New York Post Punks Jason Bateman
Two Saturdays ago, a LaGuardia Airport worker drove a Southwest Airlines stair car to get pizza for lunch. The New York Post was tipped off to this possible misuse of equipment because that's the...
View ArticleA Bulgarian grad student and his American husband have become the first gay...
A Bulgarian grad student and his American husband have become the first gay couple granted immigration benefits after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act last week. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleTech Companies Sure Love Plagiarizing Each Other
At least when it comes to HR at Facebook, Path, Squarespace, and Etsy. The following composite was pieced together by Branch co-founder Cemre Güngör, and shows just how unimaginative the Idea Economy...
View ArticleDid Edward Snowden Really Write This Wikileaks Statement?
On the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his nation would not hand over NSA leaker Edward Snowden, Snowden, who remains ensconced in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, has allegedly...
View ArticleLotto Winner Leaves $10,000 Tip for Diner Owner With Sick Daughter
Just over a week ago, the owner of a Canadian diner struck up a conversation with a customer, and eventually their talk turned to news about the owner's daughter, who had just been diagnosed with...
View ArticleEcuadorean President Rafael Correa on helping Edward Snowden travel to Moscow...
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on helping Edward Snowden travel to Moscow from Hong Kong: “It was a mistake on our part.”
View ArticleColorado Senator Mark Udall's Brother Is Missing in Wyoming
The brother of Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colorado) has been missing for nearly a week after taking a hiking trip in Wyoming. Randy Udall, 61, left for a solo hike along Wyoming's Wind River Range, a trail the...
View ArticleOn Monday, a jury acquitted Jeff Olson of all charges related to the...
On Monday, a jury acquitted Jeff Olson of all charges related to the anti-bank messages he wrote with chalk on the sidewalks outside of three Bank of America branches in San Diego. Olson faced up to 13...
View ArticleIT Worker Accidentally Broadcasts Porn on Train Station Jumbotron
Watching porn on your work computer is never a good idea, but it's an especially bad idea when your job involves testing a Jumbotron outside the train station of a major city in China. Last week,...
View ArticleVideo Shows Hawthorne Police Arresting Man, Killing His Dog
Fair warning: Don't watch this video if you don't want to see police arresting a man and then shooting his dog in front of him in broad daylight. A video making the rounds this evening allegedly...
View ArticleSnowden Seeks Asylum from 21 Countries, Gets Eight “No” Answers
We still don't know where NSA leaker Edward Snowden, still technically "in transit" in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, will end up next. But now that more than a third of the countries from which he's...
View ArticleWaitress Sues Her Former Boss for Tricking Her Into Eating ‘Shrooms
The deranged jerks at Sticky's Finger Joint are now being sued by a former employee, who alleges that her boss tricked her into consuming mushrooms, while asking her to try out a new recipe. A co-owner...
View ArticleBarry Diller Pays $480k to Settle His Second Anti-Trust Violation
One rarely accumulates a net worth of $1.9 billion without breaking the rules. Repeatedly. IAC chairman Barry Diller has agreed to pay $480,000 in civil penalties for anti-trust violations related to...
View ArticleLindsay Morgan (née Dee) Lohan turns 27 today.
Lindsay Morgan (née Dee) Lohan turns 27 today. She is passing the day quietly, in rehab.
View Article.NYC Web Addresses: Perfect for Vain Manhattan Geeks with Everything!
Domain suffixes—like .ca or .uk—are usually reserved for actual nations, or at the very least, the US military. But thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, New Yorkers will be able to register a name online that...
View ArticleWomen be cheating on their husbands 40% more than they did 20 years ago.
Women be cheating on their husbands 40% more than they did 20 years ago.
View ArticleIrish lawmakers today voted overwhelmingly in support of a bill that would...
Irish lawmakers today voted overwhelmingly in support of a bill that would clearly allow abortions to save the mother's life, but only in those instances. The Texas GOP looked on with a great and...
View ArticleImprisoned Troll Weev Fights For “Freedom to Surf The Web”
Internet troll Andrew "Weev" Aurenheimer currently sits in federal prison for using publicly accessible information on a public website to piss off the giant corporation that published the information....
View ArticleZen Koans Explained: The Muddy Road to Enlightenment
The practice of Zen may be intimidating to newcomers. Interpretation of Zen koans— the often perplexing stories used to test a student's insight—can be confusing and discouraging. In order to...
View ArticleThis Week in Sadloids: Taye Diggs Accused of Cheating on Idina Menzel
Welcome back to Midweek Madness! The tabloids hit the stands early this week, thanks to the holiday weekend, so if you're not sure which shitty magazine to take with you as you celebrate this great...
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