Sword-Swinging Robber Runs Up Against Store Owner With Bigger Sword
When two men, armed with one machete between them, ran into a Pittsburgh mini-mart Friday night with the intention of robbing it, they weren’t counting on the store owner having his own sword. And...
View ArticleNew Witness Says Clemson Frat Pledge Died After Being Forced To Walk Railing
This week, fall classes commence at Clemson University, and with the new year comes a new wave of freshmen introduced into the Greek system. At Clemson, mandatory orientation for those looking to rush...
View ArticleTropical Storm Danny Forms in Atlantic, Moving Toward Caribbean (Updated)
A new tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean is going to get a lot of play in the news over the next couple of days as official forecasts expect it to become Hurricane Danny by the end of this weekend....
View ArticleHere's What's Missing From Straight Outta Compton: Me and the Other Women Dr....
On January 27, 1991, at a record-release party for the rap duo Bytches With Problems in Hollywood, producer/rapper/then-N.W.A. member Dr. Dre brutally attacked Dee Barnes, the host of a well-known Fox...
View ArticleOrangutan Takes Bath
On Sunday an Imgur user named wasabibukkake uploaded a short video of an orangutan enjoying a lazy bath in what appears to be a kiddie pool (or some other large plastic basin). Full version below:H/T...
View Article500 Days of Kristin, Day 205: Bangs on Backorder
Exactly one month and two days ago, I placed an online order for one pair of Secret Bangs™, a product which Kristin Cavallari has endorsed on social media and in an infomercial. Secret Bangs™ are...
View ArticleThe trippy story of a Japanese rock singer turned professional killer
Karaoke, Japan, rock and roll, gummy bears, professional killers. I don’t really know what the hell I just watched but I couldn’t take my eyes out of it. The weirdness in this short film builds up and...
View ArticleReports: Subway Spokesman Jared Fogle to Plead Guilty to Child Porn Charges
Indianapolis’s WXIN reports that suspended Subway spokesman Jared Fogle will plead guilty to possession of child pornography charges. FBI agents raided Fogle’s Indiana home last month, apparently as...
View ArticlePhilly Police Department Cobbles Together Insane Saved by the Bell Tribute PSA
The Philadelphia Police Department had an ambitious idea for an anti-weed PSA—recreate the old Saved by the Bell cast’s ‘90s “there’s no hope with dope” ad, starring police officers as Zack Morris and...
View ArticleDeadspin This Woman Does Not Like Us Making Fun Of The Texans | Gizmodo Stop...
Deadspin This Woman Does Not Like Us Making Fun Of The Texans | Gizmodo Stop Refrigerating Your Butter | Jalopnik Quit Blaming The Dealer For Your Low Trade-In Offer | Jezebel Why Are Women Obsessed...
View ArticleRosie O'Donnell Says Missing Teen Daughter "Has Been Found and Is Safe"
Earlier today, Rosie O’Donnell asked for the public’s help in locating her 17-year-old daughter, Chelsea, who was last seen a week ago in Nyack, New York. This evening, O’Donnell tweeted that her...
View ArticleFDA Approves "Pink Viagra," Twice-Rejected Sex Pill For Women
Tuesday evening, the Food and Drug Administration approved female libido drug flibanserin, making it the first accepted medication for treating low sexual desire in women, The New York Times...
View ArticleA Necessary Trauma: Ottessa Moshfegh on Eileen and Rising Above "the Shit"
Ottessa Moshfegh is comfortable with discomfort—especially yours. After running laps around the competition on the short story circuit and catching praise from the likes of Rivka Galchen for her...
View ArticleSnapchat Lost a Ton of Money Last Year
In 2013, teenage attention-pit Snapchat turned down a $3 billion buyout offer from Facebook, which is only not an insane and arrogant decision if you’re going to reap so much profit that you’re...
View ArticleFBI: Ex-Subway Spokesman Jared Fogle Had Sex With Two Minors, Collected Child...
According to documents released today by the U.S. Attorney’s office, Subway Jared is going to jail for a while: he’s pleaded guilty to charges that he had sex with two minors and collected homemade...
View ArticleChelsea Manning Will Not Be Going to Solitary Over Magazines and Toothpaste
Last week, whistleblower Chelsea Manning—currently serving 35 years in Fort Leavenworth military prison—was facing indefinite solitary confinement for possession of expired toothpaste and contraband...
View ArticleIf Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Can't Keep it Together, Who Can?
Megan Fox, who’s starring in the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel*, has dumped Brian Austin Green, who starred in the original Beverly Hills 90210. Us Weekly reports that the married couple...
View ArticleHere's Bill Clinton Saying "69" 69 Times on His 69th Birthday
President Bill Clinton was born on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. Today is his 69th birthday.Happy 69th birthday, Bill Clinton.Video by Nicholas Stango. Contact the author at kelly.conaboy@gawker.com.
View ArticleMorrissey on Suicide: "It's Admirable"
In his chat with wizened television shaman Larry King Wednesday, professional sadster and glib racist Morrissey discussed his battle with depression and offered what King says “could be considered a...
View ArticlePrep School Rape Defense: Girls Were "Honored" to Be Targets in Sex Game
Nineteen-year-old Owen Labrie, a former prefect at the elite St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, stands accused of raping a 15-year-old student in 2014 as part of the school’s unofficial,...
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