through north Texas last night, killing at least six, and leaving hundreds injured. Particularly hard-hit was the small town of Granbury, Texas, which saw two neighborhoods...
View ArticleDzhokhar Left a Note in the Boat He Was Hiding In, Sources tell CBS
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one-half of the alleged Boston marathon bombers, left a note in the boat he was hiding in during the final hours of the April 19th manhunt, CBS News is reporting. CBS News...
View ArticleDiddy Did Join Downton Abbey After All
Sean "P.uff Di/addy" Combs took to his Twitter account yesterday to announce that, incredibly, he had been cast as the first black cast member of the popular Masterpiece Classic series Downton Abbey....
View ArticlePastor Arrested for Watching Child Porn on the Job -- at Disney World
A pastor at a Methodist Episcopal Church in Florida who also worked as a custodial manager for Disney World was arrested this week for allegedly using the computer in his office to download child porn...
View ArticleToday is a terrible, awful, no-good day and I'm going to go get drunk now.
Today is a terrible, awful, no-good day and I'm going to go get drunk now.
View ArticleThe Hidden Dossiers Bloomberg Reporters Keep on Powerful Clients
If you are an influential user of a Bloomberg terminal—the $24,000-per-year glorified computers that the company sells to Wall Street trading firms, politicians, and banks—there's a chance the...
View Article"Right now is a horrible time to be a buyer or a renter" in Brooklyn, says...
"Right now is a horrible time to be a buyer or a renter" in Brooklyn, says one realtor. Thanks for that helpful insight.
View ArticlePolice Called to Free Grown-Ass Man Stuck in High Chair at McDonald's
It took three police officers to safely extract an adult McDonald's patron from a toddler's high chair in which he had somehow managed to get himself stuck. The Cork, Ireland, resident was enjoying a...
View ArticleWatch CNN White House Reporter Jessica Yellin Say Dumb Rain Metaphors
Barack Obama's press conference today wasn't just about a couple of scandals and whatever's happening in Syria or Turkey. It was actually a metaphor, or a series of metaphors. Jessica Yellin knows...
View ArticleCrazy Toothbrush Injects You with Caffeine, Medicine as You Brush
In an effort to simplify your morning routine, the inventors at Colgate-Palmolive have filed a patent for technology for regular toothbrushes containing chemicals that would slowly be released into...
View ArticleThe Guy Who Only Masturbates to Beyonce Videos, and other people you meet at...
The Guy Who Only Masturbates to Beyonce Videos, and other people you meet at "Skinny Mini Speed Dating."
View ArticleThe Best Video You'll See Today Is Only Six Seconds Long
That's because it was originally a Vine created by business major Eric V. Dunn. It has since been picked up by Best Vines and uploaded to YouTube where it received the distinct honor of being referred...
View ArticleThe New Daft Punk Album Is More Fun To Think About Than Listen To
Daft Punk's Random Access Memories emphatically exploits pop music's reliance on context. It's been eight years since the French house pop-crossover critical darlings released their last full-length...
View ArticleThatz Not Okay: Lying to Looky-Loos; Giving Your Hubby the Summer Off
Welcome to Thatz Not Okay, a regular column in which I school inquiring readers on what is and is not okay. Please send your questions (max: 200 words) to caity@gawker.com with the subject "Thatz Not...
View ArticleDeadspin The Hater's Guide To Other Parents | Gawker The Best Video You'll...
Deadspin The Hater's Guide To Other Parents | Gawker The Best Video You'll See Today Is Only Six Seconds Long | Gizmodo The New Pacific Rim Trailer Is an Orgy of Everything You Love | Jezebel How to...
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