The Food Bank for New York City says that demand for emergency food is higher this year, after food stamp cutbacks caused a loss of more than 54 million meals at a million households in the city.
Hungry Bear Sees Opportunity, Eats Man's Body After Heart Attack
A wild black bear in Northern California made a meal out of a dead man's body last week when, upon discovering the man had died outside his trailer, the bear ate almost all of his body.
Infographic: Watch 20 Years of More and More American Children Approaching the Poverty Line

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This Human Toddler Suckles Directly From a Cow
After a storm destroyed their home, Tha Sophat's parents left their native Cambodia to seek work in Thailand. Tha Sophat stayed with his grandfather, a farmer who struggled to keep the boy healthy. One day, the grandfather found little Tha clinging to the udder of a cow. The motherless 1-year-old was suckling.
Mika Brzezinski Is the Hungriest Woman on Television
Last week, we discovered that Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski chugs vodka from a mug before noon. This week, she dispels that rumor. She's not drunk, just "extremely hungry, to the point where I feel like I might lose control."
How We Are Hungry
Inevitable Things: Americans are literally living off of food stamps, more ( again) than ever.
The Day Of Free Slurpee Reckoning Is Upon Us
Whenever someone gives out free things, it can be anything from a positive, organized promotion to lawsuit-inducing mass hysteria. And today will be no exception, because today, my friends, is FREE. SLURPEE. DAY.
'Punisher' Lays Waste to Beyonce, Nixon and Rest of Multiplex
Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your weekly guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or catastrophic at the movies. Today we welcome back a franchise that uncannily lives up to its name, a meaty slice of Oscar bait and a congested second tier of art-house strivers, all pleading for your time opposite new DVD…
KFC Demands Candidates Mention That Chicken Defeats Hunger
KFC is terribly concerned about starving third world children's lack of access to Original Recipe® buckets and Crispy Twisters®! So the chicken chain is offering a cool $20,000 to solve world hunger—if one of the presidential candidates mentions the issue at the debates tomorrow. 1. What a skimpy amount to offer. 2.…
Today in Cannes Hell: Bush Billboards, Early Favorites and Sean Penn Being A Dick
Really, we're able to enjoy nearly everything happening at this year's Cannes Film Festival without even leaving our offices: There's the eerie, 24/7 surveillance available from IFC. There are Hollywood Elsewhere's billboard glimpses of gay Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor and Jesus Christ straddling a US fighter jet.…
Is This the Most Overblown 'Times' Lede Ever?
"PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hunger bashed in the front gate of Haiti's presidential palace. Hunger poured onto the streets, burning tires and taking on soldiers and the police. Hunger sent the country's prime minister packing." Oh, really, Marc Lacey? Really, New York Times? Hunger did this? The inanimate sensation…
