The Moment I Began Selling Secrets To The Russians -- Or So They Thought
I gripped the wheel tightly and steered the Jeep toward the warehouse. My heart was thumping so hard I thought Oleg might be able to hear it in the passenger seat.“You okay?” he asked in that flat,...
View ArticleNYFF: Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson Talk Indulgence, Trash, Poppers, and Celine...
“We wanted viewers to feel like they were washed up, panting on another shore somewhere having just had a brush with drowning in a tempest of narrative,” is how Canadian director Guy Maddin described...
View ArticleNot a Single HP Employee Reported Donating to Carly Fiorina's Campaign
Given her lack of any real political experience, former candidate for senator of California and current republican candidate for president Carly Fiorina has been touting (what she claims to be) her...
View ArticleThere's No Evidence That Hillary Clinton Was "Targeted" by Russian Hackers,...
A new report from the Associated Press suggests Russian hackers deliberately attempted to infiltrate Hillary Clinton’s private email server, realizing the worst fears that critics of the server have...
View ArticleDrunk Navy Guy Didn't Really Use a Raccoon to Trick His Car's Breathalyzer
Idiots everywhere were taken in over the weekend by the irresistible story of a Navy petty officer who was too drunk to turn off the anti-DUI system on his car, so he grabbed a raccoon from a nearby...
View ArticleArtist Murdered While Painting Mural for Peace
Police say a California artist was completing a public art project intended to fight violence in his community when he was murdered mid-painting Tuesday. Antonio Ramos, 27, was part of a nonprofit...
View ArticleReporters Are Rude During Tragedies Because They're Reporting
Imagine this: a burst of tweets show a bus explosion on the interstate, sending up a tremendous mushroom cloud, visible from miles away. How many people are hurt? Or dead? What caused the explosion? No...
View ArticleMore Than a Foot of Rain Is Possible on the East Coast With or Without...
While we’ve stressed over the eventual track of powerful Hurricane Joaquin over the next few days, a concerning number of people may not be aware that a significant—potentially devastating—flash flood...
View Article500 Days of Kristin, Day 249: Dinner Last Week
Kristin Cavallari prepared “apple cider chicken thighs, sweet potato rolls, and a healthier version of creamed spinach.”This has been 500 Days of Kristin.[Photo via Getty]
View ArticleTrue Stories of Violent Cops From a New Report on NYPD Use of Force
A man pushed to the ground by a police officer because he was locked out of his apartment. A cop who punched someone in the face for riding his bike on the sidewalk, and another who pulled his gun on a...
View ArticleFeds Investigating 4chan Thread After Mass Shooting at Oregon Community College
According to the New York Times, federal law enforcement officials said they were investigating a thread posted yesterday on /r9k/, a board on 4chan, in which a user warned, “Don’t go to school...
View ArticleInmates Name Violent "Captain America" Officer In Abuse Scandal
Amid the sordid details of this August New York Times story of a “campaign of retribution” against inmates after the escape of two prisoners from Clinton Correctional Facility was an evocative...
View Article10 Dead After Mass Shooting at Oregon Community College
At least ten people are reportedly dead after a gunman opened fire this morning at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. At least seven were injured.According to the Los Angeles Times, the...
View ArticleReports: Oregon Community College Shooter Identified as Chris Harper Mercer
The gunman who killed 10 people at Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, Oregon, today has been identified as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer, CBS News reports, citing law enforcement sources.NBC News...
View ArticleAt Least 10 Reported Killed, Including Five Americans, In C-130 Crash
Multiple outlets are reporting as many as 12 fatalities, including five American service members, in a C-130 crash during liftoff at Jalalabad Airport in Afghanistan.From a CBS News report:Five of the...
View Article15 Million T-Mobile Customer Records Compromised In Experian Hack
Hold onto your butts, T-Mobile customers: 15 million of you just had your records gobbled up in a hack of credit giant Experian.In a letter to customers posted today on the T-Mobile website, CEO John...
View ArticleReport: Shooting In Tampa Area Leaves Three Dead, One Injured
A local FOX affiliate is reporting that Levy County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic disturbance just after 6 p.m. tonight in Inglis, Florida, and found the bodies of two victims and that of...
View ArticleGet A Load Of Ben Carson, Going All The Way In On American Muslims
Panderin’-ass Ben Carson seems to have found the niche any not-remotely-serious-and-therefore-totally-plausible Republican candidate needs in these ridiculous times, and his, apparently, is Bold...
View ArticleThe Vatican Clarifies: The Pope's Meeting With Kim Davis Was More of a Pity...
After several days of unflattering discussion about the Cool Pope’s date with arguably the least cool woman in America, the Vatican has finally stepped forward to try to salvage his reputation: yes, he...
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