An internal IRS memo circulated today revealed that Joseph Grant, head of the...
An internal IRS memo circulated today revealed that Joseph Grant, head of the tax bureau's tax exempt and government entities division, will retire next month as the IRS continues reeling from an...
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Which Journalists Accepted Free Laptops from Google?
Yesterday's Google I/O keynote—a tech Nuremberg of fanboyism, developer jargon, and fancy new features for Gmail—dragged on for hours. Those thousands who sat patiently in their chairs were rewarded...
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Dude Is Going To Show You a Good Time At His Friend's Wedding
If you're a fun girl of drinking age who lives in the D.C. area, why not go to a stranger's wedding with a guy off Craigslist? He seems "all right," what with his picture of him riding a lion that is...
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Cicadas Are Here and They Always Were
Staten Island! Riverdale! The Brood II cicadas of the East Coast are not something to anticipate anymore; they're something crawling out of the ground and shedding their skins all over the map....
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Papa John's Delivery Guy Used Pizza as Cover for Cocaine Biz
After selling cocaine to undercover cops at least 19 times over the last two years, a Papa John's delivery guy from Brooklyn was finally arrested this week for trying to unload $27,500 worth of the...
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Celebrity Chef Beaten to Death by Unsatisfied Customers
A world-renowned Japanese chef passed away this week after being brutally attacked by two men who had apparently left his restaurant unsatisfied. Miki Nozawa, whose sought after Japanese-Italian...
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McDonald's Worker Finds Her Stolen Car in Drive-Thru Lane
Virginia Maiden had an unusual Tuesday, to say the least. She awoke that morning to find that her 1995 Toyota 4-Runner had been stolen. “She was so confused, didn’t know what was going on, it was just...
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Kai the Hero Hitchhiker Arrested in Slay, Claims He Was Raped
Man turned meme Caleb "Kai" Lawrence McGillvary, the celebrity hitchhiker who was on the run from police this week, has been arrested in Pennsylvania for the murder of 73-year-old lawyer Joseph Galfy....
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For Sale: A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack Cocaine
Rob Ford, Toronto's conservative mayor, is a wild lunatic given to making bizarre racist pronouncements and randomly slapping refrigerator magnets on cars. One reason for this is that he smokes crack...
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Man Finds $4.85 Million Lotto Ticket in Cookie Jar
With the Powerball jackpot back up to $550 million, here's a story you might find inspiring: For some time now, Richard Cerezo, of Geneva, Illinois, has stored 11 old Lotto tickets in a cookie jar for...
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Man Convicted of Murder After Paralyzed Victim IDs Him By Blinking
The testimony of a dying and paralyzed man — who identified his assailant by blinking his eyes — helped convict an Ohio man of murder. In 2010, Ricardo Woods, 35, shot David Chandler in the head and...
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Australian Politician Sorry for Liking Picture of Teen's 'Sneaky Nuts'
An Australian politician has apologized for liking an illicit picture of a teenage boy on Facebook. In the picture, the boy was partaking in the time-honored Australian tradition of "sneaky nuts,"...
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Mother Chases Down Child's Abductor and Rams Him, Leading to Arrest
A mother of a 4-year-old in New Mexico chased down her child's abductor and rammed him with her car after a seven-mile pursuit, leading to the safe return of her daughter and the arrest of the suspect....
View ArticleVFiles Makes The Best Internet Videos You've Never Seen
VFiles' YouTube videos are among the most stupidly entertaining on the internet, and you should be watching all of them. I Love VFiles. I love VFiles so much that I almost don't want to write about it...
View ArticleThe city of Philadelphia canceled a job fair for ex-cons today when too many...
The city of Philadelphia canceled a job fair for ex-cons today when too many ex-cons showed up. Way to keep hope alive, Philly.
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Star Trek Into Darkness Goes Boldly...In The Right Direction
J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot franchise performs several admirable balancing acts. Among them: It adheres to traditional, if not conservative values, such as the importance of intelligence, the power...
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Warning: Don't Drink and Internet
You don't drink and drive. That's a stupid, terrible thing to do, with a simple, understood cause and effect. So why do we keep waking up, wondering how on earth that drunken Facebook message seemed...
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Abducted 23 Years Ago, Man Uses Google Maps to Find His Way Back Home
23 years after being abducted on his way to kindergarten, one lost boy has finally made his way back home with the help of Google Maps. Lou Gang, originally from China's Sichuan province, was...
View ArticleLifehacker This Chart Helps You Find the Right Career Based on Salary and...
Lifehacker This Chart Helps You Find the Right Career Based on Salary and Growth | Gawker We Are Raising $200,000 to Buy and Publish the Rob Ford Crack Tape | Gizmodo Warning: Don't Drink and Internet...
View ArticleHighlights from Kathleen Hanna's contributions to the NYU Riot Grrrl...
Highlights from Kathleen Hanna's contributions to the NYU Riot Grrrl Collection include 'zines, Bikini Kill set lists, and an undoubtedly amazing Corin Tucker VHS tape.
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